JESSIE EMMA COOK was born in Heart’s Content at the end of 1880 or the beginning of 1881 and was baptised at St Mary’s Church on the 14th of January 1881.
At some point during the early 1900s, Jessie married a man by the name of John Carmichael Dunning. Born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire in Scotland in 1882 to parents William and Janet (née Carmichael) Dunning, John was a telegraphist like Jessie’s father. Few reasons would have given Jessie reason to leave Heart’s Content, much less Newfoundland, while she was still unmarried. For this reason, I believe she probably met John locally.
They may have been married and residing in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia by 1902. It is certain that they were married by 1906. Following their marriage, John found employment there at the offices of the Commercial Cable Company. The Dunnings were there when they started a family. The first two Dunning children were Jean Carmichael born on the 20th of June 1906 and Mary Elizabeth on the 20th of July 1910. In 1911, the Dunning family made a voyage to Scotland where they presumably stayed with Jessie’s parents-in-law. They returned the follow-ing year aboard the steam liner Scotian, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 29th of January. Jessie had two further children with John: William John Anderson was born in Newfoundland in 1915, and Margaret in Hazel Hill in 1918. The 1921 Canada Census gives us an insight into the Dunning household at the time. John was a stenographer earning $1,850, while Jes-sie stayed at home raising the children. Jean and Mary were both in school. To some degree, Jessie’s mother’s godliness appears to have re-mained with her and the children were being raised as Anglicans; likely spending their Sunday mornings at All Saints Anglican Church in Canso, with which the family seems to have had ties. John, in name at least, re-mained a Presbyterian. The Dunnings did not own their home, instead living in a rented, eight-bedroom, wooden house. By 1926, John had risen to one of the supervisor positions at …show more content…
Mead, accompanied Charles Bellamy when he “motored” to New Glasgow where they met Mrs Bellamy who had “been receiving medical treatment” in Halifax. Not only was Charles Bellamy superintendent at the Hazel Hill cable office, but he and his wife Annie may have been close friends of the Dunnings. The Bellamies’ plots lie be-side the Dunnings’ in the cemetery of All Saints Anglican Church in Can-so.
In 1939, the Second World War broke out in Europe. John had re-tired by this time. William joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, becom-ing a sergeant before his death on the 15th of February 1945. He was buried in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery. He left behind a wife, Eva. Margaret, who was a stenographer in 1940, gained employment at RCAF Eastern Air Command in Halifax. Three years after the loss of her son, Jessie lost her husband on the 31st of October 1948. John was laid to rest beside William in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery.
Jessie remained in Hazel Hill at least until 1957. In the aftermath of John’s death, she worked as a housekeeper for a time. By 1963, howev-er, she was residing at 589 Merton Avenue in the suburb of Saint-Lambert in Quebec City. Jessie finally passed away in 1968 and was buried by her husband and son at All Saints Anglican
At some point during the early 1900s, Jessie married a man by the name of John Carmichael Dunning. Born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire in Scotland in 1882 to parents William and Janet (née Carmichael) Dunning, John was a telegraphist like Jessie’s father. Few reasons would have given Jessie reason to leave Heart’s Content, much less Newfoundland, while she was still unmarried. For this reason, I believe she probably met John locally.
They may have been married and residing in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia by 1902. It is certain that they were married by 1906. Following their marriage, John found employment there at the offices of the Commercial Cable Company. The Dunnings were there when they started a family. The first two Dunning children were Jean Carmichael born on the 20th of June 1906 and Mary Elizabeth on the 20th of July 1910. In 1911, the Dunning family made a voyage to Scotland where they presumably stayed with Jessie’s parents-in-law. They returned the follow-ing year aboard the steam liner Scotian, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 29th of January. Jessie had two further children with John: William John Anderson was born in Newfoundland in 1915, and Margaret in Hazel Hill in 1918. The 1921 Canada Census gives us an insight into the Dunning household at the time. John was a stenographer earning $1,850, while Jes-sie stayed at home raising the children. Jean and Mary were both in school. To some degree, Jessie’s mother’s godliness appears to have re-mained with her and the children were being raised as Anglicans; likely spending their Sunday mornings at All Saints Anglican Church in Canso, with which the family seems to have had ties. John, in name at least, re-mained a Presbyterian. The Dunnings did not own their home, instead living in a rented, eight-bedroom, wooden house. By 1926, John had risen to one of the supervisor positions at …show more content…
Mead, accompanied Charles Bellamy when he “motored” to New Glasgow where they met Mrs Bellamy who had “been receiving medical treatment” in Halifax. Not only was Charles Bellamy superintendent at the Hazel Hill cable office, but he and his wife Annie may have been close friends of the Dunnings. The Bellamies’ plots lie be-side the Dunnings’ in the cemetery of All Saints Anglican Church in Can-so.
In 1939, the Second World War broke out in Europe. John had re-tired by this time. William joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, becom-ing a sergeant before his death on the 15th of February 1945. He was buried in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery. He left behind a wife, Eva. Margaret, who was a stenographer in 1940, gained employment at RCAF Eastern Air Command in Halifax. Three years after the loss of her son, Jessie lost her husband on the 31st of October 1948. John was laid to rest beside William in the All Saints Anglican Church cemetery.
Jessie remained in Hazel Hill at least until 1957. In the aftermath of John’s death, she worked as a housekeeper for a time. By 1963, howev-er, she was residing at 589 Merton Avenue in the suburb of Saint-Lambert in Quebec City. Jessie finally passed away in 1968 and was buried by her husband and son at All Saints Anglican