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Ada May Plumstead
1910 - 2002 (91 years)-
Name Ada May Plumstead Born 6 Aug 1910 Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Brantford, , Ontario, Canada 
[1] Gender Female Name Ada May Marshall Residence Piper St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Eby ID Number Waterloo-339604 Died 23 May 2002 Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada [2] Buried 25 May 2002 Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] Person ID I339604 Generations Last Modified 3 Mar 2025
Family James Gordon "Gordon" Marshall, b. 19 Dec 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Mar 1985, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) Married 21 Sep 1932 , Ontario, Canada Children 1. Female Marshall, b. 29 Oct 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Oct 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)2. William Howard "Howard" Marshall, b. 13 Jul 1935, d. Yes, date unknown 3. Gordon Ross Marshall, b. 12 Jan 1937, , Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Feb 2008, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)4. Norma Mae Marshall, b. 28 May 1939, d. Yes, date unknown 5. Robert D. Marshall Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 Family ID F248157 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Ada Mae Marshall, formerly of Ayr, passed away peacefully at Willett Hospital, Paris, on Thursday, May 23, 2002. She was in her 92nd year. Dear wife of the late Gordon Marshall (1901-1986); loved mother of Howard and his wife Winn of Ayr, Ross and his wife Tillie of Wolverton, Norma and her husband Harvey Hutton of Waterloo and Robert of Brampton; beloved grandmother of Jim, Don, Kim, Ken, Jeni and Kali and great-grandmother of seven; loved sister of Don and Stuart Plumstead, both of Paris. Predeceased by sisters Lottie Mabee, Merle Mills and by brother, Bill Plumstead. Born in Rose Cottage, Mt. Pleasant, Ada was the eldest child of William E. Plumstead and Rosetta Mae Lane. When she was still a child, her family moved to Reidsville where she attended school before graduating from Ayr Continuation School. In her youth she received several elocution awards and some of the poems she had remembered all her life were featured at her funeral service. She married a local farmer, Gordon Marshall, in 1932 and they enjoyed almost 55 years together, first on the pioneer family farm on the Alps Rd. (now Ebyholme Farm) and later retirement years on Piper St., Ayr where Ada is best remembered for her beautiful gardens and orchids when she moved to the Gibson St. apartments when widowed. After the busy years of raising a family, she gave more time to other interests such as stamp collecting, quilt making, landscape painting, antique restoration. But her major involvement was with the women's group work of Knox United Church, Ayr and the Ayr Horticultural Society. She was for many years president of both groups and she still had her binder with the minutes of all these meetings. She was once active in, and one of the last surviving members of, some groups that no longer exist: The Greenfield Couples Club, The King's Daughters Mission Band, The Ayr Ladies Travel Club. A devote Christian all her life, Ada was raised in the Ayr Methodist Church. She joined Knox United Church with the Union of 1925 where she was very active for almost 70 years. In her retirement to Telfer Place, Paris, in 1994 she joined Paris Presbyterian Church where she finally was on the receiving end of the church's outreach and care. Until shortly before her death she could still sing most of the old Gospel Hymns from memory. The funeral and committal services were held at Kipp's Funeral Home, Paris at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 25th, 2002. Rev. San Cox of Paris Presbyterian Church officiated. Later in the afternoon the family held a private burial time at the Marshall ancestral plot in the Ayr Cemetery.
