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Frederick Saxton
(1874-1940)
Olive Saxton
(1879-1961)
Stanley Steven Saxton
(-1949)
Dorothy Washburn Sheppard
(-1967)
Iris Alexandra Saxton
(1942-1999)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bernie Vanderbij

2. Bryan Cuthill

Iris Alexandra Saxton 1

  • Born: Apr 1942
  • Marriage (1): Bernie Vanderbij circa 1958
  • Marriage (2): Bryan Cuthill after 1980
  • Died: Jun 1999 aged 57

   Cause of her death was cancer.

  General Notes:

Iris was a free spirit. She was a nurse and worked at the Christie factory in Toronto, and a vet's assistant.

Her niece Catherine remembers her as funny and kind and very sensitive to ESP. It was Iris who first started searching the family tree and was able to trace the Washburn side back to the Mayflower.

  Medical Notes:

She had breast cancer, turned to liver, and in the end brain. She fought for over 20 years.


Iris married Bernie Vanderbij circa 1958. The marriage ended in divorce.


Iris next married Bryan Cuthill after 1980.


  Marriage Notes:

Iris and Bryan moved to British Columbia in the late 1980's where they both pursued marine biology, but Iris had to stop because of the cancer.

Sources


1 Catherine Saxton MacIntosh (ccmacintoshATrogers.com).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page