Mary Jane Aunger

1860 - 1921  (61 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Aunger
  Birth	18 Apr 1860	Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States
  	BLAIRTON -BOOM TO BUST Heading 8 kilometers west out of Marmora,  and two kilometers north on Blairton Road will take you to the west shores of Crowe Lake, and the remains of the thriving iron mining town of Blairton. Beside the Blairton trailer park are the old iron ore pits, completely grown over, hardly traceable, yet a reminder of the booming dreams of long gone iron masters and railway entrepreneurs. The area now is cottage country with a few permanent homes, with not a trace of its former glory. In 1907, John L. Aunger, manager of the mine wrote of the 1870's in Blairton:  "Apart from the hucksters, the Town presented an idyllic image. Blairton was beautifully and skilfully laid out by the late John Damble, on high ground of hard sandy soil, the streets descending in all directions. Mud is never seen here, hence one can walk out in slippers after the heaviest rain and never get their feet wet. The scenery of Crowe Lake with its islands, coves and points, is, to say the least, picturesque in the highest degree." It was not just nature and Town design that marked Blairton. For it was, says Aunger, "a place of harmony and concord," and certainly most respectable.  Indeed the former site manager claimed, "there was a quiet  vying as to the claim of rank with the "upper crust" of society." The Town was declared as a prolific spot for "match-making" and matrimony.  Ruth Tierney writes in her 1986 book, " Echoes from the Past": "The settlement of Blairton  (after 1867)  had grown into a bustling little community. Named after a Scottish settler it boasted   a railroad station, telegraph office, three general stores, two hotels and sundry blacksmith shops. No fewer than eleven streets had been laid and the population had increased rapidly to a total of five hundred. This was considered to be a sufficient number of people to warrant the expense of establishing a post office. Permission was granted by the Crown and the Blairton Post Office was opened on August 19, 1867 by local resident Roger Bates. The very existence of Blairton was due to the discovery of iron ore, resulting in a mine that became the largest producer of iron in Ontario (called Canada West from 1841 until 1867).
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	94299167
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94299167
  _UID	E6A0A62C9106434F898C004CDBA6B4465D27
  Death	24 Apr 1921	Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, United States
  Burial	Moose Jaw City Cemetery, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Notes	(Research):http://www.marmorahistory.ca/aunger
  Person ID	I9745	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F3679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel Thomas Young,   b. 14 Dec 1855, Marmora Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Feb 1919 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1882	Blairton, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living   5. Lilly Young,   b. Abt 1881   d. Abt 1881 (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Edward Young,   b. Abt 1882   d. Abt 1882 (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Tully Young,   b. Abt 1888   d. Abt 1888 (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Mayme Maria Cecelia Young,   b. Abt 1890   d. Abt 1962 (Age ~ 72 years)   9. Annie Young,   b. Abt 1900   d. Abt 1900 (Age ~ 0 years)   10. Albert Edward Carlton "Carl" Young,   b. 9 Aug 1901, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Sep 1912 (Age 11 years)
  Family ID	F3678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Apr 1860 - Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States Marriage - 1 May 1882 - Blairton, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada Death - 24 Apr 1921 - Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, United States Burial - - Moose Jaw City Cemetery, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), 716., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3).