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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Bishop, Marie, 1929-2011
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Description area
Dates of existence
1929-2011
History
Marie Louise Bishop was born 13 September 1929 in Windham, Connecticut, USA to Canadian parents Harold Enoch Bishop and Gertrude Louise (Hiltz) Bishop. At the age of eight and a half she was infected with Polio and became a paraplegic. She has been a member of the Canadian Paraplegic Association, a founding member of the Minas 50 Plus Seniors Club and was instrumental in organizing the Bishop Family Genealogical Committee. She is the author of a number of books including: The pioneers of Canaan, Kings County, Nova Scotia; Memories of Coldbrook, Nova Scotia; and The Hiltz family of Nova Scotia. Marie Bishop died 26 July 2011.