Mary Wood

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1908, Friday November 27, The Almonte Gazette page 4

?b?Mrs S. Taylor?/b?
Thursday morning word came to friends in Blakeney that Mrs Samuel Taylor of Ottawa, sister of the late Wm Y. Wood, of Cedar Hill, had died suddenly. This was all the more surprising as a letter received from her the evening before reported her as in usual health. Mrs Taylor was one of a family of seven, four of whom have died within the last ten months ? Jean, last January; Ann (Mrs Edwards) in August; a brother, William Y. Wood of Cedar Hill, in September, and now Mary (Mrs Taylor). The body is being brought to Almonte and the funeral will leave the C.P.R. station upon the arrival of the morning local from Ottawa on Friday for the eighth line cemetery, where interment takes place.

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1894, Friday August 24, The Almonte Gazette front page
Almost a Centenarian
Another of the early settlers of Lanark County passed quietly out of life on Monday last, when Mr Walter Wood, of Upper Pakenham, was summoned across the mysterious bourne whence none return. He had been ill but a week, though bedfast for a year prior to his death, and blind for the past six years. He was clearheaded to the last. Before he reached the closing decade of the century he had always been hale and vigorous. The late Mr Wood was born in Dundivan, near Airdrie, Scotland, in the year 1796, and therefore attended the great age of 98 years. In 1832 he married Mary Young, sister of the late Peter, Robert, and William Young, of Ramsay, and four days after the marriage they sailed from Scotland for Canada. A few months after their arrival they settled on the farm on the ninth line of Pakenham on which they lived the balance of their long lives, doing their full share of the pioneer work and enduring hardships incident to life in Lanark County in the thirties and forties. Mrs Wood died seven years ago. Seven children were born to them, viz.: Mrs Buchanan, Miss Janet Wood, W.Y. Wood, on the homestead; Mrs James Barker, Ramsay; Mrs Taylor, Mrs Edwards and Miss Jane Wood, of Ottawa. Fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also mourn the loss of the venerable gentleman. Deceased possessed qualities that won for him the warm friendship of all who knew him, and he will be long and favourably remembered in the neighbourhood. His was a quiet disposition. He never sought public office. To the last he had a good memory, and was fond of relating incidents of life in these parts in the early days. He was an ardent Reformer, and a Presbyterian. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, to the eighth line cemetery, when a very large procession followed the remains to their resting place ? a fitting testimony to the worth of the departed.

Walter married Mary Anne Young on 31 Mar 1832 in Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1809 in North Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 27 May 1887 in Pakenham Township, 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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1887, Friday April 1, The Almonte Gazette front page
A Healthy Neighbourhood
Pakenham township must be an exceedingly healthy neighbourhood, if we judge by the facts contained in the following item, which has been kindly handed in to us by a resident of the above township: Within the compass of a mile on the 9th line of Pakenham there reside ten old settlers whose combined aged tote astonishing aggregate of 828 years - average of over the four score. As we know our readers will be interested to learn who the parties are, we give the names and ages as follows: ....... Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wood, aged 87 and 78 respectively, emigrated from Lanarkshire the same year as Mr. Waddell. At time of writing Mrs. Wood is laid up with what it is feared will prove a fatal illness.

P.S. - Since writing, the above we learn that Mrs. Wood died on Sunday. During her long residence in this district the deceased lady, by her many excellent qualities, won for herself a very large circle of warm friends, one and all of whom will receive with deep sorrow the news of her demise. The bereaved ones have our sincere sympathy.