Ellen "Nellie" Rackstraw^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1953  (74 years)

• Name	Ellen "Nellie" Rackstraw  [3]
  Nickname	Nellie
  Birth	5 Dec 1878	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Jan 1953	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Burial	Lot 79, Block C, Space 3-4, Resthaven Cemetary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I111	Heddle fam tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Rackstraw,   b. Abt 1856, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Susanna Stinson,   b. Abt 1856, Albion Township, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	17 Apr 1877	Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter Currie "Pops" McArthur,   b. 12 Nov 1877, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Sep 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1903	Cookes Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Margaret Eleanor McArthur,   b. 2 Feb 1906, London, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Jan 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)   2. Peter John "Jack" McArthur,   b. 17 Jun 1907, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Mar 2002, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)   3. Henry Currie "Harry" McArthur,   b. 7 Apr 1913   d. 18 Dec 1991, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   4. Edwin George "Eddie" McArthur,   b. 17 Aug 1917, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Aug 1991, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)   5. Isabel Muriel McArthur,   b. 29 Nov 1920, Toronto, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Jun 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2011

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		photo head - nellie mcarthur nee ellen rackstraw 1878-1953.jpg
  		photo group - Peter Currie & Ellen McArthur.jpg Pete Currie McArthur and his wife Nellie Rackstraw. Photo provided by Catharine Heddle.
  		photo group - thomas and susanna rackstraw and children.jpg Photo kept by the late Isabel McArthur, daughter of Nellie Rackstraw. Left-to-right: Thomas Rackstraw, his eldest daughter Nellie, his second daughter Minnie behind his son Harry, and finally his wife Susanna Rackstraw nee Stinson. See back for the original identification made by Isabel.
  		photo group - thomas and susanna rackstraw and children - back.jpg Back of the previous photo with identifications by Nellie's daughter Isabel McArthur.

  
  

• Notes

  Interment in Parklawn Cemetary, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Personal - John and Judy Heddle. [S528] Personal - Peter Taylor McArthur research, (Unpublished. Provided by his daughter Kim O'Brien nee McArthur.). [S61] Marriage record - Peter McArthur + Ellen Rackstraw, (www.ancestry.com Roll number: MS932_109). [S62] Birth record - Ellen Rackstraw 1878, (www.ancestry.com Roll number: MS929_41). [S535] Death notice - Nellie McArthur nee Rackstraw, (Toronto Star, 3 Jan 1953). [S63] Marriage record - Thomas Rackham + Susanna Stinson 1877, (www.ancestry.com Roll number: MS932_32).