Mary Ann 'Annie' ENNIS

1855 - 1921  (66 years)

• Name	Mary Ann 'Annie' ENNIS  [1]
  Birth	1855	,, County Grey, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Note	Annie and John came to from near Huntsville, Ontario in 1883 with four children, Phoebe Frances (Grandma McDonell), Robert 'Bert' Albert, Margaret 'Millie' Malinda and Ethel Hester when Phoebe was eight years old, traveling by Colonist car to Grenfell, Saskatchewan to join her parents, Robert Strain and Frances Elizabeth (Wark) Ennis. Right away mayI tell you about a 'Colonist cars'. They were wooden cars with woodenslat seats, lit at night by smoky swinging coal oil lamps with a bigblack stove at the far end where end where mothers could warm baby’sbottle or make a cup of tea. Each family brought enough food to last themfor the journey as well as quilts and pillows. The cars were usuallycrowed because the 'Go West' fever was high and the fare lower than theregular coaches on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Lambs lived with her parents until a house could be built for them onland near by where they lived for a time and where their last threechildren were born. The older children got their education by all threeriding the back of their pony across a creek flowing into the Pipestoneriver to attend Summerhill School. In the spring the creek would be swollen with meltedsnow. This trail wound around the sloughs and bushes through the McDonellfarm. Later they got land on the bank of the Pipestone river where theyerected buildings, cleared land and farmed for many years. It was herein 1908 that John and his youngest son Harry died in a typhoid fever epidemic. Bertand Joe took over the farm and Annie moved to Grenfell. Annie was afraid of thunderstorms and would go into a storage hole underthe house, closing the trap door and staying until the storm past. Her home in Grenfell was open to all the family. Annie had terribleheadaches which today might have been 'Migraines'. She spent much of hertime at the farm with her grandchildren. It was after one such visitwhen her grandson, John Sterry McDonell was taking her back to town thatshe took a stroke. Getting her into the house he called DonniePatterson, her neighbors, then hurried to the theatre to page Bert andDr. Argue. He next hurried home for his mother who stayed with her till she died three or four days later. This account is stated on pages 35 to 38 in the green book - 'EnnisHistory', privately published by Jean Agnes (Ferguson) Smith, 1979 -Printed and Bound by Friesen Printers 5720 Macleod Trail South, Calgary,Alberta T2H 0J6 - Head Office: Altona, Manitoba, Canada.
  Name	Mary Ann 'Annie' Lamb
  Death	9 Jun 1921	, Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  	Unknown GEDCOM info: Stroke
  Burial	, Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I47625	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Strain ENNIS,   b. 1833, , Armagh,, Northern Ireland d. 21 Jun 1908, , Summerberry, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth WARK,   b. 1830, ,, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. 20 Aug 1896, , Summerberry, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1854	, Normandy Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F8931	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John LAMB,   b. 1845, ,, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Aug 1908, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1873	, Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Phoebe Frances LAMB,   b. 23 Dec 1873, , Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Oct 1937, , Summerberry, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 63 years)   2. Robert Albert LAMB,   b. 30 Jul 1874, , Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Canada d. 1970, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 95 years)   3. Margaret Malinda LAMB,   b. 1876, , Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Canada d. 31 Jan 1965, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 89 years)   4. Ethel Hester LAMB,   b. 1881, , Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Ontario, Canada d. 1932, , Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 51 years)   5. Joseph Gilman Ennis 'Jo' LAMB,   b. 18 May 1884, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 6 Mar 1952, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 67 years)   6. Harry LAMB,   b. 1886, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 1908, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 22 years)   7. Annie Strain LAMB,   b. 21 Jan 1890, , Grenfell, Saskatchewan, Canada d. Jul 1929, , Windthorst, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F8933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S935] Ennis History, 935.