Eliza May Smith

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Family/Spouse: Robert Henry Cherry. Robert (son of Joseph Benson Cherry and Emeline Burroughs) was born on 25 Jul 1900 in Stittsville, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Mar 1953 in Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Munster Union Cemetery, Munster, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Ottawa Citizen - Friday, Dec. 5th, 1958
Alfred Smith Passes, Aged 80
Alfred Smith, of 23 Hill Street, died suddenly at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Harry O'Neil. He was 80.
Mr. Smith was born at Ashton in August, 1878, and was a son of the late Samuel Smith and his wife, Eliza Switzer.
He was married in Ashton, in December, 1904, to the former Charlotte Adeline Simpson who predeceased him in 1940.
Mr. Smith attended the Anglican Church.
He leaves two sons, Henry E. Smith of Stittsville and Nelson Smith, of Ottawa; one daughter, Mrs. Fred Rivet (Mae), of Ottawa; one brother, Hiram Smith, Ashton; and one sister, Mrs Nicholas Coyles, Carleton Place, two grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
The funeral will be held in the chapel of Veitch-Draper Limited, 453 Parkdale Avenue, on Saturday at 2 p.m.. The Rev. Norman McLeod officiating. Interment will be in the Munster Union Cemetery.

Alfred married Charlotte Adelaine "Lottie" Simpson on 21 Dec 1904. Charlotte (daughter of William F. Mollies "Bill" Simpson and Jane G. Forde) was born in 1884 in Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Nov 1940; was buried in 1940 in Munster Union Cemetery, Munster, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel married Elizabeth Switzer. Elizabeth was born on 16 Apr 1839 in Ontario, Canada; died on 29 May 1918; was buried in 1918 in Christ Church Anglican Cemetery, Ashton, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Schweitzer
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• Name: Mollies Bill Simpson
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William married Jane G. Forde on 9 Oct 1877 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of Thomas Forde and Margaret Gaston) was born on 16 Sep 1847 in North Elmsley Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Sep 1917 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage witnesses: Neil Simpson of Goulbourn & Emily Jane Neilson of Franktown, Ontario.

Married in the Prebyterian Church, Carleton Place.

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Samuel married Mary Ann Crawford in 1812 in Ireland. Mary (daughter of Gilbert Crawford and Mary Madole Hamilton) was born in 1793 in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland; died on 18 Apr 1899 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1899 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
From the Carleton Place Herald

Birth/Marriage/Death Notices, Volume 5, Deaths 1897 - 1904

Source: Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society



SIMPSON

On Apr 8 at the residence of her son-in-law, James Brown, 47 Arthur St., Ottawa, Mary Crawford, wife of the the late Samuel Simpson, age 106 yrs. Oldest woman in Ottawa, formerly of Ashton. Born Co. Down, Ireland, came to Canada c.1814 to Goulbourn, husband helped build Rideau Canal, he died 42 yrs ago. Family of 10, lvs 2: Mrs. James Brown [Agnes Ann] and William Simpson of Goulbourn. Int. Ashton.

(Apr 11, 1899, p.1; col.5 & p.4, col.3)



There is also a story from the Ottawa Evening Citizen from 1898 about Mary and an obituary in the same paper about her death.

Buried:
Inscription
AE 106 Yrs
Native of County Down, Ireland

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Thomas married Margaret Gaston on 4 Aug 1837 in Johnstown, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born in 1821 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland; died in 1883 in North Elmsley Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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