Gladys (Harrington) Drury

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Gladys Sarah Harrington was born on 9 February 1912 on her parents' farm near Ardath, Saskatchewan. She was the eldest child of John Richard Harrington and Rosa Mae Kelly.

Gladys married Vern Drury on 15 November 1933 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They had seven children: Reta, Edna, Bob, Jack, Dale, Jim, and Edith.

Gladys passed away in Outlook, Saskatchewan on 25 August 2005. She was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Saskatoon.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234140100/gladys_sarah-drury: accessed April 5, 2024), memorial page for Gladys Sarah Harrington Drury (9 Feb 1912–25 Aug 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234140100, citing Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Evelyn Jackson (contributor 49558267).

• "Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMP6-G5H : 3 April 2016), Gladys Sarah Harrington in household of Maria Cooper, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 7, line 22; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,952.
• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLV-GCGP : Fri Mar 08 13:44:35 UTC 2024), Entry for John Harrington and Rosa Harrington, 1926.
• "Saskatchewan Cemetery Transcripts, ca. 1850-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-H9TN : 28 April 2015), Gladys S Drury, .
• "Canadian Headstones", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYT-4FPH : 20 February 2015), Gladys S. Drury.
• Local History Book: "Ardath, Bounty, Conquest Histories 1998". Published 1999 by ABC History Committee, Conquest, SK. Printed by Friesens Corporation History Book Division, Altona, MB. Gladys is mentioned in Drury, Vern & Gladys pp.284-285 and Harrington, John Richard pp.326-328.
• Local History Book: "Through the Years... Delisle, Donavon, Gledhow & O'Malley, Laura, and Swanson." Published c1972 by Delisle Women's Institute, Delisle, SK. Gladys is mentioned in The Drury Family pp.251-252.