Ellen McRae

1802 - 1891  (88 years)

• Name	Ellen McRae
  Birth	23 Sep 1802	Wick, Caithness, Highland Region, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	44681311
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44681311
  _UID	13D80ADF7FD046E28F0C8672722964502DCE
  Death	16 Jun 1891	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Her name was possibly Margaret Ellen McRae. Ellen was born in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, apparently the daughter of Peter and Margaret (Fraser). The family story says that she left there in the 1830's as a Nanny with a family to the south of England where her employers sailed away leaving her behind so she was out of a job. She stayed in the Devonshire area where she met John Oatway, a man with a farm by Barnstaple. They married and started a family, bearing children Richard McCrae, Mary Ann Fraser and William Henry. Shortly after their fourth child George Brodie Oatway died during the Devonshire crop failure period of the 1830s-40's, they emigrated to Canada West, formerly called Upper Canada. She worked hard on their new property and bore a large family of four more children, Sarah Jane, Margaret Helen, Elizabeth Matilda, and Jessie Clara. On Sundays, if John was far away working, she would ride her horse sidesaddle to church in nearby Perth. The photo of her and John was taken in a studio in Perth, Canada West (Ontario) in 1861. (too bad it's not in colour as she had beautiful blue eyes)
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I56050	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2023

  
  

  Family	John Oatway,   b. 25 Jun 1815, Barnstaple, North Devon District, Devon, England d. 11 Oct 1899, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1834
  Children	+ 1. William Henry Oatway,   b. 12 Nov 1839, Barnstaple, North Devon District, Devon, England d. 14 Jun 1902, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)   2. Margaret Helen Oatway,   b. 6 Jan 1845, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1915, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F19591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Death - 16 Jun 1891 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth