Mary Faustina McIver

1924 - 1998  (74 years)

• Name	Mary Faustina McIver
  Nickname	Tena
  Birth	20 Apr 1924	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 May 1998	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I2511	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  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	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F1197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Photo - Faustina McIver

  
  

  Documents		Death Record - Tena Kenny Obituary published in The Ottawa Citizen on May 5, 1998.
  		Census - 1931 Census of Canada - Newton, Prince Edward Island

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Faustina (Tena) McIver was born on April 20th in 1924 in Kinkora, P.E.I. She was the 12th of 13 children born to Margaret Ann McKenna and Peter Damien McIver. In 1927, when Tena was 3 years old, her mother died and she went to live with relatives – Georgie and Florence Driscoll. Apparently she was doted on and she had fond memories of her time with the Driscolls. When she was 7 years old, she returned to live with her father and step-mother on the family farm. (Peter D had married Annie McGarry in 1930). When she was 15 years old, she and her sister, Ita, went to live with their Aunt Minnie (Peter D's sister) who ran a boarding house.Tena and Ita worked in the boarding house while going to high school. When Tena graduated from high school, she attended the Charlottetown Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1946 (She attended the 50th anniversary on the Island in 1996). Following graduation, she moved to Montreal to nurse and lived with her sisters Adele and Ita. For the next 10 years, Tena showed great independence of spirit and travelled and nursed in a variety of cities across the country including Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Vancouver. She also nursed at St. Claire's Hospital in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. At a St. Patrick's Day party, she met John (Shawn) Kenny—an Irish doctor who had immigrated to Canada and had joined the Canadian Air Force as a medical officer. They married on August 25, 1956 and had 3 children. Life as an Air Force family involved a number of moves and they lived in Vancouver, Toronto, Baden (Germany), Montreal, and Ottawa. Tena loved Ottawa and adopted it as her home, but she remained close to her brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews all her life and she brought her family back to the Island every summer for a number of years. In her retirement, she doted on her 4 grandchildren, played a competitive game of Bridge, took piano lessons, enjoyed her friends, travelled, and volunteered at the Shepherds of Good Hope. Tena was vivacious, energetic, strong, kind, and generous. Tena died of cancer on May 3, 1998 in Ottawa. Submitted by Aileen Kenny, daughter