Elizabeth McDougall

1892 - 1928  (35 years)

• Name	Elizabeth McDougall
  Birth	18 Dec 1892	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235645443
  _FGRAVE	235645443
  _STAT	Never Married
  Death	30 Nov 1928	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Severe burns causing death.
  	1928, Friday November 30, The Almonte Gazette front page Badly Burnt By Gasoline While Cleaning Glove Miss Elizabeth McDougall in R.M. Hospital in Dangerous Condition. Her Father In Trying To Save Her Also Suffered Mr James McDougall and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth McDougall, are in the R.M. Hospital suffering from severe burns. Mr McDougall is making good progress towards recovery; Miss McDougall's condition was reported this Thursday as fair. Miss McDougall was cleaning a pair of gloves with gasoline She was near the kitchen stove. In some way the gasoline caught fire, and Miss McDougall's clothing became ignited. She rushed outside endeavouring to extinguish the flame. Mr McDougall, who was in bed, was aroused by his daughter's screams and went to her assistance. He also was badly burnt. Miss McDougall's burns are very serious and she is in a dangerous condition. 1928, Friday December 7, The Almonte Gazette front page Miss M'Dougall Dies of Burns Was Lighting Kitchen Stove With Coal Oil When Clothing Caught Fire Miss Elizabeth McDougall died in the Rosamond Memorial Hospital on Friday morning as the result of severe burns when her clothing took fire while she was engaged in her domestic duties. She was 39 years of age. It was at first believed that Miss McDougall had been cleaning a pair of gloves with gasoline. but it appears that this was a mistake. She was starting a fire in the kitchen with coal oil when it suddenly flared up and caught her clothing. Rushing outside a mass of flames her father, Mr James M'Dougall, who was in bed, hearing her screams, rushed to her assistance and was also severely burnt. He is still in the hospital but is recovering. Miss M'Dougall was taken to the hospital but no hope from the first was held out for her recovery. Her remains were interred in the Auld Kirk Cemetery on Saturday, Rev J.R. MacCrimmon conducting the service. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides her father, one sister and three brothers: Mae, Mrs Edger McAfee, of Guelph; James, of
  Burial	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	I39870	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	James McDougall,   b. 1856, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland d. 10 Jan 1947, Beauchene, Abitibi-Temiscamingue Region, Quebec, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Janet "Jessie" Gardner,   b. 22 Jan 1859, Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Nov 1925, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1888
  Family ID	F14098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Dec 1892 - Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Severe burns causing death. - 30 Nov 1928 - 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 - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):Mr James McDougall and his daughter, Miss Elizabeth McDougall, are in the R.M. Hospital suffering from severe burns. Mr McDougall is making good progress towards recovery; Miss McDougall's condition was reported this Thursday as fair. Miss McDougall was cleaning a pair of gloves with gasoline She was near the kitchen stove. In some way the gasoline caught fire, and Miss McDougall's clothing became ignited. She rushed outside endeavouring to extinguish the flame. Mr McDougall, who was in bed, was aroused by his daughter's screams and went to her assistance. He also was badly burnt. Miss McDougall's burns are very serious and she is in a dangerous condition.