Wednesday, February 17, 2016

101 - Frances J. (Ternan) Shaw - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario

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This monument is in section 3, plot 437-1.

SHAW
FRANCES J. TERNAN
WIFE OF J. A. SHAW
1884-1986
ERMA F.

According to the Ontario birth registration (1884 #038428), Frances Jane Ternan, daughter of William H Ternan and Margaret Jane Moore, was born in Arthur township, 26 April 1884. Later that week, May Day or Labour Day became a holiday recognized by most industrialized nations.

According to the Ontario marriage registration, Frances J Ternan married James Shaw in Arthur, Wellington county, 10 February 1909. In the following month, Einar Dessau used a short wave transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.

According to the records of Pinecrest Cemetery, Frances was interred 28 February 1986. In late January, the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated soon after launch.


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