Aiken, Edith Amelia (b. 7 APR 1896, d. 1 DEC 1964)

Note: DEATH: MRS. EDITH A. COWAN,
DEATH: OF MANSONVILLE
DEATH: MANSONVILLE - The death from a heart attack of Mrs. Edith A. Cowan, of Mansonville, occurred on December 1 at the home of her
DEATH: daughter, Mrs. Merton Bailey, Highwater. She was 68 years of age.
DEATH: The former Edith Amelia Aiken was the daughter of Alonzo Aiken and Mary Jersey. She was born April 7, 1896, at Glen Sutton,
DEATH: where she spent her younger years and attended school. She lived for a time in Abercorn, and moved to Mansonville in 1922 at
DEATH: the time of her marriage to Robert Francis Cowan, of Mansonville.
DEATH: Since then she has been continually active in community activities particularly in the work of the Mansonville United Church.
DEATH: She has served at various times as Sunday School teacher, Sunday School secretary-treasurer, organist, and was still a member
DEATH: of the choir at the time of her death. Also she was holding the position of secretary of the United Church Women of
DEATH: Mansonville, an office which she held for many years. She was a charter member of Owl's Head Chapter No. 35 O.E.S. and held
DEATH: office every year since she joined until a year ago.
DEATH: Mrs. Cowan was predeceased by her husband on February 4, 1964. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Frances, Mrs. Merton E.
DEATH: Bailey; four grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Bailey of Mansonville; and a brother, Arthur A. Aiken, of North Troy, Vt.
DEATH: The funeral service was held at the Mansonville United Church on December 3rd, at 2 p.m. Rev. Carl J. Gustafson, of Rock
DEATH: Island, a long-time friend of the family, officiated, assisted by Rev. R.G. Albiston, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church,
DEATH: Mansonville.
DEATH: The previous evening, an Eastern Star funeral service was conducted by the members of Owl's Head Chapter, No. 35, at the C.E.
DEATH: Wilson and Son Funeral Home in Mansonville.
DEATH: Interment was in the Mansonville Cemetery.
DEATH: Name and date of newspaper unknown
DEATH: (Ken Jones' Scrapbook)

Death: 1 DEC 1964 Highwater, Quebec

Burial: Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1261

Note: GEN: See Historical Document.

Death: 4 FEB 1964 Montreal, Quebec

Burial: 7 FEB 1964

Reference: 1262

Note: DEATH: AIKEN, Arthur - At North Troy, Vt., on Saturday, July 29, 1967, Arthur Alonzo Aiken, in his 68th year, beloved husband of Maude
DEATH: Evelyn Morrison. Resting at the C.E. Wilson and Son Funeral Home in Mansonville. Funeral service from the United Church,
DEATH: Tuesday, Aug. 1st, at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Carl Gustafson officiating. Interment in Mansonville Cemetery. Masonic service Monday
DEATH: evening at funeral home 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Mansonville United Church Memorial Fund.
DEATH: Sherbrooke Record - date unknown
DEATH: (Ken Jones' Scrapbook)
DEATH: - - - - -
DEATH: Arthur A. Aiken
DEATH: Arthur Alonzo Aiken of North Troy died Saturday, July 29, in his 68th year.
DEATH: Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 2 p.m. at the United Church in Mansonville, Que., with Rev. Carl Gustafson
DEATH: officiating.
DEATH: Interment will follow in the Mansonville cemetery. A Masonic service will be held at the Wilson and Sons Funeral Home this
DEATH: evening at 8 p.m.
DEATH: Mr. Aiken was born in Glen Sutton, Que.
DEATH: He had been employed for the past 15 years as syrup buyer at the American Maple Products, Inc., in Newport.
DEATH: Survivors include his widow, Maude (Morrison) Aiken of North Troy and the following children: Arthur Aiken, Mansonville, Que.,
DEATH: Mrs. H.C. (Edith) McLean, Highwater, Que., Mrs. Berton (Shirley) Bailey, Sutton, Que., Mrs. Donald (Eleanor) Grayton,
DEATH: Montreal, S-Sgt. Robert Aiken, U.S. Army, Mrs. L.P. (Katherine) Cadieux, Orleans, S-Sgt. Donald Aiken, U.S. Air Force, Mrs.
DEATH: Bryce (Audrey) Wilson, Ringwood, N.J., and Alan Aiken in North Troy.
DEATH: Name and date of newspaper unknown
DEATH: (Ken Jones' Scrapbook)

