FANNIES BIRTH DATE IS WRONG ON HER STONE IT SHOULD'VE READ 1856 NOT 1851. The mistake happened when she was buried by her son George who guessed at her birth date .
Born Rofina Karley in Dammsville Ontario, Canada,near present day Heidelberg, Ontario. The second child of her parents Adam and Francisca Karley nee Brunner, their first child to be born in Canada. Her brother Mathew was born in Germany a year before his family emigrated to North America by way of New York specifically around Buffalo Rochester area and ultimately to Hesson , Ontario in Perth, County,Mornington Twp.Ontario
She married Joseph Ament in St. Clements, Ontario in 1875.
They travelled west and in 1881 census they are found in Winnipeg Manitoba.
She has two children with Joseph. Jenette born 1879 and Otto William 1881.
Otto's birth is registered in 1881 in Perth County Ontario,(on Rufina's fathers farm near Hesson, Ontario.).
At some point the children and their mother come back to live with her parents in Perth County Ontario. Otto's birth is registered in 1881 by Rufina's father Adam Karley.
Rufina goes with John Brown to make a new life. They have sons John, Arthur William, Sandy , Heather and George Brown in Illinois. and daughters Laura Mabel and Emma in Canada and Michigan respectively.
She and John Brown built a long life in Blue Island Island Illinois.
In September 1935, Fannie came home to Linwood to visit her brother Mathew and family and her Hesson friends and relatives. There is a mention in the Waterloo Chronicle Sept.5th 1935.
Her brother Mathew Karley's obituary in 1936 mentions his sister Mrs. Brown of Blue Island Illinois.
BROWN Fannie Brown of 12753 Honore street. Blue Island, age 101 years, wife of the late John, mother of John Jr.. Sandy,George. Arthur, Heather, and the late Mabel and Emmie, grossmuter or, great-grand- mother of three. Resting et chapel, 2601 Vermont street. Services Wednesday. Jan. 23, at 1:30 p. m. Interment Mount Greenwood. They have her age wrong because they had her birthdate at 1851.
Her total count of grandchildren is 22 from both marriages combined.
Born Rofina Karley in Dammsville Ontario, Canada,near present day Heidelberg, Ontario. The second child of her parents Adam and Francisca Karley nee Brunner, their first child to be born in Canada. Her brother Mathew was born in Germany a year before his family emigrated to North America by way of New York specifically around Buffalo Rochester area and ultimately to Hesson , Ontario in Perth, County,Mornington Twp.Ontario
She married Joseph Ament in St. Clements, Ontario in 1875.
They travelled west and in 1881 census they are found in Winnipeg Manitoba.
She has two children with Joseph. Jenette born 1879 and Otto William 1881.
Otto's birth is registered in 1881 in Perth County Ontario,(on Rufina's fathers farm near Hesson, Ontario.).
At some point the children and their mother come back to live with her parents in Perth County Ontario. Otto's birth is registered in 1881 by Rufina's father Adam Karley.
Rufina goes with John Brown to make a new life. They have sons John, Arthur William, Sandy , Heather and George Brown in Illinois. and daughters Laura Mabel and Emma in Canada and Michigan respectively.
She and John Brown built a long life in Blue Island Island Illinois.
In September 1935, Fannie came home to Linwood to visit her brother Mathew and family and her Hesson friends and relatives. There is a mention in the Waterloo Chronicle Sept.5th 1935.
Her brother Mathew Karley's obituary in 1936 mentions his sister Mrs. Brown of Blue Island Illinois.
BROWN Fannie Brown of 12753 Honore street. Blue Island, age 101 years, wife of the late John, mother of John Jr.. Sandy,George. Arthur, Heather, and the late Mabel and Emmie, grossmuter or, great-grand- mother of three. Resting et chapel, 2601 Vermont street. Services Wednesday. Jan. 23, at 1:30 p. m. Interment Mount Greenwood. They have her age wrong because they had her birthdate at 1851.
Her total count of grandchildren is 22 from both marriages combined.
