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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Karl married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anton married Mary Rusch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jack Caskey
• Name: John Caskey
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(Research):G. Caskey:
Cremated, ashes to Bateman SK and interred in beside wife Lilias Grace Penman.
Was a general store clerk at McAdams General Store in Almonte. The store was located about 200 yds east from the corner of Bridge and Mill Sts. He also worked for West's General Store at the foot of Mill St. He travelled to Winnipeg with his parents. Worked in Lavery's General Store in Newdale MB. In 1921 he moved to Basswood to work in the General Store there. When he lost his first wife, he employed Lilias Penman (met through Lavery's) as a housekeeper. In 1924 he moved to McCord SK to work in a store there. Following the birth of their youngest daughter in 1925 they moved to Bateman SK. He worked in McGregor's General Store until the depression when he became caretaker of the school and of the local church.

Died:
CASKEY, John
Passed away on July 17, 1980, John Caskey, formerly of Bateman, Sask., aged 97 years. Survived by one son, George, of Ottawa: Three daughters, Irene Geres. Gravelborg, Sask., Margaret. Oakland, cam. end Lilias Rlttaler, of Vancouver. A service of remembrance will be held Wednesday, July 23 at 11:00 a.m. In the Dogwood Chapel of HAMILTON MORTUARY, 5390 Fraser St. (at 38th Ave.) Rev. Howard Fllslnger officiating. Cremation.

John married Lilias Grace Penman on 19 Apr 1922 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Lilias (daughter of Charles Penman and Maggie Chalmers Brown) was born on 4 Aug 1893 in Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 12 May 1976 in Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in 1976 in Bateman Cemetery, Bateman, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):George Caskey notes: the church records have been recopied and the dates of 3 entries omitted - closest date range - between Sept 1 and Dec 15 1871. Robert Caskey, older brother of James was best man, d. 23 Feb 1906 at age 59.
James with brothers moved to Sandpoint (address on marriage certificate) - a lumbering center. It is anticipated that the Caskey men were engaged in lumbering.

Irish descent, lived on 9th line, Ramsay Twp.
School teacher, clerk of the Twp of Ramsay 1903, bookkeeper for 3 cheese factories in Ramsay Township. Known for his excellent penmanship.
Caskey boys moved to Winnipeg in 1902 and worked in printing and capentering. James, with daughters Margaret and Agnes to Winnipeg in 1903, Jane Elizabeth remained behind with mother and continued to maintain the records for the 3 creameries. He returned to Almonte and in 1904 his wife and 'Jennie' moved to Winnipeg. He worked as a carpenter until his sudden death in1906.
The family lived on Manitoba Ave. near Main St. in N. Winnipeg.

Built a house at 312 Perth St. Almonte, about 1875.

James married Elizabeth Agnes Duncan on 5 Oct 1871 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Duncan and Margaret Lockhart) was born on 16 Nov 1845 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1941 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in 1941 in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Eliza Duncan
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Lived in Almonte, Ontario

In Winnipeg MB in 1941 when her brother Wm. J. Duncan died.

Occupation on 1871 census as dressmaker living in Almonte with sister Agnes also listed as a dressmaker.
Likely living and working with their spinster aunt, 50 year old Agnes Duncan in Almonte. Agnes born 1818 in Scotland and died in Almonte in 1877.

Birth:
Discrepency in Manitoba Death index 16 Nov 1846 current entry is 16 Nov 1845

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Died:
?b?MRS. ELIZABETH CASKEY?/b?
Mrs. Elizabeth (Duncan) Caskey, a resident of Winnipeg for 36 years, died Sunday In her 95th year. She was the widow of James Caskey, who died In 1907 and had resided with her daughters, Mrs. J. Coulter, of 1057 Logan Ave.
Born in 1846 in Almonte, Ont., Mrs. Caskey came west In 1905. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Coulter; Mrs. A. Taylor, Dryden. Ont., and Mrs. O. C. Feetham, Winnipeg; four sons: Andrew and James, Winnipeg; John, Bateman, Sask., and Robert, Kincaid. Sask.; also 26 grandchildren and five great - grandchildren. The funeral service will be held Tuesday at 1.30 p.m. in Mordue's funeral chapel, with burial In the family plot in Elmwood cemetery. Dr. G. A. Woodside will officiate.

Buried:
Plot: 14A-G0101

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Married:
Married by Rev. J. Gordon, in Church of Scotland, Almonte
Witness: Robert Caskey, brother, Sand Point.

Name: Eliza Duncan
Age: 25
Birth Year: 1846
Birth Place: Ramsey, Ontario
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1871
Marriage Place: Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Father: Robert Duncan
Mother: Margaret Duncan
Spouse: James Caskey

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(Research):From George Caskey: Lilias came to Canada as an escort for her younger brother Thomas. Met John in Winnipeg through some friends. She was a trained singer and was known in Glasgow as the little girl with the big voice. Arrived in Bateman in July 1925. In 1926 she started a choir for the new church being built. For this and the many plays and concerts she organizaed, she was on Sept 23 1951 presented with a bone china tea service, tea table and lunch cloth on her 25th anniversary as choir leader. In her own words 'I enjoy the work. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to share my talent in this friendly community'.

Charles married Maggie Chalmers Brown on 13 Apr 1886 in Hareshaw Farm, Greenhill, Scotland. Maggie was born on 24 Mar 1867 in Parkhead, Cleland, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 5 May 1908 in Combusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Was she referred to as Aunt Jenny? She was a housekeeper for a Dr. Rankin