Rebecca McLellan Wood

F, b. 5 June 1858, d. 8 June 1939
FatherJoseph Williams Wood b. 6 Jul 1826, d. 23 Sep 1910
MotherElizabeth Brown Howard b. 26 Jul 1826, d. 4 Jun 1904
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited14 Apr 2018
Rebecca M. Wood
     Rebecca McLellan Wood was born on 5 June 1858 at Gardner's Creek, Saint John Co, New Brunswick. She was the daughter of Joseph Williams Wood and Elizabeth Brown Howard. Rebecca McLellan Wood married John Frederick Cheyne, son of Robert Cheyne and Lavinia W. Cronk, on 12 December 1882 at Portland Street Methodist Church, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.1 Rebecca McLellan Wood died on 8 June 1939 at Bathurst, Gloucester Co, New Brunswick, at age 81;
Bathurst, NB, June 9 - (Special) --
Bathurst residents learned with profound regret the passing of one of its most highly respected residents, Mrs. John F. Cheyne, who died last night about nine o'clock at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Chalmers, West Bathurst, at the age of 81. She was formerly Rebecca McLellan Wood of Gardner's Creek, Saint John to Bathurst in 1911 and became well and favorably known.
She was about the house yesterday morning and became stricken with a paralytic stroke about noon from which she never regained consciousness and passed peacefully away.
She was born in Saint John County but lived in Bathurst for the last 38 [sic - should be 28] years and leaves to mourn one son, Harold J. of Detroit; three daughters, Mrs. W.J. Johnston, Winnipeg and Mrs. Chesley C. Eddy, Bathurst, and Mrs. Chalmers; one brother, William Wood of East Saint John, and one sister, Miss Hannah M. Wood, of New York.
The body will arrive in Saint John Saturday and will rest at Brenan's Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, until the funeral on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.2,3 She was buried on 11 June 1939 at Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.
     Rebecca was a tailoress, making men's suits before her marriage to John Frederick Cheyne. She appeared on the census of 1911 at Westfield, Kings Co, New Brunswick; Rebecca M. Cheyne, 52, married, Grace A., 20, Zella W., 17, Luella, 15, Frederick McL., 12 and Robert W., 9. The family was Methodist.4

Family

John Frederick Cheyne b. 7 May 1855, d. 22 May 1934
Children

Citations

  1. [S242] Letter, Ethel Kirkpatrick to Pam Wood Waugh, various dates 1970's and 80's, letter dated 10 January 1982.
  2. [S242] Letter, Ethel Kirkpatrick to Pam Wood Waugh, various dates 1970's and 80's, Obituary transcription sent to the writer in 1978.
  3. [S244] Provincial Archives of New Brunswick ,Vital Statistics, RS141C5, Index to Death Certificates: 1920-1951: Gloucester Co. Registration 22256; Volume: 123; Microfilm: F19352.
  4. [S618] Ancestry.com Inc., 2006: 1911 Canada Census , New Brunswick, Kings Co, Westfield. District Number: 29, Sub-District: Westfield, Sub-District Number: 25, Page: 20. Household of Rebecca M. Cheyne.