- Born Perthshire, Scotland.
Mary was the first born child of Peter and Margaret (n?e Campbell) Campbell. She immigrated with her parents to Canada in 1817 aboard the ship, "Prompt".
She married John Cavers on June 30, 1845.
Mary and John Cavers (d. 1879) were the parents of four known children: John Cavers; Peter Cavers, Bathurst, Ontario; Maggie n?e Cavers Ferrier, Scotch Line and Jennie n?e Cavers McNee, wife of Peter McNee, Harper, Ontario. These children were mentioned in her death notice.
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One of the oldest residents of the old Balderson Settlement, Mrs. John Cavers, died at the residence of her son, Peter, on Monday of last week, at the age of 80 years. She was of Scotch parentage, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. Peter Campbell, of Perthshire, Scotland; and Mrs. Cavers may have been born in the old land herself, or very shortly after her parents landed in Canada. Her maiden name was Mary Campbell, and her youth was spent near Balderson, though after her marriage she and her husband lived on the 8th line of Ramsay for 16 years. They then moved to the Bathurst farm where they lived together for thirty-seven years, Mr. Cavers dying there eighteen years ago. Deceased left four of a family - John, in Columbus, Ohio; Peter, on the Bathurst farm; Maggie, (Mrs Ferrier); Jennie, (Mrs. Peter McNee, Harper. Deceased was a Presbyterian, and was interred in the Campbell burying ground, 7th line of Bathurst, on Thursday, her sister, Jane, having been buried there on the previous Thursday.
The Lanark Era, June 9, 1897, page 1
Note:
The gravestone, and her obituary in The Perth Courier, note her death date as Monday, May 31, 1897. The Ontario death registry recorded her death date as May 30, 1897.
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1816 - 1897 (80 years)
