Mary Bernetta McIver^[1]

1898 - 1977  (78 years)

• Name	Mary Bernetta McIver  [2, 3]
  Birth	21 Mar 1898	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada   [2, 3]
  Christening	26 Mar 1898	St Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Death	1977	Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	P96	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Theodore Augustine McIver,   b. 26 Feb 1864, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 Feb 1944, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Adilla Johnston,   b. 9 Jul 1877, Middleton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 3 Dec 1961, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1897	St. Malachy's Church, Kinkora, PEI, Canada
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Alphonsus Brown,   b. 30 Oct 1887, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 11 Jun 1978, Richmond, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1919	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Victor Gregory Brown,   b. 24 May 1920, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 7 Jul 1995, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) + 2. Raymond Joseph Brown,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 29 Mar 2018, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 96 years) + 3. James Alphonsus Brown,   b. 15 Jun 1923, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 25 Feb 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 78 years) + 4. Living + 5. John Desmond Brown,   b. 7 Feb 1926, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 14 Mar 1985, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 6. Theodore Willard Brown,   b. 1927, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 Feb 1985, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Age 58 years) + 7. Joan Margaret Brown,   b. 15 Oct 1929, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 15 Dec 2023, O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 94 years) + 8. Velma Brown,   b. 1 Jul 1931, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 26 May 2009, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 77 years) + 9. Mary Helena Brown,   b. 21 May 1933   d. 25 Sep 2011 (Age 78 years) + 10. Elizabeth Ann Brown,   b. 28 May 1937, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 27 Mar 2022, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) + 11. Lillian Hope Brown,   b. 5 Dec 1939, Bayside, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 4 Jan 1998, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Photo - Surviving children of Theodore (TA) and Adilla McIver L-R: (back) Emmett, John D., Charlie (front)
  		Photo - Theodore (TA) McIver with his family From left to right: Back: Emmett, Mary, John D, Tena, Charlie, Bernetta Front: Blanche, T.A., Adilla, Harold
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Photo - Mary Bernetta McIver
  		Photo - Bernetta and Fonce Brown

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Baptismal Record - Mary Bernetta McIver Baptized on March 26, 1898 by Father J.J. MacDonald at St Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  		Census - 1901 Census of Canada - Lot 27, Prince, Prince Edward Island
  		Census - 1911 Census of Canada - Lot 27, Prince, Prince Edward Island
  		Census - 1921 Census of Canada - Lot 14, Arlington, Prince Edward Island

  
  

• Notes

  Bernetta McIver Brown was the first born of eight children to T.A. McIver and Adilla Johnson McIver. She was born March 21, 1898 in Kinkora, PE and attended school in the village. Following her schooling she began her teaching career in country schools, first in Northam and then at Cross Rivers. It was while teaching at Cross Rivers and boarding with Manus MacDougall’s that she met Alphonse (Fonce) Brown. On receiving her diamond engagement ring, she carved her initials on a front window of Manus and Charlotte’s home – these initials are still there (2009). She became mother of eleven living children, five sons and six daughters. She was still all teacher in bringing up her children. “Do your work, if you don’t do it right, do it over”. For teens misbehaving and caught – you were sent out to the lilac bush to get your own switch. Ouch! We don’t remember mother singing a lot but, after losing Velma’s twin sister at birth, we’d hear her: “Hello Central, give me heaven, I know my baby is there” Our home always welcomed all people but we remember in cherry time the tree would be stripped by folks, relatives and friends coming for Sunday supper. Bernetta always found time serving well her Catholic Church, School, Women’s Institute, Catholic Women’s League, and community. She was secretary of the Cheese Factory and got the Credit Union going in Grand River. She had very strong morals. No abuse of alcohol, but when all of the family was settled for the night, they’d often have a hot toddy together. Is that what made their marriage last for fifty-eight years? Back around 1950 their second son, Ray and his wife Eileen, living in Richmond, on a Sunday evening went down to Bayside and wanted to take Mother to a movie. Then, on Sundays, only good Christian movies were shown. That evening the show was “The Song of Bernadette”. She’d have loved to go but she said “I’ve preached “No Movies on Sundays”. Always living what they believed! She was always there whenever, wherever, she was needed. In 1953 again Ray and Eileen, when they had three young children – baby Tom three months old, were in a terrible accident on December 23rd. Both parents were in the hospital through Christmas and New Years. Mother and Dad moved right in from Bayside and took right over with the children. Neighbor boys put up the Christmas tree and everybody around helping a family throughout a hard time. When retiring from Farming they moved into Richmond where Mother kept the books at Ray’s store. In the village she was dearly loved by all children around, like a stand-in Grandma to many of them. In senior years she was such a great sport. A trip to Florida in 1973, age seventy-three years – into the Atlantic Ocean in a borrowed bathing suit, she made this statement “If I’d get more of this, I could throw away all of those pills I have to take”. She resisted wearing pants until her girls found a nice pant-suit for her. Common sense prevailed, especially in winter! They travelled West for their many grandchildren sakes when tiring and not that easy or convenient. “Be there whenever and wherever she was needed” must have been her motto. A great lady was our Mother. Submitted by Eileen Brown and Numerous Family Members

  
  

• 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=96 [S218273996] Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1901; Census Place: Lot (township/canton) 27, Prince (east/est), Prince Edward Island; Page: 9; Family No: 78. [S218241722] Ancestry.com, 1911 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1911; Census Place: 32 - Lot 27, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Page: 6; Family No: 48.