Mary Evelyn "Ev" Mather

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: GSBP-8W4
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45767995
• _UID: AA6E4094C63642F98EB7559B5B20C8AE4985

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSBP-8W4

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45767995

Died:
Birth: ?tab?1922
Death: Mar. 5, 2010
wife of John Robert Ernest Miller 1917-1997

MILLER, M. Evelyn (Mather) At Lanark Lodge, Perth on Friday, March 5th, 2010. Mary Evelyn Miller (former co-owner of Tayside Farms, Perth, Ontario) at the age of 87 years. Predeceased in 1997 by her beloved husband J.R. Ernest Miller. Loved mother of Diane Duncan (Don), Nancy Miller Chenier (John), John H. (Karen) Miller and Ruth Miller-Baker (Ken). Cherished grandmother of Scott and David (Lisa), Natalia and Nicole (Christopher Hogan) and their children Brendan, Anastasia and Cameren, Christopher (Cherith Hyndman) and Melissa (Gonzalo Gutirrez), Jim and Brian Baker and the late Heather Duncan. Dear sister of Harry (late Marion) Mather, Gordon (Jean) Mather and the late John (Ivy) Mather, sister-in-law of Irma (late Harold) Knight and the late Irene (Gilbert) Selland. Friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W. Perth on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 P.M. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel on Friday at 10:30 A.M. Interment, Elmwood Cemetery. In remebrance, contributions to St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church or the Great War Memorial Hospital Foundation would be appreciated.

The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
6 Mar 2010, pg. 48

Mary married John Robert Ernest "Ernie" Miller on 9 Jun 1945 in St. Paul's United Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. John (son of George Herbert "Herb" Miller and Alice Whyte Ferrier) was born on 9 Jun 1917 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 May 1997 in Glen Tay, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. D.E. Miller
2. N.E. Miller
3. John Herbert Miller was born on 19 Apr 1950 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 May 2014 in Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. R.I. Miller

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 9V3B-LWX
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45768071
• _UID: 7505B1D9DF604FDFABAC2F82B09659F810AB
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Occupation: 1916, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; (Stationary) Engineer
• Residence: 1924, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 9

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.

In the summer of 1906, JC and three other young men went to Moose Jaw and worked for a man named Phinneas Lowe, threshing with a Ted Heath. Came home the fall of 1906, and at the age of 17, JC decided to go to northern Ontario to seek work in the shanty. Returning from the west, he stopped in Sturgeon Falls at 4 am, slept on couch in hotel until JR Booth boss woke at 7 am and asked for a job. He caught a train to Cache Bay to the Booth boarding house and headed to the shanty to meet the foreman the next morning. He was told he looked young for a shanty man but was given a team to work for the day and had 90 logs up by dinner so the boss let him stay. In February 1907 he got a letter saying Scott was ill with pneumonia so had to leave for home. When Scott got back from the western harvest, JC was hired for Gilles mill. When the mill closed in the fall he caught the local to Pembroke, then headed north to Cache Bay on Lake Nipissing to work in the Booth shanty for the winter.

After one summer in the mill, he headed to the western prairies for the next three years. In 1908 he went to Moose Jaw, SK. In 1909 he went to Reston, MB to Bullock's and stayed in the west until the spring of 1911. One winter he stayed in Winnipeg and worked at the Burns Meat packing plant and at that time studied for his Steam & Hoisting Engineers Certificate. He operated the steam threshing machine for a family named McCullough afterwards.

Harry, his father later bought Long Bill Keay's (George Ennis') and wrote to JC asking if he wanted to farm. JC farmed for a year and sold it to Allan Keays.

In the fall of 1909, with Scott, and Bill McLean, he went to Gilles' Depot where Scott had been a loader the winter before. They wanted someone in the blacksmith shop. He worked for five months as a helper, doing the nailing and said he nearly broke his back shoeing horses. He stayed with Gilles for three years until the timber limit was cleared, loading logs that were shipped by train from Rib Lake to Montreal River. In 1914, the first year of the war, Gilles did not have much work so JC returned home but got a call asking him to put a group together to put supplies at Coulonge - 110 miles upriver. He stayed with Gilles until 1916.

For three year after his marriage in 1916, he lived on a farm one mile south of Lanark village, (the Stafford place in Drummond east of the Cheese factory) where son Harry was born. In 1919 the family moved to Balderson to the [Cameron Brothers] Harold Cameron farm (father Harry owned) and farmed, with brother Bill, buying cows from his father. [Large white brick house with long lane] That fall, while cleaning a ditch JC was hit in the stomach by a scraper handle and developed a hernia. Dr. Cameron and Dr. Scott operated for the hernia on the kitchen table in the upstairs corner bedroom with a western exposure to give lots of light. That summer, Bella got a hayfork in her head while helping unload hay at Harry and Ellen's house in Hopetown. At this point they had rented a red brick house in the village.

JC and family moved to Perth and lived in a red brick house on North Street (across from Moss Motors) for 3 years. At one point he worked in the Atcheson garage doing auto repairs before returning to work for Gilles as camp clerk at a camp near Cobalt. About this time, he applied to Toronto to get his Engineer's papers. He wrote he exam in Smiths Falls for a examiner sent from Toronto. At this point he became an engineer on the steam powered 'alligator' used during the summer hauling logs across Lake Temiskaming. At the mill, JC was in charge of the yard engine, a used railway steam locomotive which drew carloads of different grades of lumber from the sorting tables to the yard where it was stored according to grade. At one point , he had to get repairs on the engine and was given a special permit to drive the engine five miles on CPR lines to the McLaughlin Lumber's machine shop in Arnprior. He was probably one of only non-CPR engineers to use the tracks! During this time he drove home to Perth on the weekends for two years. The family moved to Braeside where they lived for one year.

