| 2. | Jessie Agnes McDonell  (1.Robert1) was born on 11 Apr 1899 in Oso Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Nov 1975 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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1975, Thursday December 18,The Almonte Gazette page 3
Jessie Agnes Snedden (nee McDonell)
Relatives and friends were saddened to learn of the death of Jessie Agnes Snedden on November 27, 1975 at her residence in Almonte, Ontario. She died in her 77th year after a 1 ? year illness resulting from a stroke. Born in Oso Township, Frontenac County, a daughter of the late Robert and Mary McDonell, she attended elementary school in Maberly, Ontario, and two years of secondary school in Perth, Ontario. She then embarked upon a career of school teaching in the small Ontario towns of Plevna, Clarendon, Parham, Zealand and Thessalon. Also, she spent several winters in Palm Harbour, Florida, teaching the children of the Coleman family. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she worked in a Trust Company and completed her Junior Matriculation at night school. While in Toronto, in 1932, she met and married David Wilfred Snedden, a pharmacist. In 1934, she moved with her husband to Almonte, Ontario, where they purchased and operated a local drug store. She raised a family of three boys and saw them all graduate with engineering degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She taught part time in the public schools in Almonte, and assisted her husband in the drug store for 39 years until their retirement in 1973. She was a faithful member of St Paul's Anglican Church and was active in groups in the church and in the community. She was dearly loved and will be sadly missed by he husband, Wilfrid, son Bill, his wife Shirley, and their children Cathy, Rick, and Jane of Bancroft, Ontario; son David, his wife Kay, and their children Joanne, Barbara, Brian and Doug of Belleville, Ontario; son Don, his wife Beverly, and their children Sandra, Janet, Heather and Linda of Deep River, Ontario. She is survived by two brothers, John of Maberly, and Byrns of Toronto; two sisters, Addie (Mrs J. Rutherford), of Manville, Alberta, and Jean (Mrs Jack Crawford) of Peterboro. She was predeceased by three brothers, Harry of Perth, Joe of Maberly, and Herbert in World War I, and one sister Gwendoline (Mrs Jack Buchanan) in Edmonton, Alberta, The body rested at Kerry Funeral Home, Almonte, Ontario. The burial service was held in St Paul's Anglican Church on November 30, 1975, conducted by Rev G.F. Bickley and Rev R.J. McCrea, with interment in the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert, Burns and Ronald McDonell, Earle and Alexander Snedden, and John Crawford, all nephews. Many beautiful floral tributes and charitable donations were received from the family and friends in the community. To those who knew her well, her life was a living testament to her faith in God. Her devotion to her church and her kindness towards others were always foremost in her life.
Jessie married David Wilfrid "WILF" Snedden on 11 Jul 1932 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. David (son of William Alexander Snedden and Jane Isabelle "JENNIE" Toshack) was born on 30 Oct 1897 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1982 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1982 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1862 - 1944 (82 years)
