100 - Bertha (Alexander) Desjardin - Pinecrest, Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 20.469 W 075° 46.866
18T E 438804 N 5021144
The monument is in section G, lot 67-2.
Waymark Code: WMR1DA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/27/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
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WILLIAM DESJARDIN
1884-1932
HUSBAND OF
BERTHA ALEXANDER
1885-1986

The text below is taken from The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, 27 March 1986, page D4.

Peacefully on Wednesday, March 26, 1986, in her 101st year, Bertha Alexander, beloved wife of the late William Desjardin. Daughter of the late Ellen and David George Alexander. Dear mother of Doris (Mrs. John S. Hall) of Ottawa. Loving and caring grandmother of Ellen (Mrs. Robert Carnegie) and Sharon (Mrs. John Minter), both of Ottawa, and Dawn (Mrs. Craig LeMessurier) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Beloved great-grandmother of John, Kenneth and Douglas Carnegie and Jennifer and Matthew Minter. Also survived by brother Cameron Alexander of Syracuse, N.Y. Friends may call at the Tubman Funeral Home, Westboro Chapel, 403 Richmond Road at Roosevelt, on Thursday from 7 to 9 and Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Interment Pinecrest Cemetery. Those desiring may make Memorial Donations to Carleton Lodge, R.R. 2, Nepean, Ont., K2C 3H1.

According to the Ontario marriage registration (1921 #008791), Alberta Alexander (daughter of David George Alexander and Ellen Hartin) married William Desjardin in Ottawa, 21 June 1921.

According to the Ontario birth registration (1885 #004306), Alberta Alexander (daughter of David G Alexander and Ellen Harten) was born in Huntley, 14 April 1885.

Location of Headstone: Pinecrest Cemetery

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