Friday 25 May 2012

More about Grandma

Thought you might find it interesting to read her obituary:

Obituary, 29 April 1939: Mrs Sophia Childs is Taken by Death -- "Was founder, with husband, of Toronto All Night Mission -- Descendant of an old English family, Mrs. Sophia Rebecca Childs died yesterday at her home, 55 Howard Street. She was in her 70th year and had been ill for some months. Mrs Childs was the daughter of the late Thomas Weston of Bristol, England, where her family had lived for generations. Her father's uncle, the late Sir Joseph Weston, was mayor of Bristol for many years and later a member of the House of Commons. She left England with her husband, Joseph Childs, about 30 years ago and after living in the United States for 10 years, they moved to Toronto and had been here ever since. She and her husband were the founders of the Toronto All Night Mission which did such good work in the Parliament Street district about ten years ago. Mrs Childs was also active in St. Peter's Anglican Church. She is survived by her husband and three daughters, Mrs Edna Johnson, a missonary in India, Mrs Margaret Meyerhoff, of Rochester and Miss Nora, at home, by two sisters, Mrs Laura Marsh of Bristol, and Mrs Edith Fisher of Croydon, and a brother, Major Arthur Weston, of London England."

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