Myrtle Viola Littlejohn Genealogy and Family History Notes

1900 United States Federal Census - View Census
State: North Dakota
County: Pembina
Locale: Midland Township
ED# 116
Series: T623
Roll: 1230
Page: 147
Enumerated Fourth June 1900
1.
2.
3. Name: Littlejohn, Myrtle
4. Relationship to head: Daughter
5. Color or race: W
6. Sex: F
7. Month and Year of Birth: May 1897
8. Age at last birthday: 3
9. Single or Married: S
10. Number of years married:
11. Mother of how many children:
12. Number of living children:
13. Place of birth: North Dakota
14: Fathers place of birth: Canada Eng
15: Mothers place of birth: Canada Sc
16. Year of immigration:
17. Number of years in the United States:
18. Naturalization:
19: Occupation:
20: Months not employed:
21: Attended school:
22. Can read:
23: Can write:
24. Can speak English:
25: Owned or rented:
26. Owned free or mortgaged:
27: Farm or home:
28: Number of farm schedule:

1906 Saskatchewan Census - View Census
Name: Myrtle Littlejohn
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 6
BirthPlace: United States Of America
Family Number: 249
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: A
Mother's name: Ella
Immigration Year: 1904
Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 4, 5, 6 In Ranges 4, 5, 6 West of The 2nd M
Sub-District: 9
Page: 26

1911 Census of Canada View Census
Name: Myrtle Littlejohn
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 14
Birth Date: May 1897
Birthplace: Dakota
Family Number: 5
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Immigration Year: 1904
Tribal: English
Province: Saskatchewan
District: Assiniboia
District Number: 207
Sub-District Number: 20
Census Year: 1911
Page: 6

Myrtle Littlejohn

Thanks to Fern for the above photo.

Manitoba Vital Stastics - Marriages
Grooms Last Name: Wood
Grooms Given Names: Hazael
Bride's Last Name: Littlejohn
Bride's Given Names: Myrtle Viola
Date Of Marriage: 03/12/1919
Place Of Marriage: WPG
Registration Number: 1919,015075
Registration Date:

Wood: Hazael & Myrtle

I married Hazael Wood from Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, who farmed in the Willmar district. We moved onto Dad's old farm homestead, which had been vacated by Will Sinclair who had farmed there for several years.

In November 1919 our daughter Fern was born and in October 1921 our son Glenn was born. Both attended Yankee School where I had gone to school briefly in the winter months, when Sinclair School was closed. We lived on Dad's farm until we sold out in 1929, the beginning of " The Great Depression". We moved to Sault St. Marie, Ontario where Hazael obtained work with his brother in the Shell Oil business. Fern and Glenn went through the school system here; Glenn went to university in 1941 in Montreal. After graduation he worked in Y.M.C.A. and then high school, later becoming principal. The last ten years before his retirement in June 1981, he was principal of two schools. He married Wendy Cleugh of Montreal in 1954. They have three sons- Scott, Dean and Kent. Scott and Dean are graduates of the University of New Brunswick at Fredricton with teacher's certificates, B. ED. Kent finished his high school in June 1981.

Fern was a draughts man for Dominion Bridge Co., in the Soo, then transferred to Toronto in 1941, and later to head office in Montreal. She married Harold S. Irwin, an engineer with that company, in September 1951. They live in Toronto where Fern is prominent in sports, especially curling and golf. They have no family.

Hazael, my husband, died July 1973 and I am still living in my own home. I retired in 1975 from twenty-nine years in a store and eight years as a cashier at the ferry between Sault St. Marie, Michigan and Soo, Ontario.

"Poet's Corner"
Excerpts from Page 730

Ed Sinclair & Myrtle

On back of photo:
Mon. Oct 5/59 How about this for a pair of spry ones? Ha!
Still holding the coat- those are the furs Fern & Harold gave me for Xmas of 58- nice eh?
I think Uncle Ed was 82 Sept. 4/ 59

Thanks to Fern for the above photo.

