Clara Cyrette

Clara Cyrette
Clara Singleton
Born	c. 1907
Died	1992-11-23
Years in Thunder Bay	at least 1907–1992

Clara Cyrette (née Singleton; born c. 1907 – (1992-11-23)23 November 1992) was a resident of the Mission Reserve and later of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

On 16 December 1924, at age 17½, she married George Cyrette at the Fort William Mission. The marriage affidavit gives her residence when married and her place of birth as "Mission Reserve". Her parents are named as Joseph Singleton and Jane Denomme. Jane Denomme is identified with Mary Jane Singleton, Joseph's wife on the 1901 Fort William Band schedule; the reasoning is given on that page.

Age 17½ years on 16 December 1924 implies a birth about the middle of 1907. The 1992 death-index line and the 1924 bride are treated as the same person: Clara Cyrette is a distinctive married name in the Thunder Bay area, and a woman born about 1907 would have been about 85 in 1992.

Marriage

The licence (No. D 67229) was issued on 15 December 1924 at Fort William, and the affidavit (registration no. 019211) was sworn the same day at the city of Fort William. The couple were married on 16 December 1924 at Fort William Mission, District of Thunder Bay, by V. Renaud, S.J. The witnesses were Frank William and Josephine Dick, both of Mission Bay, Fort William. Clara is entered as a spinster, 17½ years of age, and Roman Catholic, with no occupation recorded. George is entered as a fisherman, a bachelor, 20 years of age, living at "Squaw Bay - Indian Reserve", and born at "Red Cliffe - Wisc".