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- This is the copy of a postcard that Caroline Woods (nee Arbour) wrote to Emilie Jean (nee Arbour), her sister, on 10 Feb 1909 from Waubaushene, ON, to Verner, CPR, ON.
Dear Sister,
Just a few lines to let you know that we are all well, hoping yous are all the same. Well, Emily I am sending you the picure of our new church, see what you think of it. Our men are all at the camp yet, but I thing they will be coming down about the 1st of March, and Johnny, I think,is going to stop in Byng Inlet to see his brother. We intend to move there in the Spring. If it wasn't for that hewould stop to see yous. Georgiana has a big baby boy, he was born of the 1st of Feb.Mother was over a week ago last Sunday. They are all well at home also. Give our loveto all the family and tell Joseph if he didn't forget his English to write. I can't tell yous much this time.
Good bye,
From your sister, Mrs. Jns. A. Woods
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Bio from Facebook on 06 Apr 2010:
06 April 1877 -- Born in Ste-Emelie-de-l'Energie, QC, Marie-Caroline ARBOUR was the 7th of 14 children born to my great-great-grandparents Magloire ARBOUR and Leocadie CHARTIER-ROBERT. Her father Magloire was profiled on 30 March. Carrie wasabout 6-years old when her family made the big move from Ste-Emelie to settle in Waubaushene, ON. At 21-years old,she married lumberjack John Alexander WOODS in Waubaushene on 26 December 1898. The young couple settled into their home in Waubaushene and shortly afterward began their family of 8 children, 6 daughters and 2 sons. At some point around 1911,John decided that having 6 children underthe age of 11 was made more difficult with him being away in the bush for so much ofthe time. He then tooka job at the grain elevator in Victoria Harbour, ON, and the family moved into a house on William Street West, just down the street from her parents' house. Carrie still had 6 kids at home when John died of prostate cancer at the age of 48. He hadsuffered for 14 months with "hypertrophy of the prostate" (enlargementof the prostate) and 2 or 3 months with "pyelo-nephritis" (kidney failure) under the care of Dr. D. W. McKENZIE. Carrie was 80-years old whenshe died on 13 January 1958. BothCarrie and John were laid to rest in St Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Victoria Harbour
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1877 - 1958 (80 ans)
