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Canadian Aviatrix #43 – Rolie Moore (1912-1999)
Rosalie Ethel Moore was born on 8 November 1912 in Vancouver BC to Montague Marmaduke Moore (Major in the army) and Ethel Harriet Hutchings (daught...
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Canadian Aviatrix #42 – Dorothy Renton (1913-2003)
Dorothy was born on 19 May 1913 to Roy Renton (a mechanic) and Jean Lindsay Cathcart.
1916 census
1926 census
Moose Jaw SK
Moose Jaw ...
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Canadian Aviatrix #41 – Mary Weber (1914-2007)
Mary Ann Monica Weber was born on 29 July 1914 in Frontenac, Ontario, to Alois Weber (a farmer) and Theresa Weiss (a German nurse who moved to Cana...
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Canadian Aviatrix #40 – Margaret Clements (1902-1960)
Margaret Adelle Clements was born on 24 April 1902 in Belleisle Creek, New Brunswick, to Robert William James Clements (Methodist Clergyman) and La...
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Canadian Aviatrix #39 – Marsden Hall (1915-2004)
Born Eleanor Marsden Hall on 3 April 1915 in Chatham, Ontario, to Dr Frederick William Hall (Medical Officer of Health for Chatham, Kent Country co...
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Canadian Aviatrix #38 – Miss E H Vance
On 10 May 1934, Miss Vance passed her flying test and received her PPL, making her the 38th female pilot in Canada.
Another pilot with an asteris...
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Canadian Aviatrix #37 – Alma Gaudreau (1895-1994)
Alma was born on 28 March 1895 in St Mathieu, Quebec, to Pascal Gaudreau (a farmer) and Aglaé Boucher. She was one of 13 children.
1881 census...
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Canadian Aviatrix #36 – Isobel Whitaker (1910-1976)
Isobel was born on 30 September 1910 in Vancouver, BC, to Herbert Whitaker and Mae Johnstone Cassady.
Mae was from New Brunswick and had previously...
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Canadian Aviatrix #35 – Ida Effie Grevelink (born 1889)
Ida Effie Grevelink was born on 16 January 1889 in India to George Grevelink (a captain in the Indian army) and Ida Marie O'Brien. By 1914, the fam...
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Canadian Aviatrix #34 – Florence Lundon (1905-1965)
Florence was born in October 1905 in New Brunswick to William Edmund Lundon (a merchant) and Rhoda Amelia Trafton.
1891 census
1911 census
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Canadian Aviatrix #33 – Edith Freeman (1914- 2006)
Edith’s early life hasn’t been sourced yet, but it looks like she was born around 1914 in Russia to David and Anna Freeman. The family may not have...
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Canadian Aviatrix #32 – Isobel Secord (1902-1993)
Isobel was born on 18 December 1902 to Richard Henry Secord and Anna Ada York.
Richard was a teacher, who became a merchant, financial trader (mak...
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