Frances McIver^[1]

1860 - 1952  (91 years)

• Name	Frances McIver
  	Frances McIver (Fanny) was born in Newton, PEI, on July 24, 1860, the oldest of ten children born to John McIver and Emily Harrington. She attended school there then went to college for her license as a teacher. It was while she was teaching in Tignish that she met and married Frank Gallant. From this union there were ten children born. The first two children were twins who died and were buried in Tignish. Four more children were born in Tignish. They sold their farm, then, moved to Newton where four more children were born. In Newton, the farm in which they resided was beside her parent’s farm and was homesteaded by her parents and uncle (house now owned by Fred McIver). Fanny didn’t have time for teaching with children to look after, and farm work to be done. She was always willing to give a helping hand whenever needed. She loved to sew, hook mats and knit. Jut McIver, one of her nephews, remembered her as being an awfully hard worker and growing great strawberries. Frank Gallant was born on September 27, 1864 and is the son of Napoleon and Catherine (Clark) Gallant. He had five brothers and three sisters and two died in infancy. He was a fisherman, factory worker and farmer. He also helped to haul boats across Northumberland Strait in the winter. Frank also did some trapping and would skin foxes and other animals for people. He also soldered can goods for the neighbors and the factories. He loved to play cards and work at crossword puzzles and was called a problem solver. They sold their farm in Newton in 1933 to Fanny’s brother, Peter D, and moved to Kinkora where they lived until his death on July 27, 1942 (in one half of the house where Basil and Ethel Duffy lived – later Murphy’s Bakery). Fanny then moved in with her son John Cyril, his wife, Lena, and family. She lived with them until her death on January 22, 1952, and was missed by all.
  Nickname	Fanny
  Birth	24 Jul 1860	Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Teacher, Housewife
  Death	22 Jan 1952	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Burial	St. Malachy's Cemetery, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	P194	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	John McKeever (McIver),   b. 20 Dec 1825, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Jun 1899, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Emily Harrington,   b. 20 Jul 1837, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 28 Mar 1929, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1859
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis Napoleon Gallant,   b. 27 Sep 1864, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 27 Jul 1942, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1890	Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Mary Maud Matilda Gallant,   b. 4 Aug 1892, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 9 Aug 1979, Middleton, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 87 years) + 2. Catherine Emily Gallant,   b. 5 Oct 1893, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 20 Feb 1963, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) + 3. Charles Boyd Gallant,   b. 8 Oct 1894, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 11 Aug 1983, Portland, Maine, USA (Age 88 years) + 4. Mary Frances Gallant,   b. 10 May 1896, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 11 Apr 1970, Lachine, Quebec, Canada (Age 73 years)   5. Clara Gallant,   b. 25 Sep 1897, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 1968, Waltam, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years) + 6. John Cyril Gallant,   b. 13 May 1899, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 28 May 1981, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 82 years)   7. Faustina Genevieve Gallant,   b. 20 Jul 1900, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 10 Apr 1987, Bethany Convent, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (Age 86 years) + 8. George Francis Gallant,   b. 7 Nov 1902, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 Apr 1981, Detroit, Michigan, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2021

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Photo - John McIver and Emily Harrington's children John and Emily McIver's children from left to right: John, Peter D, Minnie, Georgie, Sister Damian (Faustina), Fanny, Sister Mary Charles (Emily), Hugh, Theodore
  		Photo - Fanny McIver Gallant Left to right: Boyd Gallant, Frank Gallant, Fanny McIver Gallant, Mary Maud Gallant McCarville, and Clara Gallant Hunt
  		Photo - Frank and Fanny Gallant
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Census - 1881 Census of Canada - Lot 26, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  		Census - 1901 Census of Canada - Lot 26, Prince, Prince Edward Island (Newton) - Page 7
  		Census - 1911 Census of Canada - Lot 26, Prince, Prince Edward Island (Newton)
  		Census - 1921 Census of Canada, Newton, Prince Edward Island (previously Lot 26)
  		Death Record - Frances McIver In Memoriam article for Frances McIver (Mrs. Frank Gallant), published in The Guardian newspaper in Charlottetown, PEI on February 22, 1952.
  		Census - 1931 Census of Canada - Newton, Prince Edward Island

  
  

• Sources

  [S218240922] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119634274&pid=194