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Smith, Damaris Isabella
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McGee, Damaris Isabella
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Dates of existence
1831-1913
History
Damaris Isabella McGee Smith was an author and teacher. She was born Sept. 27, 1831 at Somerville, New Brunswick. She moved to Ontario when she was 18 and taught school in the Lee neighborhood [of Hamilton?]. She married Sylvester Smith, son of a United Empire Loyalist, in 1853. She wrote "Pioneer Wife" which describes the condition of life in the early days of settlement in the area. She died Nov. 18, 1913 and was buried in the Stoney Creek cemetery.
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Related entity
Smith, Mauritana (1856-1946)
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Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Smith, Mauritana is the child of Smith, Damaris Isabella
Dates of relationship
1856-1913
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Shortt, Elizabeth Smith (1859-1949)
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Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Shortt, Elizabeth Smith is the child of Smith, Damaris Isabella
Dates of relationship
1859-1913