Death: 29 JUL 1967 North Troy, Vermont

Burial: 1 AUG 1967 Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1263

Note: DEATH: MRS. MAUD E. AIKEN
DEATH: of Highwater
DEATH: Mrs. Maud Evelyn Aiken quietly passed away in her 72nd year on Wed., May 1 1974, in the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital at
DEATH: Cowansville, Que., with heart failure.
DEATH: She was born on April 24, 1903, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the daughter of Edith Wright Morrison and Reuben Morrison. She received
DEATH: her education in the St. Johnsbury Academy.
DEATH: On July 3, 1920, she was united in marrige to Arthur A. Aiken of Glen Sutton, Que., in Lyndonville, Vt., by the Rev. William J.
DEATH: McFarlane. Her husband predeceased her in July 1967.
DEATH: She leaves nine surviving children. Two children predeceased her: Lorna Belle died at birth in 1930 and Muriel Catherine died
DEATH: in 1932 at the age of four.
DEATH: Left to mourn her loss are children: Arthur of Mansonville and his wife Mavis; Edith (Mrs. H.C. McLean) of Highwater and her
DEATH: husband; Shirley (Mrs. Berton Bailey) of Sutton and her husband; Eleanor (Mrs. Donald Grayton) of Montreal and her husband;
DEATH: Robert of Newport News, Va., and his wife Michako; Catherine (Mrs. L. Cadieux) of North Troy, Vt.; Donald of Barksdale Air
DEATH: Force Base, Louisiana and his wife Edna; Audrey (Mrs. Bryce Wilson) of Ringwood, N.J., and her husband, and Alan of North
DEATH: Troy, Vt., and his wife Kathryn; also 23 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, two aunts and an uncle, Mr. Gordon Morrison
DEATH: and his wife Lena of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and Mrs. H.L. Morrison of Tacoma, Wash., and many nieces and nephews of three
DEATH: generations. She came from a family of nine children, all of whom predeceased her.
DEATH: She was a very good mother to her many children and was a king (kind), generous, happy person with everyone. Her sympathetic
DEATH: understanding nature as well as her wonderful sense of humor, gained her many friends throughout the years, including young
DEATH: people whom she easily related to.
DEATH: After her marriage she lived in several different towns in New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Province of Quebec. She made her
DEATH: home with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H.C. McLean, in Highwater, Que., during her last years.
DEATH: Although she regularly attended the United Church in Mansonville and its U.C.W. at the time of the death her membership with
DEATH: the United Church of Christ, North Troy, Vt., had not been transferred to the Mansonville church.
DEATH: She was active member of the U.C.W. for many years and a Past President of the United Church Ladies Aid previous to her taking
DEATH: up residence in the United States. She belonged to the Golden Age Club of Mansonville and was a Charter Member of the Owl's
DEATH: Head Chapter No. 35, Order of the Eastern Star in Mansonville in 1947, having been the first Associate Matron and becoming
DEATH: Worthy Matron in 1949, sharing the East with her husband.

