101 - Mildred Brown - All Saints, Dildo, Newfoundland
Posted by: elyob
N 47° 34.321 W 053° 33.242
22T E 307915 N 5271894
All Saints' Anglican Cemetery is half way down Hill Road.
Waymark Code: WMRQRP
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 07/26/2016
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM BROWN
DEC. 25, 1897
AUG. 10, 1978
MILDRED BROWN
NOV. 10, 1902
JUNE 12, 2004
Mildred Brown was born in 1902. In that year, 3000 men were in St. John's prepared to go to the ice when rumours of lowered wages precipitated a major strike. The event produced minimal violence and delayed the fleet's sailing for only two days. Nevertheless, it was the only major sealing labour action in the era.
In 2004, the year of Mildred's passing, the Newfoundland seal hunt continues, with a harvest of nearly 400,000 animals.