Walter Y. Wood

1801 - 1894  (93 years)

• Name	Walter Y. Wood
  Birth	1801	Airdre, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204059982
  _FGRAVE	204059982
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Death	20 Aug 1894	Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	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.
  Burial	22 Aug 1894	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I1392	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	7 May 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Anne Young,   b. 1809, North Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 27 May 1887, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1832	Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Margaret Miller Wood,   b. 22 Mar 1833, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 21 Feb 1903, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)   2. Mary Wood,   b. 9 Feb 1834, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 25 Nov 1908, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)   3. Agnes Wood,   b. 11 Dec 1834, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Dec 1921, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)   4. Janet Wood,   b. 14 Dec 1838, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 5 May 1920, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)   5. Ann Wood,   b. 6 Sep 1843, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 21 Aug 1908, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)   6. Jean Erskine Wood,   b. 14 Mar 1845, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 24 Jan 1908, Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)   7. William Young Wood,   b. 16 Nov 1850, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 26 Sep 1908, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years)   8. James Wood,   b. Feb 1861, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 1938, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 76 years)
  Family ID	F497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 1801 - Airdre, North Lanarkshire, Scotland Death - 20 Aug 1894 - Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - 22 Aug 1894 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth