Died At
Obituaries - Perth Courier & Others
supplied by Christine
M. Spencer of Northwestern University, Evanston, Il., USA.
[email protected]
Bathurst
Courier,
April 18, 1851
Died At
Perth
on the 3rd inst., much regretted by all her
friends and neighbors, Isabella, wife of John Ferguson,
aged 55 years. She died as she had
lived, in the exercise of that faith that overcomes the world, purifies the
heart, and removes all fear of death.
Died, at Pembroke, on the 28th
of March, of measles aggravated by disease of the liver, Mrs.
A. H. Dunlop, aged 29 years. The
deceased was much and deservedly esteemed by a large circle of friends.
In her the poor have lost a benefactor, the afflicted one ever ready to
alleviate distress, the bereaved husband and four orphans one who was indeed the
“desire of their eyes”. Her
remains were followed to the grave by a very large concourse of people all
anxious to testify to the worth of the departed.
Died at Westmeath, on Monday, the 7th
inst., Mr. John Robertson, age 31.
Died at
North Sherbrooke
, on the 9th inst., of measles, Jane
Warnock, in her 23rd year.
Bathurst
Courier,
May 9, 1851
Died, at Napanee on the 21st
ult., Robert (Walker), son of Mr. Walter
Walker, aged 8 years.
Died, in
Perth
, on the 6th inst., Grace
(Fairbairn), only daughter of Mr. J. K. Fairbairn, aged 19 months.
Bathurst
Courier,
May 23, 1851
Died on the 4th day of May, Agnes
(Dunlop), youngest daughter of A. H. Dunlop, Esq., aged 18 months and
20 days.
Bathurst
Courier,
August 5, 1851
Died, In this place on the 27th
inst., after a protracted illness, Grizel (Gemmill),
wife of John Hall, Esq., and eldest surviving daughter of the Rev. Dr.
John Gemmill, formerly of Dalry,
Argylshire
,
Scotland
, in the 58th year of her age.
Bathurst
Courier,
August 12, 1851
Died, At Adamsville, near
Perth
, on the 11th inst., Mary
Adalaide (Aleerhouse), daughter of Mr. Henry Aleerhouse of that
place.
Bathurst
Courier,
September 19, 1851
Died at
Glenhaven
,
New York
, on the 10th inst., of consumption, Catharine
Murray, wife of Mr. Henry Hoffenden, Smith’s Falls, aged 20.
Bathurst
Courier,
October 3, 1851
Died, at Sand Point, on Sunday, 29th
day of September, inst. at
half past eight o’clock pm
, Alexander Roderick McDonell,
aged 9 years and 8 months, after long and severe suffering, whose departure is
severely felt by his parents and relatives and deeply regretted by a large
circle of friends. “Leaves have
their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the North Wind’s breath; And
stars to set, but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death”.
Died, on Thurs morning the 25th
inst., after a lingering illness, Caroline Stewart
(Kerr), daughter of John Kerr,
Perth
.
Bathurst
Courier,
July 16, 1852
Died, on the 18th ult., Mrs.
Philip Ross, Senior, at
#2 West Russell Street
,
Glasgow
,
Scotland
. Friends will
please accept this notice.
Bathurst
Courier,
November 26, 1852
Mr. Editor:
Having returned from California, and knowing you would like to have an
account of my uncle, Alexander McLaren’s
death, I take the liberty of writing you a few lines on the subject.
Sir, having arrived in California and
having traveled around for some time, viewing the country, we at length directed
our steps to one of the mining districts called Foster’s Bay, on the Yuba
River, distant 32 miles from Marysville. We
had not been there eight days when I became unwell, being laid on a bed of
sickness for 5 weeks, throughout this period my dear departed friend watched
over me with more than a nurse’s care. Providence
was restoring me to my strength, but new troubles were awaiting me of which I
was unconscious, for just as I got up from my bed of sickness for the first
time, and being scarcely able to stand, he that was dearer to me than any other
in that far foreign land, was visited with sickness, and frail as I was,
Providence enabled me, in turn, to administer to all his wants, the same doctor
that attended me (Dr. Fitch) attended him also, he used all of his endeavors to
restore him again to health by administering to him medicines that he felt
fitted his complaint and which he called inflammation of the bowels.
But after having passed through a course of medicines, it had no affect
whatever, the doctor being baffled in his attempts to restore him; called in
another doctor for advice but by this time it was evident to me that the fell
destroyer was fast gaining power over him, he gradually became weaker and weaker
until, on the morning of the 7th September, (the day on which he died
on or about 12 noon), his breathing became more quick and heavy.
I had some conversation with him in the course of the morning and about
ten minutes before he breathed his last, I put to him some questions which he
answered satisfactorily, and proved a comfort to me in my weak state, and
enabled me to believe he died putting his trust in God.
On the following day I was enabled with the help of a few friends to
commit his body to the silent grave, where he now lies deeply lamented by his
sorrowing and bereaved friends and where he will lie till the last loud trumpet
shall sound to awake us to our judgment. He having been personally acquainted
with you and with others in your immediate neighborhood I seek to add no more.
Yours truly, William Muirhead, Beckwith,
November 16, 1852
Bathurst
Courier,
December 10, 1852
Died, in this town, on the 25th
inst., Mr. William Matheson, for many years
keeper of the Perth County Gaol. He
was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was interred with all the honors of
that illustrious order.
Died at
Carleton Place
on Tuesday, the 30th of November, Elizabeth,
wife of John McEwen,
Carleton Place
, founder.
Bathurst
Courier,
December 13, 1852
At Ramsay on the 21st ult., infant
son of James Robertson. Likewise,
on the 1st inst.,
Elizabeth
, wife of same James
Robertson, deeply regretted by numerous relations and acquaintances.
Also, on the 4th inst., infant son of James Robertson.
Bathurst
Courier,
March 10, 1853
Died, in this town on the 8th
inst., Margaret, wife of Mr. Donald McDonnell,
late of
Paisley
,
Scotland
, aged 72 years.
Died in this town on the 25th
ult., Rhoda McKay, relict of the late John
McKay, age 67 years.
Died at Cobden, on the 18th
Feb., after a severe illness that she patiently borne to the end of her
suffering, Mary Wade, in the tenth year of
her age, much regretted by all who knew her.
Bathurst
Courier,
March 18, 1853
Died, here, on the 11th
inst., Mr. John McCallum, innkeeper, aged 42
Died at Lanark on the 15th
inst., Amanda (Glossop), daughter of Mr.
Daniel Glossop, in the 7th year of her age.
Died, at
Brockville
, on the 9th inst., much regretted, James
Matthie, father of W. Matthie, Esq., of that town.
Bathurst
Courier,
April 15, 1853
Died, at
West Killingby
, Con., Rev. William Dick,
formerly of Lanark and recently pastor of the
Baptist
Church
at the former place.
Bathurst
Courier,
April 29, 1853
Died, at Dunkohl Manse, on the 1st
March last, David (Wilson), son of the Rev.
T.C. Wilson, formerly for many years pastor of St. Andrew’s Church in this
place.
Bathurst
Courier,
June 5, 1853
Died at
Bathurst
on the 26th ult., aged 69, Mrs.
Duncan Brown, relict of the late Duncan Brown, formerly of the parish
of
Dunoon
,
Scotland
.
Died on the 20th May, at his
father’s residence, Aaron Blackburn,
second son of John Blackburn,
Bathurst
, aged 29 years. (transcriber’s
note: a long poem follows, not
reproduced here.)
Bathurst
Courier,
August 26, 1853
Died on the 14th inst., Janet
(McLaren), daughter of Daniel McLaren,
Bathurst
, aged 15.
Bathurst
Courier,
September 9, 1853
Died, at the Scotch Line Bathurst, on
the 24th ult., William Old,
native of
Suithness
,
Scotland
, one of the original settlers in that township. He was 61
years of age.
