Marie Joussaye
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Born
1864
Marie Josie
1864
Belleville, Canada West
Died1949 (aged 84–85)
Vancouver
Occupationjournalist
NationalityCanadian
Marie Joussaye | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie Josie 1864 Belleville, Canada West |
| Died | 1949 (aged 84–85) Vancouver |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | poetry |
| Spouse | David Heatherington Fotheringham |
Marie Joussaye (1864 in Belleville – 24 March 1949 in Vancouver) was a Canadian poet.
Marie Josie was born at and grew up in Belleville Canada West. She was a newspaper journalist in Toronto. In 1893, she was president of the Working Girls' Union.[1] She moved to Dawson City, Yukon. In November 1903, she married David Heatherington Fotheringham, a Northwest Mounted Policeman. They had financial difficulties. In 1924, she moved to Mayo, Yukon. In 1929, she moved to Vancouver, where she died in a rooming house[2] on 24 March 1949.[3]
