Her parents were James Toogood, and Mary Elizabeth Gates.
She was born on 15th of August 1885 in Southampton, Bath, England. She was christened that same year at St; James church in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
She appeared in the census in 1891 at the age of 5 years old. She was living at 14 River Street in St, Mary, Southampton with her parents, her older sister Rosalie, her older brother Harry, and her younger brothers Albert and John. She had one other sister born after the census, Ethel.
Emily immigrated in 1899 at the age of 14 to Canada. (I do no know if she came with her family to Canada or traveled alone).
On the 1901 census, she was listed as a servant at the age of 16 in Lanark, Ontario, Canada with the Bowland family.
She married her husband George Leighton Fry on June 14th, 1911 at the age of 26 years old. She listed her name as Mary, but never listed her parents. Charles Tomlinson and R Russell were the witnesses.
She had six children, George William, Albert, Mary, Alice, Beatrice, and Gordon.
She died on January 8th, 1974,and buried on the 12th, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She had lived 88 years on the earth.
She lived through the depression, and both world wars.
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SOURCES
Birth Certificate
1891 Census
1901 Census
Marriage Certificate
Family Group Sheet with her Spouse George Leighton Fry
Family Group Sheet with her Parents James Toogood, and Mary Elizabeth Gates
Picture of a young Emily Mary
Picture of an older Emily Mary
Other Pictures of Emily Mary Fry (Toogood)
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