My Family Tree

Annie was the first child of John and Margaret born after their marriage. Annie and William Wedlock were married in 1890. They went to Massachusetts. Annie died young.

Fatal Accident. Mr William Wedlock who has been living nearly three years in Boston returned to the island via Pictou last week with the body of his death wife, having left on Sunday morning, the 16th. The deceased was only married about three years and leaves to small children, the youngest only four months old, having been left in Boston. She was a daughter of Mr John Dyment of O'Leary Station. Mrs Wedlock was cooking the dinner and as she was frying beefsteak her clothing caught fire. She screamed and the women living in the other part of the double tenement house immediately ran to her assistance and threw a mat around her but the fire was not put out. After being taken to the hospital she lingered in excruciating pain for 8 hours and then expired. Mr Wedlock with his little boy and the corpse passed through here for O'Leary on Thursday. Pioneer. Examiner 25 April 1893 pg 3

The clothes of Mrs. William Wedlock, of Boston, caught fire while cooking beefsteak and burned her so badly that she died 8 hours later. She was a daughter of Mr. John Dyment, O’Leary Station and the remains
were brought home for interment last week, accompanied by her husband and their little boy. Her other child is only 4 months old.... The Watchman Apr 27, 1893