22 Nov 1932 Ellen Hanrahan
At her home on St. Ninian Street, Antigonish, Tuesday morning November 22, after a few days illness of pneumonia, Mrs. Ellen Hanrahan, Aged 68. She was a daughter of the late Donald Gillis, Arisaig, and widow of the late Mathias Hanrahan, Antigonish. She died consoled by the rites of the Church to whose precepts and doctrines she had ever been a faithful adherent. In her, the virtues of Chrisitan womanhood were richly evident, and non one who knew her unfailing kindness, charity and faith will doubt that she is now reaping the reward of a well spent life. Four sons and four daughters mourn in her death the passing of a capable and loving mother. They are : John in Somerville; Dan in Stellarton; Mrs. J.A. MacKenna, Bear River; Mrs. Joseph MacGillivray, Brighton; Joseph, Sylvester, Mrs. James MacNeil and Mrs. F.A. Woodland, all in Antigonish. One brother and three sisters also survive; Angus L. Gillis, Antigonish; Mrs. Dunan Macdonald, Port Hood; Mrs. Florence MacDonald, Harbor View; Mrs. W.J. Hagerty, Worcester, Mass. The funeral will take place this morning with interment in St. Ninian’s cemetery after requiem Mass at the Cathedral at nine o’clock.