Robert Young

1835 - 1863  (28 years)

• Name	Robert Young
  Birth	1835	Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1861	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  FamilySearch ID	GSZV-WKH
  _UID	9FE9B202736347598F2CCEA92E40F369AE8D
  Death	1 Jan 1863	Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	1898, Friday December 23, The Almonte Gazette, page 8 A Runner Dropped Dead While going through the eighth line cemetery lately a GAZETTE scribe was struck by a verse on the tablet at the head of the grave of the late Robert Young, which reads as follows: "My sudden death proclaims aloud To you, my living friends, To be prepared to meet your God When He the summons sends." Inquiry as to the cause of the sudden death brought out the particulars, which are worth giving here. On New Year's Day, 1863, on the Mississippi river between Youngville and Rosebank, there was quite a gathering to witness the sorts, which consisted of trotting races on the ice, the trotters being hitched to buggies. In the afternoon a foot race was got up, the contestants being John Young (blacksmith, Almonte), John Toshack (son of the late James Toshack) and Robert Young (Brother of Messrs P.J. and Wm. Young, Ramsay). They were all young men ? two of them Young by name as well as young in years ? and, removing their boots, they ran in their sock-feet. Robert Young was ahead as he came to the winning line, and just before crossing the line he dropped on the ice ? dead! The late Dr. Mostyn, who happened to be in Rosebank at the time was quickly summoned, but the winner had passed beyond the reach of medical skill. The crowd got a great shock by the event, the sports were cancelled, and there was sadness in the community the balance of that New Year Day
  Burial	United Church (Auld Kirk) Cemetery, Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I6952	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Young,   b. 1800, East Kilbride, South Lanark, Scotland d. 17 Jul 1870, Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ann Mason,   b. 1802, Cambuslang, Cambuslang Parish, South Lanark, Lanark, Scotland d. 3 Feb 1873, Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1825	East Kilbride, South Lanark, Scotland
  Family ID	F2204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1835 - Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1861 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 1 Jan 1863 - Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - United Church (Auld Kirk) Cemetery, Mississippi Mills (Ramsay), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth