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Smith, Mauritana
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Dates of existence
1856-1946
History
Mauritana Smith was the daughter of Damaris Isabella Smith and sister of Elizabeth Smith Shortt, who was one of the first three female medical doctors in Canada. Mauritana was born on August 9, 1856, to a loyalist family in Winona, near Hamilton, Ontario. She was educated by a governess, in the Winona School and at the St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. She taught in the Lee neighborhood and at Hamilton Beach, and the Waterford Public School. She married Hervey A. Coon in 1887. She died June 18, 1946.
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Shortt, Elizabeth Smith (1859-1949)
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family
Type of relationship
Shortt, Elizabeth Smith is the sibling of Smith, Mauritana
Dates of relationship
1859-1946
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Smith, Damaris Isabella (1831-1913)
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Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Smith, Damaris Isabella is the parent of Smith, Mauritana
Dates of relationship
1856-1913