The Ayr News May 29 2002 pg 12
- Ada Mae Marshall, formerly of Ayr, passed away peacefully at Willett Hospital, Paris, on Thursday, May 23, 2002. She was in her 92nd year. Dear wife of the late Gordon Marshall (1901-1986); loved mother of Howard and his wife Winn of Ayr, Ross and his wife Tillie of Wolverton, Norma and her husband Harvey Hutton of Waterloo and Robert of Brampton; beloved grandmother of Jim, Don, Kim, Ken, Jeni and Kali and great-grandmother of seven; loved sister of Don and Stuart Plumstead, both of Paris. Predeceased by sisters Lottie Mabee, Merle Mills and by brother, Bill Plumstead. Born in Rose Cottage, Mt. Pleasant, Ada was the eldest child of William E. Plumstead and Rosetta Mae Lane. When she was still a child, her family moved to Reidsville where she attended school before graduating from Ayr Continuation School. In her youth she received several elocution awards and some of the poems she had remembered all her life were featured at her funeral service. She married a local farmer, Gordon Marshall, in 1932 and they enjoyed almost 55 years together, first on the pioneer family farm on the Alps Rd. (now Ebyholme Farm) and later retirement years on Piper St., Ayr where Ada is best remembered for her beautiful gardens and orchids when she moved to the Gibson St. apartments when widowed. After the busy years of raising a family, she gave more time to other interests such as stamp collecting, quilt making, landscape painting, antique restoration. But her major involvement was with the women's group work of Knox United Church, Ayr and the Ayr Horticultural Society. She was for many years president of both groups and she still had her binder with the minutes of all these meetings. She was once active in, and one of the last surviving members of, some groups that no longer exist: The Greenfield Couples Club, The King's Daughters Mission Band, The Ayr Ladies Travel Club. A devote Christian all her life, Ada was raised in the Ayr Methodist Church. She joined Knox United Church with the Union of 1925 where she was very active for almost 70 years. In her retirement to Telfer Place, Paris, in 1994 she joined Paris Presbyterian Church where she finally was on the receiving end of the church's outreach and care. Until shortly before her death she could still sing most of the old Gospel Hymns from memory. The funeral and committal services were held at Kipp's Funeral Home, Paris at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 25th, 2002. Rev. San Cox of Paris Presbyterian Church officiated. Later in the afternoon the family held a private burial time at the Marshall ancestral plot in the Ayr Cemetery.
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Sources - [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
Name: Ada May Plumstead Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1910 Gender: Female Birth Place: Brant, Ontario, Canada Father's name: William E Plumstead Mother's name: May Rosetta Lane - [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link .
[Front/Northeast] Isabella/ died May 30, 1888;/ aged 27 Y'rs 5 Mo's & 22 days/ Janet,/ died Feb. 27, 1880;/ aged 21 Y'rs 4 Mo's & 23 days/ Margaret/ died Sep. 7, 1857;/ aged 1 year 6 Mo's & 25 days/ Thomas/ died Sep. 25, 1850/ aged 11 months/ Infant dau. died Sep. 14, 1854/ Aged 2 days/ Gordon Ross Marshall/ Jan 12, 1937 - Feb. 28, 2008/ And his wife/ E. M. (Tiilie) Ricker/ June 26, 1945 - /
[Left/Southeast] Thomas Marshall, died Jan. 5, 1889;/ aged 70 years, 3 Mo's 20 D'ys/ also his wife/ Janet Anderson/ died Jan. 20, 1878;/ aged 55 years, & 10 months/ and their children/ Agness, eldest dau./ died Apr. 17, 1879;/ aged 32 years, 1 Mo. & 22 days/ Jane, second dau./ Died June 11, 1884;/ aged 36 years & 3 months/ Wm. Howard Marshall/ July 13 - 1935 - / and his wife/ Winnifred A. Leich/ Sept. 9, 1938 - /
[Back/Southwest] Cameron Marshall/ died May 1, 1917/ In his 55th year/ his beloved wife/ Mary Isabella Deans/ died May 25, 1950/ aged 85 years/ their youngest son/ Gordon Marshall/ died March 27, 1986/ In his 85th year/ his beloved wife/ Ada Mae Plumstead/ Died May 23, 2002/ In her 92nd year/ Their infant daughter - 1933/
[Right/Northwest] Elizabeth A./ dau. of/ Thomas & Janet/ Marshall/ died Feb. 9th, 1903/ aged 51 years & 17 days/ Children of Gordon & Ada; Howard, Ross, Norma and/ Robert D. Marshall/ June 5, 1943 - / Norma Mae Marshall/ May 28, 1939 - / and her husband/ harvey E. Hutton/ June 25, 1936 - /
- [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
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Event Map 
Born - 6 Aug 1910 - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Brantford, , Ontario, Canada 
Residence - - Piper St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Married - 21 Sep 1932 - , Ontario, Canada 
Buried - 25 May 2002 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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