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Source : The Bradford Witness
Volume Date : Wednesday, February 11, 1953
Volume : Vol. 88, No. 6
Page : 4
Microfilm : Reel # 78
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Event Date : Saturday, January 31, 1953
Event Type : Death
Municipality : New York, N. Y.
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Mrs. Margaret Mitchell who made her home in Bradford until a few years ago, when she joined her daughter in New York, passed away in St. Barnabas Hospital, New York. Mrs. Mitchell had been ill since early December when she suffered a stroke.Born at Cambourne, Ontario, Mrs. Mitchell came to Bradford from Emsdale, Muskoka, about twenty-five years ago when with her sister, Miss Lean and her late brother-in-law and niece, Mr. Mitchell and Miss Olive Brown, they purchased the home known as The Pines. She continued to make her home there until a few years ago when she joined her daughter, Miss Thomas, in New York City.A member of the United Church, Mrs. Mitchell is survived by her daughter in New York, a brother, F. Lean, in Cambourne, and a brother and sister, Mr. John Lean and Miss C. Lean of Bradford.The funeral was held in Cambourne United Church on Monday, February 2. The services were conducted by Rev. F. G. MacTavish of Bradford and interment was in Cambourne Cemetery.