Lucinda "Cindy" Martin

1921 - 2017  (96 years)

• Name	Lucinda "Cindy" Martin
  Born	25 Sep 1921	Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lucinda "Cindy" Bolger
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-192982
  Died	6 Dec 2017
  Person ID	I192982	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Nelson Martin,   b. 22 Feb 1889, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Westfall,   b. 15 Nov 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1997, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F36566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lorne Bolger,   b. 20 Apr 1925,   d. 18 Apr 2017, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Jim Bolger   2. Paul Bolger
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F54719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LIFETIMES: From Old Order Mennonite to nursing instructor, Cindy Bolger broke a lot of moulds Lucinda (Cindy) Bolger of Waterloo, born: Sept. 25, 1921, in Yatton, Ont., died: Dec. 6, 2017, of age-related illness Cindy Martin was only 12 years old when she left home to work as a mother's helper, where the jobs usually entailed assisting a pregnant mother around the time of birth. These were all temporary positions and it would soon be time to move on, a total of 40 different households before something stirred in Cindy, something that made her decide to make more of her life. Born the eldest of six into an Old Order Mennonite family in Yatton, in rural Waterloo near Elmira, expectations for the child were limited by her upbringing. Cindy wrote in her memoir how her parents thought she might possibly complete Grade 8 but they knew with certainly she would end up being a "submissive wife" with a whole passel of kids. Cindy had seen her fair share of Mennonite women on the farm, working hard, raising families. She was having none of it and surprisingly, her parents supported their head strong, determined daughter. Cindy would eventually become a nurse and nursing instructor as well as a bit of a mother hen to dozens of student nurses at what was then called Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital School of Nursing. Cindy's rise to this position came after years of struggle. In his eulogy, oldest son Jim Bolger recalled how his mother's early days were shadowed by extreme poverty. "Many would describe her family as 'poor Nelson Martin's family' often dependent on others for food and money," he said..... Hill, V. (2017). LIFETIMES: From Old Order Mennonite to nursing instructor, Cindy Bolger broke a lot of moulds. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/living-story/8001842-lifetimes-from-old-order-mennonite-to-nursing-instructor-cindy-bolger-broke-a-lot-of-moulds/

  
  

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  Born - 25 Sep 1921 - Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth