Elizabeth Lord McConnell
Beaver Dam, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian, 1896 - 1979
Canadian, 1896 - 1979
| Biography: | Place of residence: Farm/rural Location of residence: Beaver Dam, York County, New Brunswick; lived in Fredericton (1945-1966); moved to Belleville, New Brunswick (1966-1971); moved to Centreville, New Brunswick (1971). Education: Self-educated Groups/Church/Activity: Baptist church- Women's Missionary Group Where did they learn Hooking: Probably learned from her half-sister. Other family Hookers: granddaughter, Beverley has done some hooking Hooking was done for family use. Biography: Elizabeth Helen Lord McConnell was the daughter of born on John Lord and Alwilda (McLeary) Lord when they were 66 and 33 years respectively. Elizabeth's mother suffered from diabetes and died in 1905 at Beaver Dam, NB, before the discovery of insulin, when Elizabeth was 9 years old. Following her mother's death, 'Lizzie', as she was known, lived with and was greatly influenced by her half-sister, Sarah Jane (Lord) Allen, known as Aunt Jennie, who also lived at Beaver Dam, N.B. This is where she learned the skills of maintaining a household, as well as the day-to-day necessities of handiwork, including rug hooking. She was married on April 12th, 1916 to Clarence Chelsey McConnell from Fredericton, NB. They lived at Fredericton, NB until August, 1945, when the family moved to a farm in Jacksonville, NB. At the time of their move, their five living children were out on their own, with the exception of their youngest, Eugene Clarence McConnell. Eugene married Oleda Marie Sharpe in 1951, and the couple lived with Clarence and Lizzie until after their third child was born in 1957. At that time Clarence and Lizzie moved to Belleville, NB, and then in 1971 moved to Centreville, NB. Lizzie and Clarence died in June and September of 1979, and are buried in the United Baptist Cemetery in Centreville, NB. This hooked mat, made by Lizzie, was completed sometime between the years 1945-1950 as remembered by Eugene. There are pictures of another mat, and Eugene confirms that his mother, hooked mats and quilted during the times when Clarence was away working 'in the woods'. Clarence would be away for a week at a time during the Winter months. This mat came back to the farm in Jacksonville upon the deaths of Lizzie and Clarence, and then was handed-down to Eugene and Marie's eldest daughter, Beverley Ketch, who lives in Jacksonville, NB. |
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