In 1924 they moved to a farm near Fallbrook. Harry left school to farm at age 14 as both parents were in ill health. JC underwent sergery in Feb 1933 and Bella in April 1934.

In 1936 JC bought the Fisher farm, on the north side of the 5th line of Bathurst, about 3 miles out of Perth. The house was a two story brick house but the barns were log and in poor condition. Gordon remembers hauling equipment back and forth between this and the Fallbrook property as they used one set of equipment for both farms. In 1939 JC decided to replace the log buildingd with a hipped-roof bank barn. He owned a bush lot on the Bathurst Line so that winter Harry and a hired man cut logs. On Saturday, Gordon would take a team and sleigh to the bush lot. The men used the team to skid the logs out and load the sleigh. Then Gordon would take the logs to Anderson's saw mill on the river a couple of miles west of Fallbrook. Harry and the hired man came by on their way home to do the evening chores and unloaded the logs. The resulting timber was used to build the barn. Gordon also remembers running the cement mixer when the foundations were being constructed. The farm was sold in the early 1950s.

JC also owned a farm on Hwy #7 known as the Chaplin place. Gordon thinks it was acquired as a mortgage default held by JC.

JC and Bella built a house on Clyde St. in Perth and moved to this house about 41-42. However, JC commuted from the farm, spending weekends in town until about 1945.

JC was on the Board of Directors of the Lanark County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company for many years. In 1938 or 39 he resigned his position on the Board and became treasurer of the Lanark County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company in Perth, a position he held until retirement twenty years later at age 70. Because those were years of deep snow and gas rationing, the family moved to Perth in 1943 and Harry remained on the farm for the next three years on a share basis. JC, John, and Evelyn all worked in Perth and Gordon was in high school at this time.

He was elected to municipal council as a Bathurst Township Councillor in the early 1930s, becoming Reeve about 1938. He served as Lanark County Warden in 1945.

(Research):Notes from talk with Grandpa (John Cummings) Mather:
Born at Middleville, ON, on a farm as you drive towards Rosetta. The Mather house was a large square house on the left side of the road near the end of the street as you head towards Herron Mills. His parents originally lived in the kitchen extension and built the main house at a later date. He remembered that his Grandmother would argue about anything!
He went to the Middleville school but completed grade 8 from the Lanark Continuation School to which he drove a horse and buggy in to school.
There was one telephone in the village - at the general store.
He worked with his father when young, loved to play base ball. He was pitcher and his brother Scott was catcher.
In 1906-8 he made his first trip to the west. He spent a winter in western Canada working in a meat packing plant in Winnipeg. (Mentioned a Patty Burns). He worked harvest excursions and mentioned the Bullock family at Reston, MB. Their son Clyde was close to his age. He got his engineers papers by studying at night while in Manitoba. He later got his Steam and Hoisting Engineers papers in ON as a result. He kept his licence active until 1927.He married 26 Apr 1916 and went west each year until then.
In the summer he ran an 'alligator' on timber drives. J.R. Booth was first employer. He worked in northern Quebec back of Campbell's Bay, Fort Colonge area, the Temiskiming area and south of New Lisgard. He had a high regard for Patty Dillleau. D.A. Gilles often told him "You have an idea, don't be afraid to put it down on paper."
Married in 1916 and first lived on Stafford place, at time of interview, the Lenard Munro farm (near Lanark). Past the Davidson, Hedricks, mobile park, then Stafford place. It was small with a well out back. Harry was born here. They were there about 2 years. Had 7 cows and teams of horses. He needed a hernia operation. His father had bought the McIntyre (Harold Cameron) place at Balderson. They moved in with them for a time (about 1 year). At the same time Grandma Mather (Bella) got a hay fork through her finger. (later noted as head - brain injury; Evelyn's small finger damaged in a chain)
Moved to a small red brick house at 68 North St. from a Mrs. Drew. John and Evelyn were born there. John in 1919 and Evelyn in Sept 1922. He worked for George Atcheson in his garage 1919-20. Atcheson was also a Dodge Brothers (or Ford) dealer. Then he commuted weekends for a while from Brayside.
Moved to Brayside in spring 1923. Noted that they tented for a while at Brayside. Harry started school there. (note: Lillian Grey, possibly his teacher? there). While at Brayside he drove the switching engine , 'the dinky' in the Gilles yard.
In 1924 he bought the Keyes place at Balderson and moved from Brayside. Grandpa Mather had held the mortgage and Allan Keyes defaulted so Grandpa took over the farm and the mortgage. There was a barn on the property. It was later raised and a concrete foundation poured. In 1943 the roof was changed. After Harry married he stayed on this farm.
He bought the Fisher farm on the 5th line, at time of interview the James place. At first he rented the place but then he had a hired man (Cliff Majoury) living there. It was mainly a dairy farm. Sold it circa 1952.
He became Treasurer of Lanark Mutual in 1938 after having served on the Board of Directors for a number of years. He was Councillor and Reeve of Bathurst Twp in the 1930's, Warden of Lanark Cty in 1945.

?u?From Gordon Mather December 2015
?/u?Grandpa purchased the Fisher farm in 1937 - 95 acres workable. The price - 0 down and $2000 payable in the fall from the last cheese factory milk cheque. Harry and a hired man spent the winter in the bush lot and Gordon (age 10) spent weekends drawing logs to the sawmill.
When the family moved to Perth they lived at 15 Clyde St. in the area known as Fairhome Park. The house they purchased was built after WW1.
Her doctor was Dr Wichware. Congestive heart failure.
Grandpa worked with Kirkham to restore a fixer upper behind the house after he retired from Lanark Mutural at age 70.
At one point Grandpa worked as a mechanic at the Atcheson car dealership (Chrysler).

