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11 February 2025

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ANNIE PEARL SILVERTHORN née BROWN

Annie Pearl Brown was born on 13 February 1884 in St Vincent, Ontario to William Brown (1846-1934) and Anne Watson (1853-1937). Her siblings were: Henrietta Brown (1871-1948), Charlotte Elizabeth (Lotti) (1873-1959), Robert Edward (1875-1960), William Elmer (1879-1954), Minnie Lulilla (1882-1959), Morley Watson (1889-1961) and Mary Jane (1896-1916). Annie's family was living in St Vincent, Grey, Ontario in 1901.

Annie married Benjamin Silverthorn on 18 March 1908 in St Vincent, Grey, Ontario. Benjamin was born on 28 January 1884 in Woodford, Grey, Ontario to James Flower Silverthorn (1837-1903) and Elizabeth Areana Wilson (1842-1910). His siblings were: Jane (1867-1946), Wilbur David Thomas (1868-1950), Samuel (1872-1955), John James (1872-1964), Hester (1876-1948), Archibald (1877-1960), Aaron (1880-1950) and Phoebe Areana (1881-1963). Benjamin was raised in Grey County, Ontario.

Annie and Benjamin had four children: William James Clifford (Cliff) (1909-1984), Coletta Pearl (1911-1994), Kathleen Marie (1920-2010) and a son born in 1923. The Silverthorn family lived in St Vincent until at least 1911. By 1916 they were living on land in 30-8-W3 Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan. Annie's obituary said that they moved to Ardath, Saskatchewan 36 years before her death which would have been 1912.

Annie died on 14 April 1948 in Ardath and Benjamin died in the same place in 1974.

In 1911 three of Benjamin's siblings: Samuel, Aaron and Phoebe, were living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. By 1916 Samuel and Aaron had obtained homesteads in the Fertile Valley RM. Pheobe married Walter Henry Spackman (1887-1963) in 1917 and they had also settled in Fertile Valley RM by 1921.

Although Benjamin and Annie never lived in Saskatoon, it is speculated that they came to Saskatoon from time to time as it was the nearest major city and is only about 80 km from Ardath. As some of the Silverthorns had even lived in Saskatoon in the past, there were likely strong ties to Saskatoon. It is also possible that Annie might have attended 3rd Ave Methodist Church if she happened to be in Saskatoon on a Sunday as the Silverthorns were Methodist. We could find no other candidate for the Annie Silverthorn quilt signature.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Silverthorn Tree.