Lillian Jane Caskey^[1]

1884 - 1985  (100 years)

• Name	Lillian Jane Caskey  [1]
  Birth	21 Sep 1884	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 312 Perth Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  Gender	Female
  Name	Jennie Caskey
  Name	Lily Jane Caskey
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111474986
  _FGRAVE	111474986
  _FSFTID	MMVF-2G7
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MMVF-2G7
  _HASHTAG	DNA - Paternal Connection
  	a relative on the path between a DNA Match and a common ancestor
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Burial	May 1985	Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  	Address: 3001 Notre Dame Avenue Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B8 Canada
  	Plot: D2-2135-0
  Death	1 May 1985	Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I2499	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	James Caskey,   b. 1 Mar 1847, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Feb 1906, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Agnes Duncan,   b. 16 Nov 1845, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Apr 1941, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1871	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Married by Rev. J. Gordon, in Church of Scotland, Almonte Witness: Robert Caskey, brother, Sand Point. Name: Eliza Duncan Age: 25 Birth Year: 1846 Birth Place: Ramsey, Ontario Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1871 Marriage Place: Lanark, Ontario, Canada Father: Robert Duncan Mother: Margaret Duncan Spouse: James Caskey
  		Ontario Marriage Record James Caskey to Eliza Duncan
  		Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 Almonte, Eliza Duncan, James Caskey 1871
  Family ID	F815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Coulter,   b. 20 Jan 1881, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland d. 24 Jul 1944, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1914	Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Children	1. Ina Lillian Elizabeth Coulter,   b. 23 Jul 1915, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 28 May 1977, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 61 years)   2. James Arthur Coulter,   b. 20 Oct 1916, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 11 Apr 2005, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 88 years)   3. Maisie Evelyn Coulter,   b. 21 Mar 1918, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Thomas Coulter,   b. 24 Aug 1921, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 6 Apr 2012, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 90 years)   5. Dorothy Muriel Coulter,   b. 2 Aug 1925, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 25 Mar 1997, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 71 years)   6. Kathleen Agnes Coulter,   b. 14 Aug 1927, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 16 Feb 2012 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: 312 Perth Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 21 Sep 1884 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 10 Jun 1914 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Burial - Address: 3001 Notre Dame Avenue Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B8 Canada - May 1985 - Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Death - 1 May 1985 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Lily Jane Caskey 1884-1985

  
  

• Notes

  Excellent student, won gold watch for highest standing upon graduation from public school. Taught school for short time but did not like it - some of the boys were bigger than she was. Moved to Winnipeg in 1904. Worked as a house-maid for someone on William Ave. near Dagmar St.; opportunity to use her shorthand and typing as a stenographer at Bulman Bros. Printers, then with Western Iron Works. Took accounting course at the Cooper Institute on Portage Ave. Was unsuccessful in her law exam (felt it was because she was a woman) and could not become a Chartered Accountant. Entered the oratorical contest at Grace Church - her topic 'Women's Suffrage, her idol, Nellie McClung. Became bookkeeper at Walsh Land Co. and earned a very good salary for a woman. She and brother Jim financed the building of a house on Dearborn Ave. in Elmwood, built by Jim, where they lived with their mother. This was about 1908. Met James Coulter in Winnipeg, but waited 8 or 9 years for him to notice her. In 1912-13 James who was farming near Lilyfield, northwest of the city, reappeared. They were married over the objections of her mother. The bride was 5'5" and 105 lbs., wore a light brown suit with a hobble skirt. The couple travelled to Kenora for a honeymoon. Their first home was a suite in the Redwood Apts. at College and Main; then to Machary Apts at Machary and Charles; then to a house on Atlantic Ave. - back to a suite in the Bannerman Apts at Bannerman and Main. Jim worked for the Stree railway at this time. Later worked for City Health Dept Moved to house at 18 Smithfield in West Kildonan until he became the resident city poundkeeper. They moved to 1057 Logan Ave. in Mar 1920 and remained there until 1943 when Jim retired. (Research):G. Caskey: To Winnipeg in 1904. Before marriage she worked as an accountant, becoming first registered in the province. She was a champion of womens rights and a supporter of Nellie McClung. 16 Grandchildren, 23 Great Grandchildren. 'Lily Jane was a member of Sparling United Church, served in the UCW and the Winnipeg Presbytery. 61 family members celebrated her 100th birthday in summer of 1984. She resided at Golden West Centennial Lodge for 15 years where she was busy with handicrafts and reading. Ill for less than a week before death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S185] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch.org, ((https://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Lillian Jane Caskey, person ID MMVF-2G7. (Reliability: 3). [S76] Ontario. Archives of Ontario. Ancestry., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938, (ancestry.com :n.d.), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936." 257, James Caskey-Eliza Duncan, accessed 27 Jan 2018. (Reliability: 3). [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, 1826-1938 257, James Caskey-Eliza Duncan, 5 Oct 1871; accessed 27 Jul 2021. (Reliability: 3). Name?tab? Eliza Duncan Age?tab? 25 Birth Year?tab? 1846 Birth Place?tab? Ramsey, Ontario Marriage Date?tab? 5 Oct 1871 Marriage Place?tab? Lanark, Ontario, Canada Father?tab?Robert Duncan Mother?tab?Margaret Duncan Spouse?tab?James Caskey