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Mary Ellen <I>Nesbitt</I> Schwartz

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Mary Ellen Nesbitt Schwartz

Birth
Quebec, Canada
Death
12 Dec 1956 (aged 94)
Saskatchewan, Canada
Burial
Assiniboia, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada Add to Map
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Mary Ellen was a tiny petite woman, deeply religious, and full of grit. She was born and raised in Pontiac County, PQ, where she met and married William Frederick Schwartz, a farmer. The couple moved to Ottawa with their family in the late 1890's where William Frederick worked as a painter. She bore 13 children, 6 boys, 3 girls and 5 others that did not survive infancy. After their 9 year old son, Edgar, drowned in the Rideau Canal on a family picnic, they picked up stakes and headed west to Gap View, Saskatchewan eventually settling further west in the Assiniboia district to farm their own homestead. As the depression dragged on in the 1930's and the grasshopper plague hit, they lost the farm. They moved into the town of Assiniboia and the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary in Dec 1935. Frederick passed in 1938 after a long illness and Mary Ellen moved in with her daughter and son-in-law, Elsie and Dewey Gorius. Mary Ellen remained a devout member of the Baptist church and was very involved with charitable work via her church ladies group. She died at age 94 in 1956.
Mary Ellen was a tiny petite woman, deeply religious, and full of grit. She was born and raised in Pontiac County, PQ, where she met and married William Frederick Schwartz, a farmer. The couple moved to Ottawa with their family in the late 1890's where William Frederick worked as a painter. She bore 13 children, 6 boys, 3 girls and 5 others that did not survive infancy. After their 9 year old son, Edgar, drowned in the Rideau Canal on a family picnic, they picked up stakes and headed west to Gap View, Saskatchewan eventually settling further west in the Assiniboia district to farm their own homestead. As the depression dragged on in the 1930's and the grasshopper plague hit, they lost the farm. They moved into the town of Assiniboia and the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary in Dec 1935. Frederick passed in 1938 after a long illness and Mary Ellen moved in with her daughter and son-in-law, Elsie and Dewey Gorius. Mary Ellen remained a devout member of the Baptist church and was very involved with charitable work via her church ladies group. She died at age 94 in 1956.

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  • Created by: Kim Gorius
  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97460997/mary_ellen-schwartz: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ellen Nesbitt Schwartz (18 Jul 1862–12 Dec 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97460997, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Assiniboia, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Kim Gorius (contributor 47378562).