Mary Jane "Jennie" Roberts

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• Name: Mary Jane "Jennie" Conway
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58877
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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CONWAY, MARY JANE (Nee Roberts)

At her residence, 116 Wanless Ave., Toronto, at about 4: 30 Friday morning, September 20, 1940. Relict of John D. Conway. She was ill for only a comparatively short time. Mrs. Conway had been a resident of Hespeler for the greater part of her life. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts, she was born in Talbotville, ON but came to Hespeler, where she was well known and held in high esteem, as a young woman. An active worker in the United Church, she took a particular interest in the work of the Ladies' Aid Society and the Women's Missionary Society of this congregation and held the office of secretary for many years. Some few years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Conway left to make their home in Toronto but she spent most of her summers at her summer cottage at McCormick's Point on Puslinch Lake, where she lived this year until practically the end of the season. Survived by two sons and one daughter, Dr. Harry R. Conway, Fred Conway and Bessie Conway, all of Toronto. Funeral on Sunday at 2: 30 at the home of Mrs. A. F. Stager of Galt St. in Hespeler. Many out of town relatives and friends joined those of this district in paying their respects. Rev. D. E. Foster, pastor of the United Church, was in charge of the service, assisted by Rev. J. W. Hunt of Wellington Street United Church in London, a former pastor of the local congregation, who gave the address. Interment Hespeler Cemetery. Pallbearers: Capt. W. Howard Renwick of Listowel; R. G. Todd of Galt; Douglas Phin of Toronto; Harold Phin of Whitby; C. A. Panabaker and Alex Forbes of Hespeler.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Mary married John Dumas Conway 23 May 1888, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. John (son of Edward Conway and Anna Dumas) was born 8 Jul 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84137
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Captain
• Residence: 1940, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Fred Conway
• Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58875
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #348642
• Residence: 1940, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

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Fred Dumas Conway

PRESTON, Fred Dumas Conway of 189 Cedervale Ave., Toronto, died Sunday, at the Maynard Nursing Home in Toronto. Mr. Conway was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Conway of Hespeler. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Elsie Groh, The body is at Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, where funeral and committal service will be conducted Tuesday, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Wanner cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Mar 1971 pg 26

Fred — Mary Elsie Groh. Mary (daughter of Christian Tobias Groh and Marthalena Gingerich) was born 10 Dec 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1974, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 7 Mar 1974, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84139
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1940, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada