Mary S. Risk

1866 - 1942  (75 years)

• Name	Mary S. Risk
  Born	23 Dec 1866	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185119323
  Name	Mary S. Woods
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-123567
  Died	21 Mar 1942	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I123567	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	George Risk,   b. 1835, , Scotland ,   d. 12 Jan 1899  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Margaret "Maggie" Herbertson,   b. 7 Mar 1838, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. 28 Aug 1910, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F30702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Woods,   b. 1866,   d. 1947  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. William Woods   2. George Woods   3. Alvin Woods
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F20787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Robert Woods Mary S. Risk, wife of Robert Woods, died on Saturday at her home on the 9th Concession of Beverley Tp. The deceased, who was in her 76th year, was born on the W ilmot-Blandford townline on the farm now owned by Thomas Baird. She attended the Green's School. Fifty-four years ago she was united in marriage to Robert Woods and their early married life was spent in Elma Township, near Listowel. After purchasing the farm on the corner of the 14th Concession of Blandford. and the townline between that township and Blenheim, they, with their three sons, William, George and Alvin, remained here for seventeen years. Before her marriage and during this period of residence, Mrs. Woods was active in the different organizations of Chesterfield Church, the Ladies' Guild, the Women's Missionary Society and the choir. In 1916 the farm was sold to D. H. Bell and after living four years in Galt they moved to their present home with their son, Alvin, and wife. There she attended Central Presbyterian Church, Galt. Surviving are her husband, Ella and a brother, Robert, both of Vancouver, a brother George, of Galt, three sons, four grandsons, a grand-daughter, Mrs. McAlpine, who is attached to the Sudan United Mission in French Equatorial Africa, and daughter, John, Charles, William and Agnes are members of the family who predeceased her. The deceased will be remembered by older residents of the community as a charming hostess and for her congenial, kindly, quiet disposition, which reflected a truly Christian character. Sympathy is extended to those bereaved. The funeral was held Tuesday from the T. Little and Son Funeral Home, Galt, thence to the Chesterfield Cemetery for interment. New Hamburg Independent, March 27, 1942

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 28.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Dec 1866 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Mar 1942 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Chesterfield United Cemetery, Chesterfield, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth