Perth Courier Obituaries
supplied by Christine M. Spencer of Northwestern University, Evanston, Il., USA.
Cameron—Died, at Harper on Saturday, 2nd August, Jane Christie Cameron, wife of James Y. Cameron, aged 28.
Moodie—Died, at Carleton Place on Monday, 4th Aug., Katie Moodie, youngest daughter of Mr. Robert D. Moodie, aged 4 years, 3 months.
Elsewhere in the same paper:
On Monday the sad news was received in town of the death at
Carleton Place of little four year old daughter of Robert Moodie under
painful circumstances we are thus given by the Herald:
“Last Saturday afternoon the little four year old daughter of Robert
Moodie of the Revere House, named Katie, got possession of a bottle of corrosive
sublimate and before she was noticed swallowed a draught of the poisonous stuff.
Medical aid was summoned immediately but without success and she died on
Monday morning about
McIneray—Died, at
Kidd—Died, at Beckwith, 3rd Line, Mr. George Nelson Kidd, only son of Mr. George Kidd, aged 21. (unsure of this surname.)
Henry—Died, at
Lowe—Died, at
McConnell—Died, at Winnipeg on the 21st July, Anne Isabella Stewart McConnell, beloved wife of Mr. D.S. McConnell, barrister, Carleton Place, aged 30.
Truelove—Died, on Monday, 18th inst., at his
residence on the 11th (?) Line
Wrathel—Died, at
Samuel Wrathell, for many years a resident of
McNaught—Died, at Downer’s Grove,
Elsewhere in the same paper:
We regret to hear of the death in Downer’s Grove,
Strong—Died, in
On Sunday, 18th Aug., Mr. John Truelove died after a very severe illness which he bore with great patience till death released him from all the pain. Never once during his illness was he heard to murmur at his fate but submitted patiently knowing that in His good time God would free him from all pain. He leaves a widow and ten children to mourn his loss. The funeral took place on Wednesday of last week and was very largely attended by friends and acquaintances all of whom felt they were losing a good friend and neighbor. The deceased was born in March of 1819.
Price—Died, at
Miller—Died, at
Boles—Died, at S. Sherbrooke on the 31st Aug., Mrs. Boles, relict of the late Robert Boles, aged 86.
Elsewhere in the same paper:
Yuill—Died, at the residence of her son, Jas. Yuill, Ramsay, on the 30th Aug., Ellen Atkenhead Yuill, relict of the late Alexander Yuill, aged 86.
Elsewhere in the same paper:
Another old resident passed over to the silent majority in
the person of Mrs. Alexander Yuill, relict of the late Alexander Yuill,
Lanark Links—We are pained to chronicle the death in this correspondence of Mrs. Duncan McLaren, wife of one of our prominent farmers which occurred Monday. The deceased had been ailing for some months back and her death, though, was a shock to her large circle of friends and acquaintances. She leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her loss. The funeral took place on Wednesday and was very largely attended. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The death is announced of Mrs. D. G. Martin at her home in N. Burgess on Wednesday after a lingering illness.
Oxley—Died, at Daisy Hill, Acorn Villa, Durham, England, on the 18th Aug., Mary Ann Oxley, relict of the late George Oxley and mother of W. J. Oxley, formerly of Perth, aged 59.
McNab—Died, at
Sutton—Died, on Friday, 12th Sept., at his home in Newboro, George Sutton, publisher of the Standard, aged 61 (?).
McMartin—Died, at
Ballantyne—Died, at Friday, 19th Sept., at
Couch—Died, at
Corry—Drowned in the River Tay,
Elsewhere in the same paper:
On Wednesday of last week George Corry Jr., went
down to the river to shoot ducks. The
boat in which he trusted himself was a small “monitor” almost 8 feet long
and about 2 ½ feet wide at the top sloping to a very narrow width at the
bottom, a very small and dangerous craft. He
did not reach home that night as expected but as he was accustomed to stay some
times down the river this did not cause a great deal of apprehension.
However, on Saturday, someone found his canoe with a broken paddle and a
dead duck in it but could not see or find the owner.
The boat was found in a little bay almost 100 yards from the entrance to
Bowman’s cut and quite two miles from the Basin.
Search was made that day and his coat and hat found near that locality.
It was continued on Sunday afternoon when the searchers in the canal
barge grappled with the body in the canal near the cut spoken of and brought it
to the surface. The remains were not
disfigured or discolored, only slightly mutilated in the operation of the
grappling. The funeral took place to
Graham—Died, at
Elsewhere in the same paper:
After a protracted illness Richard Graham, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Graham of this town died of consumption on Friday, aged 19
years. The body was taken to
Huntley,
Hope—Died, at Minot, Dakota on the 27th Sept., Bernice Hope, only daughter of Mr. William Hope, aged 1 year.
Stephenson—Died, at
Pratt—Died, at
O’Neil—Died, on Monday, 5th Oct., Paul
O’Neil,
Hughes—Died, at Mount Brydges, Ont., on Thurs., 9th Oct., of pneumonia, Anna Bella Hughes, aged 17, formerly of Perth, granddaughter of Mrs. William Smitherman. The body was interred in St. James Church cemetery, Innisville, on Sunday last.
Elsewhere in the same paper:
Mr. A.E. Smitherman of the C.P.R.,
Lanark Links: An old resident of Lanark passed away on Friday, 17th inst., Miss Bella Fleming, sister of Mrs. Thomas Cameron. The deceased had been ailing for some time the first sign of her disease being La Grippe. She was 50 years of age.
Menzies—Died, on Sunday, 29th Oct., Susan
Ritchie Menzies, wife of John Menzies, first line
Hughes—Died, at
Burgess—Died, at Baltimor, Ontario, on Sunday, 19th Oct., James Burgess, grandfather of Mr. A. C. Burgess, of Carleton Place aged 99 years and 19 months
Fleming—Died, at Lanark, on Friday, 17th October, Isabella Fleming, aged (illegible).
Farry—Died, at Perth on Saturday afternoon, 1st Nov., Sarah Helen Farry, infant daughter of Mr. Daniel Farry, aged 2 months and 23 days.
On Tuesday last Mr. Charles Symington of Ramsay
passed from the cares of the earth after having been unconscious from the
previous Saturday as the result of a paralytic stroke—the second within a
month. The Gazette gives the
following obituary: “The deceased
was born in
Smitherman—Died, at Mount Brydges Ont., Sunday, 9th
Nov., of anemia (?), Miss Annie H. Smitherman, formerly of
On Tuesday, 21st Oct., David Boyle of
Darling died at his residence near Brightside at the age of 70 years.
He was born in the town of
Chalmers—Died, at her residence on Merrickville Road, Montague, on Sat., 8th Nov., Margaret Chalmers, wife of Mr. Edward Chalmers, Esq., 72 years, and 10 (?) months.
Dodds—Died, at Glen Tay on the 15th (?) Nov., Ross Dodds, infant son of Mr. John A. Dodds, 8 months and 15 days.
We regret to learn of the death on Monday of Mrs. Thomas
Pink, Pembroke from consumption. The
deceased was a native of
Pink—Died, at Pembroke on Monday, 17th
November, Jane Steele Pink, formerly of
Bathwell—Died, at Lanark on the 23rd Nov., Annie Maud Bathwell, infant daughter of Mr. John H. Bathwell, 7 months. (note, surname could have been Bothwell.)
Brooke—Died, at
Elsewhere in the same paper:
On Friday evening after an illness of three months William
Boswell Brooke, eldest son of our venerable town and county clerk Thomas
Brooke died at the residence of his father on
Brooke Blair’s Corners—Another old
McNeely—Died, at Carleton Place on the 30th Nov., Jane Moore McNeely, relict of the late Mr. Bruce McNeely, aged 92.
Dougherty—Died, at
McCarthy—Died, at Perth early Saturday morning 29th Nov., Annie Gertrude McCarthy, eldest daughter of Mr. Michael McCarthy, aged 12 years, 2 days.
Darou—Died, at Lanark on Sunday morning, the infant son of Mr. Benjamin Darou, aged 4 weeks.
Lanark Links—We are called upon this week to record the
death of an aged Christian lady Mrs. McQuarry, who passed quietly away at
Lanark on Sunday morning 30th Nov.
Mrs. McQuarry came out to this country from
Ringer—Died, at Smith’s Falls on the 27th Nov., Emily F. G – dg - - - Ringer, wife of Mr. George Ringer, aged 32.
Goodfellow—Died, at S. Elmsley on Thursday morning, 27th Nov., Mary Goodfellow, widow of the late Mr. Robert Goodfellow, aged 84.
Crampton—Died, at Innisville on Wed., 3rd Dec., Benjamin Earnest Crampton, son of Mr. Benjamin Crampton, aged 8.
Bellamy—Died at Clayton on the 1st Dec., Mr. Edward Bellamy, aged 64.
Lanark Links—An old resident of Darling, Mr. Bissett, died on Thursday, 4th inst., Mr. Bissett was 93 years of age. The remains were buried at the Lanark Village cemetery.
Graham—Died, at Perth on Sunday, 14th Dec., the wife of Mr. George Graham, aged 66.
McNaughton—Died, at Balderson on Monday, 15th Dec., Miss Kate McNaughton, aged 34.
Malloch—Died, at Hamilton on Tuesday morning, 23rd Dec., Mrs. Eliza Malloch, relict of the late Judge Malloch of Brockville.
We regret to announce the death this week of Mr. Robert Taylor, Smith’s Falls, who died very suddenly on Friday last. Mr. Taylor had been for some years, we believe, a section boss on the C.P.R. at the Falls and was respected as a trusted servant of the company. He was also respected and beloved as a brother of the Canadian Order of Forresters in which he showed a lively interest being one of the brethren of Port Hope, who came to Perth to attend the funeral of the late George (illegible name) little thinking that his own would be the next Forresters’ funeral. He was buried (illegible word) the Canadian Order of Forresters the (illegible word) being attended by about 25 from the Perth court; also the Frankville and Merrickville courts were well represented. This shows the respect and fraternal feeling of sympathy and brotherhood which exists with the members of the order.
Posted: 9 March, 2004