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Mary Eileen McIver
1910 - 2000 (89 years)
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Name Mary Eileen McIver Birth 5 May 1910 Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada 
Christening 7 May 1910 St. Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada Gender Female Occupation Teacher Death 3 Feb 2000 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Person ID I2501 The McIver Family Tree Last Modified 17 Jun 2024
Father Peter Damien McIver, b. 24 Apr 1880, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 29 Nov 1961, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 81 years) Mother Margaret Ann McKenna, b. 4 Jul 1887, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 3 Nov 1927, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 40 years) Marriage 1 Jul 1907 Prince Edward Island, Canada Family ID F32 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Francis McAvinn, b. 12 Nov 1907, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 16 Jan 1982, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) Marriage 4 Sep 1940 Loyola College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Children + 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living Family ID F1115 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Aug 2020
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Photos Photo - Peter D McIver with his children
Peter D McIver and children: Bern, Eileen, Bill, Gen, Aidan, Joe, Justin, Peter D.
Front: Ita, Teresa, Tena, Adele, Eugene, Clate
Photo - Group Picture
Left to right:
MP Driscoll, Hugh McIver, Jim McCabe (neighbour/friend), Alberta McIver, Georgie McIver Driscoll, Annie McIver Duffy, Eileen McIver McAvinn, Peter D McIver, Catherine Driscoll
Seated: Caroline McGuigan McIver, Margaret McKenna McIver, Hugh John McIver, Mary Maud Gallant McCarville, Minnie (McIver)and Joe Campbell
Photo - Bill, Eugene and Jut McIver with their sister, Eileen McAvinn 
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
Photo - Frank and Eileen McAvinn
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Photo - Peter D's children
L-R:
Back: Cletus, Eugene, William, Justin,
Front: Theresa, Eileen, Sister Genevieve, Adele and Ita
1985
Documents 
Census - 1911 Census of Canada - Lot 26, Prince, Prince Edward Island (Newton) 
Baptismal Record - Mary Eileen McIver
Baptized on May 7, 1910 by Father J.J. MacDonald at St. Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Marriage Record - Eileen McIver and Frank McAvinn
Church register at St. Ignace de Loyola Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Death Record - Eileen McAvinn
Obituary published in the Ottawa Citizen on February 4, 2000.
Headstones 
Headstone - Eileen and Frank McAvinn
Located at Capital Memorial Gardens, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Recordings 
Oral history interview - Eileen McAvinn
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Notes - Mary Eileen McIver (1910-2000) married John Francis McAvinn (1908- 1982). Eileen (my mother) was born on May 5th, 1910 to Peter D. McIver and Margaret McKenna in Newton PEI. She was the second of thirteen children. At the age of two years old she went to Kinkora to live with her aunt and uncle, Joe and Minnie Campbell. This was to be a temporary arrangement because of the birth of another child but Mom remained there. She went to school in Kinkora, then to Notre Dame Convent in Charlottetown as a boarder and finally graduated as a teacher from Prince of Wales College at the age of nineteen.
Mom taught school for 11years on PEI. Her first school was at Lower Freetown and her last at Stanley Bridge. When she died in 2000 the first bouquet of flowers to come was from the class of 1938 in Stanley Bridge. Mom and Dad were married in Montreal on September 4th, 1940 at Loyola College by Father Reg Johnson who was a cousin of Dad's. Dad had also taught for a number of years on PEI but by then had moved to Ottawa and was working for the Federal Government. Although they lived in Ottawa my mother spent a lot of time back on the Island because of Minnie's health and as a result I was born on the Island in 1943. My two sisters, Joanne and Mary, were born in Ottawa in 1947 and 1951. When Mary started school Mom returned to teaching and taught until she was 65 years old. She loved teaching.
Dad died on January 16th, 1982 unexpectedly of congestive heart failure. Mom remained in her home until the age of 87 years and spent the last 2 ½ years of her life at St. Patrick's Home (where incidentally her sister Bernadine had worked for years). Mom died on February 3, 2000. She was hoping to live long enough to see the new millennium and to reach 90 years old. She achieved the first goal but missed the second by three months. Although she wasn't brought up with her siblings she loved them all and was fiercely loyal to them all. The biggest treat you could give her was a trip to her beloved “Island" and she continued to go well into her eighties. They're missed.
Submitted by Maureen McAvinn McBain, daughter
- Mary Eileen McIver (1910-2000) married John Francis McAvinn (1908- 1982). Eileen (my mother) was born on May 5th, 1910 to Peter D. McIver and Margaret McKenna in Newton PEI. She was the second of thirteen children. At the age of two years old she went to Kinkora to live with her aunt and uncle, Joe and Minnie Campbell. This was to be a temporary arrangement because of the birth of another child but Mom remained there. She went to school in Kinkora, then to Notre Dame Convent in Charlottetown as a boarder and finally graduated as a teacher from Prince of Wales College at the age of nineteen.