Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Sarah Paton Baillie McMurdo[1, 2]

Female 1900 - 1998  (98 years)


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  • Name Sarah Paton Baillie McMurdo 
    Born 1900  , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Sarah Paton Baillie Avery 
    Occupation 1925  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Housemaid 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-403813 
    Died 5 Feb 1998  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 9 Feb 1998  Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I403813  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father John McMurdo,   b. CA 1870, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Baillie,   b. CA 1870,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F294194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Avery,   b. 1900, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 19 Apr 1925  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Baillie Avery,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Avery,   b. 1929,   d. 17 Apr 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F266525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • AVERY, Sarah - At the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Thursday February 5, 1998 in her 99th year. Beloved wife of the late John Avery (1979). Dear mother of Elizabeth and her husband Colin Packard of Cambridge and predeceased by a son William (Bill) Avery (1997). Also survived by her daughter-in-law Shirley Avery of Cambridge. Loving grandmother of Susan, Patti, and Janice, great-grandmother of Todd, Tara, Adam, Alexis, Sarah and Meagan. Sister of Elizabeth Ballantyne of Cambridge. Sarah was a member of The Order of Eastern Starr for 77 years and a lifetime member of The Rose of Sharon Chapter. Friends will be received at Coutts and Son Funeral Home, 96 St. Andrews St., Cambridge on Sunday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal service will be conducted in the funeral home chapel on Monday February 9, 1998 at 11: 00 a.m. with Rev. Bill Gallagher officiating. Interment will follow in Mount View Cemetery. If desired, remembrances may be made to the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, "Palliative Care", 700 Coronation Blvd., Cambridge N1R 9Z9.

      Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of William Avery.

    2. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020326-25.
      John Avery, 24, occ. Core Maker, b. Ireland, res. Galt, son of William R. Avery (B. Ireland) and Annie Johnston Married Sarah Paton Baillie McMurdo, 25, occ. Housemaid, b. Scotland, res. Galt, daughter of John McMurdo (B. Scotland) and Elizabeth Baillie, Wittnessed by: Elizabeth B. McMurdo and William Norwood Both of Galt, 17 (19) April 1925 in Galt

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Sara Avery.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1900 - , Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Housemaid - 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Apr 1925 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 1998 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Feb 1998 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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