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Mary MacIsaac

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Mary MacIsaac (December 27, 1893 – March 10, 2006) was Saskatchewan's oldest person and the second oldest in Canada.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

She was born Mary MacNair in Nash Creek on Baie de Chaleur, New Brunswick to Nathaniel and Mary (née Splude) MacNair.[1][2]

She attended St. Francis Xavier University and spent her early teaching career at schools in Gull Lake, Mikado and Wolseley, Saskatchewan.[1][2]

In 1917 she met her husband, Jack MacIsaac, in Wolseley. Two years later, in 1919, they married in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and settled in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where she continued to teach. She had five children. In 1984, she moved to Saskatoon to live with her daughter, Elizabeth. She moved to St. Ann's nursing care facility in Saskatoon in 2002 at the age of 108 and died at the age of 112.[1][2]

The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan commemorated her death.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Saccone, Julie (11 March 2006). "Saskatchewan's Mary MacIsaac dies at 112". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Celebrating the Life of Saskatchewan's Oldest Citizen" (pdf). Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-04. Her life spanned three decades.



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