Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rankin

1871 - 1901  (29 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rankin
  Nickname	Lizzie
  Birth	7 Nov 1871	Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Census-Wife of Head	1901  [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Wife of Head Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	230811836
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230811836
  _UID	5417DDC966A34584B2B26556C5FC336A6055
  Death	10 Oct 1901	Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  	According to news reports of the time, Joseph and Elizabeth McKay and their two children were returning to their home after a day in Forest at the fair. This was on Wednesday the 9th of October 1901 at 6:30 pm. As they were crossing the railway tracks on Main Street, their buggy was struck by a train. Their youngest child William Harold died almost immediately. Elizabeth died the next morning and Albert Irvin died in the afternoon of October 10th. Joseph McKay was seriously injured and taken to the home of John Greenlees. He eventually recovered. Elizabeth and her children were taken to the home of her father, George Rankin on the 8th of Plympton. The funeral was held on Saturday the 12th of October. Elizabeth and her children were buried in Beechwood Cemetery, according the newspaper. The Town of Forest does not know the plot number of the burial. They may be buried in the plot that Elizabeth's parents were buried in.
  Burial	Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I7091	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	George Rankin,   b. 1 May 1828, Ireland d. 21 Feb 1914, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Eliza Gamble,   b. 10 Apr 1830, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Feb 1926, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1860	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F15292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Arthur McKay,   b. 3 Nov 1865, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Aug 1939, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1896
  Children	1. Albert Irving McKay,   b. 30 May 1898, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Oct 1901, Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 3 years)   2. William Harold McKay,   b. 1 Jul 1900, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Oct 1901, Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F1870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Nov 1871 - Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Death - 10 Oct 1901 - Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S256] Montana., USA, Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, ( Ancestry . ancestry.ca : 2017.), 16 May 2017, Joseph A. McKay Household. (Reliability: 3).