Elaine Giles

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(Research):EVANS-CODE, Don Duncan and Elaine Munro could be 4th cousin through: 3rd. great-grandparents Benjamin Richard Evans and Rachel Code as common ancestors with shared DNA of 13 cM across one segment with largest segment being 15 cM, as recorded in my Ancestry and Legacy family trees.

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Family/Spouse: Glen Munro. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Kenneth married Helen Evelyn Currie. Helen (daughter of Stuart Currie and Rachel Caroline "Ray" Melanson) was born on 26 Jan 1924 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Apr 2012 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1948, Thursday May 8, The Almonte Gazette page 5
MR. ELIJAH M. GILES
One of Lanark Township's oldest residents, Mr. Elijah M. Giles,
passed away at the G.W.M. Hospital, Perth, on April 25th, following an illness of nine months. Mr. Giles was born on July 25th. 1872, in Ramsay Township, a son of the late Mr. Enoch Giles and his wife, Margaret Manson. When just a young man, he settled on a farm on the ninth concession of Lanark township where he lived all the rest of his life. On January 19th, 1910, he was united in marriage with Miss Isabel Warren who survives with two sons, Warren on the homestead and Kenneth of Almonte. Other members of his family are three brothers, Will and Charles of Ramsay and James of Carleton Place; also three sisters, Mrs. Ida McCall, Mrs. Ethel McNeely and Miss Jessie Giles of Carleton Place. Two brothers and two sisters predeceased him, John of Drummond Centre and Herman of Ramsay; Ida and Elizabeth (Mrs. John F. Ramsbottom) Lanark. Largely attended, the funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon from Alex. Blair & Son's Funeral Home, Perth, to Elmwood cemetery. Rev. S. D, Holmes, Anglican rector, officiated at the services. The pallbearers were five nephews, Harold and Clarence Ramsbottom, Lloyd McCall, Wilbert and Calvin Giles and Harry Warren. Numerous floral tributes were received by the bereaved relatives.

Elijah married Isabella Elizabeth Warren. Isabella (daughter of Thomas Warren and Isabella Waite) was born on 14 Aug 1885 in Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Oct 1965 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Isabella Warren
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• Name: Stewart Currie
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Stuart married Rachel Caroline "Ray" Melanson on 15 Feb 1922 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Rachel (daughter of Alexander Robert Melanson and Caroline Millar) was born in Jul 1901 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jan 1983 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 13 Jan 1983 in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Caroline Rachel Melanson
• Name: Ray Melanson
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Death:
Role: Obituary: family

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Died:
1917, Tuesday February 6, The Carleton Place Herald page 4
DEATHS
GILES -- In Ramsay, February 2nd, Enoch Giles, aged 72 years.

1917 Friday February 9, The Almonte Gazette front page
The Late Enoch Giles
Mr Enoch Giles, a well known resident of Ramsay, passed away on Friday morning, aged 72 years. Deceased
was born and lived all his life in the township. He had been in poor health for some time and a week before his
death sustained a stroke from which he never rallied. he is survived by six sons and four daughters, his wife
having predeceased him by five years. The sons are William, Charles, James and Herman, in Ramsay, Elijah in
Lanark and John in Drummond. The daughters are Mrs. John Ramsbottom, Lanark Township; Mrs Geo. McCall
of Ramsay, and Jessie and Ethal at home. Deceased was a member of the Anglian church, a man well known
and much esteemed. The funeral took place Monday to St. George's cemetery at Clayton.

Enoch married Margaret Manson in 1870. Margaret was born on 1 Jun 1848 in Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 27 Jan 1913 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. George's Anglican Cemetery, Union Hall, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1913, Friday January 31, The Almonte Gazette page 3
Clayton News
The funeral of the late Mrs. Enoch Giles, sr., 2nd line Ramsay, took place this Wednesday.

