Frances Emily Elizabeth Driscoll

1902 - 1985  (82 years)

• Name	Frances Emily Elizabeth Driscoll
  Nickname	Emily
  Birth	5 Dec 1902	Freetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Christening	14 Dec 1902	St. James Church, Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Sep 1985	Trail, British Columbia, Canada
  Burial	Mountain View Cemetery, Trail, British Columbia, Canada
  Person ID	I2330	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Patrick Driscoll,   b. 18 May 1869, Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 29 Jun 1934, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Georgiana Winnifred McIver,   b. 5 Jun 1871, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. Feb 1956, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1899	St. Peter's Church, Seven Mile Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecil Joseph Monaghan,   b. 4 Mar 1901, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 18 Mar 1939, Trail, British Columbia, Canada (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1928	Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Mary Georgina Monaghan,   b. 22 May 1929, Pasco, Washington, USA d. 6 Dec 2004, Trail, British Columbia, Canada (Age 75 years) + 2. Michael Joseph Charles Monaghan,   b. 12 Feb 1931, Trail, British Columbia, Canada d. 25 Oct 1990, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Age 59 years) + 3. Living + 4. Living
  Family ID	F1049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Georgie and MP Driscoll's Family Back, L-R: Lorne, Georgie, Katherine, Marion, Emily, John Front, L-R: Florence, Sr. Georgetta, Kathleen

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1911 Census of Canada - Lot 25, Prince, Prince Edward Island (Freetown)
  		Census - 1921 Census of Canada - Freetown, Prince, Prince Edward Island (formerly Lot 25)
  		Baptismal Record - Frances Emily Elizabeth Driscoll Baptized on December 14, 1902 by Father D.J. Gillis at St. James Church, Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  		Death Record - Emily (Driscoll) Monaghan Province of British Columbia, Registration of Death

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Frances Emily Elizabeth Driscoll Monaghan Located at Mountain View Cemetery, Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Plot: Section 1, Block 8, Plot 5, Grave 1

  
  

• Notes

  Emily Elizabeth Driscoll [Monaghan] was born December 5th, 1902 to Georgina McIver [Driscoll] and Michael Patrick Driscoll. She attended Prince of Wales College and was teaching school at 16 years of age. Emily married Cecil Joseph Monaghan of Kelly's Cross in the summer of 1928, following a courtship of correspondence and visits from Cecil. Those letters are still in my possession and date back to 1926. Following their wedding Cecil and Emily motored west to settle in Trail, B.C. in a house Cecil had built for them prior to their marriage. Cecil was a machinist employed by Cominco Ltd in Trail, B. C. Emily and Cecil had four children - Georgina, Charles, John and Mary. Cecil passed away on March 17, 1939 of pneumonia. Cecil was 38 years old. In the years following Cecil's death Emily returned to P.E.I several times to visit her family, the Driscolls. Although Emily struggled with depression most of her life, with her strong faith and the unwavering support of her siblings, Georgie and Lorne Driscoll in Summerside, P.E.I., she managed to raise four fine, strong children who loved and cared for her throughout her life. Anyone from P.E.I. who came to Trail was always welcome in Emily's home and would be invited for a meal. James [Jim] McIver, a cousin of Emily, was often a visitor to our home. Jim was employed as a conductor with the C.P. Railway in nearby Nelson, B.C. Jim once asked Emily to cook him a goose. I guess this was a favorite P.E.I. dinner. None of us children could understand why! However, Jim enjoyed it very much! Emily was a wonderful cook and when she was well, she enjoyed inviting friends and the parish priests for her tasty and thoughtfully prepared dinners. Over the years Emily opened her home to many local people who needed help. When Emily was well, she loved to dress stylishly and was a very handsome woman. Emily was very proud of her children and grandchildren. In her later years she devoted many hours each day to saying rosaries and novenas for each one of us. When she passed, I found pages of her record keeping [by lumbermans' tally] of rosaries completed for each of her children and their families. Emily passed away in October, 1984 after a short hospital stay with several members of her family present. Emily is forever loved and remembered by her two surviving children, John and Mary. Georgina and Charles deceased. Submitted by Mary and John - Daughter and Son