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9V3B-LWX

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45768071

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census:
Living on North Street, Perth, ON

Occupation:
Lumber ?ll

Died:
Mather, John Cumming - At Lanark Lodge, Perth Ontario, Perth Ontario, Tuesday May 8, 1979 John Cumming Mather in his 91st year, husband of the late Isabella Ashby; dear father of Harry of Balderson; John, Perth; Evelyn (Mrs. Ernest Miller) Glen Tay; and Gordon of Rexdale; brother of William Mather of Perth. Resting at the Blair and Son Funeral Home, 15 West Gore Street, Perth. Funeral service will be conducted in the chapel on Friday May 11 at 2 pm. Interment Elmwood Cemetery. A Masonic service will be held Thursday evening at 9 pm.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 96VW-6XS
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46789909
• Religion-Member: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• Name: Bella
• _UID: C5EF19CCE1264E68934BE6C24F782DC79785
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Domestic: Dressmaker/Seamstress/Tailor
• Census-Household Member: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 2 Dec 1914, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; seamstress
• Religion: 1916, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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.

(Research):?u?Notes from interview with Grandpa (John Cumming) Mather.

?/u?Grandma (Bella) had a grade 3 education. When she was 12 she was babysitting for income. Her older sister, Elizabeth Ruth, a twin of Bob, died of black diptheria. Two others in the family also died of Diptheria. They lived on the Jack Anderson place (Mary Scott's Grandparents?) on the edge of Fallbrook, ON. They were Baptists (Lanark Congregation). They are buried in the Playfairville cemetery, attended St. Peter's Anglican Church and the Methodist Church later.

?u?Telephone call with Gordon Mather December 2015
?/u?About 1916 Grandma had a head injury from a hay fork. For the following year they lived with the Mather family on the Cameron farm near Balderson. Her limp was the result of brain damage arising from this accident. In the early 1930's Grandma suffered from blackouts when she would not recognize the children, Gordon and Evelyn(age 9-10). These blackouts led to a month or more in a Kingston hospital for treatment of the head injury.
After she passed away, Grandpa was surprised to learn that she still had money invested from her seamstress/tailor days and there was considerable income tax to pay on the amount. She had used war bonds and later government bonds to accumulate this money.
Grandma had three years of schooling obtained after a 2 mile walk to the nearest school. As the oldest girl in the family she left school to care for younger children. At approx age of 12 she was hired as a mother's helper by another family - a Mrs. Anderson in Falbrook. At approximately age 14 she moved to Perth where she apprenticed with Mrs. Lyons to gain her sewing skills. She worked for a number of families along the Scotch Line near Perth where she moved from household to household with her sewing machine and equipment/supplies. The Poole family was one of these families. She made clothing for men, women and children.
She would piece quilts during the summer and in the winter she would set up a quilt frame in the parlour. She frequently used her 'rag bag' for fabric for these quilts so it is probable that the woolen fabric in the quilts I remember were scraps from her days as a seamstress.

Birth:
#22005
Name:?tab? Isabella Elsie Asply
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1891
Birthplace: Elmsley North, Lanark, Ontario
Father's Name: John Asply
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Cla

Religion-Member:
Role: Member
from Evelyn Miller's notes

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96VW-6XS

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46789909

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census:
A domestic (seamstress/dressmaker) in the home of Alfred Poole & Janet Poole

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Occupation:
Miss Belle Asby, who has been sewing in the vicinity of Fallbrook for the past two weeks has returned to Lanark and is now open for engagements in Lanark.

The Lanark Era
02 Dec 1914, Wed ? Page 1



Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head
Living on North Street, Perth, ON

Died:
MATHER Isobel Elsie - At the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, Ont., on Thursday, July 22, 1965, Isobel E. Ashby, beloved wife of John C. Mather, dear mother of Harry C. Balderson, John H. of Perth; Gordon R., Rexdale and Evelyn (Mrs Ernest Miller), Glen Tay; in her 75th year. Resting at the Blair and Son Funeral Home, 9 West Gore Street, Perth from 4 pm Saturday, July 24. Funeral service in the chapel Monday, July 26 at 2 pm. Interment Elmwood cemetery. In lieu of flowers kindly give donations to the Heart Fund.

The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
23 Jul 1965, pg.28

Obituary
Mrs. John C. Mather
Following a brief illnes of two days from cerebral apoplexy, Mrs. John C. Mather, 15 Clyde Street, died in the GWM Hospital, Perth, on July 22nd, at the age of 74 years.

Mrs Mather, the former Isobel Elsie Asby, was born at Fallbrook, Bathurst township, on February 28, 1891, where she received her early education. She was a daughter of the late John Ashby and the late Mary Ann Clark.

She attended St. Paul's United Church and was a member of the various women's organizations of the church.

She was married on April 26th, 1916, in Ashbury Methodist parsonage to John C. Mather and with her husband farmed in Drummond, Braeside and Bathurst until their retirement when they came to Perth to reside.

Together with her husband she is survived by three sons, Reeve Harry C. Mather of Bathurst Township; John H. Mather, Clerk-treasurer of the town of Perth, and Gordon R. Mather, Rexdale; one daugher, Evelyn (Mrs. Ernest Miller), Glen Tay; sister (Sarah) Mrs. Dan Nichols, Carleton Place. She was predeceased by four brothers, Robert Ashby, Russell Ashby, Archie Ashby and William Ashby and one sister Margaret.

The funeral was held from the Blair and Son funeral chapel on Monday afternoon, July 26th, to Elmwood Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Rev. Frank Spain.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, August 12, 1965, pg 7.

Notes:

Married:
also noted as 20 Apr, 1916

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KNV4-5FT
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238425
• Name: Harry
• _UID: DFD6A76D4DAB4CD091814DCF1E52CBE82E36
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: Aft 1886, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1891, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Census: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1903, Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1908, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1911, Lanark South Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: Aft 1921, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Was christened Henry Harry. He spent his boyhood in Bruce Cty on the 4th Con of Elderslie Twp. after his mother remarried McPherson.

