Re: Sarah Margaret 'Sadie' (Pettis) McRae

Hi Steve:

John Fraser McRae was Sadie’s step-son not son.

Thomas Edward McRae was born in Springhill per his registered birth. He m/1 Daisy McNaughton on 6 Mar 1918 in Pictou County. Daisey died 8 months later on 2 Sep 1918, possibly from birth complications with son, John Fraser McRae. Widower, Thomas Edward m/2 Sadie on 24 Mar 1921 in New Glasgow as MacRae not McRae (Groom’s signature is McRae on the document filled out as MacRae).

>From the registered birth and m/1, I feel the surname is McRae over MacRae.

Dave
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Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, May 14, 1957, pg. #1; Reel #2867, NSARM, Halifax, N.S.
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Thomas E. MacRae
Many friends here learned with deep regret of the death of Mrs. Thomas E. MacRae in San Carlos, California on Saturday, May 11th. Mrs. MacRae had been in ill health for several months. Fifty-six years of age, she was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pettis of Parrsboro. Following her marriage to Tom MacRae of New Glasgow, she lived in New Glasgow and in Truro, and for many years in Boston until last August when Mr. and Mrs. MacRae took up their residence in California. Left to mourn her loss are her husband in San Carlos; a step-son, John Fraser MacRae, of Bangor, Me.; two sisters, (Gertrude) Mrs. L.M. Davis of 4923 Valdez Ave., Belmont, California; (Marjorie) Mrs. R.F. Spear of 1010 East Cardinal Drive, Cherry Chase, Sunnyvale, California; and seven brothers, Wylie in Arizona; Morris in Edmonton, Alta.; Frank in Denver, Colorado; Lorne, Thornton and Murray in New York; and Fred W. Pettis in Truro. Mr. and Mrs. MacRae spent the summer of 1955 in Parrsboro during the last illness of Mrs. MacRae's mother, the late Mrs. Henry Pettis.

Source: Dave Winter, 27 Dec 2007
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On 13-10-17 10:22 PM, "Steve Cameron" <truemanville@...> wrote:

Sadie was the d/o Henry Freeman Pettis and Bertha Castera Morris.

Steve
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Thomas Macrae, "United States Census, 1940"

Name: Thomas Macrae
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 5, Newton, Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Canada
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Last Place of Residence: Allston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
District: 9-438
Family Number: 507
Sheet Number and Letter: 26B
Line Number: 61
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1615
Digital Folder Number: 005460887
Image Number: 00498

Household   Gender Age Birthplace
Head
Thomas Macrae M   49   Canada [painter painting]
Wife
Sadie Macrae      F    39   Canada [Sarah Margaret]
Son
John Macrae       M   21   Canada [salesman retail departmant]