Richard William Drew

1874 - 1950  (76 years)

• Name	Richard William Drew
  Birth	17 Feb 1874	Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West
  Gender	Male
  Name	Robert W. Drew
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135952886
  _FGRAVE	135952886
  _FSFTID	GH4C-K1F
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GH4C-K1F
  Death	19 Sep 1950	Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  	Son of George and Ellen Drew. Richard W. Drew and Maggie Miller were married Dec. 15, 1897 at Renfrew County, Ontario. ?b?R. W. Drew?/b? Funeral services for R. W. Drew, 76, who died at his home at 1136 Riverdale Ave. Tuesday, will be conducted by Canon W. H. H. Crump at 2 p.m. Friday in Christ Church. Burial will follow in the family plot, Burnsland cemetery. Mr. Drew came to Calgary from Nelson, B.C., where he was a member of the city council. He was prominent in Calgary curling and golfing circles and was a member of the Renfrew Club and Christ Church. Prior to his retirement in 1939 he was division freight agent with the C.P.R. in Calgary. He is survived by a son, Richard Cecil in Toronto, and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret, in 1943, and a son Keith in 1949. The Calgary Herald, September 20, 1950, page 18 Alberta Death Reg. #1950-08-005739
  Burial	Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  	Address: 3020 Spiller Road SE Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta T2G 4G5 Canada
  Person ID	I23183	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	George Drew,   b. 1825, Ireland d. 6 Mar 1909, Hinchbrooke Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ellen Abbott,   b. 1834, Ireland d. 1901, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F7868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ann "Maggie" Miller,   b. 1 Aug 1876, Pakenham Village, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Dec 1943, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1897	Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  		Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 robert W. Drew and Maggie Miller 1897
  Children	1. Keith Millar Drew,   b. 12 Mar 1899, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. 1949, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 49 years)   2. Richard Cecil Drew,   b. 1903, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1874 - Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Canada West Marriage - 15 Dec 1897 - Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Death - 19 Sep 1950 - Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Ontario, Canada. Bathurst District (Lanark County)., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 (A), (Digital images. Ancestry, \i Ancestry\i0 . https://ancestry.ca : 2010.), ontario, canada, marriages, 1826-1937 213, Drew W. Drew-Maggie Miller, 1897; accessed 16 Feb 2020. (Reliability: 3). Name?tab?Robert W Drew Age?tab?23 Birth Year?tab?1874 Birth Place?tab?Parham Marriage Date?tab?15/12/1897 Marriage Place?tab?Renfrew Ontario Canada Father?tab?George Drew Mother?tab?Ellen Drew Spouse?tab?Maggie Miller