101 - Edith Coombs Ewing - Trail, British Columbia
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The Edith Coombs Ewing grave stone is located in The Columbia Riverview Cemetery, it is on Highway Drive between Heather Place and Lily Street. It is in the small community of Trail known as Glenmerry.
Waymark Code: WMM8DJ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/10/2014
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Edith Coombs Ewing was born October 16, 1904 and the daughter of Alfred and Lily Kevarn Coombs in Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada. She passed away on January 19, 2006 at the age of 101.
She was 27 when she married Thomas Yuill Ewing on September 10, 1932 in Kaslo, British Columbia.
Thomas was born in Scotland and the son of David and Margaret Yuill Ewing.
Timeline of some events that took place during Edith Coombs Ewing's lifetime:
1904 - October 16 - Edith Coombs-Ewing was born in Manor, Saskatchewan, Canada
1907 - Canada Dry Ginger Ale is first bottled
1907 - Proclamation sets fineness & weight of silver & bronze coins of Canada
1908 - Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is published
1908 - Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
1910 - Royal Canadian Navy formed
1914 - The First World War begins: Britain declares war on Germany which included Canada
1917 - Women won right to vote
1917-1921 - Alcohol prohibition
1919 - Canadian National Railways established
1920 - New Canadian small cent coin is released
1924 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed
1927 - To celebrate Canada's Diamond jubilee the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made
1929 - North American stock markets crash and the Great Depression begins
1929 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1932 - September 10 - Edith Coombs married Thomas Yuill Ewing in Kaslo, British Columbia
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention
1938 - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
1939 - In WW II - Canada declared war on Germany
1941 - Japanese interred in B.C. interior after bombing of Pearl Harbor
1942 - Over 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent are stripped of non- portable possessions
1958 - Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland - Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver - opened
1959 - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon
1965 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1979 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1980 - O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1986 - Expo 86 held in Vancouver
1996 - Blizzard dumped 59 inches of snow in British Columbia
1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched
2000 - First Homeless Allowed to Vote
2002 - Canadian Multiculturalism Day Proclaimed
2004 - Montreal Expos play their last game in Montreal
2006 - January 19 - Edith Coombs Ewing passed away today
The Columbia Riverview Cemetery was established in 1928 by the Trail Knights of Pythias for use by their members. Once opened for use by the general public the name was informally changed from Knights of Pythias Cemetery to Columbia Riverview Cemetery.
The cemetery is well-maintained and is still in active use today. There are approximately 360 interments.
Location of Headstone: Columbia Riverview Cemetery
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