| Main entry | Alloway, Mary H. |
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| Birth place | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Birth date | 3 December 1847 |
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| Death place | Pasadena (?), California, USA |
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| Death date | 11 January 1919 |
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| Identifier | 0142 |
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| Birth name | Mary Wilson |
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| Married name | Alloway |
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| Marital status | married |
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| Religious affiliation | Baptist; Congregationalist |
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| Biography | Of Irish parentage, Mary Wilson Alloway (1847-1919) spent her entire life in Montreal, and died in California while on holiday. Her husband, Clement John Alloway (1847-1914), was a veterinarian who became an insurance agent after retirement. Her talents included watercolour and china painting. Interest in local history underlies both her descriptive book, FAMOUS FIRESIDES OF FRENCH CANADA (1899), and her historical romance, CROSSED SWORDS (1912). |
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| Other notes | Several of Alloway's children settled in New Brighton, Minnesota. |
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| Residences | Montreal, Quebec (1848, 1901); Westmount, Hochelaga, Quebec (1911) |
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| Geographic regions | Quebec |
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| Primary genres | fiction; non-fiction |
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| Books | FAMOUS FIRESIDES OF FRENCH CANADA (1899); CROSSED SWORDS: A CANADIAN-AMERICAN TALE OF LOVE AND VALOR (1912) |
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| Other arts | painting (china, watercolor) |
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| Father's name | George Wilson |
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| Life dates of father | c1819 - ; m. 1845 |
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| Father's note | shoemaker |
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| Mother's name | Rebecca Sarah Beers |
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| Life dates of mother | c1813 - c1889, Montreal, Quebec; m. 1845 |
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| Spouse 1 | Clement John Alloway |
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| Life dates of spouse 1 | 19 November 1847, Ireland - 25 June 1914, Montreal |
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| Spouse 1 note | veterinary surgeon; then insurance agent; officer |
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| Marriage 1 date | 20 June 1877 |
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| Marriage 1 place | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Children number | 5 |
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| Children's names and dates | Percy Blackwood (22 March 1878 - ), m. to Alice Bethune Field;
Clement Cecil (31 January 1880 - );
Warren Forbes (25 April 1883 - );
George James (24 August 1885 - );
Cecil (January 1890 - ) |
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| Biographical references | Morgan, Henry, CANADIAN MEN AND WOMEN OF THE TIME (1912); Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1901 Census of Canada; 1911 Census of Canada |
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| Bibliographic references | Watters, CHECKLIST OF CANADIAN LITERATURE...1620-1960 (1970), pp. 236, 649 |
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| Research references | Complete |
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| Image credits | Line drawing by Una Vernelli (Vancouver, British Columbia). |
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| Copyright | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. Please cite Canada's Early Women Writers. SFU Library Digital Collections. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 1980-2014. |
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