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- Aunt Gerry remembers the Brandons as being super strict; she said her Gramma Brandon always had a piece of leather strap tucked into the bosom of her dress for spanking kids. (But maybe that was just for Aunt Gerry? :-)
- About 5 years after Matthew's death, in 1947, Zina remarried - a widower, A Robert Nelles. She is buried with him in the Maple Ridge Cemetery, Thessalon.
- OBITUARY - MRS. ROBERT NELLES, THESSALON - A host of friends in Thessalon and district learned with sincere regret of the passing on another of Algoma's pioneers in the death of Mrs. Robert Nelles which occurred at her home after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Nelles had been a patient at the Red Cross Hospital for some time, later returning to her home. She was improving in health when she passed away quietly in her sleep Wednesday May 18. She was in her 83rd year.
The deceased, whose maiden name was Zina Johns, was born at Wingham, Ontario, the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth Johns. As a young girl she came to Algoma with her parents and they settled on a farm at Ansonia. She was united in marriage to Mathew Brandon and the couple resided at Ansonia for several years before coming to Thessalon, in 1918 where Mr. Brandon predeceased her in Oct 1942. In 1947 she was married to Robert Nelles.
Mrs. Nelles was well known and highly respected throughout the district. She was beloved by her neighbors and friends, and will long be remembered for her kind and cheerful manner and many acts of kindness and love. Alert, both, mentally and physically, Mrs. Nelles clearly recalled innumerable highlights of pioneer days in Algoma.
The body rested at her late residence until Friday, May 20, when a private service was held for the immediate family, with Rev. H. A. Dickinson in charge. At 2:30 a public service was held at Zion United Church. Favorite hymns were sung, and Mrs. Mac Clark beautifully rendered a solo,.''''Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Interment was in Maple Ridge cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, three daughters, Millie, (Mrs. Stirling Proud), Lily (Mrs. James Jack), and Vera, (Mrs. Jack Powell) and two sons Bill (Desbarats) and Ezra (Sudbury). Two sons Vearl and Carl predeceased her. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Lawlor of Sault, Ont., and Mrs. Sarah Mac Grath of Manitoba.
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Singing Our Family Song
1867 - 1949 (82 years)