John was 14 and Harry was 10 when his Mother moved to Bruce Cty. as a young man, he earned his living clearing trees for farmers who had purchased forested property in the Chesley and Paisley areas of Bruce County in western Ontario.

They returned to the farm when young men and divided the land. John lived on the farm and Harry purchased a small farm at the south end of the village. Harry later sold his share of the farm to John when he moved to Bathurst around 1903.

Ed MacPherson's obituary in the Calgary Albertan of 23 Jun 1937 states "In the fall of 1883 Ed McPherson, then a lad of 17, along with his half-brother (Harry Mather) and two other young men, went west and contracted the building of the CPR roadbed." According to the Albertan, the grade they built is now the present site of Calgary.

When the work was finished on the railroad Harry Mather returned to Middleville and, according to the Perth Courier of 26 Mar 1886, he married and settled on the Stead farm near Middleville.

Harry later bought Long Bill Keay's (George Ennis') and wrote to JC asking if he wanted to farm. JC farmed for a year and sold it to Allan Keays.

?u?From Grandpa (John Cumming) Mather's recollections:?/u?
His father contracted on the western railroad, driving a team of horses pulling a scraper, to level the RR bed through western SK and Eastern AB. Indians stole several teams of horses. He walked to Long Lake, MN to the home of John Mather who lived there because winter was setting in. When he left to come home he was given two five dollar gold pieces for having worked. They were given to a 'Harry Mather' ( some connection to Georgia), who was named for his great? grandfather Mather. ( I haven't identified this individual at this time but it may be Harry Putnam Mather (RIN 1193).

He spent his boyhood in Bruce Cty on the 4th Con of Elderslie Twp. after his mother remarried McPherson.

?u?From Gordon Mather Verbal Recollection 3/29/2014?/u?
Henry's (Harry) Mather's team of horses were stolen by natives passing through the area and he and a MacPherson (or was it a Stead) trailed the horses which were shod south eventually losing the trail. They ended up in Billings MT and decided to head for his uncle's in MN as winter was setting in. They worked there and were paid in gold coins. When Harry Mather from (Maryland, Georgia?) was borned he was named after (Henry, Harry) his uncle.

On a trip to Florida, Uncle Gord, Aunt Jean and Grandpa Mather (JC Mather) were passing through ? and Grandpa when stopped for the evening made contact and as a result the trio were invited for breakfast the next morning. Grandpa, Uncle Gord and Aunt Jean were shown a gold coin, framed and mounted on the wall of his study by Harry Mather, one of Henry's gold coins. Apparently Harry had made a trip north when a boy to meet his namesake and was given the remaining coin by Henry, Harry Mather.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNV4-5FT

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238425

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KNV4-5FF
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238403
• Name: Ella
• Name: Helen
• _UID: 05F9FC5C453F45D4AB3D54CA15FE513F9C8E
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1911, Lanark South Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Medical):Operation 9 Jan 1932 - Surgical Gastrostomy for obstruction of larynx anad of esophagus

Birth:
Lanark Twp, Concession 2

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNV4-5FF

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238403

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Notes:

Married:
Henry Mather, 27, Middleville, b. Middleville, son of John & Jane Mather, to Helen Harvey Baird, 27, Lanark, b. Lanark, dau. Andrew & Margaret, 17 Mar 1886. Witness: Samuel Wilson, Lanark, Rev. James Wilson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K6QY-SQQ
• Religion: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• _UID: 4BB22A620F794B90AB78802B7054424D0D4D
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 11 Jul 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Land & Property: 23 Apr 1902, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; building of new barn
• Census: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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.

Birth:
Marriage record indicates 1856
18 Apr 1854 in E. Miller notes
FS indicats 17 Jul 1853

Christened:
at his home, Foster's Lake ?, witness was Mary Ann Ashby, Thomas Hudson, rector. E. Miller notes. Or was this son, John Middleton Ashby? born in 1888

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6QY-SQQ

Religion:
from Evelyn Miller's notes

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Wm 1819 & Eliz 1822
Isabella 1846; Ruth 1848; Susanna 1850; Elizabeth 1852; John 1854; Martha 1857; Harriet 1858
Thomas Ennis and family listed with William's family

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Land & Property:
Messrs. Gallagher and Ferguson are now engaged erecting a barn for Mr. Jno. Ashby.

The Lanark Era
23 Apr 1902, Wed ? Page 5

Died:
Ashby
At Fallbrook, on Tuesday, August 2nd, Mr. John Ashby, aged 72 years.

Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
13 August, 2926; pg. 8

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 9SK3-55X
• Religion-Member: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• _UID: 00ACC6209EDE4E449DD50F6DB478E5650487
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; servant
• Religion: 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 11 Jul 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Before her marriage to John Ashby, Mary Ann had a daughter, Clara Clark, from a previous relationship.

Dates elsewhere are b. 12 aug 1857 - d 26 Feb 1941

Cemetery noted as Pinehurst C. at Playfairville

Ev Miller's notes:
My Grandma, Mary Ann, was a very strong woman both physically and mentally. I've always understood that she was a real pioneer, helped Grandpa build the two story log house which still stands and is lived in . She was a midwife and nurse to many of the neighbours, grew a most bountiful garden, loved to read books, and could do all kinds of handiwork, knitting, crocheting, etc.

(Research):Check Census 1881 to see if she worked for Samuel Bolton.

Birth:
Marriage Certificate indicates possibly 1859.

