Isabell Stuart "Bella" Cameron

1867 - 1968  (100 years)

• Name	Isabell Stuart "Bella" Cameron
  Born	24 Dec 1867	Granton, Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Isabell Stuart "Bella" Clare
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Assistant Postmaster
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-89382
  Died	24 Jul 1968	Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I89382	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Frederick Clare,   b. 2 Apr 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1938, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1894	Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario   [5]
  Children	1. Helen Elizabeth Clare,   b. 28 Oct 1895, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1986  (Age 90 years)   2. Stewert Clare,   b. Sep 1897, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Stuart Clare,   b. 2 Sep 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941  (Age 43 years)   4. Frederick Cameron Clare,   b. 15 Sep 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 54 years)   5. Mary Margaret Clare,   b. 3 May 1908, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1986  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F23136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Clare Of Preston Dies at 100 PRESTON-This towns senior grand old lady, Mrs. Isobel Cameron Clare. died today at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, Bracebridge, after a brief illness. She was 100 and would have been 101 next Christmas Eve. Born the year that Canada became a nation, at Granton, Ont. She was known here as one of Canada's first women telegraph operators. Before her marriage to Frederick Clare, joint founder of Clare Brother Ltd., one of Canada's best-known furnace and stove manufacturers. Mrs. Clare was predeceased by her husband in 1938 and by two sons, Stuart in 1942 and Frederick in 1959. She is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Clare, Preston and Mrs. George (Mary) Moss, of Port Credit: seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The body will be at the family residence, 31 Queen St., Preston, pending arrangement for the funeral service at Knox Presbyterian Church. Memorial tributes are gratefully declined. In charge of funeral arrangements is the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home. Burial will be in Preston cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 24 Jul 1968 pg 25

  
  

• Sources

  [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 9. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 8. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 41. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . [Monument] CLARE/ [18 stone markers] Alfred CLARE/ 1934./ George A. CLARE/ 1915./ Catherine CLARE/ 1936./ Frederick C. CLARE/ 1904 - 1959./ Helen Elizabeth/ CLARE/ 1895 - 1986./ Marjorie Briscoe/ CLARE WHITE/ 1900 -1994/ Herbert J. CLARE/ 1868 - 1949./ Nellie MEE/ wife of/ Herbert J. CLARE/ 1873 - 1959./ William Leicester/ CLARE/ 1897 - 1969./ Norman F. CLARE/ 1882 - 1963./ Frederick CLARE/ 1856 - 1938./ Isabel CAMERON/ wife of/ Frederick CLARE/ 1867 - 1968./ John Stuart CLARE/ 1897 -1941./ Salome H. ROOS/ wife of/ Chas. CLARE/ 1846 - 1925./ Charles CLARE/1846 - 1923./ Maude L. CLARE/ 1874 - 1947./ Herman L. CLARE/ 1880 - 1959./ Letitia P. MCMILLAN/ wife of/ Herman L. CLARE/ 1884 - 1969./ [Burial Card] Elizabeth CLARE died July ? 1986. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Frederick Clare Age:38 Birth Date:abt 1856 Birth Place:Preston Marriage Date:26 Apr 1894 Marriage County or District:Middlesex Father:John Clare Mother:Margaret Clare Spouse:Bella Cameron Spouse's Age:26 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1868 Spouse Birth Place:Granton Spouse Father:Hugh Cameron Spouse Mother:Mary Cameron

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Assistant Postmaster - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Apr 1894 - Biddulph Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Jul 1968 - Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth