Margaret Gilmour

1824 - 1913  (89 years)

• Name	Margaret Gilmour  [1]
  Birth	6 May 1824	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203303451
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  Death	27 Nov 1913	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	1913, Friday November 28, The Almonte Gazette, front page Mrs John Lang Passes Away At nine o'clock this Thursday morning the spirit of Mrs John Lang took its flight back to Him who gave it. She was born in Ramsay, on the eighth line, was a daughter of the late James Gilmour, and was 88 years of age. Her father was one of the Scotch settlers who came to this section in 1821 and he settled on lot 13 in the 7th concession of Ramsay, but afterwards removed to Western Ontario, settling in Stanley township in the county of Huron, where he bought a farm, and spent the balance of his life. Mrs Lang however returned to this section when about 18 years of age, and in 1855 she was married to Mr John Lang, the marriage taking place in the old stone church on the eighth line. They live on Almonte for a while, where Mr Lang was operating a sawmill on the present site of the electric light station. Later they went to Bruce Co. but returned to Almonte after seven years, in 1870, and afterwards lived on the farm by the riverside, which has since been the family home. Of the family born to them three are still living. These are Mrs Throop of Ottawa, Henry at home, Dr A.A.J. Lang at Sanborn, N.D., Amelia, Lavina and Robert are dead, as well as Mr Lang, who died in 1895. Mrs Lang was one of the oldest, if not the very oldest resident in these parts, and had lived to see the country changed from a dense unbroken forest to its present condition of wide spreading farms and comfortable homes. She endured her share of the toil and hardship of the pioneer days, an could talk most interestingly of the early days and their hard experiences of recent months which necessitated treatment at the hospital last winter, she retained her faculties to a wonderful degree until about three weeks ago, since when she has gradually weakened until death came this morning. The funeral takes place on Saturday at 2.30 pm., to the eighth line cemetery.
  Burial	29 Nov 1913	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
  Person ID	I23822	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	James Gilmour,   b. 6 Apr 1796, Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 8 Feb 1891, Stanley Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Ann Cherry,   b. 1801, Scotland d. 7 Jan 1856, Huron County, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1823
  Family ID	F8106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Lang,   b. 14 May 1829, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 17 Mar 1895, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1855
  Children	1. Amelia Ann "Annie" Lang,   b. 26 Dec 1855, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 27 Mar 1880, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 24 years)   2. Robert Lang,   b. 13 Sep 1857, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 3 Oct 1857, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)   3. Jane Lang,   b. 1860, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   4. Henry Lang,   b. 1863, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. Dr. Albert A. J. Lang,   b. 1866, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   6. Margaret Alvina "Vinie" Lang,   b. 1869, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Aug 1898, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F8107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1824 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West Death - 27 Nov 1913 - Ramsay 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 - 29 Nov 1913 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette Death Notice, "Mrs. John Lang, Margaret Gilmour obit," 28 Nov 1913, p. front. (Reliability: 3).