Anna E. Patterson

1861 - 1908  (47 years)

• Name	Anna E. Patterson
  Born	16 Jan 1861	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254205826
  Name	Anna E. Armstrong
  Residence	Presbyterian
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1888	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-156109
  Died	6 Jun 1908	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Cause: Drowned
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I156109	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Hutton Patterson,   b. 23 May 1834, Bowden, , Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. 8 Mar 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Christina Veitch,   b. 1839, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 31 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1858	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F30042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Salem Armstrong,   b. 1864, Parkhill, McGillivary Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1901, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1888	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Florence Anna Armstrong,   b. CALC 5 Oct 1893, Leavanworth, Kansas, USA. ,   d. 5 May 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F273236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Salem Armstrong. He was born June 27th, 1891 in Leavenworth Kansas and Died July 23rd, 1957 in New Liskeard.He was married to Mary "Mayme MacCallum. _________________ ENDED LIFE IN RIVER. Galt, June 6. Mrs. Salem Armstrong widow, aged about 48 years, formerly Miss Annie Patterson, eldest daughter of Thomas Patterson, ex-assessor and collector for the town of Galt, committed suicide this morning about 10.30 by jumping from the Canadian Pacific railway bridge into the Grand river, a distance of about seventy or eighty feet at a point In the river where the water Is about twenty feet deep. Deceased was noticed acting strangely in the vicinity of the bridge and shortly afterwards walking deliberately out on the bridge and jumping off. The Ottawa Citizen Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tue, Jun 9, 1908 Page 12 _____________ Woman Jumps From Bridge. Galt, June 8.--Mrs. Salem Armstrong, widow, aged about 48 years, eldest daughter of Thomas Patterson, ex-assessor and collector for the town. committed suicide Saturday by jumping from the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge into the Grand river, a distance of about 70 or 80 feet, at a point in the river where the water is about 20 feet deep. She was noticed acting strangely in the vicinity of the bridge, and shortly afterwards walked deliberately out on it and jumped off. Efforts were made at rescue by men in canoes, but were unavailing. The body was recovered about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Armstrong, who has lived with her father on Lansdowne avenue since the death of her husband, the late Salem Armstrong of Tillsonburg, and leaves a son and daughter, aged, respectively, 14 years. son, No reason for her suicide is known. The Windsor Star Windsor, Ontario, Canada Mon, Jun 8, 1908 Page 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 31. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11936 (1888), Armstrong-Patterson. Salem Armstrong, 24, millwright of Brussels, Huron, b. Parkhill, Middlesex, s/o Robert Armstrong & Mary Hunsicker, married Annie E. Patterson, 27, residence Galt, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., d/o Thos. Patterson & Christina Vietch married 17 Apr 1888 Galt [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. In memory of/ Salem ARMSTRONG/ 1864-1901/ his wife/ Anna PATTERSON/ 1861-1908/ their daughter/ Florence Anna/ 1893-1934/ ARMSTRONG/ [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 029485 (1908). Name:Annie Armstrong Gender:Female Age:48 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1860 Birth Place:Galt, Ontario Death Date:6 Jun 1908 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Drowned [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 29 Dec 1858. PATTERSON, Thomas married 23 Dec 1858 to Christina VEITCH In Galt, by Rev John James. Both of Galt. James, a carpenter; Christina, eld dau of late Walter Veitch [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Thomas Patterson 24, res. Galt, b. Buckinghamshire Scotland, son of George and Margaret (Hutton, 23 Dec 1858 Christina Veitch, 19, res. Galt, b. Galt, daughter of Walter and Jemima (Young) [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 011936 (1888). Name:Annie E Patterson Age:27 Birth Year:abt 1861 Birth Place:Ann Arbn Mich US Marriage Date:17 Apr 1888 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Thos Patterson Mother:Christina Veitch Spouse:Salem Armstrong

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1861 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1888 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Apr 1888 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Drowned - 6 Jun 1908 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth