James Giles

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1925, Friday May 29, The Almonte Gazette, front page
James Giles
On the evening of May 22nd, Mr. James Giles of Cedar Hill peacefully passed away in his eighty third year, after an illness of about three months. He was always blessed with exceptional health, and was very energetic until February. The late Mr. Giles was a son of the late Thomas Giles of the third concession of Ramsay and is the last of a family of thirteen. When but a lad of nine years of age his father died, and his first thought was to earn and help his widowed mother. In 1866 he married Mary Ann Smith of Pakenham who predeceased him two years and five months ago. To them were born six children Mrs. Richard Evans (Eliza Jane), of Burritt's Rapids. Mrs. James Jackson, (Margaret) of Edmonton, Miss Mary Agnes and Wm. John of Clayton, James Edward of Cedar Hill, and Thomas Henry on the homestead, and seventeen grandchildren. The late Mr. Giles was a very prosperous, hardworking man, he bore his sickness patiently, without a murmur. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. from his late residence to St. Mark's church and cemetery, and was largely attended. Many coming from Ottawa, Almonte, Clayton and the surrounding district to pay their last tribute to one who was so widely known Rev. G. A. Brunet, Parish Priest, officiated at the house, church and grave, There was a beautiful wreath from the family, spray from Mr and Mrs. John Fulton J r . The pallbearers were Mr. Edward McMunn, Mr. Richard Evans, (son-in-Iaw), Mr. Robert J. Giles, Mr, Max Smith, Mr. W. Reid and Mr. Fred Forsythe.

James married Mary Ann Smith in 1866. Mary (daughter of John Smith and Mary Jane McMunn) was born on 17 Jun 1843 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 22 Dec 1922 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eliza Jane Giles was born on 29 Nov 1867 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Dec 1952 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Union Cemetery, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.
2. Thomas Henry Giles was born on 23 Dec 1867 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 May 1952 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada.
3. Mary Agnes Giles was born in 1869 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jun 1960 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada.
4. William John Giles was born on 11 Feb 1871 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jul 1943 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada.
5. Margaret "Maggie" Giles was born in 1874; and died.
6. James Edward "Eddie Giles was born on 7 May 1881 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Aug 1959 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 23 Aug 1959 in Clayton United Church Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Thomas married Elizabeth "Eliza" Williamson. Elizabeth was born in 1803 in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; died on 10 Apr 1878 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]