| 1. | Walter McIlquham was born on 19 Aug 1810 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of James W. McIlquham and Janet "Jane" Jarvie); died on 21 Nov 1905 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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Died:
"DRUMMOND PIONEER DEAD. Walter McIlquham Died on Tuesday Aged 96 years. The news of the death of a truly pioneer resident of Drummond, Mr. Walter McIlquham, sr., was received in town on Tuesday night. Mr. McIlquham departed this life on Tuesday afternoon in the 96th year of his age. He had been ill a week, suffering from bronchitis. He was one whose life includes all the years of Lanark history, says the Era. Coming over from Scotland with his parents on the ship Commerce [sic - George Canning], he arrived to find Lanark the centre of a vast forest of pine. But to a boy of his years this was but adventure of the sort that appeals to the average British youth. Settling on a favored spot in Drummond Township there was much to be done clearing away those giant obstructions to farming - the pines. Fortune favored and Mr. McIlquham lived to see one of the best homesteads in the whole countryside identified as his own. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1810. When ten years of age he came to this country with his parents, they settling on the farm now occupied by his nephew, Mr. Walter S. McIlquham. Early in life he married Margaret Kerr and to them were born Peter J., now of Mountain Mill, Alta.; Walter, of Carleton Place; John K. and Maggie, of Drummond. His second wife was Elizabeth Rankin, by whom he had five sons and daughters - George, on the homestead; William, in Carleton Place; Mrs. John Neilson, Ramsay; Mrs. Henry Blair, Fitzroy, and Mrs. John Menzies, Carleton Place. The funeral took place to Lanark cemetery on Thursday afternoon at twp o'clock. Mr. McIlquham was a strong man municipally and politically and was well known in the community of Perth."
[Col. 4, Pg. 5; The Perth Courier; Friday, 24 Nov 1905; Vol. LXXII, No. 14]
Contributor: Bruce Gordon (48010981)
Walter married Mary Kerr on 13 Jun 1839 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Peter Kerr and Margaret Ford) was born about 1819 in Scotland; died on 13 Jan 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- James McIlquham was born in 1840; died on 15 Nov 1873; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Peter Jarvis McIlquham was born on 10 Jun 1843 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1937 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Walter McIlquham was born on 20 Jun 1844 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jul 1907 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Margaret Jane McIlquham was born on 4 Sep 1846 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 1909 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- John Kerr McIlquham was born on 19 Feb 1849 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Sep 1921 in Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Janet McIlquham was born in Jul 1853 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Jun 1854 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Walter married Elizabeth Rankin on 18 Aug 1858 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of James Rankin and Janet Brodie) was born in 1831 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1879; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Isabella McIlquham was born on 12 Mar 1858 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Oct 1920 in Kinburn, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Pakenham Twp,.
- William James McIlquham was born on 9 Nov 1860 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jan 1928 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Mary McIlquham was born on 8 Mar 1863 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 May 1918 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- George Rankin McIlquham was born on 14 Nov 1870 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Oct 1937 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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1810 - 1905 (95 years)
