Mary

1831 - 1919  (88 years)

• Name	Mary
  Born	1831	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  House of Industry and Refuge	1919	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Name	Mary Jesson
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-144762
  Died	24 Apr 1919	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: old age - senile debility (1 few months) - heart failure
  Buried	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I144762	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Jesson,   b. Abt 1832,   d. Bef 1919  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F37422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPG The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 20 No. 1987 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 1987. Mary Jesson Died: 19 Apr 1919 Aged 87 Cause: Old Age Comment and Remarks: E. Lippert Buried by friends, Galt; All of page 20 stroked through with the work ERROR PAGE 21

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1831 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1919 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - senile debility (1 few months) - heart failure - 24 Apr 1919 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth