Stella Winnifred McIver

1918 - 1991  (73 years)

• Name	Stella Winnifred McIver
  Nickname	Sister Winnifred
  Birth	27 Mar 1918	Van Buren, Maine, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	27 Jun 1991	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Burial	Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	I3031	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Michael Joseph McIver,   b. 6 Nov 1878, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 2 May 1958, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Catherine Marie Hughes,   b. 2 Sep 1882, Kelly's Cross, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. Feb 1937, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1904	Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Photo - Sister Winnifred McIver
  		Photo - M.J. McIver Homestead This was the home of Michael J. McIver and his family, in Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The home was built in 1921. In 1935, the house was converted into a convent by The Sisters of Saint Martha, which housed Sister Winnifred McIver (Michael J's youngest daughter Stella Winnifred). The Sisters served Kinkora and the surrounding area until the early 1990s. In 1986, the house was renovated into a bed and breakfast, which has been known as Chez Shea since 2004.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1920 US Census - Van Buren, Maine Arrival noted as 1906 for Michael J., Catherine, James, and Gertrude. Also included in the household was Mary Hagen, listed as a niece of Michael.
  		Census - 1921 Census of Canada - Kinkora, Prince Edward Island
  		Birth Record - Stella Winnifred McIver

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Sister Winnifred McIver Located at Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  
  

• Notes

  Sister Winnifred McIver was born in 1918 to Michael J. McIver and Catherine Hughes McGuigan McIver, the youngest of seven children, while her parents were living in Van Buren, Maine. The next year in 1919 the family moved back P.E.I. and lived in Kinkora where her father was involved in developing the seed potato industry. The family built a large house which was later to become the Kinkora Convent for the Sisters of St. Martha (in 2009 – O’Shea’s Inn). Sister was nineteen years old when her mother died in 1937. She was known at an early age to be a gifted musician and trained as such. At sixteen years of age (1934) she joined the Sisters of Saint Martha in Charlottetown. Over the years she attended Prince of Wales College for her Teaching Certificate. With her musical talents she taught music in Island schools for thirty-five years including Tracadie, Charlottetown, Bloomfield, and St. Louis. Later she would transfer into parish ministry and worked in Palmer Road, Cornwall and Lennox Island. Sister Winnifred died on June 27, 1991 and is buried in St. Martha’s Cemetery in Charlottetown.