Bathurst
Courier,
September 16, 1853
Died, in this town on Friday the second
inst., Catherine (Thompson), infant daughter
of James Thompson, High Sheriff of the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew.
Died, in
Belleville
, C.W., after a very short illness, Mr. James
Hammond, teacher of the grammar school in that place, native of
Boyd’s Settlement, Lanark.
Bathurst
Courier,
December 9, 1853
Died on Saturday 3rd inst.,
at Lanark, Mr. John Hall, Esq., merchant,
aged 50, one of the most respected inhabitants in this section of the country.
Bathurst
Courier,
February 10, 1854
Died, on the 28th January, Alexander
Spence (Nichol), infant, son of Dr. James S. Nichol of this town.
Died, at Pakenham Mills, on the 4th
Feb., inst., Jane Dickson, aged 76 years 8
months, widow of the late William Dickson, and mother of Andrew Dickson, Esq.,
late sheriff of the United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew.
Bathurst
Courier,
March 3, 1854
Died on Montague on the 16th
ult., Mrs. Amanda (Vandeson), wife of Mr.
Ashael Vandeson, aged 61 years.
Bathurst
Courier,
March 17, 1854
Died at the residence of his
brother-in-law, Drummond, on the 10th inst., Thomas
Leslie, in the full hope of the Gospel, aged 74, native of
Montrose
,
Scotland
.
Bathurst
Courier,
April 7, 1854
Died on the 26th ult., Thomas
O’Neil, Esq., Postmaster of Castleford, Horton, aged 56 years.
Bathurst
Courier,
April 21, 1854
Died on Sunday 16th inst., James
Robert (Gemmill), aged 6 weeks, son of R. Gemmill of this town.
Bathurst
Courier,
May 5, 1854
Died, in
Bathurst
, on Monday last, George Wellington,
grandson of Mr. Samuel Dowdall, aged one year and five months.
Bathurst
Courier,
May 26, 1854
Died in Drummond on the 19th
inst., James Morris Sr., 73 years of age.
The deceased was one of the oldest inhabitants having settled in this
place in 1820. He was a native of
Scotland
.
Bathurst
Courier,
July 14, 1854
Died, in Bytown on the 6th
inst. of cholera, Mr. John Goodwin of
Fitzroy, aged 27 years, 7th son of Mrs. Goodwin, of McNab.
The deceased was on his way home from
Quebec
, and felt unwell as the steamer arrived at Bytown.
He died in the Protestant hospital, in 13 hours of extreme suffering,
sincerely regretted by all who knew him.
Bathurst
Courier,
August 4, 1854
Died at the residence of Duncan
McDonald,
Perth
, on the evening of Saturday 29th July, Sarah Ann,
wife of J. M. G. Hall, Esq., and eldest daughter of John Smith, Esq., Lanark, in
the 30th year of her age.
Bathurst
Courier,
November 17, 1854
Mr. Editor:
As several of your readers have requested me to send the following
article for publication in your newspaper, you will oblige by publishing it.
A few weeks since a person by the name
of Allen Stewart died, who was living in the
part of Dalhousie joining Lavant. Being
anxious to open him and obtaining permission from his relatives I dissected him
and found in his bladder a stone which measure four and one half inches
long—four inches and three eighths in circumference and weighed three and one
half ounces. C. G. Wheatley, M.D.
Bathurst
Courier,
December 1, 1854
Died, on the 25th inst., in
the 26th year of his age, John Ferguson,
Esq., of this place, much regretted by all who had the pleasure of his
acquaintance. He was a native of
North Ulst
, one of the western isles of north
Scotland
, and entered the army, when young, with his father.
In 1817 he came to this place, got land in Drummond, and with many others
shared all the labors and hardships of a new settlement.
After he came to reside in
Perth
, his upright conduct, and kind and obliging disposition,
made him favorably known and much beloved by the entire community.
