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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 born September 27, 1831 at Somerville, New Brunswick. She moved to Ontario at 18 years of age where she taught school in Saltfleet Township (now Stoney Creek). In 1853, she married Sylvester Smith, son of a United Empire Loyalist, at Christ's Church in Hamilton, Ontario. Later in life she authored "Pioneer Wife" describing the condition of life in the early days of settlement in Saltfleet where the couple had a farm and raised six children. She died November 18, 1913 and was buried in the Stoney Creek cemetery.
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Clarke, Muriel Shortt (1859-1977)
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family
Type of relationship
Clarke, Muriel Shortt is the grandchild of Smith, Damaris Isabella
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Coon, Mauritana Smith (1856-1946)
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family
Type of relationship
Coon, Mauritana Smith is the child of Smith, Damaris Isabella
Dates of relationship
1856-1913
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Smith, Ernest D'Israeli (1853-1948)
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family
Type of relationship
Smith, Ernest D'Israeli is the child of Smith, Damaris Isabella
Dates of relationship
1853-1913
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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
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Revised August 2026 by DR.
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- Powell, R. Janet and Gertrude Smith. _Silas Smith, U.E.L., and his descendants_. (196-). - G3510