My grandmother, was the most important person in my life. She was the matriarch of our large extended family, the glue that held us together. She had a wicked sense of humor, and her home was a focal gathering point in the community. When she died in Oct 2007, everybody had the same thing to say "she was the finest Lady they had ever known". Catherine Murphy

Catherine "Cathy" Mary Temple




Date of Birth: August 10, 1921-Oct. 2007
Maiden Name: McRobbie
Hometown: Inveruie, Scotland
Occupation: Maid
Husband: Esau Temple
Date of Marraige: Dec 31, 1941
Date of Departure: Dec 1945
Ships Name: Mauritania
Date/Portof Arrival in Canada: Dec 15, 1945/Halifax
Date/Port of Arrival in NL: Dec 16 or 17,
1945/Port aux Basque
Settledin: Norman's Cove
Children: William John, Mary Sylvia, Raymond Charles,
Lewis Alexander, Shirley Elizabeth, Richard Ian, David Peter



******************************************************Catherine and Lewis


Information provided by Catherine Murphy. (April 4, 2009)
The Telegram Obituaries
October 2007
TEMPLE, Catherine Mary (McRobbie)

– August 10, 1921 - October 24, 2007. Passed peacefully away at the Health Sciences Centre, St. John’s. entre, St. John’s. Mrs. Temple was a War Bride from Aberdeenshire, Scotland and a life member in auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #39, Blaketown. Predeceased by husband, Esau (85); children: Lewis (84), Bill (91); parents, John (76), Mary (85) McRobbie; parents-in-law, Eliza (76), Moses (80) Temple; brothers: John McRobbie (05), Charlie McRobbie (91); brothers and sisters-in-law: Jacob Temple (95), Alec (Blondie) McCombie, Floss Hollett (85), Belinda Cumby. Leaving to mourn children: Sylvia, Ray (Kellee), Shirley (Eric), Rick (Irene), Dave; 18 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers: Jimmy McRobbie, June McCombie, Flo Murdock; sisters-in-law, Dalphine Varney, Josephine Temple, Effie Peters. Resting at Bethel United Church, Norman’s Cove. ...

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