- CA QUA02588
- Família
- 1890-1954
Edith Chown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Chown of Kingston, was born on September 13, 1890. Her mother died in 1896 and Edith and her three brothers were brought up in Kingston by their maternal grandmother and by their aunt, Charlotte Conley.
Edtih graduated from Queen's University in 1912 and attended normal school in Regina. For several years she taught school in the West. While at Queen's University she met Lorne Pierce. They graduated in the same year, and met again when both were in the West, where Lorne was serving as a Minister. On September 9, 1916, they were married. They had two children, Beth (Mrs. J. D. Robinson) and Bruce.
Edith Pierce died on April 23, 1954.