Emily Mildred Hesp 1918- 1961
1918. Emily Hesp was born to Forest Hesp & Nellie Agar on 16/5/1918 in Strathmore
1921C. Emily Hesp, 3, is living in Bow River, Alberta with her father Forrest 32, farmer , her mother Nellie 25, and 3 sisters, Violet 5, Edith 4, & Hilda 1, all born Ontario, as were the parents of Forrest and Nellie- Ancestry . She seemed to have 11 siblings in total, born 1916-1936
bottom row - Helen 12/3/1930, Stanley, 17/1/1932
1937. Emily Hesp, born 1918 Strathmore, Alberta crossed into/or out of? the US at Eastport, Idaho- this >300 miles from Strathmore - Ancestry . I cannot decipher this card but Forrest E Hesp appears on it . the other side of the card says 'Going to Vancouver for the summer' . This side seems to say: Occupation Domestic, 19 yrs 7 mths, father Forrest E hesp, Coronation. Also 'had lost purse'! or is the name Jonz/Janz in this ??
Probably ~1938 Emily moved away from Alberta to Ontario- to study?
1940? or 1938?? Appears on a Voters list as a student in King Street, York, Ontario
1942. Emily Hesp married Robert Arthur Stanley on 1/8/1942 . Press cutting with many details on Robert's page. Her parents did not attend- being far away in Alberta. Emily & Robert went to Niagara for their honeymoon and then moved to Edmonton, where he was stationed
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They had 3 children: David Arthur Stanley (born 11 September 1944, moved to British Columbia in 2003), Laura Louise Taylor ( born 1947, always lived in Ontario), and Carol Anne Palmer ( born 1949, moved to Perth, Australia, circa 1975 & then returned for her wedding??)
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. . . . . . . Emily & David 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily probably at Niagara Falls . . . .. . . . . . . . . Robert & Emily at Niagara Falls shortly before her death
More photos of her on her father's & husband's pages
1961. Emily Mildred Stanley, 41, died, of breast cancer, 20/3/1961. She is buried in Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto . "She presented with a lump and the doctor told her it was "nothing" and gave her tablets. Then a month or so later she went to a 2nd doctor who did the same. Finally she went to a third doctor who took X-rays and she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She then had a radical mastectomy but unfortunately it had spread by then and she passed away within 3 months."
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