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Isabel J. Cox
Jessie Isabel Meighen (née Cox; April 18, 1882 – September 6, 1985) was the wife of Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Granby, Quebec, Granby, Quebec. She married Arthur Meighen in 1904, and they had two sons and one daughter: # Theodore Meighen, Theodore Roosevelt Meighen (1905–1979), whose son Michael Meighen is a Canadian former senator, lawyer and cultural patron # Maxwell Meighen, Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen (1908–1992) # Lillian Meighen, Lillian Meighen Wright (1910–1993) Meighen died at the age of 103 and was interred next to her husband in the St. Marys Cemetery in the town of St. Marys, Ontario, St. Marys, Ontario. See also *Spouse of the prime minister of Canada References Meighen family, Isabel Meighen 1880s births 1985 deaths Canadian centenarians People from Granby, Quebec People from St. Mary's, Ontario Spouses of prime ministers of Canada Anglophone Quebec people Women centenarians {{Canada-gov-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granby, Quebec
Granby is a town in southwestern Quebec, located east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 69,025. Granby is the seat of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. It is the second most populated city in Estrie after Sherbrooke. The town is named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby; today it is most famous for the Granby Zoo and its landmark fountain of Lac Boivin. History The territory on which Granby is found was described as natural prairies and forests composed of ash, fir, maple, hemlock and birch, there was also a small swamp a kilometre and half uphill. The area was inhabited sporadically by nomadic First Nations. In 1792, Loyalists were granted permission to colonize the Eastern Townships. On January 29, 1803, the Executive Council of Quebec conceded the ''Township of Granby'' to Colonel Henry Caldwell and his 97 associates.Aimé Laurion, Un siècle d’histoire : Les bâtisseurs de Granby 1859-1959, La Voix de l'Est, 1959, 160 p Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
