Individual Record 64

Name}   Catt, Mary		Family History} Hancock
Title}	Race} White	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Fam   5 Jul  1847	Place} Northiam, Sussex, England
Marr.: Date} Cir       1869/1870	Place}       (Link)
Death: Date} Exa 18 May 1925	Place} Bosanquet, Lambton, Ontario
Burial: Date} Exa 21 May 1925	Place} Pinehill Cemetery, Thedford, Lambton, Ontario
	Grave Marker}	Source 1} 967 = 1851 Eng cen Source 2}   95 = 1861 CAN cen Source 3}   69 = 1871 CAN cen Source 4}   98 = 1881 CAN cen Source 5} 100 = 1891 CAN cen Source 6} 757 = Marriage rec Source 7} 960 = 1901 CAN cen Source 8} 961 = 1911 CAN cen Source 9} 823 = Letter Source 10} 824 = Greeting cards Source 11} 733 = Photograph Source 12}   35 = Death certif Source 13} 120 = Obituary Source 14} 825 = Funeral rec Source 15} 963 = Family hstry
Parents: } Stephen Catt (#2) & Frances Jane Ridley    Relationship No.} 183
1st Household No.}
Occupation 1}          Occupation 2}
Religion/Church} Salvation Army
Spouses:   Prime} Fisher, Charles (#2)  Total Number of} 1
Notes:  Mary came to Canada from England with her parents when she was a child.  They settled in Bosanquet.  At the time of the 1861 census, they were living in a single-family, one-story, log house.  The religion of Mary (age 12), her mother, and her siblings was P Methodist.
Later she married Charles Fisher and resided in Thedford until her husband's death in 1917. Sad times began on 26 Sep 1902, when her only child, Ella died from Typhoid fever.  Mary was present in Wallaceburg when her daughter died and travelled with the remains to the funeral in Forest.  Mary returned to Wallaceburg two days later to take charge of her five grandchildren until she could bring them to her home in Thedford.  However, shortly thereafter her son-in-law Frank Hancock moved to California (where his parents resided) with his five children.  The three youngest girls were then farmed out to be raised by other California families.  Thus, Mary was permanently separated by over 2,000 miles from her five grandchildren.  She kept in touch with Wilfred Hancock, the oldest, via letters, greeting cards, and an occasional photo. Mary was thin and parted her hair in the middle.  During her final five years she resided at the 8th Concession home of her nephew, George Catt.  Her funeral was in George's home; her nephew, Stanley Catt of Arkona, was in charge.  The bearers were six of her other nephews:  George and Charles Catt of Bosanquet, Frank and Arthur Catt of Warwick, Dr. R. B. Catt of Dashwood, and Joseph Moloy of Thedford.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photo} Mary in 1921
Immigr'n Date} Fam 1860	Port}
Education: Grade}              or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                for the State of}
Health Condition} Cerebral hemorrhage   Cause of Death} Arterio Sclerosis	Last Updated by} Dan Hancock Date Updated} 23 Aug 2007 Date Created}    3 Sep 1994
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