Robenia (nee MacNeill) Whidden

Victoria UELAC Early Member: Robenia (nee MacNeill) Whidden, 1857-1940

  • Born in Colchester, Nova Scotia.
  • Pioneer of Duncan as arrived in  1889.
  • With husband, in the undertaking business for 40 years. In 1893 husband Robert began making caskets and gradually moved into the funeral business, becoming Duncan’s first undertaker. 
  • In the 1921 census, 68 years old, married, living at 116 Ingrid St., Duncan. 
  • Buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Duncan, B.C..    
  • UE Loyalist Ancestor: Husband Robert Henry Whidden was UELAC member but could not find his UE ancestor linkage, but wife Robenia (nee MacNeill) is descended from Daniel Teed, 1767-1869, Wentworth, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.