[nsroots] obit: Mercy Henney Giles

[joanne gould]

Mrs. Mercy Giles

Victoria, January 6---The death occurred at Victoria on Christmas Day 
(1928) of the oldest resident in that community, Mrs. Mercy Giles, at 
the advanced age of 98 years 7 months. Born on the farm on which she 
died, Mrs. Giles had lived the greater portion of her life on the 
homestead on which she died.  Before her marriage, she was Mercy 
Henney.  She will be remembered for her kindly acts and generous 
hospitality, loving and loved by all.  She had been confined to her 
room for some five years with rheumatism  and those who visited her 
will recall her cheerful mood, always looking beyond her own suffering 
to something brighter.  She is survived by a family of 12 children,
Mrs. Sadie Mosher, Newton, Mass
Mrs. Margaret Clarke  New York
Mrs. Mary Jones  New York
Mrs Annie Rompkey, Watertown
James, Newton
Robert, New York
Mrs. Rebecca Crowley, Streets Ridge
Mrs. Martha Guilderson, West Pugwash
Mrs. Clara Woodlock, West Pugwash
John, David and Leo, at home

The funeral services were conducted by Father McDonald of Pugwash and 
were largely attended.  She was laid to rest beside her husband,    the 
late Thomas Giles, who predeceased her some six years.  Interment took 
place at LeRoy.


Mercy was my great grandmother.

Joanne Woodlock Gould

Researching:  Woodlock, Giles, Ryan, Whyte