FANNIES BIRTH DATE IS WRONG ON HER STONE IT SHOULD'VE READ 1856 NOT 1851. The mistake happened when she was buried by her son George who guessed at her birth date .
Born Rofina Karley in Dammsville Ontario, Canada,near present day Heidelberg, Ontario. The second child of her parents Adam and Francisca Karley nee Brunner, their first child to be born in Canada. Her brother Mathew was born in Germany a year before his family emigrated to North America by way of New York specifically around Buffalo Rochester area and ultimately to Hesson , Ontario in Perth, County,Mornington Twp.Ontario
She married Joseph Ament in St. Clements, Ontario in 1875.
They travelled west and in 1881 census they are found in Winnipeg Manitoba.
She has two children with Joseph. Jenette born 1879 and Otto William 1881.
Otto's birth is registered in 1881 in Perth County Ontario,(on Rufina's fathers farm near Hesson, Ontario.).
At some point the children and their mother come back to live with her parents in Perth County Ontario. Otto's birth is registered in 1881 by Rufina's father Adam Karley.
Rufina goes with John Brown to make a new life. They have sons John, Arthur William, Sandy , Heather and George Brown in Illinois. and daughters Laura Mabel and Emma in Canada and Michigan respectively.
She and John Brown built a long life in Blue Island Island Illinois.
In September 1935, Fannie came home to Linwood to visit her brother Mathew and family and her Hesson friends and relatives. There is a mention in the Waterloo Chronicle Sept.5th 1935.
Her brother Mathew Karley's obituary in 1936 mentions his sister Mrs. Brown of Blue Island Illinois.
BROWN Fannie Brown of 12753 Honore street. Blue Island, age 101 years, wife of the late John, mother of John Jr.. Sandy,George. Arthur, Heather, and the late Mabel and Emmie, grossmuter or, great-grand- mother of three. Resting et chapel, 2601 Vermont street. Services Wednesday. Jan. 23, at 1:30 p. m. Interment Mount Greenwood. They have her age wrong because they had her birthdate at 1851.
Her total count of grandchildren is 22 from both marriages combined.
Born Rofina Karley in Dammsville Ontario, Canada,near present day Heidelberg, Ontario. The second child of her parents Adam and Francisca Karley nee Brunner, their first child to be born in Canada. Her brother Mathew was born in Germany a year before his family emigrated to North America by way of New York specifically around Buffalo Rochester area and ultimately to Hesson , Ontario in Perth, County,Mornington Twp.Ontario
She married Joseph Ament in St. Clements, Ontario in 1875.
They travelled west and in 1881 census they are found in Winnipeg Manitoba.
She has two children with Joseph. Jenette born 1879 and Otto William 1881.
Otto's birth is registered in 1881 in Perth County Ontario,(on Rufina's fathers farm near Hesson, Ontario.).
At some point the children and their mother come back to live with her parents in Perth County Ontario. Otto's birth is registered in 1881 by Rufina's father Adam Karley.
Rufina goes with John Brown to make a new life. They have sons John, Arthur William, Sandy , Heather and George Brown in Illinois. and daughters Laura Mabel and Emma in Canada and Michigan respectively.
She and John Brown built a long life in Blue Island Island Illinois.
In September 1935, Fannie came home to Linwood to visit her brother Mathew and family and her Hesson friends and relatives. There is a mention in the Waterloo Chronicle Sept.5th 1935.
Her brother Mathew Karley's obituary in 1936 mentions his sister Mrs. Brown of Blue Island Illinois.
BROWN Fannie Brown of 12753 Honore street. Blue Island, age 101 years, wife of the late John, mother of John Jr.. Sandy,George. Arthur, Heather, and the late Mabel and Emmie, grossmuter or, great-grand- mother of three. Resting et chapel, 2601 Vermont street. Services Wednesday. Jan. 23, at 1:30 p. m. Interment Mount Greenwood. They have her age wrong because they had her birthdate at 1851.
Her total count of grandchildren is 22 from both marriages combined.
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