Jean Marguerite Weaver

   Cause of her death was complications from diabetes.

  Birth Notes:

9 50 2 3 refers to city, town, village or land location according to the Certificate of Birth.

  Events

• She attended school at Brant School in Sturgeon Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

• She appeared on the SW33-50-2-3 census on 1 Jun 1931 in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dwelling no. 60, family no. 60:
Weaver, William Delmer, owned home, value $300, wood construction, 4 rooms, the family does not own a radio, head of the household, male, married, 31 years old, born in USA, father born in USA, mother born in Norway, immigration to Canada: 1905, naturalization: 1905, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: illegible, can read and write, occupation: farmer on general farm, class of worker: OA
Weaver, Ester May, wife, female, married, 27 years old, born in Sask, father born in Ontario, mother born in England, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: Church of England, can read and write, occupation: homemaker
Weaver, Ester Pearl, daughter, female, single, 9 years old, born in Sask, father born in USA, mother born in Sask, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: illegible, can read and write, months of school since 1 Sep 1930: 9
Weaver, Jean, daughter, female, single, 7 years old, born in Sask, father born in USA, mother born in Sask, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: Church of England, can read and write, months of school since 1 Sep 1930: 9
Weaver, Kenneth,son, male, single, 3 years old, born in Sask, father born in USA, mother born in Sask, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: Church of England, cannot read or write
Weaver, Elwood, son, male, single, 1 years old, born in Sask, father born in USA, mother born in Sask, nationality: Canada, racial origin: England, can speak English, cannot speak French, religion: Church of England, cannot read or write.

• She was baptized circa 1935 in Shell River, Saskatchewan, Canada.

• She was employed circa 1939 in British Columbia, Canada.

• Jean was living between 1942 and 1946. She was living with her mother and mother-in-law periodically
while her husband was in the army.

• She worked as a housewife on 5 Apr 1943 in Deep Cove, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.

• She was living about 1946 in Saskatchewan, Canada: Farm House. She lived in the farm house while Fred was still in the army.

• She resided at their homestead 1947-1 Jan 1964 in Saskatchewan, Canada.

• They left Saskatchewan 10 May 1965 and moved to Whitecourt, Alberta. They left Saskatchewan and moved to Whitecourt, Alberta.

• She owned land N1/2 21-110-19-W5 Jun 1965-9 May 1967 in Alberta, Canada. Veteran Homestead Sale No. 227. The sale was cancelled 9 May 1967.

• She was Lutheran on 25 Sep 1966 in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. She became a communicant member of St. James Lutheran Church.

• Anecdote: Told to Solveig Anderson, 30 Mar 1992, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. "We used to have a dog - just like a police dog. When Esther and I were kids out chasing gophers, we would pour a bucket of water down the gopher hole while our dog would guard the other hole. When the gopher came running out, the dog would catch it and we would run screaming to the house. When Mom came out, she would chop the tail off the gopher and give it to us. We were too scared to do it. That's the way we used to get our gopher tails."

Background information:
"The Social Credit government implemented a penny bounty per gopher tail in the 1930s. Many school teachers were responsible for signing the declaration forms. Students brought in gopher tails in little bags to the school to be counted. What a "stench"! Some teachers never opened the bags. Whatever number the boys claimed was good enough. Sometimes each tail had been multiplied into more than one part."
Source: Digital Museums Canada (DMC)'s website: virtualmuseum.ca. Bentley and Area Schools: Gopher Tails and Eggs: Controlling Alberta's Gopher Population..

• She was described as 5' 0", silver coloured hair, and blue/grey eyes after 1992. It is her own description.

• She resided at 4920-52 Avenue on 22 Sep 2003 in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada.

Jean married Emil Alfred Anderson, son of Nils Daniel Andersson and Anna Lindstrom, on 29 Nov 1941 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Emil Alfred Anderson was born on 1 Nov 1920 in Kinistino, Saskatchewan, Canada, christened on 11 Dec 1920 in Kinistino, Saskatchewan, Canada, died on 31 May 1992 in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada and was buried on 3 Jun 1992 in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada.). The cause of his death was complications from diabetes.

  Marriage Notes:

They were married in the home of Jean's parents.