Alma Catherine Shinn

1888 - 1914  (25 years)

• Name	Alma Catherine Shinn
  Born	18 Sep 1888	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Alma Catherine Riffer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	at Home
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-45296
  Died	8 Jun 1914	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: Consumption nearly a year
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I45296	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Kelly Shinn,   b. 3 Feb 1859, Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Augusta Beger,   b. 30 Sep 1864, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States ,   d. 25 Jan 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1883	Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F11762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norman Riffer,   b. 28 Jun 1886, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1946  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1911	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F57720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of Mrs. Norman Riffer There passed away at the home of her parents at Waterloo, where she had been staying the last few weeks, Alma Shinn, wife of Mr. Norman Riffer, at the age of 24 years, 8 months and 21 days. Mr. and Mrs. Riffer were married on October 19th, 1911 and in joy and hopefulness started housekeeping. But a cloud soon appeared on the horizon of the happiness, Mrs. Riffer showed signs of failing health and medical men diagnosed it as a hopeless case of tuberculosis of the lungs. Mr. Riffer did everything he could for her and thinking there might still be a chance, sent her for treatment to the King Edward Sanitarium at Weston. But after nine weeks' stay there the doctors of the institution declared there was no hope for her. So she came home to Elmira, where she received every attention until she went to Waterloo where she gradually sank until the end came last Sunday morning. The funeral takes place this afternoon at Waterloo. This is one of the many sad cases where the white plague gets in its work in our land. Elmira Signet Jun 12 1913 pg 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 1. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 46 Pg. 7. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. South: Augusta/ beloved wife of/ Jos. K. Shinn/ 1864-1929/ Jos. K. Shinn/ 1859-1937/ Shinn/ East: Elva Shinn/ beloved wife of/ Chas. Cusin/ born/ Sept. 21, 1899/ died/ Jan. 4, 1921/ Chas. Cusin/ 1888-1952/ North: Alma Shinn/ born/ Sept. 18, 1888/ died/ June 8, 1913/ Harold Shinn/ born/ Nov. 10, 1902/ died/ June 21, 1917 [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of J. K. Shinn - April 9, 1937.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1888 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - at Home - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Oct 1911 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Consumption nearly a year - 8 Jun 1914 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth