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THIRD AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH QUILT

A CANADIAN RED CROSS QUILT

Version 6.01

11 February 2025

David March © 2014

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LILLIAN "MABEL" L'AMI

Lillian "Mabel" L'Ami was born on 11 April 1906 in Dublin, Ireland to Frederick George L'Ami (1865-1926) and Elizabeth Jane (Lilly) Campbell (1865-1956). Her siblings were: Cecil John (1891-1977), Frederick George (1892-1978), Eva Florence (1895-1983), Charles Ernest (1896-1981) and Robert "Oliver" (1901-1986).

Mabel and her family boarded SS 'Westernland' on 29 April 1907 in Liverpool, England and disembarked on 5 May 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father and brothers, Cecil and George, filed for homesteads on land in 37-15-W3 in the RM of Biggar. Only the three men who had homesteads were enumerated on the land in the 1911 census. Mabel's father was also enumerated with the other members of his family in a house off Ave A North in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the same year. He gave his occupation as auditor.

In 1916 the L'Ami family was living at 109 11th St and in 1921 at 614 6th Ave. Mabel was a student in 1921. In the 1930-33 Saskatoon Henderson Directories, the L'Ami family was still living at the 6th Ave address and L Mabel was working as a stenographer for L P Mason & Company in 1930 and as an assistant to her brother Cecil in 1933. Mabel married Leonard Ronald Betts on 9 December 1933 in Saskatoon. He was born on 9 June 1904 in Clapham Junction, London, England to William Seymour Betts (1865-1960) and Clarissa (1864-1911). His siblings were: William Stanley (b 1889) and Clarice Margaret (b 1894). In 1911 the Betts family was living in Battersea, London, England.

It is believed that Leonard and Mabel spent most of their married life in Edmonton, Alberta as that is where they were living when various members of Mabel's family died. Leonard died on 11 July 1988 in Edmonton and Mabel in 2001 in The Pas, Manitoba.

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

Incidentally, the land homesteaded by the L'Ami family was very close to that farmed by Ernest William Udy who was the adopted son of the Matcham family. A member of the Matcham family is also believed to have signed the quilt.


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