Mrs. Mary Denton
Mary [Hicks] Denton was born in St. John's, Newfoundland ca. 1817. By 1871, Mary and her husband John Denton Sr and their family were living in the village of Port Dalhousie.
In the 1881 census, John Denton is listed as a tailor. The Denton’s had at least eight children: William, Alfred, Robert, Samuel, John, Henrietta, Edith, and Agnes.
Mary Denton passed away on 1 May 1905 at age 90. She is buried in the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian / United Cemetery in Port Dalhousie. Her gravestone also lists the name of her mother Mrs. Mary Hicks who died 26 June 1875 also at the age of 90. Both were natives of St. John, Newfoundland.