Gladys Mary Redmayne was born to Frank Giles Redmayne and Annie Salter Redmayne on the 14th of February, 1887 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Married to Harvey Thorne on September 30th, 1912.
They had two children, Nancy and Mary, who feature in some of her work. As do her grandchildren, Peter, Michael (Mike) - Nancy’s children and Diana, Nicolas, Mark - Mary’s children.
She died on Christmas Eve, the 24th of December, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.