Wood, Myrtle Viola (nee Littlejohn)
At the Gulf Coast Community Hopsital, Panama City on Saturday February 11, 1984, Mrs. Myrtle Viola Wood of 89 Pine Street. Beloved wife of the late Hazael Wood. Dear mother of Mrs. Fern Irwin of Toronto and Glenn of Montreal. Mother-in-law of Wendy Wood and Harold Irwin. Grandmother of Scott Wood of Moncton N.B., Dean Wood of Calgary Alberta and Kent Wood of Montreal. Dear sister of Mrs. Thomas McIlrath (Ruth) of Burnaby, B.C. and the late Mrs. Arthur Marsh (Fledda). Resting at Barton and Kiteley Funeral Home where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday February 16. Funeral service from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albert Street East on Friday February 17 at 1 p.m. Rev. Peter B. Reid officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the Westminster Memorial Fund would be appreciated.
Sault Star
February 13, 1984

A Tribute to the Late Mrs. Myrtle V. Wood

Myrtle V. (nee Littlejohn) Wood of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario passed away Feb. 11, 1984 very suddenly and unexpectedly while spending a short time with her daughter and son-in-law Fern and Harold Irwin , who were vacationing at the time at Panama City Beach, Florida.

Mrs Wood was born May 3, 1897 at Glasston, N. Dakota coming with her parents and sister Fledda to Saskatchewan (then known as N.W.T.) in 1904. They moved to their farm 2 miles west of Arcola in 1906. From here she received her education at Clare and Arcola schools and normal school in Regina. She then taught at Yankee School, Browning.

She later married Hazael Wood and they resided for several years at Browning, where their daughter Fern, and son Glenn were born and attended school.

The family moved to Sault Ste. Marie in 1930 and resided there since then. Mrs. Wood became an accomplished singer and vocalist and was well known in that city and community. She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church for 50 years and until the time of her passing.

She was associated for many years with The Sault Ste. Marie Ladies Coral Society, and the Gordon Christie Singers and had sung over the C.B.C. Church of the Air. She was partially instrumental in the beginning of the Music Festival in that city and district.

During the war years she was a tireless worker contributor to the Y.W.C.A. and Red Cross war efforts. She also worked for several years as cashier at the Ferry Dock and later the Friedman Department Store.

Funeral services were held in Westminster Presbyterian Church on February 17th at 1:00 p.m. with the choir in attendance. During the singing of the hymn, Abide With Me, the choir proceeded the casket down the aisle, with six of the male choir members acting as pallbearers. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. Refreshments were served by the Choir and Ladies of the Church in the church hall following the service.

The very large number of friends and acquaintances in attendance and who paid tribute to her memory in words, flowers and memorial contributions attested to the high esteem in which she was held in the community.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Fern Irwin of Toronto; son Glenn of Montreal; son-in-law Harold Irwin; daughter-in-law Wendy Wood; grandsons, Scott Wood, Moncton, N.B.; Dean Wood Calgary; Kent Wood, Montreal. Dear sister, Mrs. Thomas McIlrath (Ruth) Burnaby, B.C. She was predeceased by her parents, husband Hazael Wood, and sister Fledda Marsh.

The following poem was composed by a cousin and sent in sympathy to the immediate family. They feel it says so well what so many have conveyed in the past sad weeks.

In Memory Of Myrtle Littlejohn Wood

A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is still.
God in His Wisdom thought it best
To call her home to Eternal Rest.

Because she was so dear to us,
Her memory will live on,
Just as the fragrance of a flower,
Lingers when it is gone.

The love and beauty that were hers alone,
In thoughts are with us still
For in our hearts we loved her
And we always will.

Lellamae Littlejohn
Seattle, Washington

Prairie Progress
Carlyle, Sask.
Wed., April 18, 1984

Thanks to DeEtt Haugen for the above obituary.

Florida Death Index, 1980-89
Name: Myrtle Viola Wood
Certificate: 11134
Death Place: Bay
Race: W
Death Date: 11 Feb 1984
Birth Date: 03 May 1897



Thanks to J. W. (John) King - Manager New Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie for the above photo

More About Myrtle Viola Littlejohn:
Burial: 17 February 1984, Range 67 Lot 51 Grave 4, New Greenwood Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Hobbies: Music
Immigration: 1904, To Browning, Saskatchewan, Canada

Census images sent by Myrna.

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