Religion-Member:
Role: Member
from Evelyn Miller's notes

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SK3-55X

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
17 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?34?tab?1827?tab?Ireland?tab?
18 Mary A Clarke Female?tab?32?tab?1829?tab?Ireland?tab?
19 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?10?tab?1851?tab?U S of A
20 Robert Clarke?tab?Male?tab?8?tab?1853?tab?U S of A
21 John?tab? Clarke?tab?Male?tab?6?tab?1855?tab?Upper Canada
22 Mary A Clarke?tab?Female?tab?3?tab?1858?tab?Upper Canada

Neighbours - almost all labourers
Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold,?b? Clark, ?/b?Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Died:
Fallbrook
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Ashby was held on Friday from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mather, and was largely attended.Interment was made at Playfair cemetery. Mrs Ashby had reached the age of 82 and was generally quite active until recently. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved ones.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
March 6, 1941, pg. 7

Mrs John Ashby
There passed away in the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, on Wednesday morning, February 26, Mary Ann Clark, widow of the late John Ashby of Fallbrook. Deceased was an esteemed resident of the community of Fallbrook, where she was well and favorably known

The late Mrs. Ashby was in her 83rd year. She was born in Brockville, a daughter of the late James Clark and Mary A. Gillespie.

In 1883 she was united in marriage with John Ashby of Fallbrook, who predeceased her in 1926.

Deceased was the mother of twelve children, four of whom died in early childhood. A daughter, Margaret, predeceased her in 1926; also a son, William, a Great War veteran, in 1923. Surviving members are: Robert on the homestead; Archie and Russel, in Alberta; Mrs John Lake, Glen Tay; Mrs. D.C. Nichols, Carleton Place, and Mrs. John Mather of Balderson, with whom the deceased lived after her health began to fail and she needed extra attention. Surviving also are one sister, Mrs. George Cavanagh of Vancouver; twenty-six grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.

Mrs. Ashby was a member of St Peter's Anglican church at Fallbrook.

The funeral which was largely attended, was held Friday, at 10:30, from the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Mather, Balderson, assisted by Rev. Mr Dickinson of the Balderson United Church.

The pallbearers were three grandsons, Harry Mather, Lyle Nichols, Beverley Nichols, and three nephews, Arden Lake, Delbert Lake and John Ashby.

The funeral tirbutes were very beautiful, and many expressions of sympaathy were received by the bereaved family.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
March 6, 1941, pg.3

Notes:

Married:
Marriage noted as 7 Nov but seems to have been corrected.
John Ashby, 27, Bathurst, b. Bathurst, son of William & Eliza Ashby, to Mary Ann Clark, 24, Bathurst, b. Brockville, James & Mary Ann Clark, 11 Jul 1883. Witness: Samuel Bolton, Lanark.
Presbyterian Manse, Lanark.

Name:?tab?Mary Ann Clark
Age:?tab?24
Birth Year:?tab?abt 1859
Birth Place:?tab?Brockville, Ontario
Marriage Date:?tab?11 Jul 1883
Marriage Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Father:?tab?James Clark
Mother:?tab?Mary Ann Clark
Spouse:?tab?John Ashby

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 278N-6YG
• _UID: 643FA8FE9D6C4B408A5F159D20152F2E0AF8
• Census: 1851, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Land & Property: 1852, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; of the same quality as the last but rather superior - 70 lbs
• Occupation: 1852, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Carriage Maker
• Religion: 1852, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist

Notes:

John was a wagon maker by trade and was postmaster in Middleville in the 1850's.

He purchased 100 acres, Lot 16 E, Con 5, Lanark Twp in 1852 for 80 pounds. It is the first farm west of Middleville on road to Hopetown. He purchased 50 more acres of adjacent land west of the farm in 1856.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/278N-6YG

Land & Property:
- A Muddling soil in limestone. Some parts good.

John married Jane Cumming about 1850 1853. Jane (daughter of Paul Cumming and Elizabeth Daniel) was born on 29 Apr 1835 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1907 in Chesley, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L7JV-5QZ
• _UID: 834B26C95B904BDBBFE7A770524B651DAA66
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion-Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence-Occupant: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 3 Lot 23
• Census: 1861, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Moved to Elderslie twp in Bruce Cty in 1868 after marriage to John McPherson with Janes sons John and Henry Mather. They farmed for a number of years and were buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Con 4, Lot 23 Elderslie twp.

?u?Congregational Church, Middleville
?/u?16 Apr 1863?u?
?/u?John MacPheerson - John MacPherson & Mary Muir
Jane Cumming Mather - Paul Cumming

(Research):?i?From Bill Mather notes:?/i?
John MacPherson and Jane Cumming Mather moved from Middleville to Bruce County in Western Ontario in the 1860's. They are buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, 4th line, Elderslie Township, Bruce County.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7JV-5QZ

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Religion-Member:
Role: Member


Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Buried:
Originally noted as St. Andrew's Cemetery, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada
also identified as Bear Creek Cemetery, 3393 Telfer Road, Moore Twp C6 L10, Lambton but the dates of birth and death are off.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KJCB-D8J
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 191598247
• Name: Andrew Baird
• Name: Andrew William Baird
• _UID: 2DE4B76F903044068602A35A761752E186F3
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence-Occupant: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1898, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1898, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Part W1/2 Lot 15 Con 6

Notes:

May have been born and died in Hopetown.
Served as Reeve of Lanark Twp in the 1890's.

Christened:
Andrew Baird, Lanark C3 L25

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJCB-D8J

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191598247

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Residence-Occupant:
Role: Occupant


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
note: return by J. F. Mather MD

Andrew Baird 31 Dec - 11 Mar 1900
Born near Hopetown of a family of eight brothers and three sistersk six survived at his death; Mrs. Jas. Bowen, Mrs. Henry Horn, John, Charles, Stewart and William.
He married Margaret Scott in 1858 and was remarried to Mary Jackson in 1893.
Margaret Scott died on 25 Sep 1891 in her 60th year. She was the daughter of William Scott and Ellen Harvey who immigrated to Lanark Township from Scotland.
William Scott died at the residence of his son-in-law, John Affleck at Pilot Mound, Manitoba on the 24th of October at the age of 82 in 1880. William Scott was one of the early settlers in Lanark Township and was clerk for many years. Helen Harvey died on 2 August 1873. Andrew Baird served as reeve of Lanark Township in the 1890's.

Andrew married Margaret "Maggie" "Mary" Scott on 12 Mar 1858 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of William Scott and Helen Agnes "Ellen" "Eliner" Harvey) was born about 1832 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Sep 1891 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KNH1-9V6
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 191598309
• Name: Mary
• _UID: 74F22F8AB43D4C739FC2FA88584CD72D5AFD
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada (with family)
• Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1871, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

May have died at Hopetown.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNH1-9V6

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191598309

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 29C4-1W9
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136319330
• Name: Ashley
• Name: Will Ashby
• _UID: 89976BB628D0435FA37EE8534F01CACD1E7F
• Location-Witness: 8 Sep 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 10 Lot 19 SW - Crown Grant
• Census: 1842, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Census - Concession 10 Lot 19 - 300 acres, 288 are wild, wooded
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada Agricultural
• Location: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 10 Lot 17 NE, Lot 18 SW, Lot 19 SW
• Census: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Research):?b?E. Miller work started here, dated 5-11-1996?u?

Farm Concession 10 (west of Fallbrook)
?/u??/b?NE 1/2 Lot 17 Bathurst Deed 1851 to William Ashby
SW 1/2 Lot 18 Bathurst Deed 1851 to William Ashby
SW 1/2 Lot 19 Bathurst Crown 1820 to Sgt John Ashby from England?u??b?

1842 Census (Rankin Report?)?/u??/b?
Ashby, William - b. Canada 1812, settler in Bathurst, Con 10 Lot 19, Anglican
?u??b?
?/u??i?1851 Census for Bathurst, Lanark Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 121, 123 Line 22?/b?
?/i?William Ashby, 32, 1820, Upper Canada, Farmer, Episcopalian
Eliza Ashby, 29, 1823, Ireland
Issabella, 6, 1846, UC
Ruth, 5, 1847, UC
Susan Ashby, 3, 1849, UC
Eliza, 1, 1851, UC
Martha Foster, 20, 1832, UC


?u??b?1861 Census
?/u??/b?William 42 Farmer b. Ontario C/E Con 10 Lot 18
Elizabeth 39 Housewife b. Ireland
Isabella 15
Ruth 13
Susan 11
Elizabeth 9
John 7
Martha 4
Harriet 3

Christened:
Rev. William Bell, Presbyterian Minister, Perth

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/29C4-1W9

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136319330

Location-Witness:
Role: Witness


Census:
William Ashby, born in Canada, 1 household member, C10 Lot 19 Bathurst Twp, Anglican
Settled date of 1812 is in error and accurate date not known. William was born in 1819.
There is no record of his father who appears to have died in 1846

Census:
12 acres improved; 6 under crops, 6 in pasture

Census:
Wm 1819 & Eliz 1822
Isabella 1846; Ruth 1848; Susanna 1850; Elizabeth 1852; John 1854; Martha 1857; Harriet 1858
Thomas Ennis and family listed with William's family

Census:
Name William Ashley
Gender?tab?Male
Marital Status Married
Age 71
Birth Year 1820
Birthplace Ontario
Relation to Head-of-house Head
Religion Church of England
French Canadian No
Spouse's Name?tab?Elizabeth Ashley
Father's Birth Place England
Mother's Birth Place England
Province Ontario
District Number 84
District?tab?Lanark South
Subdistrict?tab?Bathurst
Others in Record
Elizabeth Ashley, Martha Ashley

Died:
Grandma Mather's notes: 21 Apr

Name?tab?William Ashby
Gender?tab?Male
Age?tab?79
Birth Date?tab?1820
Birth Place?tab?Bathurst, Ontario
Death Date?tab?20/04/1899
Death Place?tab?Lanark Ontario Canada
Religion?tab?Presbyterian
Cause of Death?tab?Old Age

?b?Lanark Era, 26 Apr 1899?/b?
Died
On Saturday, 11th conc. Bathurst, Mr. Wllm. Ashby, aged 84 years. He was an uncle of Mr. Harry Johnston of Lanark. Burial at Playfair cemetery on Monday.

Ashby
In Bathurst, on April 22nd, William Ashby, aged 84 years.

William married Elizabeth B. Foster on 7 Nov 1843 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of James Adam Foster and Isabella Elliott) was born on 17 Feb 1823 in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; died on 3 Oct 1902 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Playfairville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2MS-H44
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136319353
• Name: Eliza
• _UID: 89CDB3983E8B4CEE841A1C22D20B1AB72EC8
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Parents not verified.
Dates noted in Ev Miller's notes as B. 1823, D. 3 Oct 1902, aged 79 years.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2MS-H44

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136319353

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head
Wm 1819 & Eliz 1822
Isabella 1846; Ruth 1848; Susanna 1850; Elizabeth 1852; John 1854; Martha 1857; Harriet 1858
Thomas Ennis and family listed with William's family

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Name William Ashley
Gender?tab?Male
Marital Status Married
Age 71
Birth Year 1820
Birthplace Ontario
Relation to Head-of-house Head
Religion Church of England
French Canadian No
Spouse's Name?tab?Elizabeth Ashley
Father's Birth Place England
Mother's Birth Place England
Province Ontario
District Number 84
District?tab?Lanark South
Subdistrict?tab?Bathurst
Others in Record
Elizabeth Ashley, Martha Ashley

Died:
Died 3 Oct 1902 in E. Miller notes
?b?Lanark Era, 8 Oct 1902?/b?
At Fallbrook, Friday, Oct. 3rd, Elizabeth Foster, relict of the late William Ashby, aged 81 years. Born in Ireland, she came to this country with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. John Foster, when she was about a year old. She became the wife of Wm. Ashby about sixty years ago, and is survived by five children; John, William, and Martha, in Bathurst; Mrs. M. Leyden, and Mrs. John Thompson, Reston, Man. Burial to the Fallbrook cemetery.