For many years previous to his death he was an elder in the First
Presbyterian Church (Rev. Wm. Bell) and he discharged his duties there in a
faithful and efficient manner. His
piety was warm and active and he had long lived in a habitual preparation for
death. His last disease was short
and attended with very little pain, so that when he expired, he seemed merely to
have gone to sleep.
Bathurst
Courier,
June 15, 1855
Died, on the 8th inst., Caroline
(Lamont), eldest daughter of Joseph Lamont, Jr., aged 11.
Perth
Courier,
October 2, 1895
The Late Mrs. Couch—On Friday there
passed away, Mrs. Richard Couch, at the
residence of her son Richard, 2nd Concession Drummond, at the age of
88 years. Deceased was born in
Wexford County
,
Ireland
, but was brought by her parents to
Canada
when a child, the family settling on the 2nd
Concession of Drummond. She was a member of the
Methodist
Church
. Deceased is the
mother of Mrs. N. McLanaghan and Mrs. Joshua Rothwell, Perth; Mrs. Robert Smith,
N. Elmsley; Mrs. Richardson, Renfrew; Mrs. Cameron, Manitoba; Richard, on the
homestead and two sons in Manitoba.
Last week we published a notice on the
death of Mrs. Sarah Ryan of
Winnipeg
, a native of the
township
of
Drummond
and who lived in
Perth
and vicinity for over 50 years.
The Winnipeg Tribune of Sept. 3 publishes the following obituary:
Shortly after
noon
yesterday, the death was announced of Mrs. Sarah Ryan, a
lady for many years well known and loved to this city.
The sad event occurred at her residence
174 James Street East
. For a month or
six weeks past Mrs. Ryan had been suffering from a severe cold, but from this
she had been gradually recovering up until a week of her death, when she
ventured out and suffered a relapse. Being
of an advanced age, 74 years, this gradually took on a serious aspect until
death ended it all. Mrs. Ryan was
the mother of the well known business men bearing her name—Messrs Thomas,
George and James Ryan of this city; and Michael of Three Forks, B.C.; and also
Mrs. John Stephenson and Mrs. R.D. Patterson of this city. Seventeen years ago,
at which time she was a widow, she came with her family from her old home in
Perth
, Ont., to
Winnipeg
to reside. Mrs.
Ryan has always led an exemplary life, being up until the time of her death a
devout Christian and a good mother. Only
those intimately acquainted with Mrs. Ryan knew her value, owing to the quiet
and unassuming manner in which she went about and did the work that fell to her
lot. She had been a member of Grace
Church since her arrival here and although attendance at service and work in her
declining years was not characterized by her well known regularity, she will be
greatly missed in the church circles.
Death of Mr. Thomas
Cairne—A year ago or more, Mr. Thomas Cairne, postmaster of this
town, was taken ill from heart disease and from that time has been more or less
undermined in health. Last week he
was stricken down with paralysis that was on one side of his body, and on
Wednesday morning at
6:00
he passed peacefully away.
The late Mr. Cairne was a native of Tyrone, in the north of
Ireland
, where he learned the trade of a printer.
He came to
Canada
and worked for a time in
Kingston
, where he married Miss Givens, who is now a widow.
After a time he moved to
Perth
and became foreman of the British Standard, and later on he
and Mr. Thomas Scott (now Col Scott, ex-M.P. of
Winnipeg
) started the Perth Expositor.
Four years later, in 1865, he was appointed postmaster and for thirty
years intervening to this week, he filled the office faithfully and well, giving
the utmost satisfaction to the public and to the department.
He was also a prominent member of the
Methodist
Church
, a very liberal giver and for many years chairman of the
Perth District, and an official of the local congregation.
He was also for some years a member of the Collegiate Institute Board and
a good friend of progress in educational matters.
Personally he was a kind and genial man, of good judgment and excellent
abilities, and a promoter, of any good cause in our midst, being prominent in
temperance and in religion. Besides the widow he leaves a family of two
daughters and eight sons: Mrs. (Rev)
Jamison, Sydenham; Mrs. Samuel Dowson, Kimaley; Thomas, post official,
Vancouver, B.C.; Albert, post office inspector, Winnipeg; George F., barrister,
Smith’s Falls; Walter, barrister, Newboro; Arthur and Harry in the post
office, Perth; Charles, printer, Ottawa; and Herbert, druggist, Chicago.