Death: 1 MAY 1974 Cowansville, Quebec

Reference: 1264

Death: 22 AUG 1999

Burial: Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1265

Death: 22 DEC 1959

Burial: Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1266

Death: 7 JUL 2006 Claremont, New Hampshire, USA

Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Claremont, NH

Reference: 1267

Note: DEATH: Mabel Aiken Gatley Button
DEATH: formerly of Mansonville
DEATH: Mable Alice Button died November 19, 1986 at the Royal
DEATH: Victoria Hospital, Montreal after suffering for some time.
DEATH: She was born December 10, 1908, the daughter of Frank Aiken
DEATH: and Josephine Jersey of West Hill, Mansonville. She spent
DEATH: her early childhood there and on October 8, 1928 she
DEATH: married Vernon Gatley of the same neighbourhood. To this
DEATH: union were born 4 children: Audrey, who died in infancy;
DEATH: Morris, Ardis and Verna. Her husband passed away in
DEATH: September of 1939. Mable brought up her children with the
DEATH: help of relatives and friends.
DEATH: In October of 1945 she married Perley Button of Glen
DEATH: Sutton; to them was born one living daughter, Patricia.
DEATH: Perley passed away in 1965 after they had moved to
DEATH: Abercorn, where she brought up her younger daughter.
DEATH: Mabel joined the Mansonville Baptist Church at an early age
DEATH: and always attended service faithfully. She loved music
DEATH: and often filled in as church organist. It gave her great
DEATH: joy to play the piano for a good old-fashioned hymn sing at
DEATH: home, at the neighbours and family gatherings.
DEATH: She was a devoted mother and grandmother, a good neighbour
DEATH: who endeared herself to all her acquaintances.
DEATH: In 1969 Mabel went to live with her daughter Verna in
DEATH: Montreal to help her care for her family.
DEATH: Mabel leaves to mourn her loss one son, Morris, and wife,
DEATH: Marie, of Danville, Virginia; daughters Ardis and husband,
DEATH: Walter Fuller of Brownville Jct., Maine; Verna Lyons of
DEATH: Montreal; and Patricia and husband James Young of Orlando,
DEATH: Florida; step-children Jennie and husband Donald Hayes of
DEATH: Richford, Vt., Dorothy anbd husband, Graydon Mitson of
DEATH: Cowansville; and Clair Button of Sutton. Also a brother,
DEATH: Harold Aiken and wife Verlie of Dunkin and sister Evelyn
DEATH: Macey of Sawyerville; 12 grandchildren and 8 great
DEATH: grandchildren; besides a host of other relatives and
DEATH: friends. Mabel was predeceased by sisters Florence and
DEATH: Maud, Mrs. Carl Merriam of North Troy, Vt.
DEATH: The body rested at the Desourdy-Wilson funeral parlor in
DEATH: Mansonville where friends and relatives called on Friday.
DEATH: On Saturday, November 22nd at 1:45 pm the family gathered
DEATH: for prayers and then proceeded to the Baptist Church. The
DEATH: service was conducted by Pastor Walter Stairs, of Knowlton
DEATH: assisted by Rev. Judith Perry of the United Church. One
DEATH: hymn 'When All My Labours and Trials Are o'er' - a
DEATH: favourite of the deceased - was sung accompanied on the
DEATH: organ by Marilyn Stairs. Mr. Stairs delivered a message of
DEATH: hope and spoke words of comfort to all.
DEATH: Bearers were 5 grandsons: George Mitson, Cowansville;
DEATH: Bobby, Billy, Dave and Dennis Lyons of Montreal; and one
DEATH: son-in-law, Graydon Mitson of Cowansville.
DEATH: After burial in the Mansonville Cemetery beside her first
DEATH: husband, all gathered in the church hall where lunch was
DEATH: served.
DEATH: Those who travelled from a distance included Mrs. James
DEATH: Young, Orlando, Florida; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gatley,
DEATH: Danville, Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fuller, Mrs. Carl
DEATH: Burton, Brownville Junction; Verna Lyons and sons,
DEATH: Montreal; Evelyn Macey, Mr. and Mrs. Ian McBurney, Sara and
DEATH: Karen of Sawyerville; and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Merriam of
DEATH: Waterbury, Vt.
DEATH: The Journal (Stanstead?)
DEATH: December 10, 1986

Death: 19 NOV 1986 Montreal, Quebec

Burial: 22 NOV 1986 Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1268

Note: GEN: See Historical Document.

Death: 3 SEP 1940 Mansonville, Quebec

Burial: 6 SEP 1940

Reference: 1269

Death: 1965

Burial: Abercorn

Reference: 1270

Note: DEATH: AIKEN -At Mansonville, Que., Sept. 25th, 1940, Florence
DEATH: Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aiken, in her
DEATH: 30th year. Funeral from the late residence, Sat., Sept.
DEATH: 28th, at 2 p.m., D.S.T. Draper's Funeral Service.
DEATH: Deaths
DEATH: Sherbrooke Daily Record
DEATH: September 27, 1940
DEATH: -----
DEATH: MISS FLORENCE AIKEN, OF MANSONVILLE
DEATH: Mansonville, Nov. 1 -Funeral services for Florence Aiken
DEATH: were held at her late residence on September 29th, where
DEATH: many relatives and friends of the family gathered to pay
DEATH: tribute to one highly esteemed.
DEATH: Florence Elizabeth Aiken, daughter of Frank and Josephine
DEATH: (Jersey) Aiken was born in Mansonville on Nov. 22, 1910, on
DEATH: the farm where she had spent her entire life.
DEATH: The deceased was never in robust health. She will be sadly
DEATH: missed by the family and friends who knew her kindly ways
DEATH: and sweet disposition.
DEATH: Rev. N.H. Brock officiated at the funeral service, taking
DEATH: for this text Rev. 21, verses 4 and 25 -"There shall be no
DEATH: night there and God shall wipe away all tears from their
DEATH: eyes." Mrs. Guy George sang, "There Shall Be No Night
DEATH: There."
DEATH: The bearers were four Cousins, Percy Hawley, Miner Burnett,
DEATH: Clifton Jersey and Arnold Aiken and two friends, Raymond
DEATH: Bedard and Carleton Gatley. Beautiful flowers covered the
DEATH: casket. She was laid to rest in the family lot in the
DEATH: village cemetery.
DEATH: Left to mourn are her parents, one brother, Harold Aiken,
DEATH: three sisters, Mrs. Carl Merriam, of North Troy, Vt., Mrs.
DEATH: Vernon Gatley and Miss Evelyn Aiken, of Mansonville,
DEATH: grandmother, Mrs. Fred Jersey, and three nephews and three
DEATH: nieces, besides many uncles, aunts and cousins.
DEATH: Sherbrooke Daily Record
DEATH: November 1, 1940
DEATH: 1940
DEATH: PALLADIUM AND NEWS, NEWPORT, VT.
DEATH: October 2 -Highwater
DEATH: Florence, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aiken,
DEATH: died Wednesday, September 30, at her home at Mansonville of
DEATH: heart trouble. Funeral services were held at their home
DEATH: Saturday, Rev. N.M. Brock officiating. Burial was in the
DEATH: Mansonville cemetery.

Death: 25 SEP 1940 Mansonville, Quebec

Burial: 29 SEP 1940 Monsonville, Quebec

Reference: 1271

Note: DEATH: McLEAN AIKEN, Edith - At the Mount Sinai Hospital, Montreal, on Saturday, August 3, 1996. Edith Aiken in her 73 year. Beloved
DEATH: wife of the late Harold McLean. Survived by her brothers and sisters, also many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held
DEATH: at the Desourdy-Wilson Funeral Home, 4 Vale Perkins, Mansonville on Tuesday, August 6, 1996, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The
DEATH: funeral service will take place on Wednesday, August 7, 1996 t 3 p.m. at the Mansonville United Church, followed by interment
DEATH: in the Mansonville Protestant Cemetery.
DEATH: Sherbrooke Record - date unknown
DEATH: (Potton Library Scrapbook)

Death: 3 AUG 1996 Montreal

Burial: 7 AUG 1996 Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1272

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Death: 6 FEB 1978

Reference: 1274

Reference: 1275

Death: 12 DEC 1953

Burial: Mansonville, Quebec

Reference: 1276

Death: 24 OCT 1933

Reference: 1277

Death: 29 NOV 1993 Claremont, New Hampshire, USA

Burial: 2 DEC 1993 Claremont, New Hampshire, USA

Reference: 1278

Reference: 1279

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