Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary Ann Fry[1]

Female 1848 - 1909  (60 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Fry 
    Born 9 Nov 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113127427 
    Name Mary Ann Bean 
    Residence 1869  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Wesleyan Methodist 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Methodist 
    Eby ID Number 00008-1022.1 
    Died 23 Aug 1909  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I42348  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Christian Fry,   b. CALC 1 Jun 1811, Waltzgau Oberamt Weltzheim, Wurttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1889  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Regina Kraft,   b. CALC 9 May 1812, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1883, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Family ID F35978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mayor David S. Bean,   b. 29 Dec 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1869  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Anna Regina Bean,   b. 29 Nov 1869, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Blanche Beatrice Bean,   b. 21 Jul 1874, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1964, Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. John Henry Bean,   b. 11 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. David Alexander "Alexander" Bean,   b. 3 Oct 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     5. Emma Louise Bean,   b. 7 Jan 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 71 years)
     6. Clive Stanley Bean,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1955, , Pinellas, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     7. Roy Sylvester "Sylvester" Bean,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F11005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In Loving Memory Died at Waterloo, Monday, August 23rd, 1909. Mary Ann Fry beloved wife of David Bean. The Funeral will take place from the residence, George Street, on Thursday Afternoon, August 26th at 2.30 o'clock to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

      Funeral Card

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      DEATH OF MRS. DAVID BEAN

      Wife of the Publisher of the Chronicle-Telegraph Passes Away.

      The death took place at the family residence, George St., Waterloo, on Monday, Aug. 33rd, of Mary Ann Fry, beloved wife of David Bean, publisher of the Chronicle-Telegraph. After a lingering illness, endured with patience, Christian fortitude and resignation, and surrounded by all the members of her family, she peacefully fell asleep at hall past five o'clock in the afternoon.

      The funeral will take place from the residence Thursday at 2.30 p. m. to Mount Hope cemetery.

      Deceased, who was a daughter of the late Christian Fry, was born in Waterloo township not far from the town of Berlin, removing at an early age to Blenheim with her parents, where her father afterwards became extensively engaged in the sawmilling and lumbering business. She was married in 1869 to David Bean, son of the late John Bean, one of the early pioneers of Wilmot township, who was then teaching school at No. 13 Blenheim. Later she removed to Baden, Washington and Elmira, where her husband taught school for three and a half, two and a half twelve and respectively purchase of and half years

      In 1889, upon the the Chronicle by her husband, she removed to Waterloo where she has since resided. Deceased was a faithful and consistent member of the Waterloo Methodist church, as also of the Ladies' Aid and the Women's Missionary Society.

      She was a loving and devoted wife and kind and affectionate mother, of a cheerful and most unselfish disposition she was always ready, at the sacrificet her own comfort and convenience, to do a kind act for a neighbor or friend. The marriage union was blessed with seven children. one of whom died in infancy. Besides the bereaved husband, those who survive are Anna R. and Emma L., at home, Blanche B. (Mrs. D. B. Musselman, of Lochwood, Sask., D. Alex., Mgr. Daily Telegraph, Berlin, and Roy S. and Clive S. of the Chronicle-Telegraph, Waterloo. One sister, Mrs. John Richl, Lisbon, Ont., and two brothers, C. C. Fry, Bright, Ont, and M. C. Fry, Kurtzville, Ont. also survive.

      The Chronicle Telegraph, Thursday August 26, 1909, page 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 261.

    2. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 2.

    3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 46.

    4. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 61.

    5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 5.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113127427/mary-ann-bean.

    7. [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869.
      David Bean Birth Place: Wilmot RESIDENCE: Blenheim Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Father Name: John Mother Name: Ann Tharich Spouse Name: Marianne Fry Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Spouse Birth Place: Waterloo Spouse Residence: Blenheim Spouse Father Name: Christian Spouse Mother Name: Regina Croft Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1869 Marriage County: Oxford

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Nov 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1869 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Apr 1869 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Aug 1909 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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