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Emmett Michael McIver[1]
1906 - 1978 (72 years)
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Name Emmett Michael McIver [2, 3, 4] Birth 21 Dec 1906 Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Death 26 Dec 1978 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Burial Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Person ID P57 The McIver Family Tree Last Modified 11 Oct 2021
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 Agnes Caroline Kelly, b. 1 Nov 1906, Shamrock, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 31 Jul 1993, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) Marriage 1 Jun 1941 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Children 1. Howard Joseph McIver, b. 29 Jul 1944, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Feb 2023, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)2. Wayne Joseph McIver, b. 14 Dec 1947, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Oct 2017, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)3. Living Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Aug 2024
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Photos 
Photo - Wedding Day of Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly 
Photo - Funeral - Emmett McIver 
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Photo - Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly 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 - Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly
October 1979
Photo - Surviving children of Theodore (TA) and Adilla McIver
L-R: (back) Emmett, John D., Charlie
(front)
Photo - Emmett McIver with his mother, Adilla Johnston 
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
Photo - Emmett and Caroline Kelly 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 - Emmett McIver 
Photo - Emmett and Caroline McIver 
Photo - Emmett and Caroline McIver
Documents 
Document - Emmett and Caroline McIver
Border Crossing ID card - 1944
Baptismal Record - Emmett McIver
Baptized on December 23, 1906 by Father J.J. MacDonald at St Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Death Record - Emmett McIver
Copy of original death certificate.Letter - Emmett McIver
Letter written to Emmett McIver after he left his position at Defence Industries Limited, dated May 28, 1941.Marriage Record - Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly
Copy of original Marriage CertificateNewspaper Article - Emmett McIver
Article published in the Charlottetown Guardian on June 19, 1940, stating that Emmett was visiting his parents. He was working at C.I.L. in Montreal at the time.Marriage Record - Emmett and Caroline Kelly
Article published in the Charlottetown Guardian on June 28, 1941, announcing the marriage of Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly. They were married in Toronto, Ontario on June 1, 1941. Caroline's sister, Hazel was the attendant and Emmett's brother John D. McIver was groomsman.Newspaper Article - Adilla McIver
Article published in the Charlottetown Guardian on July 28, 1941, announcing that Adilla was visiting her son, Emmett McIver and his wife, at their home in Parry Sound.Newspaper Article - Adilla McIver
Article published in the Charlottetown Guardian on October 2, 1941, announcing that Adilla had returned from spending the summer months in Parry Sound with Emmett McIver.Newspaper Article - Emmett and John D. McIver
Article published in the Charlottetown Guardian on October 15, 1943, announcing that Emmett and Caroline McIver and John D. McIver were visiting their parents, T.A. and Adilla McIver, in Summerside, PEI.Document - Letter from Caroline McIver to her husband Emmett on March 17, 1976. 
Census - 1911 Census of Canada - Lot 27, Prince, Prince Edward Island 
Census - 1921 Census of Canada - Kinkora (formerly Lot 27), Prince Edward Island (pg 6)
TA and Adilla McIver's youngest 3 children are shown on page 7.
Death Record - Emmett McIver
Obituary
Headstones 
Headstone - Emmett McIver and Caroline Kelly
Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Notes - Emmett Michael McIver was born in Kinkora, PEI on December 21, 1906. He was the 6th child to Theodore Augustine (“T.A”) McIvor and Adilla Johnston. Emmett was baptized a Roman Catholic a few days later on December 23, 1906 at Saint Malachy Parish in Kinkora, PEI. His godparents were Mr. and Mrs. M Shreenaw. Not much is known about Emmett’s early years, but it is believed he worked periodically for T.A in his potato business before migrating from PEI to central Canada in the 1930’s in search for work. By June 1940, Emmett was living in Beloiel, QC (on the outskirts of Montreal) while working for the C-I-L. Less than a year later, Emmett moved to Parry Sound, Ontario where he was worked as a foreman at Defence Industries Limited’s plant in nearby Nobel, Ontario, helping to make munitions for the war effort. D.I.L was a subsidiary of C-I-L.
On June 1, 1941 at the age of 34, Emmett married Agnes Caroline Kelly (“Caroline”) at St. Peter’s Church in Toronto, Ontario. Caroline, the 9th child of John Kelly and Caroline Agnes Duffy, was a fellow Islander who had grown up in nearby Shamrock/Emerald, PEI. Emmett’s best man was John McIvor and Caroline’s maid of honour was her sister, Hazel Marie Kelly. Their marriage was not the only one between the McIver and the Kelly families; Emmett’s older sister, Mary Faustina McIver (1901-1988) was already married to Caroline’s older brother, James Everett Kelly (1899-1978). Caroline was an educated woman, having attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown in 1923-1924, receiving her first year certificate. She taught for a few years afterward in Glengarry, PEI before returning to Charlottetown to attend the Charlottetown Hospital School for Nurses, where she graduated in June 1933 with her degree in nursing. Caroline had the honour of delivering her graduating class’ valedictory speech, which was later re-produced in the local Charlottetown Guardian newspaper. Around 1937, Caroline moved to Saint John, NB where she worked as a nurse at the East Saint John Hospital. She worked there until 1941, when she moved to Ontario to begin her married life with Emmett.
Sometime between October 1943 and February 1944, Emmett and Caroline moved from Parry Sound to Point Edward, Ontario, where Emmett took a job in the construction of the new Polymer plant being built in nearby Sarnia, Ontario. It was here that Emmett and Caroline welcomed their first child, a son. Two years later, they welcomed their second child, another son. By 1949, the family had moved from Point Edward, Ontario and bought a house at 179 Penrose St. in Sarnia. Shortly after their move, Emmett and Caroline welcomed their third child, yet another son. For health reasons, Emmett left the Polymer construction project and began working at Silverwood Diary, a London (Ontario)-based diary business which had operations in Sarnia. He remained with Silverwood as a route salesman until his retirement in 1971.
Emmett lived out his retirement on Penrose St. until his death on Boxing Day, December 26, 1978 at age 72. He was buried on December 29, 1978 and is interned at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery in Sarnia. After his death, his wife of 37 years, Caroline, sold the family home and moved into an apartment building on nearby Durand Street. Caroline died on July 31, 1993 at age 86, and is buried next to her husband.
Written by Kevin McIver (son) and Patrick McIver (grandson), August 2020 (edited)
- Emmett Michael McIver was born in Kinkora, PEI on December 21, 1906. He was the 6th child to Theodore Augustine (“T.A”) McIvor and Adilla Johnston. Emmett was baptized a Roman Catholic a few days later on December 23, 1906 at Saint Malachy Parish in Kinkora, PEI. His godparents were Mr. and Mrs. M Shreenaw. Not much is known about Emmett’s early years, but it is believed he worked periodically for T.A in his potato business before migrating from PEI to central Canada in the 1930’s in search for work. By June 1940, Emmett was living in Beloiel, QC (on the outskirts of Montreal) while working for the C-I-L. Less than a year later, Emmett moved to Parry Sound, Ontario where he was worked as a foreman at Defence Industries Limited’s plant in nearby Nobel, Ontario, helping to make munitions for the war effort. D.I.L was a subsidiary of C-I-L.
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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=57 - [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.
- [S218267316] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 104; Census Place: Kinkora, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Page Number: 6.
- [S234224905] Ancestry.com, Web: Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S218240922] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.