Maria Aribella Keays

1847 - 1939  (91 years)

• Name	Maria Aribella Keays  [1]
  Birth	10 Jul 1847	Huntley Township, Carleton County, Canada West   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Keyes
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231433845
  _FGRAVE	231433845
  Burial	1939	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  	Section 5, stone 2420 pg 116 James SCOTT died Apr 20, 1912, in his 78th. year beloved husband of Maria KEAYs who died Jun 28, 1939 aged 93 yrs.
  Death	28 Jun 1939	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: Martin Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  	1939, Thursday June 29, The Almonte Gazette page 5 ?b?Mrs James Scott?/b? One of Almonte's oldest citizens in the person of Mrs James Scott, died Wednesday night at her residence, at the age of 93. Born in Huntley township, she was the daughter of the late George Keays and Eliza Rose, both of Ireland, who came to Huntley with the first pioneers. Her maiden name was Maria Keays. Many years ago she married the late James Scott, who operated one of Ramsay's first carriage shop at what was known as Leckie's Corners on the 8th line of Ramsay. Mr Scott died in 1912 and 23 years ago Mrs Scott took up residence in Almonte. Surviving are two daughters, Lillian and Edna, both at home. There are also four grandchildren. The funeral will be held from her late residence Martin Street, on Friday at 3.30 p.m. to the Auld Kirk cemetery. 1939, Thursday July 6, The Almonte Gazette page 3 ?b?Mrs James Scott?/b? The funeral of the late Mrs Jas Scott who died on Wednesday, June 28th, took place from her home on Martin Street, at 3.30 Friday afternoon, June 30th. In the absence of the pastor Rev Geo McQuade, the service was conducted by Wm Aird of the Baptist Church. The pallbearers were Messrs W.C. Pollock, Gordon Fraser, John Camelon, John Gleason, James Encil and Herbert Coxford. There were numerous floral tributes. Mrs Scott who was Maria Keays, was born in Huntley and after her marriage to James Scott, lived at Leckie's Corners. About 23 years ago she came to town and resided on Martin Street until the time of her death. Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Jas Encil and Miss Florence Encil of Chapleau; Mrs Elsie Allen of Smiths Falls; Mrs J.W. Lewis of Carleton Place; Mrs Allan Ruttle and Mr Harvey Ruttle of Ferguson's Falls, Mr and Mrs R.M. Ruttle and Mrs Jas Hammond Jr of Innisville.
  Person ID	I12116	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	George Keays,   b. Ireland
  Mother	Eliza Rose,   b. Ireland
  Family ID	F3994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Blackwell Scott,   b. 14 Aug 1835, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 20 Apr 1912, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1882
  Children	1. Laura Scott,   b. 4 Feb 1885, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 May 1938, Chapleau, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years)   2. Lillian Jane "Lilly" Scott,   b. 21 Aug 1887, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Dec 1974, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   3. Edna Amanda Scott,   b. 23 Jul 1890, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Dec 1991, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 101 years)
  Family ID	F3992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Jul 1847 - Huntley Township, Carleton County, Canada West Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - 1939 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: Martin Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 28 Jun 1939 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Gary J. Byron, Auld Kirk Cemetery Records, 116 (Reliability: 3).