The funeral will take place on Friday afternoon at
2:00
from his late residence,
Gore Street
, to the
Methodist
Church
and thence to
Elmwood
Cemetery
.
Perth
Courier,
July 16, 1897
Mr. J. McPherson, Mayor of Kincardine,
has sent us a copy of the Kinkanline Reporter for July 1, from which we take the
following report of a former Dalhousie settler:
Margaret Rolston, beloved wife of Mr.
William Miller, Bervie, was called to prove the realities of another world on
Saturday evening, June 10, aged 67 years, after a lingering illness borne with
Christian faith, courage and fortitude. Deceased
was born in Scotland in 1830, emigrated to Dalhousie Township, Lanark County,
Ontario, where she was brought up and after being united in marriage to Mr.
William Miller at 20 years of age, moved in 1850 to Bervie, in this county,
which was then in its virgin state, a vast wilderness, settling in the midst of
the trees without clearing, home, money or comforts of life.
Yet faithfully they labored, step by step, until as the years passed they
built a comfortable home, secured possession of a large farm, and always had
God’s blessings and the necessities of life.
They raised a large family: seven
sons and three daughters who are scattered today far and wide.
William, John and Mrs. Dana are in the northern part of Dakota; George in
Rossland
,
British Columbia
; James in
Turtle Mountain
,
Manitoba
; Mrs. Pringle in
Port Huron
; Mrs. Wm. Rutledge at Millarton; Charles and Matthew Virtue
are on the homestead. One son died
some years ago in his ninth year. Forty-four
years the deceased was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Bervie, always ready
to do her part; kind, obliging, patient and exemplary; punctual and regular in
her attendance at the prayer meetings and different functions of the church;
took a deep interest in the spiritual welfare of the congregation of which she
was a member. The funeral was on
Monday to the Kincardine cemetery, and was largely attended, her many friends in
town and country were out in large numbers to pay the last token of respect to
her memory. Her removal will be much
felt and missed. Her mother, Mrs.
John Rolston, who lived with her for a number of years, died two years ago, aged
86 years. Her grandson, John
Pringle, aged fifteen years, died suddenly four months ago at the home in
Bervie.
The Late Mrs. John O’Neil
This estimable lady, the wife of Mr.
John O’Neil, 5th (or 6th?) line
Bathurst
(Wemyss), died on the 7th of July, after a long
illness. Eight years ago she was
seized with the grippe, but she recovered almost wholly for the time, but two
years ago she was taken with it again and the disease settled in her lungs, and
carried her off, after an illness for that time, which she bore very patiently,
age the age of 58 (56?) years. Deceased’s
maiden name was Margaret Kehoe.
She left three sons—John F., in
British Columbia
; Peter and Daniel, at home; and one daughter Mrs. John
Murphy, 3rd line,
Bathurst
. Her remains
were interred in the R. Catholic cemetery,
Perth
, on Friday, six of her nephews acting as pall-bearers.
The funeral was a very large one, one hundred and ten rigs passing Glen
Tay. Her husband has the sympathy of
the community where he lives.
Twenty-Three Yeas in Bed
On Thursday last Mr. Alex
Dunlop, who for some twenty-three years has been confined to his bed
from ankylosis, and who, during all those years has had to be fed and waited
upon for every necessity of life, passed quietly away at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. A. Duck, aged 68 years. Deceased
was at one time a farmer in Ramsay, where his wife died many years ago.
He has been a resident of
Carleton Place
for a long time, and always as helpless as though devoid of
life. He could turn neither hand nor
foot, but could eat his meals as regular as though in good health.
His case has been a most remarkable one.
The funeral took place on Saturday to Cram’s Cemetery.
Posted: Feb 26, 2003