Jessie Louise Beattie

1896 - 1985  (88 years)

• Name	Jessie Louise Beattie
  Born	2 Oct 1896	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Casher, Tea Room
  Residence	1921	12 Foundry St. N. [now 20 Ontario St. N.] , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Died	1985  [1]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Interesting	honoured, author, story
  Website	author and teacher
  	City of Cambridge, Ontario Hall of Fame
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-52732
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I52732	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Francis Walker Beattie,   b. 18 Jan 1850, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1933, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Janet "Jessie" "Cissie" Fleming,   b. 13 Dec 1854, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1945, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1875	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F13596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Jessie Louise Beattie

  
  

• Notes

  Jessie L. Beattie, a noted Canadian author, was born at Blair, Ontario, and two of her twenty books, Along the Way and A Season Past, recall life in the pioneer home and village in which she grew up. Educated at Tassie Hall, Galt, the University of Buffalo and the University of Toronto, she taught school, spent six years in library work, two years in corrective educational work with the provincial government, one-and-a-half years as Director of Recreation, Community Welfare Council, and conducted a private school in Blair for four years. Beattie has written and produced several plays but is best known for her novels, biographies, books on travel, short stories and poetry. Strength for the Bridge is a deeply researched novel treating sympathetically the plight of the Japanese in Canada during World War II. In spite of poor health and eventual loss of her sight, Beattie continued writing through the years and received wide acclaim for her breadth of vision and the quality of her literary accomplishments. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link. Beattie A. Jessie Louise, dau. / 1896-1985 B. Francis W. Beattie / 1850-1933 C. Mrs. Janet Beattie / 1854-1945 D. Jean C. Beattie dau. / 1881-1957 E. Lillian Ann, dau. / 1885-1966 [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 3. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 15. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 13. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9931 (1875), Beattie-Fleming. Francis Beattie, occupation North Dumfries, Birth Place: Puslinch Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Father Name: William Beattie Mother Name: Isabella Walker Spouse Name: Janet Fleming, residence Puslinch Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Birth Place: Puslinch Spouse Father Name: Aleer Fleming Spouse Mother Name: Jeannie Cockburn Marriage Date: 3 Mar 1875 Marriage Location: Wellington, East Puslinch [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 34.

  
  

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  Born - 2 Oct 1896 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Casher, Tea Room - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth