Severa Gertrude "Vera" Kinsman

1900 - 1997  (96 years)

• Name	Severa Gertrude "Vera" Kinsman
  Born	14 Oct 1900	Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Severa Gertrude "Vera" Kersell
  Name	Vera Kinsman
  Residence	1921	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1923	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-107016
  Died	1 Mar 1997	Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA
  Person ID	I107016	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Alfred Oberlina Kinsman,   b. 1 Apr 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1955, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Clara Martina Stone,   b. 20 Aug 1863, Smith Falls, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1946, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1890	Prescott, Grenville Co., Ontario   [2]
  Family ID	F49462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Kersell,   b. 1895, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA
  Married	20 Oct 1923	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F27132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anecdote: 2008. She was 18 when her family moved from Massachusetts to Galt, Ontario, where Vera met and later married Alexander Kersell. Vera and her husband raised two children and spent their married lives in Buffalo and Niagra Falls, New York. After her husband's death in 1961, Vera moved to Yorba Linda, California where she enjoyed playing pinochle, bingo, and associating with her many friends. An avid card player and traveller, Vera enjoyed her many trips around the USA, Canada, Hawaii and Alaska. She moved to Bakersfield in 1988 to live with her daughter, Jean Nafus. 'She will always be remembered for her loving ways, her joy of life, her wonderful sense of humour and ageless quick wit. She lived and experienced a life that only someone of her years could tell tales of. She had many interesting and amazing stories to tell. She loved to reminisce about people and times that she held close to her.' \bAncestry Family Tree 2010

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 22136 (1923), Kersell-Kinsman. Alexander Kersell, 27, Lineman, res. Galt, b. Waterloo Co., son of Andrew Kersell (born. Galt) and Mary Edgar married Severa Gertrude Kinsman, 23, Clerk, res. Galt, b. U.S.A., daughter of Alexa Kinsman (born. Ontario) and Clara M. Stone, Witnessed by: Alfred Kinsman Jr. and Mary Kersell both of Galt, 20 October 1923 in Galt. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate (1890), Kinsman-Stone. Alfred Oberlina Kinsman Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 04 Jul 1890 Event Place: Prescott, Grenville, Ontario, Canada Occ blacksmith City Rome, NY, Age: 24 Birth Year (Estimated): 1866, b. Galt, Father's Name: Nicholas E Kinsman Mother's Name: Severa Kinsman Spouse's Name: Clara M Stone. res, Perth. b. Smith Falls Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1865 Spouse's Father's Name: George Stone Spouse's Mother's Name: Charlotte Stone

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1900 - Merrimac, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Residence - 1921 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1923 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Oct 1923 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Mar 1997 - Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth