Robert Welland McKay

1885 - 1980  (95 years)

• Name	Robert Welland McKay
  Birth	16 Oct 1885	Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217814352
  _FGRAVE	217814352
  Death	4 Dec 1980	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 333 Country Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
  	1980, Wednesday December 10, The Almonte Gazette page 6 Robert McKay Robert Welland McKay died Dec 4, 1980 at the Almonte Nursing Home. Welland was the son of the late Thomas McKay and his wife Annie Rintoul. He was born in Lanark Township September 16, 1884. He received his education at Hall's Mills School, and Attended the Presbyterian Church in Middleville. On Wednesday May 4, 1910 Robert Welland McKay married the late Nellie Mabel Rodger daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J.H. Rodger of Middleville. The Rev A.D. Fraser officiated. Mr and Mrs McKay lived on their 300-acre farm across the road from his father's farm on the 7th line of Lanark, until March 1929 when they moved to the farm in Ramsay township. They retired in March 1952 and lived on St George Street, Almonte. After the death of his wife in February 21, 1961, his late brother Charles McKay came to live with him until May 24, 1974. Welland then moved to the Cowan Nursing, until November 17, 1976, when he moved to the Wilmart Nursing Home. On July 13, 1980 he came to reside in the new Almonte Nursing Home until his death. Welland was a faithful member of St John's Presbyterian Church, Almonte. He leaves a son, James Alexander McKay of Almonte, Ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. His oldest son, Thomas Wilbert McKay, died ten years ago, also his four brothers, and four sisters are deceased, namely John, Alexander, Thomas, and Charles McKay, sisters Margaret (Mrs J.R. Reid); Esther (Mrs Wm Mealy); Mary Ann (Mrs John Robertson) and Hattie (Mrs J.M. Rodger). The funeral was held on Saturday December 6 at 2:30 from the Gamble & Comba Funeral Home, 127 Church Street, thence to the Auld Kirk Cemetery for burial. Rev Edward Smith of St John's Presbyterian Church conducted the service. The pallbearers were his grandson's George Welland, Harold Thomas, Arthur Clare, Ronald Thomas, and John Robert McKay and Anthony Kennedy.
  Burial	6 Dec 1980	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	I31633	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas McKay,   b. 4 May 1845, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 Nov 1932, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Annie Rintoul,   b. 14 Jan 1844, Middleville, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Mar 1927, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1868	Darling Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F3516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Mabel Rodger,   b. 8 Dec 1887, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Feb 1961, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1910	Middleville, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Thomas Wilbert McKay,   b. 21 Jul 1911, Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Oct 1970, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 59 years)   2. James McKay
  Family ID	F11089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Oct 1885 - Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 4 May 1910 - Middleville, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Address: 333 Country Street Almonte, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada - 4 Dec 1980 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - 6 Dec 1980 - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth