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Jean Elizabeth
MURRAY
and(Angus1, John2) Alexander WOODWORTH Jean Elizabeth Murray was born 25th September 1880 at Mount Thom in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. At the time of her birth the family already had three sons. The 1881 Census of Mount Thom lists her under the name Elizabeth J., female, age 6/12 (born Sep). In the 1891 Census of Mount Thom she became Jane, female, age 10 and in 1901 she was Janie, female, born 25 Sept. 1880, age 20. John Murray, Jean’s father died in 1894. The family members stayed on the farm until sometime after 1901 and then went west at various times before1912. Jean was on the 1906 Census with her Uncle Hugh McPherson in Manitoba and was listed as servant. It is not known when Jean returned to Nova Scotia. Her Aunt, Mary Murray, was a housekeeper for Charlotte Woodworth and this connection led to an acquaintance between Jean Murray and Alexander “Sandy” Woodworth and led to their marriage in Saint John, New Brunswick on 22 Aug 1917. She visited Rosthern, Saskatchewan sometime in 1917 and Alex doesn’t appear in the photos taken at that time. Perhaps she visited just before her marriage. Alexander Woodworth was born 17 July 1863 in Nova Scotia. In 1871 he was enumerated with his parents, James and Charlotte Woodworth, and three sisters and two brothers at Gay’s River, Nova Scotia. He was also with his parent’s for the 1881 and 1891 census. By 1901 his mother was a widow and she and Alexander were living together with Benjamin Donald listed as Dom (domestic help?). After marriage Sandy and Jean lived in Milford in the home built by his cousin Amos Woodworth. After only a few years of marriage Sandy died 7 Jan. 1926 following a heavy cold with pleurisy. The Pictou Advocate of 16 Jan 1926 carried the following obituary: Mr.
Alexander Woodworth
The town of Milford Station, Hants County sustained a severe loss on the evening of January 7th, when Alexander Woodworth passed away without a moment’s warning. He had been ill for several months, had recently returned home from the Vic__la General Hospital and had not given up hope of ultimate recovery, ____was seized with an acute heart attack to which he succumbed immediately. Mr. Woodworth had reached his 62nd year and had been a prominent lumberman for over a quarter of a century. He was a Liberal in politics and was an active supporter of the Gay’s River section of the Presbyterian Church, and a staunch Presbyterian. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Jean Murray of Mount Thom, Pictou County. He had a host of relatives and friends who will deeply regret his passing. The funeral was held on Saturday, January 9th, from his home at Milford, interment being at Gay’s River. Services were conducted by Rev. J.P. Falconer, assisted by Rev. H. J. Fraser, of Truro, and Rev. J. F. MacKay, a former pastor. Favorite selections of the deceased were sung: The 23rd Psalm, “The Lord’s My Shepherd:”; 2nd Paraphrase, “O God of Bethel” and a hymn, “Nearer My God to Thee.” Jean stayed on at Milford Station until 1948 when she sold the house and moved to Winnipeg. She died in Winnipeg but was buried at Gay’s River cemetery. Her obituary from the Winnipeg Free Press reads as follows: Deaths
On December 28, 1958 at the Grace Hospital, Mrs. Jean E. Woodworth aged
78 years of 23 Alloway Avenue. Funeral Service will be held
in
the
Thompson Chapels, Broadway at Furby, Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 1:00 p.m.
after
which remains will be forward to Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia for final
service. Burial in the family plot, Gay River Cemetery.From
Lovell’s NS Directory For 1871
Milford Station – A station of the Nova Scotia railway, situated in the township of Douglas, county of Hants. … Distant from Halifax 35 miles, fare $1.05. Mail daily. Population about 175. Formerly called Wickwire’s Station A more recent directory says Milford is on Highway 102, halfway between Dartmouth and Truro, north of Elmsdale and Lantz. Note that the address Milford Station is simply the name of the Mildord post office, and that the correct name is Milford, Hants County, NS. |
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