Name |
Caroline Elizabeth McLaren |
Birth |
16 Sep 1897 |
Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Christening |
24 Feb 1898 |
Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
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Poole - McLaren bible info re baptisms
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Gender |
Female |
Census-Household Member |
1901 |
Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Canada |
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1901 Census North Elmsley, Lanark William Alexander McLaren Sr.
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Census-Household Member |
1911 |
Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Canada |
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1901 Census North Elmsley, Lanark William Alexander McLaren Sr.
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_UID |
B27AB32FD6E942578EE2A5CA0DBB0DE1FBEF |
Death |
29 Jun 1997 |
St. Catharines, Lincoln County, Niagara Municipal District, Ontario, Canada |
- Caroline McLaren Holmes
McLaren, Caroline Holmes was born on the Scotch Line, Perth, on September 16, 1897, a daughter of William and Caroline McLaren. She was predeceased by sisters Beryl and Hilda, and brother John and William and her nephew Dr. Reginald Edwards.
She leaves surviving her: Russell A. Edwards, QC, nephew (he and his brother Reginald are sons of Beryl McLaren Bradley Edwards); Elizabeth Caroline Wonnacott, a grand niece; Peter Edwards, a grand nephew; Jennifer Wonnacott, a great-great-niece; Michael Wonnacott, a great-great-nephew; Eric Edwards, a grand-nephew; Valerie Edwards, a grandniece; Cameron Edwards, a great-great-nephew; and Annika Edwards, a great-great-niece.
Caroline graduated with a gold medal in Science from Queen's University and was the first female theological graduate from Knox College University of Toronto, where she received a divinity degree. She taught Science and Physical Education in several Ontario high schools. She married George Holmes in 1942 and together they travelled the world.
After her marriage she lived in Wellandport until confined to a nursing home in St. Catharines, where she passed away peacefully on June 29, 1997, in her 100?sup?th?/sup? year. Caroline is buried beside her husband in the Wellandport cemetery.
If anyone has any memories or photos of Caroline or the McLaren family, it would be greatly appreciated if you would contact her nephew, Russell Edwards, at (519) 621-0222 or 50 Hillcrest Dr., Cambridge, Ontario, N1S 3M2.
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Burial |
Wellandport (Riverside) Cemetery, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada |
Notes |
- The story that follows came from Evelyn Eberhardt, a great granddaughter of Caroline's grandfather, William Alexander McLaren (1806-1894):
Caroline never weighed more than about 125 pounds and had black hair ? a lot of it when I saw her in 1985 at age 87 years.
The Presbyterian Church sent young girls to many foreign countries. We know that she was in Japan and China for sure. When she and her husband George decided to make a trip back to China they hired a small airplane to take them to a place where she had done missionary work. On the way there the pilot had a heart attack. She took over and flew the plane the rest of the way. They were both in their 70's at this time. She had learned to fly as a young woman.
When I visited her in 1985 the staff at the home where she lived thought all her talk about world travel was in her imagination.
When her husband died they lived in Wellandport, Ontario. When she died in 1907 at the age of 100 years, she left her million dollars to the Presbyterian Church.
posted bu david_j_mclaren on Ancestry
- (Research):E. Miller notes Sept 16 1897?
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Person ID |
I3381 |
Lanark County Origins |
Last Modified |
26 Feb 2016 |
Father |
William Alexander McLaren, Jr., b. 12 Mar 1846, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jan 1929, Scotch Line, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) |
Mother |
Caroline Matilda "Carrie" Poole, b. 14 Jan 1866, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Sep 1958, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years) |
Marriage |
9 Sep 1896 |
Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Family ID |
F1006 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |