Samual Gilfillan Cram

1838 - 1915  (77 years)

• Name	Samual Gilfillan Cram  [1]
  Birth	24 Jun 1838	Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187207683
  _FGRAVE	187207683
  _TAG	Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
  Death	29 Nov 1915	Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Drowned, probable suicide/Neuralgia
  	death register, Carleton Place, ON age 77 years parents: David Cram & Annie Nicholson December 3 1915-Almonte Gazette Samuel Cram, an aged and esteemed resident of Carleton Place, was found drowned in shallow water near the power house Monday morning. He was 78 years of age and a few years ago underwent an operation on his head. Since then he has been a sufferer from neuralgia, although he was able to go about.
  Burial	Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 2677 Cemetery Side Road. Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario K7C 3P2 Canada 613 257-7370
  Person ID	I3036	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	David Cram,   b. 23 Nov 1807, Milton, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland d. 25 Oct 1878, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Annie Nicholson,   b. 1 Dec 1819, Yorkshire, England d. 31 Jul 1895, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1837	Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West
  	1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007 +++ 2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON +++ Marriages in Bathurst District, part 2 http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bathurst2.htm Page 25, April 4, 1837, David CRAM, Beckwith, to Ann NICOLSON, Ramsay. Wit: Daniel Cram, William Nicolson. +++
  Family ID	F919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary McRostie,   b. 1841   d. 26 Mar 1879 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1868
  Children	1. Jessie Adelaide Cram,   b. 1870   d. 1872 (Age 2 years)   2. Anna Bertha Cram,   b. 7 Oct 1872, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 1949 (Age 76 years)   3. Mary Maude Cram,   b. 1876   d. 1922 (Age 46 years)   4. Samuel Howard Cram,   b. 1879   d. 1889 (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F2598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Dow,   b. 2 Feb 1851, Dunfield, Perthshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1917, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1884	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jun 1838 - Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 9 Apr 1884 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Drowned, probable suicide/Neuralgia - 29 Nov 1915 - Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 2677 Cemetery Side Road. Beckwith Township, Lanark County,, Ontario K7C 3P2 Canada 613 257-7370 - - Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Elderly Carleton Place Man Found Dead by Bank of Mississippi River Special to The Journal Carleton Place, Nov 23, - Samuel Cram, aged 78 years, one of the most respected residents of the town, was found lying dead at the edge of the Mississippi River here this morning, in front of Mayor Smythe's boat house. He had a scalp wound on the back of his head and his body was resting in about 2 1/2 feet of water. From general appearances it is beleived he committed suicide, as he had been almost driven to distraction by neuralgia for the past few days. About 2 o'clock this morning his wife heard him dress, going outside, and so enlisted the services of some neighbors to help her find him. Mayor David Smythe and Mr. A.S. Stewart inaugurated a search, the search party increasing. About 7:45 a.m. his body was discovered, but life was extinct. The deceased was retired and had lived in Carleton Place for the past 12 years. In his early days he was a school teacher and taught in Beckwith Township, subsequently taking up agriculture. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, Mrs. C.T.R. Taylor, og Carleton Place, and Mrs. W.J. McDiarmid, of London, Ont. Funeral arrangements have not been made yet.

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 10 Nov 2018, Samuel G. Cram (Reliability: 3). Samuel G Cram BIRTH?tab?1839 DEATH?tab?1915 (aged 75'9676) BURIAL?tab? United Cemeteries Beckwith, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Show Map MEMORIAL ID?tab?187207683 [S49] Ontario. Ottawa., Newspapers: The Ottawa Journal, 22 Nov 2017, "Elderly Carleton Place Man found Dead by Bank of Mississippi River," Monday, 29 Nov, 1915, p. 2. (Reliability: 3). [S98] Jim Tipton, Find a Grave, (www.findagrave.com, 1955), 10 Nov 2018, Samuel G. Cram (Reliability: 3). Samuel G Cram BIRTH?tab?1839 DEATH?tab?1915 (aged 75? 76) BURIAL?tab? United Cemeteries Beckwith, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Show Map MEMORIAL ID?tab?187207683