BERRY, Mary Ellen
1838 - 1911 (72 years)-
Name BERRY, Mary Ellen Birth 20 Jul 1838 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada 
- Her death record confirms her birth year as 1838. Also, in the 1838 census she is listed as female between 0-6.
Gender Female Census 1881 St. Croix, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] - In this census she gives her correct age, confirming her birth year.
Census 1891 Dill's Corner, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] - In this census she is widowed, and gives her correct age, showing her birth year as 1838.
Census 1901 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [3] - In this census she, as seems to become a habit with her, does not provide her correct age but says she is 45 when she would actually be 63!!
Census 1910 Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [4] - In 1910 she was living with her son Frederick Lowther and his wife Augusta in Framingham, Mass. In this census she again does not give her correct age, but says she is 63 instead of 73.
She dies a year later in Avondale Nova Scotia while living with her son George.
Death 4 Feb 1911 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [5] - This death date at first came from Alice MacInnis who saw it in an old family Bible that her grandmother Lowther had. I ordered her death certificate which confirms the date of death and says she was living in Belmont, Hants County, was a housekeeper, name of attending physician was Charles Morris Weeks and she was buried at 'public' cemetery, Avondale. It also gives her correct age, confirming her birth year as 1838.
Obituary (discovered online in 2022.)
LOWTHERS - At Avondale, February 4, at the residence of her son, Geo. Lowthers, Mrs. Mary Lowthers, age 72 years.
Person ID I154 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father MARSTERS, Unknown d. Yes, date unknown Mother BERRY, Rebecca, b. 22 Jul 1798, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Bef 1881, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age < 82 years) Family ID F8687 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LOWTHERS, Samuel, b. 7 May 1820, Ervey, Lower Cumber, Londonderry, Ireland d. 7 Jan 1881, St. Croix, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 60 years) Marriage 1861 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [6] - When Mary married Samuel Lowthers in 1861, she instantly had a household of 9 to care for. According to the 1861 census, Samuel Lowthers was head of a household of 5 males (including himself) and 4 females (including Mary), so 7 kids and she was only 23!!
Children 1. LOWTHERS, Frederick N, b. 29 May 1862, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 22 Nov 1928, Saxonville, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years)2. LOWTHERS, Arthur, b. 10 Oct 1864, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 Apr 1909, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 44 years)3. LOWTHERS, Lilin, b. 1867, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Bef 1881 (Age < 13 years)4. LOWTHERS, Catherine Mary, b. 1868, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 17 Feb 1880, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 12 years)5. LOWTHERS, Morton, b. 24 May 1874, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 Jun 1934, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 60 years)6. LOWTHERS, George, b. 14 Apr 1875, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 4 May 1961, Old Barns, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 86 years)7. LOWTHERS, Maggie Ethel, b. 31 Oct 1879, Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 14 Mar 1958, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years)Family ID F57 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2025
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Notes - She is listed in the 1901 Windsor census in the household of Harry and Maggie Ward as Mary Lowthers, mother-in-law. However, the birthdate is wrongly given as July 20, 1855 and her age as 45 which is of course impossible, since she was born in 1838 and married Samuel Lowthers in 1861!
In the 1910 US census she is living with her son Frederick, wife Augusta and their seven children in Framingham, Massachusetts. The year of immigration to the US is given as 1899 for the whole family, so it appears she must have moved back and forth before she returned to Nova Scotia and died there in 1911.
- She is listed in the 1901 Windsor census in the household of Harry and Maggie Ward as Mary Lowthers, mother-in-law. However, the birthdate is wrongly given as July 20, 1855 and her age as 45 which is of course impossible, since she was born in 1838 and married Samuel Lowthers in 1861!
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