Mary Sergeant

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• Name: Mary Sergison
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Mary was born in Oso Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, on Aug.6,1863, the adopted daughter of Henry Sergeant & Jane McDougall. Some believe Mary's last name should be spelled 'Sergison', rather than 'Sergeant'.
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Plot E-58 :
- Robert McDonell 1862-1944
- his wife, Mary Sergeant 1863-1925
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(Note by Gary Darby) - Mary was my great-grandmother. She was born August 6, 1863. She was adopted by Henry Sergeant and his wife Jane McDougall. Family stories passed down over the years say that she was born Mary Fisher. It is said her mother was not married when she was born, and that the family was leaving the area (Oso Township, Frontenac County, Ontario). The family decided to leave Mary behind and she was adopted by the Sergeants as a baby. Stories also say that Mary's mother returned several years later and wanted Mary back, but the Sergeants would not give her up and Mary did not want to leave either. On March 27, 1889 Mary was married to Robert McDonell. In August 2008 my mother received a letter from her 1st cousin, Jessie (McDonell) Donnelly, who lives in Sharbot Lake, Frontenac County, Ontario. Jessie's father was John Travers McDonell, a son of Robert and Mary McDonell. Jessie said in her letter that her father always said that his mother was Mary McCoy, not Mary Fisher. This was the first I had heard this. I did an 1871 census search in Oso Township and there was a McCoy family living there at the same time as the Sergeants and McDonells. The head of household was Arthur McCoy age 33 and his wife Catherine age 23. They had 3 young children ; Ellen 5, Margaret 3, and Alexander 1. At this time Mary was the adopted daughter of the Sergeants and was 7 years old. I did a search on Lanark County GenWeb and found a McCoy Family Tree (Descendants of Alexander McCoy born 1791 Ireland). Alexander McCoy was married to Mary Robinson and they had 11 children, one being Arthur McCoy, born 1836 in Toronto, who lived in Oso Township. This is where everything starts falling together. Arthur McCoy was married on July 7, 1864 to Catherine Fisher/Tait, daughter of Nathan and Mary Fisher. Catherine was born in Darling Township, Ontario in September 1849. The McCoy family tree calls her Catherine Tait. It would appear Catherine was presumably married to a Tait before Arthur McCoy. We have the names (McCoy & Fisher) together in this family who lived near the Sergeants. My great-grandmother, Mary (Fisher) Sergeant, as mentioned above was born August 6, 1863, 11 months before Catherine Fisher married Arthur McCoy. I believe Catherine Fisher was the mother of Mary and gave her up to the Sergeants for adoption when she was a baby. I am not sure who the Tait was in Catherine's 1st marriage and whether they separated or he died. I know this is not proof, but there are too many coincidences for it not to be true. She was always said to have been born a Fisher. Her son, John Travers McDonell, said she was a McCoy. Arthur McCoy and Catherine Fisher/Tait were married 11 months after Mary was born. The McCoys lived very close to the Sergeants in Oso Township. Catherine Fisher apparently was somehow connected to a Tait before she married Arthur McCoy and he was probably Mary's father. Plus she would have been about 14 years old when Mary was born, much too young to look after a baby. Catherine was 17 when she had her 1st child with Arthur McCoy.

Family/Spouse: Robert McDonell. Robert was born on 7 May 1862 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Oct 1944; was buried in St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Sharbot Lake, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

Family/Spouse: Kay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Don Snedden

Family/Spouse: Beverly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Bill Snedden

Family/Spouse: Shirley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bill Aronec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rick Snedden

Family/Spouse: Angie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Todd Peever. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]