Isabell Stuart "Bella" Cameron

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• Name: Isabell Stuart "Bella" Clare
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89382
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Assistant Postmaster
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Mrs. Clare Of Preston Dies at 100

PRESTON-This towns senior grand old lady, Mrs. Isobel Cameron Clare. died today at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, Bracebridge, after a brief illness. She was 100 and would have been 101 next Christmas Eve. Born the year that Canada became a nation, at Granton, Ont. She was known here as one of Canada's first women telegraph operators. Before her marriage to Frederick Clare, joint founder of Clare Brother Ltd., one of Canada's best-known furnace and stove manufacturers. Mrs. Clare was predeceased by her husband in 1938 and by two sons, Stuart in 1942 and Frederick in 1959. She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Clare, Preston and Mrs. George (Mary) Moss, of Port Credit: seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The body will be at the family residence, 31 Queen St., Preston, pending arrangement for the funeral service at Knox Presbyterian Church. Memorial tributes are gratefully declined. In charge of funeral arrangements is the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home. Burial will be in Preston cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Jul 1968 pg 25

Isabell married Frederick Clare 26 Apr 1894, Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario. Frederick (son of Reeve John Clare and Margaret Beck) was born 2 Apr 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1938, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 17 Jan 1938, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Helen Elizabeth Clare was born 28 Oct 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1986; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Stewert Clare was born Sep 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. John Stuart Clare was born 2 Sep 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Frederick Cameron Clare was born 15 Sep 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Mary Margaret Clare was born 3 May 1908, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1986; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.