Person Record

Metadata

Name

Richter, M. Adelaide

Othernames

nee McMurtrie

Places of residence

4814 Roslyn Avenue, Montreal (c. 1981)

Father

Ewen C. McMurtrie

Mother

A. Marjorie McMurtrie (nee Kennedy)

Nationality

Canadian

Notes

Mrs. Richter was a descendent of the William Kennedy & Agnes (Stark) Kennedy family of Owen Sound, Ontario. She was also related to the T. B. Dowsley family of Owen Sound.

Her parents were Mr. Ewen C. McMurtrie and his wife Marjorie (neé Kennedy), a daughter of Matthew Kennedy Sr. of Owen Sound. Matthew was a son of Wm. Kennedy Sr. William Kennedy Sr. had moved his family to Owen Sound in the 1850s and started a foundry and planing business that later became known as William Kennedy & Sons Limited.

Adelaide's mother, Marjorie McMurtrie, served as the President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital. Circa 1950, there was a summer tea for the hospital held at the Ewen McMurtrie residence. Marjorie also worked at the family firm, William Kennedy & Sons Ltd. at Owen Sound during the Second World War, likely in the office area. Photograph 1981.057.012 showing a group near the cornerstone of the Kennedy foundry building addition in 1941, includes Mrs. A. Marjorie McMurtrie, and her daughter Adelaide McMurtrie.

Adelaide married ___________, on __________.

Adelaide later resided at Montreal.

Relationships

Grandfather: Matthew Kennedy
Great-grandparents: William Kennedy and Agnes Kennedy (nee Stark)
Great-grandfather: Thomas B. Dowsley of Owen Sound (b. 1836)