Mary Ann Fry^[1]

1848 - 1909  (60 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Fry
  Born	9 Nov 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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   [7]
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00008-1022.1
  Died	23 Aug 1909	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I42348	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Fry,   b. CALC 1 Jun 1811, Waltzgau Oberamt Weltzheim, Wurttemberg, Germany ,   d. 16 Apr 1889  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Regina Kraft,   b. CALC 9 May 1812, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 21 Oct 1883, , Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. 29 Nov 1921, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1869	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Anna Regina Bean,   b. 29 Nov 1869, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   2. Blanche Beatrice Bean,   b. 21 Jul 1874, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Mar 1964, Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. John Henry Bean,   b. 11 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   4. David Alexander "Alexander" Bean,   b. 3 Oct 1877, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Emma Louise Bean,   b. 7 Jan 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1953  (Age 71 years)   6. Clive Stanley Bean,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955, , Pinellas, Florida  (Age 70 years)   7. Roy Sylvester "Sylvester" Bean,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Aug 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  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 _____________ 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

  [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. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-3 Page 2. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 46. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 61. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113127427/mary-ann-bean. [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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Nov 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1869 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Apr 1869 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Aug 1909 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth