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MRS.
MATILDA MURDIE CRUIKSHANK:
Miss Matida Mu r d ie was
July
born in Mc.
gr a duate d as
9th., 1879. She
General Hospital in
1905. She
her l en g thy illness
;
death in
Crescent.
19
•
brig.
second wife of �rig.
Killop Township,
nursed the fi rst Mrs.
Catharines
Cruikshank dur i ng
and was to marry Ernest Cruikshank after her
She moved to Ottawa with him to their home at
53
Wilton
General Cruikshank retired from t he service at this time
their
win ters in Jamaica,
lived
at Seven Oaks
,
some fif teen.. all
and it i s here that
Matilda and Erne s t spent
told.
to live at the home on Wilton Crescent,
before her death.
She died
1939
until only
in Ottawa on Augu s t
burried in tleachwood
C eme te ry by her hu s band .
Information supp l ie d
by Miss
from John C.
On the I sl and they
many of his bo oks were wro te .
After the death of E r ne s t Cruiksahnk in
...
Huron Co un ty on
a nurse from the St.
and devoted his hours to re se a rch and writing.
Letter
General Cruikshank.
,
his wife continued
a couple of years
31st, 1969
Ernestine White ni ec e of .Mrs.
Hay::: Ottc=ii.ra
Z:,ong time neighbour of
Mr.
& l'{lr�.
Erne�t
and was
Cruikshank.
.,,.,
Cruikshank
" {IiE' second wife who
we knew .,
doM welll w. as Matiloa. Mer0ie of
tiucknow Ontario:::: The seco
rs
· h n
ru�kshan.k was a wonderful
helpmate to the
General
elp
idni
g
him
with his research, reR
'
him while he medf
njng
. tates ' reco.r
ng
•
.
and
filing•"
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Louis McDermott Collection
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Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area.
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A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library.
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Matilda Cruikshank
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Louis McDermott Collection
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Louis Mcdermott Collection
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