The birth registration for Annie has been changed, it was listed as Oct. 10, 1898 and then in brackets, is written Aug.  There is a note on the file that this was a sworn statement dated 21-9-64, file #4698--64.   It appears it was first registered that she was born on Aug. 10 and changed to Oct.  Her name was changed from Evison Annie to Everson, Annie Alma at the same time.  A Dr. Gibson attended at the birth and it was registered by her father Urias on Dec. 31, 1898.

Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record info about Annie Alma Everson
Name: Annie Alma Everson Date of Birth: 10 Oct 1898 Gender: Female Birth County: Dufferin Father's Name: Wira (transcription error) Everson Mother's Name: Letticia Nodwell Roll Number: MS929_141

In the Guelph Tribune, there is a story about Annie, it reads,  Lived in three centuries - Ann Ferns' 102nd birthday on Oct. 10 means she's lived in three different centuries.  Fern holds greetings from Prime Minister Jean Chretien given to her at a surprise party hosted by the Tim Horton's coffee shop at Bullfrog Mall.  Ferns and her friends walk a mile every day in all kinds of weather to get there from their retirement home.  Her secret to a long and happy life is "the right genes and just keeping busy.  If you have troubles, you have to go on from there.  I just keep doing things."  Ferns was born in 1898 in Dufferin County where she and husband Harold farmed until they moved to Guelph in 1945.  When he died, she started working outside the home in her sixties.  

FERNS, Annie- of Guelph, passed away, at The Ellington Retirement Home, Wednesday, December 22, 2004, in her 107th year. Beloved wife of the late Harold M. Ferns. Annie was the last surviving member of her immediate family, having been predeceased by 5 brothers and 2 sisters. She will be sadly missed by her nephews and their families, her friends at The Ellington, her friends at Tim Horton's and her church family at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. A Memorial service to celebrate Annie's life will be held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 161 Norfolk St. Guelph. Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. John Borthwick officiating. (Reception to follow in the Church Hall). Memorial contributions to the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 161 Norfolk St. Guelph, N1H 4J7 would be appreciated. com)A tree will be planted in memory of Annie Ferns in the Wall-Custance Memorial Forest, University of Guelph, Arboretum. Dedication service Sunday, September 25, 2004, at 230 p.m.

Front page of the Guelph Mercury on Sunday, December 26, 2004 reads Woman dies at 106, friend by her side.