Joan E. Farmer

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Wife of the late Barry George Newman, devoted mother to Duncan (Melody), Joanna (John) and Charlotte (Bruce). Much loved Granny to Patrick, Nicholas, Robert, Andrew, Peter and Robin. Predeceased by her sister Elaine Roy. Private family service. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to Dans La Rue.
Mum was small town royalty. She grew up in a frontier mill town in the Ottawa Valley, the daughter of a shopkeeper. After the war she set out for Europe with a friend, travelling by boat and train taking in the sights. Later, armed with a high school diploma and a typing course, she took an apartment in Ottawa. For the next 10 years she witnessed history, working with three prominent figures of the day.
She was personal assistant to Duncan MacTavish, a lawyer, senator and advisor to governments.
She worked for Paul Martin Senior, deputy prime minister and minister for health who brought in universal health care. Mum remembers discussions about the legislation to make seat belts mandatory in cars, prompted by the deaths of movie stars (and Duncan MacTavish). She was also present for sensitive talks with the Russians at the United Nations. She would fly to New York in a Canadian military plane, with her steel filing cabinet and typewriter, and set up shop in the Beekman Tower. She recalls going out on the town with the pilots, eating lunch at the Automat and enjoying New York in simpler more glamourous days.
She worked for Mohammed Ikramulla, High Commissioner for Pakistan and one of the fathers of Partition. Joan took him and his family across Canada on the famous Vista train, visiting the mosques with ceremony. When Ikramulla was impressed with a desk in a scene in a Clark Gable movie, Joan had the job to contact Hollywood and buy it.
After that time with diplomats and politicians, she married an engineer, Barry Newman, a Cambridge graduate who was a young full professor at McGill University in the field of aeronautics. In 1961 they bought the house in Montreal West that housed the family and that Joan remained in until 4 days before her death.
Joan is remembered as a strong personality, charismatic, well turned-out. Many people enjoyed long chats with her on her porch over the years.
And, for those who are curious about longevity, she lived until age 95 with no major health problems even though she had smoked when it was popular, never exercised, and loved brown sugar.

Family/Spouse: Barry George Newman. Barry was born in 1926; died in 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arthur married Eleanor L. Reid. Eleanor (daughter of Alexander Reid and Eleanor Lois Carpenter) was born in 1901; died in 1987; was buried in 1987 in Arnprior Protestant Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander married Eleanor Lois Carpenter on 30 Jan 1900 in Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Eleanor (daughter of Thomas George Carpenter and Eleanor S. Ellis) was born in 1879 in Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1959; was buried in 1959 in Arnprior Protestant Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1931, Friday May 22, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Death Calls John Reid
?/b? As He Nears His 100th Birthday
Farmed In Scotland For Years Before Moving His Family To Canada
Lived Under Five Kings
Had Masonic Apron That Once Belonged To Famous Bobbie Burns
Believed to have been the oldest resident in the Ottawa Valley, with his hundredth birthday due on June 11th of this year. Mr John Reid of Almonte, died on Sunday last at the home of his son Thomas J. Reid. He had been in failing health for some months. The late Mr Reid was born on June 11th, 1831, in the historic Perthshire and for many years he farmed on a large scale at Hilton-of-Aldie, near Kincross, famous in the stories of Scott and the poems of Burns, and close to Loch Leven Castle, the place of imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots. He had a leasehold on part of the Scottish estate of Lord Lansdowne, once Governor General of Canada, and on which estate Mr Reid's forebears had lived for 650 years. He was proud of his clan and of the heraldic motto of the clan "Dum Spiro Spero," which translated means "While I breathe I hope." The three major events in Mr Reid's life by a peculiar circumstance all occurred on the 11th day of June; on that date he was born, again on that date was he married and when in 1881 he said goodbye forever to his beloved Scotland it was on June 11th. He had great confidence in the possibilities of this new land and with his wife he brought out his five young sons and one daughter; his confidence was not misplaced; the members of his family all prospered and their talents were splendid contributions to the communities in which they settled. Mr Reid enjoyed the unique distinction of having lived under four British rulers ? George IV., Queen Victoria, Edward VII., and George V. He was proud of the fact that he had been a Mason for 71 years and prouder still of one of his most cherished possessions, the Masonic apron once owned by Burns, the Scottish bard. Mr Reid was an enthusiastic Conservative and followed the fortunes of that Party during his long life time. He was the oldest man in Lanark County to cast a ballot in the last Federal election, going alone to the polls to register a vote for the sitting Mr T.A. Thompson. Mr Reid's faculties remained unimpaired to the end and in his declining years when he could not be so active as of yore he loved to read the newspapers and latterly the radio was a favourite with him. His wife, who was Catherine Haldane of Dunfermline, and his daughter, predeceased him a number of years ago, but his five sons remained. They are John, Robert and Andrew, of Beverly, Mass.; Alexander, of Arnprior, and Thomas of Almonte. He also leaves 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral which was private, was held on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. Services at the home and grave, in the Auld Kirk Cemetery were conducted by Rev J.R. MacCrimmon. The pallbearers were five sons: Thomas J. of Almonte, Alexander of Arnprior and Messrs. John Francis, Robert and Andrew S. of Beverley, Mass., and a nephew Haldane Reid of Arnprior.

John married Catherine Haldane. Catherine was born in 1839 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland; died in Mar 1907 in Almonte, 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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1907, Friday March 29, The Almonte Gazette front page

?b?Mrs John Reid?/b?
Within two years of the allotted span to live, Mrs John Reid, wife of Mr John Reid, Union street, passed on to test the realties of the ever-ending life beyond, her death taking place on Saturday of last week 23rd inst., after about four weeks of serious illness from jaundice. deceased, whose maiden name was Catherine Haldane was born at Strathore, Fifshire, Scotland, in 1839. She was married to Mr Read in June of 1862, and in July, 1881, they came to Canada. The first year was spent in Arnprior, after which they came to Almonte, and have since lived here. A family of six children was born to them, of whom the five boys are still living. The daughter, who was married to Mr Chas Brydges, died several years ago, leaving one child, a daughter, who had since lived with her grandparents. The boys are Francis, Robert, and Andrew and Beverly, Mass., and Thos J., and Alex in town. Two sisters of deceased are still living in Scotland. The funeral took place on Tuesday and was attended by many sorrowing friends, for although deceased was of a quiet and unobtrusive disposition her genuine kindness of heart won for her much love and respect. The pallbearers were the five sons and the son-inlaw of the deceased. Mr Reid and the family have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.

Thomas married Eleanor S. Ellis. Eleanor was born in 1849; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]