Tombstone Tuesday - Trethewey

This posting continues the series on the Trethewey famly monument in Greenwood Cemetery Owen Sound.

Laura J. Trethewey

wife of William S. Middlebro

1879-1907

William H Trethewey

Dece 21, 1872 - Mar 14, 1900

This side of the momument remembers Laura and William, children of John Trethewey and Catherine Coad.

Laura died 21 April 1907 in Owen Sound. [1] She and her husband William Sora Middlebro, a lawyer, had married 2 September 1903. [2] Less than four years later she dies of cancer. In attendance were Doctors T. H. Middlebro, C.M. Lang and O.L. Danard. [1]

Laura Jane's brother William died 14 March 1900 of pneumonia and endocarditis. [3]

Laura's husband is buried with his second wife Pearl Irene Ryan in another part of the cemetery.

[1] Laura Jane Middlebro Ontario death registration #012206 (22 April 1907), digital image; Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 February 2010), citing microfilm Ms 935 Reel 130, Archives of Ontario, Toronto

[2] Laura J Trethewey - William S. Middlebro Ontario marriage registration #08783 (2 September 1903), digital image; Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 February 2010), citing microfilm MS 932 Reel 110, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

[3] William Trethewey Ontario death registration #010655 (16 March 1900), digital image; Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 February 2010), citing microfilm Ms 935 Reel 96, Archives of Ontario, Toronto