Catherine Edna Gardner

1895 - 1985  (89 years)

• Name	Catherine Edna Gardner  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Feb 1895	Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Edna Gardner  [2]
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214089961
  _FGRAVE	214089961
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Death	19 Jan 1985	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 75 Spring Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613 256-2500 www.almontegeneral.com
  	Longtime Ramsay resident, active historian and collector of poems, Catherine Edna Gardner Lowry of RR 3 Almonte died at the Almonte General Hospital in her 90th year Saturday, Jan 19, 1985. Mrs. Lowry was born on the eighth line of Ramsay township, and was educated at SS 10 at Bennie's Corners and Almonte High School. She spent all her life in Ramsay area and taught at several local schools before marrying. Mrs. Lowry worked for the United Farm Women of Ontario while bringing up a family and was curator for the Ramsay Women's Institute and a charter member of the North Lanark Historical Society. She spearheaded a move to erect a plaque to the inventor of basketball, James Naismith at Bennie's Corners. She recently published "Lanark Reflections" in which she edited a collection of Lanark county poetry. She wrote this poem about a friend in 1914; She was the daughter of the late William Gardner and Isabella McInnis, and wife of David Hollie Lowry, and mother of William of Toronto, Gordon Of Ottawa, Robert (Bert), Donald, James and David, all of RR 3 Almonte. She is survived by her sisters Ethel Bellamy of Brockville, and Dorothy Delaurier, of RR 1 Almonte and 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers Stanley, Earl, Roy and Lorne. Service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Spring interment at the Auld Kirk cemetery, Almonte. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, Carleton Place. +++ Catherine Edna Lowry dies Longtime Ramsay resident, active historian and collector of poems, Catherine Edna Gardner Lowry of RR 3 Almonte died at the Almonte General Hospital in her 90th year Saturday, Jan 19, 1985. Mrs. Lowry was born on the eighth line of Ramsay township, and was educated at SS 10 at Bennie's Corners and Almonte High School. She spent all her life in Ramsay area and taught at several local schools before marrying. Mrs. Lowry worked for the United Farm Women of Ontario while bringing up a family and was curator for the Ramsay Women's Institute and a charter member of the North Lanark Historical Society. She spearheaded a move to erect a plaque to the inventor of basketball, James Naismith at Bennie's Corners. She recently published "Lanark Reflections" in which she edited a collection of Lanark county poetry. She wrote this poem about a friend in 1914; We know her by her gentle air Her hair of queenly grace Her bright dark eyes and curly hair And pleasant smiling face. Her rippling laughter clear and shrill That now and then may yet be heard That echoes softly from yonder hill Like the lilting song of a sweet voiced bird. But now we hear she is going to leave Yes Elva's going away It matters little how we grieve We cannot make her stay. She was the daughter of the late William Gardner and Isabella McInnis, and wife of David Hollie Lowry, and mother of William of Toronto, Gordon Of Ottawa, Robert (Bert), Donald, James and David, all of RR 3 Almonte. She is survived by her sisters Ethel Bellamy of Brockville, and Dorothy Delaurier, of RR 1 Almonte and 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers Stanley, Earl, Roy and Lorne. Service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Spring interment at the Auld Kirk cemetery, Almonte. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, Carleton Place.
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I4814	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	William Gardner,   b. 28 Oct 1867, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Aug 1923, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Isabella Urguhart McInnis,   b. 6 Nov 1865, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 18 Mar 1938, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1892	Dalhousie Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David "Hollie" Lowry,   b. 6 Oct 1900, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Jun 1984, Caleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1924	Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William H. "Bill" Lowry   2. Robert Samuel "Bert" Lowry,   b. 8 Apr 1927, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Mar 2017, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)   3. Gordon S. Lowry,   b. Abt 1930, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jul 2007, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Donald John Lowry,   b. 16 Aug 1930, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Jul 2013, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)   5. James George "Jim" Lowry,   b. 28 Feb 1932, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Aug 2023, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)   6. David Walter Lowry,   b. 1934   d. 19 Sep 2019, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Feb 1895 - Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 9 Jul 1924 - Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: 75 Spring Street Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613 256-2500 www.almontegeneral.com - 19 Jan 1985 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] Ontario. Archives of Ontario. MyHeritage, Ontario Births, 1869-1912 (MyH) (FS), (https://www.myheritage.com :n.d.), Ontario Births, 1869-1912." 15852, 1846247, Catherine Edna Gardner, accessed 16 Feb 2021. (Reliability: 3). [S132] Family Search Intl., Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 Transcription (FMP), ((https://search.findmypast.com/)), accessed 16 Feb 2021), Catherine Edna Gardner; Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 Transcription. (Reliability: 3). First name(s)?tab?Catherine Edna Last name?tab?Gardner Sex?tab?Female Birth year?tab?1895 Birth date?tab?02 Feb 1895 Father's first name(s)?tab?William Father's last name?tab?Gardner Mother's first name(s)?tab?Isabella N. Mother's last name?tab?McInnes Place?tab?Ramsay, Lanark, Ontario, Canada County?tab?Lanark Province?tab?Ontario Country?tab?Canada Batch number?tab?C01793-4 Film number?tab?1846247 Record set?tab?Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory?tab?Civil Births Collections from?tab?Canada, Americas [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, 28 Oct 2017, "Catherine Edna Lowry dies," 30 Jan 1985, p. 14. (Reliability: 4).