Mary Helen (Laidlaw) Anderson (1896 - 1958)

Born 16 Jan 1896 in Eastnor Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of James Anderson — married 1921 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Died 24 Apr 1958 at age 62 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Mayme Laidlaw was born in 1896 in Eastnor Township of Bruce County on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of William Laidlaw and Isabella Gowan.

In the 1901 Census of Canada, the family was listed in Eastnor township, Bruce County (north), Ontario as Ladlaw. Mary H was listed as age 5, with these parents and siblings. ^[1]

Always called Mayme by the family, Mary Helen married James Anderson of Glasgow, Scotland in Saskatoon on 1 September 1921. They had two children: Janet Isabelle and William James Anderson (1924 - 2014).

In the 1926 Census of the Prairie Provinces in Canada, Mary and James Anderson were enumerated in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This census did not give James's occupation, but it does say that he immigrated from Scotland in 1913. Both their children, Janet and William, were born in Saskatchewan. ^[2]

In 1931, Mary and James Anderson were listed with children Janet and William in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Jim was still working as a clerk at City Hall.^[3]

Mayme passed away in 1958 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mary Anderson, date of death 24 April 1958, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^[4]

Research on Spouse

There was a James Anderson who immigrated to Canada in 1913, age 26, listed as "Joiner", who was headed for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

In the 1921 Census of Canada, the only James Anderson in his 30's who lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was 31 years old and working as a "Clerk" at, what looks like, "City Hall". He was still single in the early part of that year, and boarding in the residence of another owner. ^[5]

James/ Jim Anderson should be FG James Anderson (1890–1959) died in Toronto.

Sources

1. ↑ Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH2D-W37 : 9 December 2020), Mary H Ladlaw in household of Wm Ladlaw, Bruce (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
2. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5T-1L8Q : 24 September 2020), Mary Anderson in household of James Anderson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1931", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RS1-2SPR : Sat Dec 30 19:07:29 UTC 2023), Entry for James Anderson and Mary Anderson, June 1, 1931.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65407003/mary-anderson: accessed February 8, 2024), memorial page for Mary Anderson (–), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65407003, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Jeanine (contributor 47391467).
5. ↑ 1921 Census of Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. ANDERSON, James (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=pdf&id=e003223637)

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNG8-KXD : 10 August 2017), William Laidlaw in entry for Mary Helen Laidlaw, 16 Jan 1896; citing Birth, Eastnor, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,553.

• Precise dates of birth and death come from the Laidlaw family records contributed by her sisters and compiled by her nephew, Howard S. Anderson of West Hill, Ontario, Canada. Laidlaw family tree and records, collected by Howard S. Anderson (Ontario Genealogical Society # 7031) 21 April 1993.