Margaret Baird Gemmell

1884 - 1918  (34 years)

• Name	Margaret Baird Gemmell
  Born	10 Jul 1884	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Epidemic	1918	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Influenza
  Name	Maggie Gemmell
  Name	Margaret Baird Smye
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-287955
  Died	11 Dec 1918	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Cause: Cause: Pneumonia following Influenza & Child Birth (7 days)
  Buried	13 Dec 1918	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I287955	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Gemmell,   b. 16 Nov 1853, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1935, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Margaret Mitchell,   b. 7 Jul 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1947, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1882	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F248268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Carruthers Smye,   b. 1884, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1911	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. George William Smye,   b. 19 Apr 1911, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1997, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. Lloyd Gemmell Smye,   b. 9 Dec 1918, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 2018, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 99 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F248909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Passing of Mrs. Geo. Smye Influenza is no respecter of persons, conditions or circumstances. It invades the homes of all classes, not infrequently culling off the most useful members of society - those whose life is essential to the existence of others - mothers of infants and those who are least easily spared. In several cases in our own community we have seen this exemplified in a marked manner. The death of Mrs. Geo. Smye is a case in point, and one that elicits the deepest human sympathy. Only a day or two before her death Mrs. Smye had become a mother, and as if fate had conspired to intensify the ? husband and father was also down with the disease. Such cases are indeed pathetic. Mrs. Smye died on Wednesday, the 11th inst. She was happily married only eight years and leaves two children deprived of a mother's loving, tender care. Deceased was a consistent member of Knox United Church, and zealous worker in some of the church organizations, so that in both home and church she will be sadly missed. She was the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gemmell of North Dumfries. Besides her parents she is survived by three brothers and a sister - Matthew S., John, James, and Mary - all at home. The funeral took place from her late residence, lot 1, conc. 11, Blenheim, on Friday, when interment was made in the Ayr Cemetery, deceased's pastor, Rev. J. J. Brown, conducting the services. The Ayr News Dec 19 1918 pg 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1901, Dumfries (North) B-4 Page 6. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 1 Page 27. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Margaret Beard Gemmell Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1884 Gender: Female Birth Place: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name: William Gemmell Mother's name: Margaret Mitchell [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name: Margaret Baird Smye Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1884 Birth Place: N Dumfries Waterloo Co. Age at Death: 34 Death Date: 11 Dec 1918 Death Place: Oxford, Ontario, Canada [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Smye/ Margaret B. Gemmell/ wife of/ George C. Smye/ died Dec. 11, 1918/ In Her 35 year/ Mary Gillespie/ wife of/ George C. Smye/ 1882 - 1952/ George C. Smye/ 1884 - 1966 [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: William Gemmell Age: 26 Birth Date: abt 1856 Birth Place: Ayr Marriage Date: 8 Mar 1882 Marriage County or District: Waterloo Father: Matthew Gemmell Mother: Mary Stevenson Spouse: Margaret Mitchell Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1858 Spouse Birth Place: North Dumfries Spouse Father: John Mitchell Spouse Mother: Margaret Baird [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Margaret B Gemmell Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1911 Marriage County or District: Waterloo Spouse:George C Smye

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jul 1884 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Aug 1911 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Epidemic - Influenza - 1918 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Pneumonia following Influenza & Child Birth (7 days) - 11 Dec 1918 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - 13 Dec 1918 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth