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Mary Ida CUMMINGS

Mary Ida CUMMINGS

Female 1867 - 1929  (62 years)

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  • Name Mary Ida CUMMINGS 
    Birth 23 Jan 1867  Gananoque, ON Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Location 1871  Gananoque, Leeds South, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Location 1881  Oxford, Leeds & Grenville North, ON Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Location 1891  Elizabethown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • Census shows Mary Ida (24), her sister, Cora (15) and Herby (son - 4 years old) Cummings living with Francis (34) & Mary (#2) Preston (31)and Bertha (8) Blanche (7) and Henry (5). Mary is listed as "Housekeeper".\\ul?b?
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    Location 1901  Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Location 1911  Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Location 1921  Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    _UID 37939657E9F944FABAC5B456B3B31905E4F2 
    Death 24 Sep 1929  Toronto, ON Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 29 Sep 1929  Forest Lawn Cemetary, Thessalon, On Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I165  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2021 

    Father Richard Orville CUMMINGS,   b. 1834, Elizabethtown, Brockville District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889 (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Cordelia E. PECKINS,   b. 1840, Canada West Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1881 (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Francis (Frank) PRESTON,   b. 3 Jun 1856, Elgin, Leeds, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1934, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1906  Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Herbert W. PRESTON,   b. 17 Sep 1888, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1947, Clarence Center, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     2. Euretta Pearl PRESTON,   b. 13 Dec 1892, Melita, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1972, Benton Harbour, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. Calista Cordelia PRESTON,   b. 7 Aug 1895, Manitoba Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1967, Benton Harbor MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Frank PRESTON,   b. 11 Oct 1896, Napinka, Manitoba Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1940, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2014 

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    Mary Ida (Cummings) Preston
    Mary Ida (Cummings) Preston
    From home of Pearl (Preston) Spencer - noted as "Mother"
    Obituary for Mary Ida (Cummings) Preston
    Obituary for Mary Ida (Cummings) Preston
    On September 23rd Mary Ida Cummings, wife of Frank Preston, departed this life at Torontio [sic], Ontario. She had been ailing for several years and the end came quietly, while she slept. Mrs. Preston was born in Gananogue, Ontario, January 23rd, 1867, but had lived for over 30 years where she was loved by all who knew her. Her body was brought…

  • Notes 
    • Confirmed, via Town of Thessalon records, that Mary Ida is buried in PRESTON plot #156 at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Little Rapids, Ontario

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] IGI - Family Search 2010.