Mary Ann Goodwin

1903 - 1947  (44 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Goodwin
  Born	22 Oct 1903	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	crime, murder, life story
  Misfortune	28 Dec 1947	West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	murdered
  Name	Mary Ann Letson
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24372
  Died	28 Dec 1947	West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: shot - murdered
  Buried	Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I24372	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gillis Goodwin,   b. 23 Feb 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1913, Glen Allan, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Alice Franklin,   b. 1874, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jan 1949, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1892	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F9934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archibald Hewitt "Hugh" Letson,   b. 11 May 1904, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1947, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Ann Goodwin yedmouse originally shared this on 28 Nov 2007 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Married Seven Years Mrs. Hugh Letson before her marriage was Mary Goodwin of Elmira. She was born near Glen Allan but moved to Elmira at the age of 12 and lived there up until about five years ago when she moved to West Montrose with her husband. They had been married for seven years relatives say. They had no children. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Alice Goodwin of Elmira; eight brothers, William Goodwin of Elmira; Allan and Clayton of Kitchener; Fred, Ernest and Ervin of Waterloo; Loman of Heidelberg, and Hardy of St. Clements; and one sister, Mrs. Fred (Margaret) Fries of Bridgeport Kitchener Record, Monday, December 29, 1947 [abbreviated version of article]

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), January 1, 1948 - Five Die In West Montrose Quarrel; Letson Family Is Wipe Out In Waterloo County's Worst Shooting. [S978] Funeral Home Records - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Dreisinger, LETSON, Mrs. Hugh, West Montrose, December 28th, 44 years. [S417] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Presbyterian CC#4597 Internet Link. Letson/ Hugh - Mary

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Oct 1903 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Misfortune - murdered - 28 Dec 1947 - West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: shot - murdered - 28 Dec 1947 - West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth