Christine Bonnevie 1895-1995

Christine Bonnevie was born April 16, 1895 in Cape Pele , New Brunswick, Canada, and died April 29, 1995.  "Teen" is buried with her mother and father in Lynn, Ma. Aunt Christine was a wonderful, kind, patient women. She never married. Christine was a talented seamstress. She worked as  seamstress in Lynn, and evenually worked at Longhi in Boston, Ma.  In a letter of recommendation from a past employer, C.C. Young, it states "The bearer, Christine Bonnevie, has been with me fifteen years and I am very glad to recommend her as an all around finisher, either tailored or soft work, and especially good on eve. gowns.  Her work is always highly satisfactory."

She loved her family,  expecially the children.  Teen always gave of herself.  She would spend hours giving us backrubs, playing games, or just sit talking.  I loved listening to her talk about her family in Canada.  We would sit on her bed in Baker Street, and go through all her postcards that her brothers had sent her.  I wish now that I remembered all those talks. In her later years , Teen lived with her two sisters, Phyllis and Madeline, on the first floor of Baker Street.  Bram and Dick lived upstairs. (Phyllis's daughter Geneva and husband) Visiting "Baker Street" was always a wonderful time.

Geneva Cormier, Madeline Bonnevie, and Christine Bonnevie

Phyllis and her sister Christine Bonnevie standing on the porch of the farm on Brownfield Road,  South Conway, NH.

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