Maudann "Ann" Naismith

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• Name: Ann Naismith
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Daughter of Dr. James A. Naismith and Maude E. (Sherman) Naismith.
Her father Dr. James A. Naismith, is the inventor of basketball.
She married Thomas Lee Dawe.
She was a registered nurse.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Lee Dawe, Sr.. Thomas was born on 17 Feb 1908; died on 31 Aug 1995; was buried in Thayer Cemetery, Thayer, Oregon County, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sports Figure. He invented the game of Basketball in 1891. Born in rural Ontario, Canada, both his parents died while he was still in grade school and his grandparents and then an uncle were left to care and raise him. Becoming an ordained minister and a medical doctor, he took a job teaching physical education at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. There he created the game of basketball, intending to introduce a game that allowed exercise indoors, by using two peach basket hoops, a soccer ball and 13 simple rules. He later came to the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1898 , filling the dual post of Athletics director and chapel director. He initiated the first collegiate Jayhawks basketball game at the University. Throughout his lifetime he never received any fame or fortune from the sport he created, and only after his passing in 1939 was enormous recognition heaped upon him. For his historic invention, Naismith's name adorns the Basketball Hall of Fame located in downtown, Springfield, Massachusetts. Streets and buildings in Springfield and Lawrence are named in tribute. The sport he invented has evolved into a game that more than 300 million people play worldwide, with professional leagues on every Continent.

James married Maude Evelyn Sherman in 1895. Maude was born on 6 Sep 1871 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. United States; died on 4 Mar 1937 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States; was buried in 1937 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1 Jul 1833, Scotland; on find a grave

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Plots C97 to C108 Stone 695
John Naismith died Oct 19, 1870 age 37 years.
His wife Margaret (Young) died Nov 6, 1870 age 37 years.

John married Margaret Young on 19 Jan 1858 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Margaret (daughter of Robert Young and Anne "Annie" Mason) was born on 15 Jun 1833 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 6 Nov 1870 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1870 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Plots C97 to C108 Stone 695
John Naismith died Oct 19, 1870 age 37 years.
His wife Margaret (Young) died Nov 6, 1870 age 37 years.

James married Ann Wood on 10 Jan 1830 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Ann was born on 27 Nov 1808 in Barony Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Dec 1808 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 21 Oct 1862 in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1870, Saturday July 23, The Almonte Gazette, page 2

?b?The Late Robert Young Of Ramsay?/b?
The words at the head of this paragraph will send a pang to many a heart; for, there are few men we could name more widely known in this locality, and more highly esteemed, than was Robert Young. The comparatively short illness which preceded his death, on the evening of Sabbath last, affording so little pre-intimation, will make the stroke more deeply felt. It is hard to realize that, that familiar face shall be seen among us no more, and that, that cheerful voice is now silenced for ever. Since the time Mr Young came to Ramsay, now thirty-eight years ago, he has occupied a prominent social position. He had many admirable personal qualities which made him greatly liked, and led to his acquaintance being universally sought. He was cheerful and joyous in his temperament, genial and kindly in his disposition, and more than ready to fulfil all the offices of good neighbourship. Those who had the privilege of enjoying his closer friendship can never forget his fund of real and true kindness and warmth of heart, and the tenderness and affection which he could not forbear to show when the occasion called for it. How often has that kindly face come like a benediction to lighten trouble. As an agriculturalist he was foremost amongst those who took a lively interest in the advancement of that science, his council and advice being always looked for by the Director of the N.L. Agricultural Society of which he had been always a member and very often Vice-President. He will be greatly missed in many ways, and not least in the congregation of which he was a member. Ever since the Presbyterian worship was organized in Ramsay thirty-six years ago, Mr Young had conducted the praise in his congregation. First, in the Stone Church on the eighth line in Mr Fairburn's time; then in the Free Church there; and latterly in St John's Church, Almonte. He occupied his accustomed place on the Sabbath immediately preceding that on which he died, leading the praise of the congregation and hearing the word of God for the last time in the sanctuary on earth from the lips of his son. He was of sincere though unaffected piety, taking a large-hearted interest in every good work, an liberal in his support of them. We feel his death as a public loss. And what must it be to his surviving partner, and family? If a sincere sympathy with them in the sorrow of their bereavement can be any consolation, they have this, deeply and widespread. Mr Young had just completed his sixty eight year.

Robert married Anne "Annie" Mason on 5 Jun 1825 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Anne (daughter of John Mason and Elizabeth "Betty" Corse) was born in 1802 in Cambuslang Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1873 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Annie Mason
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• Alt. Birth: 1805, Johnstone, Renfrewshire Scotland; as recorded in find a grave