It was
with feelings of deep regret and profound sorrow that the numerous
friends and relatives heard of the unexpected death on Thursday, April
21st, of Miss Margaret Provan, of Forestville.
Miss
Provan was one of the few remaining early settlers of Forestville
neighborhood. She came as a girl of about ten years from Scotland with
her parents, the family settling on Lot 6, Concession 1,
Charlotteville, where Miss Provan spent her long and useful life.
Shortly
after reaching this country, Mrs. Provan died, leaving a family of six
small children. Miss Provan, who at that time was 12 years old,
assumed the responsibility of a mother to the younger members of the
family, and no mother could have devoted her time and energy more
faithfully and Conscientiously to the bringing up of a family.
Miss
Provan was highly respected and loved by the entire neighborhood. She
was noted for her hospitality and kind and sympathetic nature. Having
a mind well stored with knowledge, and being possessed of a retentive
memory, she made an entertaining hostess. In general character she was
one of nature's nobility.
Deceased
leaves to mourn her passing Mrs. Gilbert Gray and
Mrs. David Gray, of
Hamilton; Mrs. Simeon Beaupre of Toronto,
and Mrs. Thomas Reeves of
Forestville.
