Bessie Cram

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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187301710
• _FGRAVE: 187301710

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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187301707
• _FGRAVE: 187301707
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
see notes for death

Died:
Allen, Dolly and Joan McKay, "Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, from the Carleton Place Herald,
Volume 5: Deaths 1897 - 1904 by Global Heritage Press, Carleton Place, 2017
On Feb. 2, David CRAM, son of the late David CRAM, early Scottish settler. Born Beckwith on Aug. 20, 1847, age 54 yrs. Bookkeeper, Councillor, reeve and former Mayor. Married July, 1873 to Elizabeth HOUSTON. Lvs. wife, 3 children: Edith, Mary, Walden, the late Ada and late Bessie. Brother of S.G. and James of Beckwith, W.J. and George of Morden, Man., Edward in Western States. Sisters Mrs. Drummond McNEELY of Carleton Place and Mrs. William MOE of Sherbrooke, Que.
(Feb. 4, 1902, p.1, col. 5 & p.4, col. 3)

David married Elizabeth Houston in Jul 1873. Elizabeth was born on 9 Jun 1849; died on 30 Mar 1932; was buried in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Married:
see notes for husband David Cram

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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185947952
• _FGRAVE: 185947952
• _FSFTID: L8T4-PJV
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8T4-PJV
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007
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2. death register, Carleton Place, ON
age 70 years
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3. d.o.b. on gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Died:
death register, Beckwith, ON
age 70 years,
reported by Samuel G. Cram, his son

Buried:
St. Fillians Section

David married Annie Nicholson on 4 Apr 1837 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Annie was born on 1 Dec 1819 in Yorkshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1895 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anne Nicholson
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185947973
• _FGRAVE: 185947973
• _FSFTID: KCPS-WW7
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCPS-WW7
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
1. death register, Beckwith, ON
age 77 years
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2. d.o.b. on gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Died:
1. death register, Beckwith, ON
age 77 years
reported by David Cram
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2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Lanark Era
Wed. August 12th, 1896
In Beckwith, last Friday, Mrs. David Cram, of the IIIh conc. Born Ann Nicholson, in Yorkshire, England, in 1819, she came with her parents to this country in 1820. Settling first at Elizabethtown, they afterwards moved to Ramsay to Leckie's Crs. In 1838, at the age of 18 years, she married David Cram, son of Peter Cram, the first settler in the twp. John Cram was in fact the first settIer. A brother of David, he came in 1818. She had eleven children of whom eight now survive. Of the Nicholson family, only James Nicholson, of Ramsay, survives at the age of 86 years.

Buried:
St. Fillians Section

Notes:

Married:
1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007
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2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON
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Marriages in Bathurst District, part 2
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bathurst2.htm
Page 25, April 4, 1837, David CRAM, Beckwith, to Ann NICOLSON, Ramsay. Wit: Daniel Cram, William Nicolson.
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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185955611
• _FGRAVE: 185955611
• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Died:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Buried:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of
PETER CRAM.
and his beloved wife
JENET KAY.
who Emigrated with
their family from
COMRIE, SCOTLAND
in the Year 1820
and died in the Year
1848 AGED
????????????????
Gravesite Details The monument is cracked and damaged at the bottom which prevents reading the information.

Peter married Janet Kay on 14 Dec 1794 in Monzievaird, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of James Key and Catherine Stalker) was born on 2 May 1773 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 2 May 1773 in Monzievaird, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 27 Dec 1849 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet Key
• Name: Jenet Key
• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Buried:
Jenet Kay Cram is likely buried with her husband Peter Cram but not recorded in Find a Grave.

Notes:

Married:
1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007
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2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON