Frances True MacKenzie

1873 - 1914  (40 years)

• Name	Frances True MacKenzie
  Born	28 Jul 1873	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1914	Port Arthur, Thunderbay District, Ontario   [2]
  Misfortune	20 Jul 1915
  	killed by train
  Name	Frances True Hedley
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-33297
  Buried	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I33297	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Rev. Gaden Crawford MacKenzie,   b. CALC 22 Jan 1837, Danville, , Québec, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1920, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Helen Boomer,   b. 1844, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 Jun 1864	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F8692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Charles Wilkinson Hedley, M. A.,   b. 8 Dec 1865, Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario ,   d. 28 May 1938  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Helen Elizabeth Hendly,   b. 1903,   d. 1914  (Age 11 years)
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F26497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Norman's sister, Frances True Mackenzie, who was married to Canon Charles Wilkinson Hedley, was killed by a train in Port Arthur, Ontario. Frances had run onto a bridge to save her daughter, Helen Elizabeth Hedley. The train also injured Helen and, after staying in a hospital for five days, Helen died on July 25, 1915

  
  

• Sources

  [S528] Book - Ontarian Families Genealogies of United Empire Loyalists and other Pioneer Families of Upper Canada, Vol 1 Pg 87. https://content.ancestry.ca/iexec/?htx=BookView&ti=5543&dbid=27968&iid=dvm_LocHist012013-00058-1&fn=absalom&ln=shade&pid=102 [S505] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican (Galt) CC#4497 Internet Link . Sacred to the memory of/ Frances True, daughter of/ Archdeacon and Helen MacKenzie/ wife of Revd. Canon C. W. Hedley M. A./ born 1873 entered into rest 1914/ also/ Helen Elizabeth , eldest daughter of/ Canon and Mrs. Hedley/ born 1903, fell asleep 1914/ They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death, they were not divided/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Jul 1873 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1914 - Port Arthur, Thunderbay District, Ontario Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth