Margaret Adeline "Addie" Lawford

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Margaret married Walter Augustus "Gus" Toop in 1897. Walter (son of Frederick Sidney Toop and Rachel Sarah Haynes) was born on 8 Jun 1873 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jan 1957 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Oliver Ernest Toop was born on 6 Feb 1899 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1972 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 8 Apr 1972 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. Aida May Toop was born in 1900 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Mar 1959 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1959 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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Notes:

Died:
1922, Friday May 19
The Almonte Gazette front page
Mr Robert Lawford
Mr Robert Lawford, who has been a citizen of Almonte
or vicinity all his life was afflicted with a stroke of the heart a
short time ago, and although he received loving attention
and care he gradually weakened and passed peacefully
away on Saturday morning, 13 inst., at the age of 76 years.
The funeral took place the following Monday afternoon
and the services were conducted by Rev Geo Gomme.
Robt Lawford was a son of a veteran of Waterloo and
the Crimea, who having received his government grant
came from the south of England and settled in the township
of Beckwith where Robert was born. Three of the eleven
children still survive, viz.: Mrs Dobson and Thos Lawford of
Smiths Falls and Mrs Brownlee, of Ashton. Robert had a
quiet and reliable life, chiefly as a farmer and a woodman.
He was known far and wide for his ability in handling the
axe. He was a member of the Baptist church, and was a
Conservative in politics. In early life he married Sarah
Thompson, sister of Geo Thompson, of our town. She
passed away twenty-four years ago and left a family of five
boys and 3 girls: Mrs Toop and Sidney, of Almonte; Earl of
Westboro and George of Toronto, were both overseas for
several years and won high honours. The other surviving
members of their family are Robert, of Campbellford, and
Mrs Sheriff Atkins of Gravelburg. William, the eldest, died in
1908 and Alice in 1913.

Robert married Sarah Ann Thompson in 1873. Sarah was born in 1850 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1899 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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