Mary Ann Woods^[1]

1832 - 1910  (78 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Woods
  Born	4 Jun 1832	Edgefield, Norfolk, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1836	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Name	Mary Ann Bock
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Servant
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Church of England
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	United Brethren
  Eby ID Number	00012-1140.1
  Died	18 Dec 1910	Providence, Manitoulin Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario   [3, 4]
  Buried	Providence Bay Cemetery, Providence, Manitoulin Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I16009	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Woods,   b. 30 Apr 1813, Edgefield, Norfolk, England ,   d. 23 Jun 1873, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Clements,   b. 18 Nov 1812, Edgefield, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1 Apr 1879  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F15540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Bock,   b. 7 May 1830, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1911, Carnarvon Township, Manitoulin Island, Algoma District, Ontario  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1850  [7]
  Children	1. Joseph Bock,   b. CA 1851,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Daniel (?) Bock,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Henry Bock,   b. 24 May 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Nov 1938  (Age 83 years)   4. William Bock,   b. 1 Dec 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jul 1919, Spring Bay, Campbell Township, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   5. Abraham O. Bock,   b. 1 Oct 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Eliza Ann Bock,   b. 1863, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Rebecca Jane Bock,   b. 1865, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary Catharine Bock,   b. 20 Apr 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1953  (Age 85 years)   9. John Woods Bock,   b. 21 May 1873, Carlsruhe, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 104 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The writer has been accorded the esteemed privilege of requesting the publication of some details in the life of Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Benjamin Bock, of Carnarvon, whose death occurred on the 18th inst. She was a daughter of Henry Woods, a factory operator of Norfolk, England who came to Canada when the subject of our sketch was four years of age and settled with his wife and family at Williamsburg [Kitchener], Waterloo, in 1836, where though new to the work and difficulties facing him by industry and the aid of his family he attained to comfort and affluence before his death. It was there in his early youth the dear lady learned when young to do her duty and which she never neglected through a long life of 77 years. In 1849 she was truly converted to a Christian life. In 1852 she was married to Benjamin Bock and brought him a family of nine children. In 1877 they moved to the Manitoulin Island. Since then few of the old leading residents from end to end of the Island but have been benefited by or heard of her genuine hospitality to all. We are but speaking truth when we say she was modest and unpretending, unmistakably good, always preferring the happiness and welfare of others to herself. Contented and happy with her lot. The darling of her grand children female and male who would not wish a life and death life hers. We will not essay anything to comfort the bereaved husband two years older than his beloved wife. God alone can comfort and lead him till he joins his beloved bride of 57 years ago. The burial in Providence Bay cemetery as was to be expected was largely attended. The Rev. Harvey Fry, Mennonite minister assisted by Rev. John Turnbull, Baptist, and Rev. Mr. Steele, Presbyterian, officiated. All the Ministers spoke with enthusiasm of the death-bed scene of the departed. She had borne her sufferings with Christian resignation. For some days anxious watchers stood by her bedside, suddenly the call came and she exclaimed "Jesus take me". A bright smile overspread her face and she looked her last on earth. The Recorder, Gore Bay, Thursday, January 6, 1910 ___________________ Card of Thanks Mr. Benjamin Bock, now of Providence Bay, on behalf of himself and his family desires to express deep appreciation of the unremitting and unwearied kindness of the ladies of Providence Bay during the sickness and death of the late Mrs. Bock. He will never forget the warm sympathy of old neighbors in this time of his affliction The Recorder, Gore Bay, Thursday, January 20, 1910

  
  

• 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..., 285. [S440] Census - ON, Algoma District - 1881, Algoma District Number: 44 Sub-District: Carnarvon Sub-District Number: H-3-1 Family Number: 9 Page: 2. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Mary Ann Bock Death Date: 18 Dec 1910 Death Location: Manitoulin District, Providence, b. 4 Jun 1832 Birth Location: Edefield,Norfolk CO,Eng d/o Henry Woods b. Edgefield and Rebecca Clements b. Edgefield no cause [S441] Cemetery - ON, Manitoulin - Providence Bay. Holy Bible/BENJAMIN/BOCK/DIED MAR.13.1911/AGED 80 YRS, 10 MS/6 DYS./HIS WIFE MARY A.WOODS/DIED DEC.18,1909/AGED 77 YRS. 6 MOS. 14 DS/Sleep dear parents thy work is done Jesus/has come and borne thee home [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 19. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 8. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 1 Page 2.

  
  

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  Born - 4 Jun 1832 - Edgefield, Norfolk, England Immigration - 1836 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Providence Bay Cemetery, Providence, Manitoulin Island, Manitoulin District, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth