Eric & Marjorie:
I can accept that theory with ³Minnie² being Mary Gertrude, his daughter,
not his wife.
It helps having an extra brain in the think tank.
Dave
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On 1/3/09 12:07 PM, "keysie" <keysie@...> wrote:
>
> Dave/Marjorie:
>
> I don't know if I'm reading this right but, in the two census records below,
> we have Minnie born Aug 1889 as daughter (age 11) , then Minnie born Aug 1889
> as wife (age 21). Is this a typo that has placed Mary Gertrude (aka Minnie)
> in the place of the recently deceased wife (estimated about 14 February 1911,
> a few weeks before the census)?
>
> RS141A2/2
> Index to County Birth Registers
>
> Child MCCORMACK, MARY GERTRUDE
> Sex F
> Date of Birth 1889 | 08 | 13 (Y-M-D)
> Place SAINT JOHN
> County SAINT JOHN
> Father MCCORMACK, GEORGE
> Mother MCCLUSKEY, MARY
> Code 1-1-55-698
> Microfilm F23160
>
> This would seem that the census taker erred in recording Minnie as "wife" in
> 1911.
>
> Eric
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Winter" <davidwinter@...
> <mailto:davidwinter%40ns.sympatico.ca> >
> To: "nscumber" <keysie@...
> <mailto:keysie%40ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote:
>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dave/Marjorie:
>> >
>> > Just a reminder that "Minnie" is a oft used nickname for women named Mary.
>> It
>> > could be that Minnie and Mary Ann are one and the same.
>> >
>> > Also, either one of the following could be Mary Ann (McCluskey) McCormick's
>> > passing. Marvel Pratt MacCormick shows up in late 1912 so Annie May Best
>> was
>> > around circa February 1912. I lean toward the second (as posted earlier by
>> > Dave) as it gives George and Annie a wee bit more courting time before
>> pulling
>> > the trigger...
>> >
>> > EMK
>> >
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>> >
>> > RS141C4
>> > Provincial Returns of Deaths
>> >
>> > Name MCCORMACK, MARY
>> > Sex F
>> > Age 39
>> > Date 1911 | 09 | 30 (Y-M-D)
>> > County SAINT JOHN
>> > Registration 2600
>> > Volume
>> > Reference C4/1911
>> > Microfilm F18727
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > RS141C4
>> > Provincial Returns of Deaths
>> >
>> > Name MCCORMICK, MARY
>> > Sex F
>> > Age 44
>> > Date 1911 | 02 | 14 (Y-M-D)
>> > County SAINT JOHN
>> > Registration 2602
>> > Volume
>> > Reference C4/1911
>> > Microfilm F18727
>> >
>> >
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