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- 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
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