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1 CONC The birth registration for Annie has been changed, it was listed as Oct. 1
1 CONC 0, 1898 and then in brackets, is written Aug.  There is a note on the fi
1 CONC le that this was a sworn statement dated 21-9-64, file #4698--64.   It app
1 CONC ears it was first registered that she was born on Aug. 10 and changed to O
1 CONC ct.  Her name was changed from Evison Annie to Everson, Annie Alma at t
1 CONC he same time.  A Dr. Gibson attended at the birth and it was register
1 CONC ed by her father Urias on Dec. 31, 1898.
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1 CONT Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 Record info about Annie Alma Everson
1 CONT Name: Annie Alma Everson Date of Birth: 10 Oct 1898 Gender: Female Birth C
1 CONC ounty: Dufferin Father's Name: Wira (transcription error) Everson Mother
1 CONC 's Name: Letticia Nodwell Roll Number: MS929_141
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1 CONT In the Guelph Tribune, there is a story about Annie, it reads,  Lived in t
1 CONC hree centuries - Ann Ferns' 102nd birthday on Oct. 10 means she's liv
1 CONC ed in three different centuries.  Fern holds greetings from Prime Minist
1 CONC er Jean Chretien given to her at a surprise party hosted by the Tim Horton
1 CONC 's coffee shop at Bullfrog Mall.  Ferns and her friends walk a mile eve
1 CONC ry day in all kinds of weather to get there from their retirement home.  H
1 CONC er secret to a long and happy life is "the right genes and just keeping bu
1 CONC sy.  If you have troubles, you have to go on from there.  I just keep doi
1 CONC ng things."  Ferns was born in 1898 in Dufferin County where she and husba
1 CONC nd Harold farmed until they moved to Guelph in 1945.  When he died, she st
1 CONC arted working outside the home in her sixties.
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1 CONT FERNS, Annie- of Guelph, passed away, at The Ellington Retirement Home, We
1 CONC dnesday, December 22, 2004, in her 107th year. Beloved wife of the late Ha
1 CONC rold M. Ferns. Annie was the last surviving member of her immediate famil
1 CONC y, having been predeceased by 5 brothers and 2 sisters. She will be sad
1 CONC ly missed by her nephews and their families, her friends at The Ellingto
1 CONC n, her friends at Tim Horton's and her church family at St. Andrew's Presb
1 CONC yterian Church. A Memorial service to celebrate Annie's life will be he
1 CONC ld at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 161 Norfolk St. Guelph. Tuesday, Ja
1 CONC nuary 4, 2005, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. John Borthwick officiating. (Recep
1 CONC tion to follow in the Church Hall). Memorial contributions to the St. Andr
1 CONC ew's Presbyterian Church, 161 Norfolk St. Guelph, N1H 4J7 would be appreci
1 CONC ated. com)A tree will be planted in memory of Annie Ferns in the Wall-Cust
1 CONC ance Memorial Forest, University of Guelph, Arboretum. Dedication servi
1 CONC ce Sunday, September 25, 2004, at 230 p.m.
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1 CONT Front page of the Guelph Mercury on Sunday, December 26, 2004 reads Wom
1 CONC an dies at 106, friend by her side.