Agnes JANE Neilson

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• Name: Jean Neilson
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Died:
1902, Friday October 3, The Almonte Gazette page 4

?b?Mrs Wm Smith?/b?
Mrs Wm Smith, of the 11th line, Ramsay, had been in poor health for several weeks, though able to be about the house at times, and was not thought to be seriously ill, but on Wednesday morning death came and ended a long and useful life. Mrs Smith, who was in her 77th year, was Jean Neilson, daughter of the late John Neilson, and was born on the 12th line of Ramsay, one of a family of nine, of whom only one, Mrs Gavin Hamilton, is now living. The deceased was married to Mr Smith over fifty years ago, and has since lived on the farm upon which she died. The family born to them consisted of five sons, one of whom died in infancy, and three daughters. The daughters are Misses Agnes and Jennie, at home, and Miss Mary, who follows her profession as trained nurse in Ottawa, but who was home and tended her mother in her declining health. The sons who attained manhood are William, who is dead, John at Winnipeg; Robert, at Cornwall, and James, who died a year or two ago. Mrs Smith was of a quiet and retiring disposition, but her kind and motherly nature endeared her to many who bear testimony to her willingness to sacrifice her won comfort and convenience if by doing so she could help a needy friend or neighbour. The funeral takes place on Friday to the eighth line Cemetery. The bereaved family and friends have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.

1902, Friday October 10, The Almonte Gazette front page
All About Town
The funeral of the late Mrs W. Smith, of Ramsay, took place last Friday afternoon from her husband's residence to the eighth line cemetery. A large procession of friends followed the body to its last resting place, showing the esteem in which the deceased lady was held.

Agnes married William Smith in 1853. William (son of William Smith and Mary Millar) was born on 2 Jul 1813 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1905 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Dec 1905 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Allison Smith was born in 1852 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 14 May 1884 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 16 May 1884 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Neilson Smith was born on 27 Jul 1854 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 4 Aug 1936 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 7 Aug 1936 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
3. Agnes Wilson Smith was born in 1857 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 2 Feb 1939 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1939 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Justice Robert Smith was born on 7 Dec 1858 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 18 Mar 1942 in Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 21 Mar 1942 in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
5. Mary Smith was born in 1861 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jan 1950 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 21 Jan 1950 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
6. Jean Cecilia Smith was born in 1863 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Feb 1929 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 10 Feb 1929 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
7. James Smith was born in 1865 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Sep 1900 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 11 Sep 1900 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
8. Smith and died.

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• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Buried:
Plots B210 to B239 Stone 351
John NEILSON died Feb 7, 1858 aged 72 yrs His wife Agness WILSON died May 6, 1877 aged 86 yrs.

John married Agness Wilson on 29 Apr 1810 in Middle Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Agness was born on 30 May 1791 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 6 May 1877 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 8 May 1877 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Agnes Wilson
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(Research):Agness is a cousin of David Gilmour according to Carol Bennett's research.

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Died:
1877, Friday May 11, The Almonte Gazette page 2
Deaths
At the residence of her son-in-law, Mrs Gavin Hamilton, in the township of Ramsay, on the 8th inst, Agnes Wilson, wife of the late John Neilson, sen, aged 86 years.

1877, May
A Hand-Written Note - In Memoriam
On the 8th of May last ? there passed from this life one of the first settlers in this part of the country, one who will be long lovingly remembered by a wide circle of relatives and friends. We refer to Agnes Wilson, relict of the late John Neilson, Sen., of Ramsay. The departed lady was a native of Paisley, Scotland, from which place she emigrated with her husband and a young family in the year 1820. Shortly after coming to Canada, the family settled in the Township of Ramsay then a wilderness of woods. By hard struggling and untiring perseverance the "bush lot" was soon transformed into a comparatively well cleared farm, with the comforts and conveniences of life coming in slowly but surely. In this home the late Mrs Neilson lived the greater part of her life, brought up a large family, of sons and daughters, and witnessed many happy re-unions of her children and children's children. Possessing many available qualities and living a consistent Christian life, she was deservedly greatly beloved and highly respected. Like the majority of her country-women she took great interest in leading topics of the day, keeping herself well-informed at to the doings of the outside world, so that her conversations was not-only entertaining but highly instructive. She retained her bodily-powers in wonderful vigour until near the last, but it was a source of great sorrow to her relatives that during the last two years of her life, her memory failed her, and that some months before her death the sore trial of a broken leg was added to her afflictions. From that trouble she never recovered. After lingering for a few months, at the ripe age of 86, she passed away to her rest ? "this rest that remaineth for the people of God." She was the mother of George Neilson, Esq, Belleville, whose sudden death was noticed a few weeks ago in this paper. She survived her husband 19 years and is survived by three sons and 3 daughters, 66 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Buried:
Plots B210 to B239 Stone 351
John NEILSON died Feb 7, 1858 aged 72 yrs His wife Agness WILSON died May 6, 1877 aged 86 yrs.

John married Elizabeth Gibson. Elizabeth was born in 1751; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Ann Gilmour. Ann was born in 1722; died in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]