Ethel Margaret (Foley) Ritchie (1899 - 1982)

Born 12 Jun 1899 in Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of Angus Foley and Josephine (Weston) Foley

Wife of Gordon Samuel Ritchie — married 15 Nov 1922 in Woodlawn, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1982 at age 82 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Birth

Name: Ethel Margaret Foley

Event Date: 12 Jun 1899

Event Place: East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Female

Father's Name: Angus Foley

Mother's Name: Josephine J Weston^[1][2]

Residence 1901

Canada Census, Halifax County.

On Canada Census, Jeddore, Halifax, as Ethel, age 1, with father, Angus Foley, mother, Josephine Foley, and a sister^[3]

Residence 1911

On Canada Census, Jeddore, Halifax, as Ethel, age 12, with father, Angus Foley, mother, Josephine Foley, and a number of siblings.^[4]

Residence 1921

On Canada Census, Dartmouth, Halifax, as Ethel, age 20. She was a waitress, working in a restaurant, living in the household of her father, Angus Foley, mother, Josephine Foley, with a number of siblings, and her son (listed as her brother) Reginald^[5].

Marriage

Name: Gordon Samuel Ritchie

Event Date: 15 Nov 1922

Event Place: Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Male

Father's Name: Thomas Ritchie

Mother's Name: Bertha Thomas

Spouse's Name: Ethel Margaret Foley

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Father's Name: Angus Foley

Spouse's Mother's Name: Josephine Weston^[6]

She was a resident of Dartmouth. worked as a clerk. Baptist. He was a farmer, also of Dartmouth. Methodist.

Burial

Name: Ethel M Ritchie

Event Type: Burial

Event Place: Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada

Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery (Formerly Allen's Burial Ground)

Birth Date: 1899

Death Date: 1982^[7]

Obituary

Halifax Chronicle Herald, Friday, January 15, 1982 - Page 30 #6162

... Street, Dartmouth, died Thursday in Dartmouth General Hospital Born in Oyster Pond, she was the former Ethel Margaret Foley, daughter of the late Angus and Josephine (Weston) Foley. She was a member of Grace United Church, Dartmouth. She is survived by her husband, Gordon; four daughters, Dorothy Hetherington, Three Fathom Harbour; Barbara Thom, Oshawa, Ont.; Emma Creese and Margaret Brian, both of Dartmouth; four sons, Russell and George, both of Cape Cod, Mass.; Gordon T., Dartmouth, and Lloyd, Oshawa, Ont.; five sisters, Alice, Annie, Helen and Elsie, all of Ontario, and Mary, New Glasgow; two brothers, Reg, Dartmouth, and John, Jeddore; 40 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by two daughters, Evelyn and Katheleen, and several brothers and sisters. Dartmouth. Funeral win be 2 p.m. Sunday in Grace United Church, Rev. Ron Dixon officiating, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.^[8]

DNA

Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Brad Foley GEDmatch M154952 and his second cousin once removed Kerry Nash GEDmatch A434525. Their MRCAs are Angus Foley and Josephine Weston, the 2nd great grandparents of Brad and the great grandparents of Kerry. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.2, based on sharing 169.4 cM across 6 segments.

Sources

1. ↑ "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-GFPT : accessed 11 July 2015), Angus Foley in entry for Ethel Margaret Foley, 12 Jun 1899; citing Birth, East Jeddore, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate number , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2. ↑ Nova Scotia, Historical Vital Statistics. Delayed Registration of Birth, Registration Year: 1899 - Page: 99100743. https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1899-99100743&Event=birth&ID=142712
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKT-3JG : accessed 11 July 2015), Cassie F Foley in household of Angus Foley, X, Halifax (county/comté), Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 21, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-CZZ1 : accessed 11 July 2015), Cassie F Foley in entry for Angus Foley, 1911; citing Census, Halifax Sub-Districts 1-28, Nova Scotia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Census of 1921. Nova Scotia, Halifax, Dartmouth, Portland. Page 2001, image e002909668. Accessed 2019.
6. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-34RY : 11 March 2015), Gordon Samuel Ritchie and Ethel Margaret Foley, 15 Nov 1922; citing , , Nova Scotia, Canada, p. , Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
7. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-774X : accessed 27 June 2015), Ethel M Ritchie, ; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012).
8. ↑ microfilm record. Obituary in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Friday, January 15, 1982 - Page 30. Transcribed by John Cordes, and kindly provided by him to B Foley. 2017.