N 45° 20.346 W 075° 47.017
The monument is in section 4, plot 884-1.
G. AUSTIN
1899-1991
HIS BELOVED WIFE
KATIE E.E. (NELLIE) PATRICK
1893-1994
According to the Ontario delayed birth registration (1953 #501576), Katie Ellen Emma Argue, daughter of Andrew Gideon Argue and Lavina Jane Cherry, was born in Stittsville, 24 November 1893. The Chicago World's Fair closed a few weeks earlier. Highlights there included the world's first moving sidewalk.
According to the Ontario marriage registration (1919 #009115), Katie Ellen Emma Argue married John William Joseph Patrick, 2 April 1919. At that time, thousands of Canadian troops were returning home from war service in Europe.
Apparently, Nellie married again later in life (1985) to George Austin Garland.
The text below is found in The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 22 March 1994, page F3. News stories of the day include the Anglican church's first ordination of female priests.
On Saturday, March 19, 1994, Nellie Argue, in her 101st year. Widow of G. Austin Garland and J. William Patrick. Loving mother and "Nana" to Pat Craig (Harold), Ladysmith, British Columbia, the Craig children and grandchildren, and Lesley Hawkins, Killaloe. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by brothers Ernest and Harold, sisters Ottie Bradley, Myrtle Harris, Clara McCaffrey, and Lillian Merriam. A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 1994 at 2 p.m. at the Tubman Funeral Home, Westlawn Chapel, 3440 Richmond Road, Nepean (between Bayshore and Baseline Road).
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