Mary Jane Smith

1905 - 1989  (83 years)

• Name	Mary Jane Smith
  Born	12 Nov 1905	Island Cove, Random, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
  Christened	5 Dec 1905	Anglican Church, Island Cove
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Apr 1989	Hoyles Home, St.John's, Newfoundland
  Buried	Anglican, St. Peter's, Little Heart's Ease
  Person ID	I22	Robert and Emily Smith
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Smith,   b. Nov 1873, Bailey's Cove, South West Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 21 Dec 1959, Little Heart's Ease, Newfoundland, Canada  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Siscely Spurrell,   b. 1883, Butter Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 2 Apr 1942  (Age 59 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1903	St. Alban's Anglican Church, Cross Roads, Gooseberry Cove
  	Ebenezer married his first wife, Siscely (Cicely) Spurrell, on 22 December 1903 in St. Alban's Anglican Church at the Cross Roads, Gooseberry Cove. Witnesses to the wedding were Jacob Smith and Patience Smith - Ebenezer's brother and sister.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Drodge,   b. 28 Mar 1900, Little Heart's Ease ,   d. 11 Apr 1942, Little Heart's Ease  (Age 42 years)
  Married	30 Apr 1925	Little Harbour   [1]
  Children	1. Marcella Mahala Drodge,   b. 31 Jan 1926, Little Heart's Ease ,   d. 30 Jan 2008, Clarenville  (Age 81 years)   2. Robert Wesley Drodge,   b. 29 Nov 1929, Deer Lake ,   d. Deer Lake   3. Lily Florence Drodge,   b. 12 Sep 1931, Little Heart's Ease ,   d. 4 Jun 1941, Little Heart's Ease  (Age 9 years)   4. Everett Drodge,   b. 31 Jul 1934, Little Heart's Ease, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 Apr 2011, Clarenville, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Dodge,   b. 24 Dec 1900, Little Heart's Ease, Random, Trinity Bay ,   d. 21 Jul 1964, Little Heart's Ease, Random, Trinity Bay  (Age 63 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1946	Salvation Army, Little Heart's Ease
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2015
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Dodge Mary Jane nee Smith Drodge and Samuel James Smith.jpg
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• Notes

  Jane worked in St. John's for a while before she was married. She also went to Labrador with George Shirley Vey for at least one summer as a cook on his fishing vessel. Jane and her son Everett are listed in the 1945 census records for Little Heart's Ease: Drodge J. Mary No Entry F W 40 Island Cove Little Hts.Ease Drodge Everett No Entry M S 11 Little Hts.Ease Little Hts.Ease Jane was a midwife Jane died on 17 April 1989 in Hoyles Home, St. John's and was buried next to John in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery in Little Harbour. Her obituary was printed in the local papers: Mary Jane Dodge (Smith)...Passed peacefully away at the Holyes Home on Monday, April 17, 1989, after a lengthy illness, Mrs. Mary Jane Dodge of Little Heart's Ease, aged 83 years 5 months. Leaving to mourn one son Everett Drodge (wife Selina) of Little Heart's Ease; three daughters: Marcie (husband Eli Spurrell) of Clarenville; Alma (husband Fred Whalen) of Caplin Cove; and Florence Dodge of Clarenville; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Moses Smith of Clarenville and Abram Smith of Little Heart's Ease; also a large circle of relatives and friends. Funeral service took place on Wednesday, April 19, at St. Peter's Anglican Church, Little Heart's Ease. In lieu of flowers, donations were made to the Hoyles Home. MARY J. DRODGE Born: 1905 Died: 1989 JOHN DODGE Born: 1900 Died: 1964

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Random Box 2.