Agnes Jane Forgie

1868 - 1940  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Agnes Jane Forgie  [1]
  Birth	Mar 1868	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204713404
  _FGRAVE	204713404
  _FSFTID	LL4N-31C
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LL4N-31C
  _STAT	Never Married
  Death	19 Mar 1940	Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: Cancer of the stomach
  	1940, Thursday March 21, The Almonte Gazette page 4 ?b?Miss Agnes J. Forgie?/b? Following an illness of six months Miss Agnes Jane Forgie, esteemed resident of Almonte for 50 years, passed away at her home on Church Street, on Tuesday afternoon, March 19. Miss Forgie was born in 1868 on the 11th line of Ramsay, a daughter of the late Gilbert Forgie and his wife Jane Dunfield. She enjoyed a particularly wide acquaintance in the town having served as librarian of the Public Library for the past 15 years up to the time when she relinquished the post on account of ill health. She was a devoted member of The Presbyterian Church. Surviving are one brother Mr James Gilbert Forgie of Renfrew; one sister, Mrs Peter E. Young, Sault Ste Marie and her niece, Miss Margaret Cavers at home. The funeral was held this afternoon (Thursday) at 1 p.m. Rev A.J. Fowlie of the Presbyterian Church, officiated. The body was placed in the Auld Kirk Vault to await interment in the Auld Kirk Cemetery in the spring. A profusion of beautiful flowers bore testimony to the esteem in which Miss Forgie was held. Among them were pieces from the Almonte Library Board. The Alexandra Club. The Lawn Bowling club and the W.M.S. of the Presbyterian Church. The pallbearers were R.A. Jamieson, J.D. McCallum, Harry Houston, Duncan Forgie, Ross Barr, and Robert Templeman.
  Burial	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	I8006	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Forgie,   b. 23 Sep 1827, Lanark Township, Lanark County, Canada West d. 14 Jun 1912, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jane Dunfield,   b. 1828, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West d. 4 May 1896, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1862	Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West   [2]
  	Name?tab?Gilbert Forgie Age?tab?34 Birth Place?tab?Lanark Township Residence?tab?Ramsay Township Spouse Name?tab?Jane Dunfield Spouse Age?tab?30 Spouse Birth Place?tab?Montreal, Quebec, Canada Spouse Residence?tab?Ramsay Township Marriage Date?tab?29 Apr 1862 Father Name?tab?Graham Forgie Mother Name?tab?Ann Gummell Spouse Father Name?tab?James Dunfield Spouse Mother Name?tab?Agnes County?tab?Lanark Microfilm Roll?tab?1030059
  Family ID	F2707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1868 - Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Cancer of the stomach - 19 Mar 1940 - 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S69] Ontario. Almonte., Newspapers: Almonte Gazette, "Miss Agnes J. Forgie," 21 Mar 1940, p. 4; digital images : accessed 4 Sep 2021), The Almonte Gazette. (Reliability: 3). [S162] Ontario., Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 (A), (Digital images. Family Search, \i Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869\i0 . familysearch.org.), ontario, canada, county marriage registers, 1858-1869, Gilbert Forgie-Jane Dunfield, 29 Apr 1862; accessed 1 Sep 2021. (Reliability: 3). Name?tab?Gilbert Forgie Age?tab?34 Birth Place?tab?Lanark Township Residence?tab?Ramsay Township Spouse Name?tab?Jane Dunfield Spouse Age?tab?30 Spouse Birth Place?tab?Montreal, Quebec, Canada Spouse Residence?tab?Ramsay Township Marriage Date?tab?29 Apr 1862 Father Name?tab?Graham Forgie Mother Name?tab?Ann Gummell Spouse Father Name?tab?James Dunfield Spouse Mother Name?tab?Agnes County?tab?Lanark Microfilm Roll?tab?1030059