Elizabeth Ann Facey

1845 - 1937  (91 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ann Facey
  Born	30 Dec 1845	, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194283700
  Name	Elizabeth Ann Smith
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-370886
  Died	31 Oct 1937	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I370886	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Facey,   b. 1817, , Devonshire, England ,   d. 17 Mar 1916, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 99 years)
  Mother	Margaret Veale,   b. 1824, , Devonshire, England ,   d. 26 Jan 1908  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F227237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Smith,   b. 13 Jun 1836, Sedgefield, , Durham, England ,   d. 2 Nov 1909, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. George A. Smith,   b. Jul 1865,   d. 1943  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Robert A. Smith,   b. 9 Nov 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1940, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   3. Hannah Margaret Smith,   b. 1868, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1946  (Age 78 years)   4. Rosetta Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1870, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F256675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dies at 92 Years After Long Illness Mrs. Henry Smith, One of Ontario's Oldest Pioneers, Called. There passed away Sunday morning Oct 31st on the Wilmot-Zorra Townline one of the oldest residents The community, in the person of Elizabeth Anne Facey widow of the Heury Smith in her 92nd. The deceased was a member in a well known and highly respected pioneer family being the eldest daughter of John and Margaret Vale Facey who lived on the farm now owned by Mr Wm Marwick Mrs Smith was born near Gunnie's Lake. Cornwall England coming to Canada with her parents in the year 1846, when but three months of age, her husband died Nov 2 1909. One daughter Hannah, and two sons, Geo and Robert are left to mourn the passing of a loving mother One daughter Rosa (Mrs. Wm. White) died in 1936. Of 8 brothers and sisters only two brothers survive Henry Facey of Mitchell and Rev R A Facey of Erie. The remains were laid to rest in the family plot at St. James Cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Nov 24 Rev E. H. Chart of Guelph officiated. Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Nov 1937, p. 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194283700.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Dec 1845 - , Devonshire, England Died - 31 Oct 1937 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth