My Miller and Mather ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
1. | C.E. Mather C.E. married P. Berges [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children: |
2. | Gordon Robert Mather was born on 13 Nov 1927 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of John Cumming Mather and Isobella Elsie Ashby); died on 16 Feb 2018 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: (Research):In order to attend PDCI Gordon and Evelyn boarded at Publows, Gordon at McVeety's until the family moved to Perth. Gordon married Iona Jean Phillips on 31 Jan 1947. Iona was born on 31 Dec 1928 in Orillia Twp, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Aug 2015 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Iona Jean Phillips was born on 31 Dec 1928 in Orillia Twp, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Aug 2015 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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4. | John Cumming Mather was born on 17 May 1888 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Henry "Harry" Mather and Ellen "Ella" Harvey Baird); died on 8 May 1979 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: In 1905, when Scott his brother was able to plow for the family, JC went to work for his uncle Willie (Sommerville, Robertson, Robinson,?) on the 10th line of Lanark Township and Harvey McCue, one mile north of Balderson. He also cut wood on the Bathurst Line during the winter months. John married Isobella Elsie Ashby on 26 Apr 1916 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Isobella (daughter of John Ashby and Mary Anne Clark) was born on 28 Feb 1891 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Jul 1965 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Isobella Elsie Ashby was born on 28 Feb 1891 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Ashby and Mary Anne Clark); died on 22 Jul 1965 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Isobella Ashby was a noted tailor/dressmaker/seamstress who worked for a number of families in the Lanark area. She initially trained in Perth. Her diaries provide some insight into life during the years on the Balderson farm when the family was growing up. Notes: Married:
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8. | Henry "Harry" Mather was born on 2 Dec 1858 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of John Mather and Jane Cumming); died on 17 Mar 1932 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Was christened Henry Harry. He spent his boyhood in Bruce Cty on the 4th Con of Elderslie Twp. after his mother remarried McPherson. Henry married Ellen "Ella" Harvey Baird on 17 Mar 1886 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Andrew Wylie Baird and Margaret "Maggie" "Mary" Scott) was born on 19 Jan 1859 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 29 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Ellen "Ella" Harvey Baird was born on 19 Jan 1859 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Andrew Wylie Baird and Margaret "Maggie" "Mary" Scott); died on 27 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 29 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: (Medical):Operation 9 Jan 1932 - Surgical Gastrostomy for obstruction of larynx anad of esophagus Notes: Married:
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10. | John Ashby was born on 12 Apr 1854 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 2 Jun 1888 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of William Archibald Ashby and Elizabeth B. Foster); died on 2 Aug 1926 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: The Ashby family attended St. Peter's Church (Anglican) on the 11th Line of Bathurst, where both Sarah and Maggie (Margaret) were organists at one time. It is thought that they took lessons from Miss Agnes Wallace in Fallbrook. John married Mary Anne Clark on 11 Jul 1883 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Clark and Mary Ann Gillespie) was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1941 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 28 Feb 1941 in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Mary Anne Clark was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Clark and Mary Ann Gillespie); died on 26 Feb 1941 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 28 Feb 1941 in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Before her marriage to John Ashby, Mary Ann had a daughter, Clara Clark, from a previous relationship. Notes: Married:
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