?b?Friday 10 Oct 1902?tab?Fallbrook?tab?page 5 column 1,2 Perth Courier
?/b?Died - on Friday, the 3?sup?rd?/sup? Oct., Mrs. Ashby (nee Foster) relict of the late Wm. Ashby, in her 83?sup?rd?/sup? year. Her remains were interred in the Playfair Cemetery on Sunday.
?b?
Friday 17 Oct 1902?tab?Obituary?tab?page 4 column 4 Perth Courier
?/b?Mrs. Wm. Ashby passed away at her residence near Fallbrook on Friday of last week, at the ripe old age of 81 years. Deceased was a native of Ireland, her maiden name being Elizabeth Foster. She came to Canada with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Foster, when a year old, and has been a continuous resident of Bathurst since that time. About sixty years ago she became the wife of Mr. William Ashby, who predeceased her some three years. Five children survive - John, William, and Martha in Bathurst; Mrs. M. Leyden and Mrs. John Thompson, Reston, Man. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon to the Fallbrook cemetery, Rev. C.A. Heaven conducting the services. - Lanark Era.

Notes:

Married:
Event Description: found in church records by E. Miller
7 Nov 1843, Rev. Michael Harris, witnesses John Balderson and William Foster, found in E. Miller notes by Diane Miller Duncan

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: M875-ZPV
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52772953
• _UID: A034098474154FE4AB83ACD5826A671534F6
• Immigration: 1848, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Census: 1850, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; USA
• Immigration: 1855, Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; from USA
• Census: 1861, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
• Occupation: 1861, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Religion: 1861, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Census: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Religion: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• alt Death: 15 Jan 1871, Elizabeth-Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

(Research):?i?Looking at the 1881 map, the family home was probably in the Frankville area.

1851 Census for Hinchinbrooke, Frontenac Cty, Schedule A, Roll C_11721; pg. 9; Line 21?/i?
Charles S.Clark, 19, 1833, b. USA, shantyman, E. Church
Eli C.Clark, 40, 1812, USA, b. Lumberman, E. Church
George Ashley (Ashby), 25, 1827, b. CAN, Farmer, E. Church

?i?1851 Census for Storington, Frontenac Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 83, Line 20
?/i?Reuben Clarck, 35, 1817, Canada West, farmer, Church of England
Christiann Clark, 29, 1823, Canada West
Gilbert 11, 1841
Daniel, 9, 1843
Maranda, 8, 1844
Harriet, 6, 1846
Hanah, 3, 1849
Elgin, 1, 1851

?i?1851 Census for Storington, Frontenac Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 75, Line 21
?/i?John E. Clarck, Canada East, 40, 1812, Wesleyan Methodist
Catherine Clarck, 33, 1819, Canada West
James, 9, 1843
Clarinda, 9, 1843
Mary, 7, 1845
Jane, 5, 1847

?i?1851 Census for Bathurst, Lanark Cty, Canada West Schedule A, roll C_11721, pg. 21, Line 22
?/i?John Clark, 61, 1791, Scotland, Farmer, Church of Scotland
Catherine Clark, 60, 1792, Scotland
James, 26 1826,CAN
Jannett, 23, 1829, CAN
John, 21, 1831, CAN
Christina, 19, 1835, CAN

(Medical):Name?tab?James Clark Gender?tab?
Male
Age?tab?48
Birth Date?tab?1824
Birth Place?tab?Ireland
Death Date?tab?15 Jan 1872
Death Place?tab?Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Religion?tab?Church of England
Cause of Death?tab?Ulceration of Lungs & Stomach

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M875-ZPV

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52772953

Immigration:
As noted by Margaret J. McCaw in the 1911 census

Census:
Relation to head?tab?Name?tab?Age
Head (implied)?tab?James Clark?tab?25
Wife (implied)?tab?Mary Ann Clark?tab?20
Daughter (implied)?tab?Margareth J Clark?tab?3
Daughter (implied)?tab?Rachel Clark?tab?1
James Gilaspy?tab?45
Hugh Clark?tab?21


Immigration:
See Rachel & Margaret Jane in 1911 census

Census:
17 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?34?tab?1827?tab?Ireland?tab?
18 Mary A Clarke Female?tab?32?tab?1829?tab?Ireland?tab?
19 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?10?tab?1851?tab?U S of A
20 Robert Clarke?tab?Male?tab?8?tab?1853?tab?U S of A
21 John?tab? Clarke?tab?Male?tab?6?tab?1855?tab?Upper Canada
22 Mary A Clarke?tab?Female?tab?3?tab?1858?tab?Upper Canada

Neighbours - almost all labourers
Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,

Census:
neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold,?b? Clark, ?/b?Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival

Died:
Name:?tab?James Clark
Gender:?tab?Male
Age:?tab?48
Religion:?tab?Church of England
Birth Date:?tab?abt 1824
Birth Place:?tab?Ireland
Death Date:?tab?15 Jan 1872
Death Place:?tab?Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death:?tab?Ulceration of Lungs & Stomach

Died at age 49, lung problems, poor health from war experience.
Believed to be UEL and previously lived in Pennsylvania.
Believed to have lived in the Frankville area and that they were United Empire Loyalists.


