Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Beer, Nettie Eliza Hayward
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Tweedie, Nettie Eliza Hayward
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Description area
Dates of existence
1867-1948
History
Nettie Eliza Hayward (Tweedie) Beer was born on 5 February 1867 in Burlington, Nova Scotia. She was the youngest of three children born to Rev. William Tweedie (1820-1903) and Dorcas Dykeman (Calkin) (1832-1909). She entered the Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy (female branch) in 1889 and was put in charge of the Shorthand Department the following year, where she taught from 1890-1894. During her time at Mount Allison, Nettie served as Vice President of the Eclectic Society (1890-91) and as President of its mission band (1891-92). She married William Walter Beer (1848-1913) on 27 January 1894 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and the couple subsequently moved first to Nelson, British Columbia, and later to Toronto, Ontario. The couple had one daughter: Eleanor Annie Beer, born on 15 December 1896. The child died on 15 August 1897. Nettie died on 31 March 1948. She is buried in the Forest Lawn Mausoleum in Toronto, Ontario.