Waterloo Region Generations
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Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" Wheeler

Female 1896 - 1991  (95 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" Wheeler 
    Born 1896 
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" Barrett 
    Occupation Floor Lady for Newland's Textile Mill 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-432275 
    Died 27 Apr 1991  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 30 Apr 1991  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I432275  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Thomas W. C. Barrett,   d. 1979 
    Married 1948 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F275268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BARRETT, Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" (nee Wheeler)

      At the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Saturday, April 27, 1991, in her 95th year. Dolly immigrated to Canada in 1910 with her family, settling first in Doon, then Galt, at age 14 she started to work in Newland's Textile Mill where she advanced to Floor Lady, teaching young women. She worked for 35 years at Newland's, until she married in 1948. Beloved wife of the late Thomas W.C. Barrett, who predeceased her in 1979. Dear step-mother of Jean Fayle of Cambridge, Marjorie Barrett of Toronto, Phyllis Barrett and Murray White of Mississauga, Norma Neudoerffer of Guelph and Barbara and her husband Donald MacDonald of Niagara-On-The-Lake. Loving aunt of Joan Corey of Burlington, Kathleen McCue of Illinois, Albert Wheeler of Chatham and Roy and Bob Wheeler of Cambridge. Dear grandmother of 12 grandchildren and predeceased by a grandson and by brothers; Fred, George, Alf and Ernest Wheeler and a sister, Emma Roberts. Mrs. Barrett is resting at the COUTTS AND SON FUNERAL HOME, 96 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, where the family will receive friends (today), 2 - 4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, at Trinity Anglican Church, 12 Blair Road, at 2 p.m., with Reverend Bob Grisdale officiating. Interment, Mount View Cemetery.

      Cambridge Reporter 1991

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Apr 1991 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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