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Eliza Barbour

Female 1912 - 2004  (92 years)


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  • Name Eliza Barbour 
    Birth 8 Feb 1912  Safe Harbour, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Aug 2004  Bedford, N.S. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3034  Rowsell-Anstey
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2023 

    Father Isaac Capt. Barbour,   b. 1881   d. Abt 1977, St. John's, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Theresa Anne Rowsell,   b. 11 Jun 1878   d. 1959 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1901  [2] 
    Family ID F70  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Baxter Gordon (Capt) Blackwood,   b. 5 Jun 1911, Safe Harbour, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1963, Halifax, N.S. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Abt 7 May 1931  [3] 
    Children 
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     5. Robert George Blackwood,   b. 23 Apr 1953, St. John's, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 2003, Halifax, N.S. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     6. Living
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     12. David Blackwood,   b. Abt 1931   d. Abt 1931 (Age 0 years)
     13. Baxter Gordon (Junior) Blackwood,   b. 26 Jan 1942, St. John's, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1945, St. John's, Nfld. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2012 

    Family 2 Gordon Thomas   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2004 

  • Notes 
    • BLACKWOOD-THOMAS, Eliza - 92, Bedford, died August 29, 2004, in The Berkley,
      Bedford. Born in Bonavista Bay, NL, she was a daughter of the late Issac and
      Theresa (Rowsell) Barbour. She was employed in the retail industry for many
      years. She was a member of the Margaret Rose Club and a long-time member of
      the Newfoundland Club. She was a loving mother, grandmother and
      great-grandmother. She is survived by her loving husband, Gordon Thomas;
      daughters, Molly (Ray) Mootrey, Kitchener, Ont.; Elizabeth "Betty" (Jim) Donald, Fall River; Patricia "Pat" (George) Green, Red Island, Cape Breton; June (Peter) Grimes, St. John's, NL; Beryl (Basil) Worthman, St. John's, NL; Sue (Brendan) Dunfee, Lower Sackville; sons, William "Bill" (Joan) Blackwood, Lower Sackville; Wayne (Valerie) Blackwood, Windsor Junction; Gerry (Darlene) Blackwood, Lower Sackville; Jim (Carol) Blackwood, Tantallon; daughter-in-law, Roseann Blackwood, Lower Sackville; sister, Minnie (Clarence) Pugsley, Peterborough, Ont.; 31 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
      She was predeceased by her first husband, Capt. Baxter Blackwood; sons, Robert, David and Junior; brothers, Charlie, Wes, William; sister, Molly. Visitation 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today in Atlantic Funeral Home, 125 Sackville Dr., where funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. Pat Malin officiating. Remains to be transferred to Barretts Funeral Home, St. John's, NL, where visitation will be 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Thursday and funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, St. John's, NL. Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia. On-line condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S63] Ed Barbour, (Ed Barbour is the son of Unknown who was the younger sister of Cluny Way who married Sophie Celeste Barbour, daughter of Pearce John Barbour and Minnie Rowsell.).

    2. [S30] Diary of Arthur W. Rowsell.

    3. [S82] Renee Mootray.