Buried:



This cemetery was previously know as the ?b?Old Protestant Cemetery adjacent to County Road #2 (Old highway #2)
?/b?
Inscription
[Side 1]
JAMES CLARK
BORN DEC.25,1823
DIED JAN.15,1871
[Side 2]
MARY A. WIFE OF JAMES CLARK
MAR.14,1900
AGED 73 Y'RS.
[Side 3]
JAMES CLARK BORN NOV.28,1851
DIED JAN.20,1863
DAVID CLARK BORN
JAN.19,1868
DIED MAR.20,1868
Willa Clark's letter - Burial noted as in St. Peter's Cemetery, New Boyne, ON, CDN Doesn't seem to be a tombstone at this cemetery, but found this on Canadian Headstones.

Name:?tab?Mary Ann Gillespie Clark
Cemetery:?tab?St. Peter's / Newboyne Anglican+
Burial Place:?tab?Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Notes:?tab?JAMES CLARK BORN DEC. 25.1828. DIED JAN.15. 1871 MARY A. WIFE OF JAMES CLARK DIED MAR. 14. 1900. AGED 73 Y'RS
Picture Available:?tab?https://canadianheadstones.com...

?i?James CLARK
St. Peter's / Newboyne Anglican+, Ontario

TRANSCRIPTION
JAMES CLARK [Jr.] BORN NOV.28.1851. DIED JAN.20.1863. DAVID CLARK BORN JAN.19.1868 DIED MAR.20. 1868. [Son's of James and Mary Ann Clark]

ADDITIONAL NAMES
David CLARK
SUBMITTED BY: ronaldw@xplornet.com on 2012-04-09 17:29:27?/i?

James married Mary Ann Gillespie on 4 May 1846 in Dunboe Parish, Coleraine Barony, County Londonderry, Ireland. Mary (daughter of James Gillespie and Jane Lees) was born on 3 Apr 1828 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 16 Mar 1901 in Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1903 in St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Newboyne, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: M875-Z5Z
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52772954
• Name: Elizabath ?
• _UID: 0C2768C6D1B84ACAB91CF2D563E31309FC3E
• Immigration-Witness: 1848, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Census-Household Member: 1850, Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States; USA
• Immigration: 1852, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; From USA. Two numbers are indicated suggesting uncertainty - 1852 and 1862.
• Immigration-Witness: 1855, Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; from USA
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: Mar 1900, Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 10
• Census: 1901, Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• alt Death: 1903, Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Dad's database had Mary Ann. Mom's notes, based on Grandma's notes indicate 'Elizabeth' Gillespie, from near Brockville, ON. It also indicates that they were married in Caleraine, Ireland and later lived in Pennsylvania where Grandma's Grandmother had a large dry goods store. It was thought they were United Empire Loyalists. Her Grandfather had been in the American War, and subsequently was in poor health and died at age 49 of lung trouble.

name indicated elsewhere as Mary A. Gillespie

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M875-Z5Z

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52772954

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
As noted by Margaret J. McCaw in the 1911 census

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Relation to head?tab?Name?tab?Age
Head (implied)?tab?James Clark?tab?25
Wife (implied)?tab?Mary Ann Clark?tab?20
Daughter (implied)?tab?Margareth J Clark?tab?3
Daughter (implied)?tab?Rachel Clark?tab?1
James Gilaspy?tab?45
Hugh Clark?tab?21


Immigration:
The family shows up in the 1861 census

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
See Rachel & Margaret Jane in 1911 census

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
17 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?34?tab?1827?tab?Ireland?tab?
18 Mary A Clarke Female?tab?32?tab?1829?tab?Ireland?tab?
19 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?10?tab?1851?tab?U S of A
20 Robert Clarke?tab?Male?tab?8?tab?1853?tab?U S of A
21 John?tab? Clarke?tab?Male?tab?6?tab?1855?tab?Upper Canada
22 Mary A Clarke?tab?Female?tab?3?tab?1858?tab?Upper Canada

Neighbours - almost all labourers
Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold,?b? Clark, ?/b?Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival

alt Death:
These were dates for Elizabeth previously identified as the spouse of James.

Died:
Although the record indicates 1900, the memorial stone and other sources suggest it should have 1903. This document is a transcription and I believe an error may have been made one place or the other.

Notes:

Married:
Citation Information
Transcript
"Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie,
Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275.
James Clarkmentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark
Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespiefrom Ireland Civil Registration Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's
Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie
Source Information
Title
"Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913,"
Note
"Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie, Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275.
James Clark mentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark
Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie from Ireland Civil Registration
Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland
Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie

First name(s)?tab?James
Last name?tab?Clark
Age?tab?-
Marital status?tab?-
Marriage year?tab?1846
Marriage date?tab?04 May 1846
Marriage place?tab?0123,Dunboe,Londonderry,Ireland
Father's first name(s)?tab?-
Father's last name?tab?-
Mother's first name(s)?tab?-
Mother's last name?tab?-
Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Mary Anne
Spouse's last name?tab?Gillespie
Spouse's age?tab?-
Spouse's birth place?tab?-
Spouse's marital status?tab?-
Spouse's father's first name(s)?tab?-
Spouse's father's last name?tab?-
Spouse's mother's first name(s)?tab?-
Spouse's mother's last name?tab?-
Residence?tab?-
Place?tab?Dunboe
County?tab?Londonderry (Derry)
Country?tab?Ireland
Record set?tab?Ireland Marriages 1619-1898
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
Collections from?tab?Ireland
?i?Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl?/i?

First name(s)?tab?James
Last name?tab?Clark
Registration year?tab?1846
Registration quarter?tab?1846
Registration district?tab?Coleraine
Volume?tab?4
Page?tab?123
MarriageFinder??tab?James Clark married one of these people
Margaret Purdy, Mary Anne Gillespie, Margaret Miller, Anne Andrews
County?tab?Antrim, Londonderry (Derry)
Country?tab?Ireland
Record set?tab?Irish Marriages 1845-1958
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from?tab?Ireland
?i?copyright Family Search?/i?