Sophie Mary (Hoerner) Price RRC (1876 - 1961)

Born 21 Aug 1876 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Wife of James Woods Price MD — married 3 Sep 1919 in Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States

Died 23 Jul 1961 at age 84 in Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States

Biography

Sophie Mary (Hoerner) Price was born the son of David Hoerner and Mary Cooper. She married Dr. James Woods Price of Saranac Lake in 3 Sep 1919.^[1] At the time of her death, she was survived by a brother, Charles Hoerner of Toronto; a nephew, Kirk Hoerner of Montreal and a niece, Mrs. O'Neill (Joan) O'Higgins of Ottawa.

She trained at the Montreal General Hospital, McGill University. ^[2] She accepted a position with the new Reception Center, Saranac Lake, NY, which opened in 1905, working there until the start of World War I.^[1]

She was a Nursing Sister and later Matron with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Great War.^[3] She embarked at the Port of Montreal on the S.S. Metagama on 06 May 1915. Sophie served with the No. 1 Canadian General Hospital beginning in early 1915, and then with the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (Étaples and Boulogne, France).^[4]

Royal Red Cross

Sophie then served as home sister and later assistant matron of No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France and No. 15 Canadian General Hospital in Taplow, England.^[4]

She was demobilized on 23 Jun 1919 at Montreal. She was Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List,^[5]awarded both the Royal Red Cross 1st Class ^[6] (decorated in 1919 by the Prince of Wales at a special investiture held in Montreal by the prince^[1]) and Royal Red Cross 2nd Class.^[7]

Following her discharge from the unit, she again took up her duties in Saranac Lake. She died in 1961^[8] and was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake, New York.^[1]

1891 St Lawrence Ward, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[9]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

David Hoenar Head Male 56 England Book keeper

Mary Hoenar Wife Female 39 Nova Scotia

Sophie Hoenar Daur Female 14 Quebec

John Hoenar Son Male 13 Quebec

Charles Hoenar Son Male 12 Quebec

Philipp Hoenar Son Male 7 Quebec

Reginald Hoenar Son Male 4 Quebec

Clothilda Jennings Lodger Female 60 Nova Scotia

1901 St Laurent Ward, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[10]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

David Hoerner Head Male 65 - 17 Aug 1835 England Civic Clerk immi 1850

Mary Hoerner Wife Female 49 - 26 Jun 1851 Nova Scotia

Sophie Hoerner Daur Female 24 - 21 Aug 1876 Quebec

John Hoerner Son Male 23 - 20 Sep 1877 Quebec Dry Goods Clerk

Charles Hoerner Son Male 22 - 22 Oct 1878 Quebec Insurance Clerk

Philip Hoerner Son Male 17 - 11 Oct 1883 Quebec Electrician

Reginald H Hoerner Son Male 14 - 20 Sep 1886 Quebec

1920 Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States.^[11]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

James Woods Price Head Male 42 Virginia parents born Virginia Physician

Sophia Mary Price Wife Female 42 Canada parents born Nova Scotia/England

1935 - 1940 Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States.^[12]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

J Woods Price Head Male 63 Virginia Medical Doctor

Soffie Price Wife Female 63 Canada

Gertrude Price Sister Female 65 Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Obituary. "Mrs. Sophie Price". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. 24 Jul 1961.
2. ↑ "The Call to Duty: Canada's Nursing Sisters; Sophie Hoerner: Northern France". Library and Archives Canada. 2015.
3. ↑ http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=88409
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Great War Personnel Records. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B4418-S041
5. ↑ London Gazette. No 29623. 13 Jun 1916.
6. ↑ London Gazette. No 31370. 8 Jun 1919.
7. ↑ London Gazette. No 29608. 3 Jun 1916.
8. ↑ Cynthia Toman. (2016). "Sister Soldiers of the Great War: The Nurses of the Canadian Army Medical Corps". UBC Press. 312 pages.
9. ↑ 1891 Census Canada. Library and Archives Canada.
10. ↑ 1901 Census Canada. Library and Archives Canada.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," household of James Woods Price, Saranac Lake, Franklin, New York, United States; citing ED 92, sheet 15A, line 32, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1112.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," household of J Woods Price, Saranac Lake, Harrietstown Town, Franklin, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-38, sheet 3B, line 67, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2535..