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Spiers Hannah M. [Female] b. 8 MAR 1868 Bristol, Quebec - d. 30 SEP 1944 Hilton Beach, St. Joseph Island, Ontario

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MARRIED AT SIXTEEN - A WIDOW AT NINETEEN

Hannah Spiers was married at sixteen years of age to Rueben Winters. They had two children, William Henry and Albertha Lydia. Shortly after the birth of Albertha, Rueben Winters caught pneumonia and died. A family legend indicates that Hannah then nearly became a mail order bride. She entered into an engagement, by correspondence, to marry a gentleman who lived on St. Joseph Island in Lake Huron, near Sault Ste. Marie. She apparently travelled there and, on her arrival, checked into her lodgings. The proprieter is said to have provided some unflattering information about the prospective groom, who was away at work in the bush, whereupon she changed her mind about the marriage. She then met and married Duncan McArthur.

OBITUARY

HILTON BEACH

After an illness of nearly two years, Mrs. Hannah McArthur, relict of the late Duncan McArthur, passed away on Wednesday, September 30th, at her residence here. Born Hannah Spiers at Bristol, Quebec, Mrs. McArthur came to St. Joseph Island about 55 years ago, and until Mr. McArthur's death, lived on a farm on the K Line in St. Joseph Township. Since Mr. McArthur's death she has lived in the village with her daughter Theresa. Besides Theresa, she leaves to mourn her passing, Pte. Clarence, serving overseas with the Tank Corps, Sgt. Ralph of Winnipeg, serving in Alaska with the R.C.A.F., Pte. Alexander of Kirkland Lake, serving at Gravenhurst with the Veteran Guard, and Mrs. Sarah Forbes, Hilton Beach, Mrs. Harold Dean, Detroit, Mrs. Harold Calkins, Alligan, Mich., Mrs. Daisy Shippey, Flint, Mich., and Mrs. James Singleton of Duluth, Michigan.

The funeral service was conducted in the United Church on Sunday afternoon by Rev. Peter Renner and interment took place in the Grace United Cemetery. Pallbearers were: D. McPhail, J. Curry, E. Connell, W. Steinberg, W. Woods and G. Smith. The funeral was largely attended and there were many beautiful floral tributes, testifying to the esteem in which Mrs. McArthur was held.

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