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JANET H. McLEOD

Mrs. McLeod’s Death

[Welland Telegraph, 21 January 1908]

On Sunday afternoon, Jan. 18, shortly after two o’clock, there passed away at the Presbyterian manse, Janet H., beloved wife of Rev. J.W. McLeod, after a lingering illness of six weeks. The deceased was a daughter of Thomas Henry of Berwick, Ont., and was in her thirty-sixth year. She was married on July 4th, 1893 to the Rev. J.W. McLeod, in the township of Finch, where Mr. McLeod was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church there. She is survived by her husband and one son, Willie, aged twelve, her aged father in Cornwall and two brothers-Archibald of Finch Township, and Donald of Seranton, Pa., and one sister, Miss Irene Henry. The deceased was beloved by all who knew here, and her untimely death will be mourned by a host of sympathizing friends, who will extend their heartfelt sympathy to the stricken husband and son.

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