Thomas married Isabella Waite. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Ann Jane Keating. Ann (daughter of James Keating and Ellen "Nellie" Stewart) was born in 1858 in Lanark County, Canada West; died in 1938; was buried in Clayton United Church Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
MELANSON, Alexander Robert In hospital Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, April 5, 1960, Alexander Robert Melanson, beloved husband of the late Caroline Miller in his 94th year. Resting at the Kerry-Scott Funeral Home, Elgin Street, Almonte for service on Thursday, April 7 at 2 p.m. Interment Pak-enham United Cemetery. 38

Alexander R. Melanson - (1960)
After a lengthy illness, the death occurred in hospital in Ottawa on April 5th of one of the pioneers of Pakenham Township, in the person of Alexander Robert Melanson. He was in his 94th year and had lived all his life in Pakenham Township. Mr. Melanson was the youngest and last surviving member of the family of Alexander Melanson and his wife, Agnes M. Kettrick, the others being Mrs. Jas. Connery (Jennie), Pakenham; Joseph, Arnprior and Mrs. John Shane (Ellen), North Dakota. In 1895 he was married to Caroline Millar, who died in 1945. To them was born a family of four daughters and six sons. Those surviving are, Lorne, Pakenham; Mrs. J. C. Fulton (Effie), Cedar Hill; Mrs. James Currie (Agnes), Ottawa; Mrs. Stuart Currie (Ray), Blakeney; Clifford, Pakenham; William, Arnprior; Mrs. Thomas Fulton (Jennie), Pakenham and Joseph, Almonte. A son Kenneth, died in 1955 and another boy died in infancy. He also leaves 25 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Melanson made his home with his daughter, Mrs. T. Fulton. In spite of his advanced years, he retained a wonderful memory to the last and delighted in telling many interesting stories of pioneer days. He also continued to have a deep interest in local, political and worldwide affairs. Officiating at the funeral service held in the Kerry-Scott Funeral Home was his pastor, Rev. W. L. Henley of Zion United Church, Cedar Hill, who paid tribute to the character and disposition of the deceased. The large attendance of friends, and neighbours and the numerous floral offerings testified to the esteem in which he was held. The pallbearers were Messrs. Herbert Stanley, John Lawson, Hiram McCann, Clarence Boal, James Connery and Jack Forsythe. Interment was in the United Church Cemetery, Pakenham.

Alexander married Caroline Millar on 15 Oct 1895 in White Lake, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of John Millar and Elizabeth Evans) was born in Apr 1874 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Sep 1945 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Sep 1945 in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Caroline Miller
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Died:
Mrs. Alex Melanson

Tribute to the memory of Mrs. Alexander Robert Melanson (Caroline Millar) was paid when large numbers from this community and outside attended the funeral, which was held from her late home on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 30. Rev. H. A. Turner conducted the services. Mrs. Melanson died on Thursday Sept. 27. She was in delicate health for many years, owing to a heart condition. She was born in Pakenham Township 73 years ago, a daughter of the late John Millar and his wife, Elizabeth Evans. After her marriage 50 years ago to Mr. Melanson she went to live in Cedar Hill, where she resided until her death. Surviving are her husband, daughters, (Effie), Mrs. J. C. Fulton; (Agnes), Mrs. Jas. Currie, Clayton; (Ray), Mrs. Stuart Currie and Mrs. Thos. Fulton of Pakenham Township; five sons, Lorne, Clifford, Joseph, Kenneth of Cedar Hill and William of Arnprior. Of a family of five she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Barrie of White Lake and Mrs. Robert Watchorn of Almonte. A large number of floral contributions were in evidence including, a spray from the Cedar Hill W. I. Mr. and Mrs. Melanson had planned to celebrate their golden wedding in October of this year.Tribute to the memory of Mrs. Alexander Robert Melanson (Caroline Millar) was paid when large numbers from this community and outside attended the funeral, which was held from her late home on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 30. Rev. H. A. Turner conducted the services. Mrs. Melanson died on Thursday Sept. 27. She was in delicate health for many years, owing to a heart condition. She was born in Pakenham Township 73 years ago, a daughter of the late John Millar and his wife, Elizabeth Evans. After her marriage 50 years ago to Mr. Melanson she went to live in Cedar Hill, where she resided until her death. Surviving are her husband, daughters, (Effie), Mrs. J. C. Fulton; (Agnes), Mrs. Jas. Currie, Clayton; (Ray), Mrs. Stuart Currie and Mrs. Thos. Fulton of Pakenham Township; five sons, Lorne, Clifford, Joseph, Kenneth of Cedar Hill and William of Arnprior. Of a family of five she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Barrie of White Lake and Mrs. Robert Watchorn of Almonte. A large number of floral contributions were in evidence including, a spray from the Cedar Hill W. I. Mr. and Mrs. Melanson had planned to celebrate their golden wedding in October of this year.