| 4. | Catherine Edna Gardner  (1.William1) was born on 2 Feb 1895 in Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jan 1985 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Edna Gardner
- _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214089961
- _FGRAVE: 214089961
- _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
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Died:
Longtime Ramsay resident, active historian and collector of poems, Catherine Edna Gardner Lowry of RR 3 Almonte died at the Almonte General Hospital in her 90th year Saturday, Jan 19, 1985. Mrs. Lowry was born on the eighth line of Ramsay township, and was educated at SS 10 at Bennie's Corners and Almonte High School. She spent all her life in Ramsay area and taught at several local schools before marrying. Mrs. Lowry worked for the United Farm Women of Ontario while bringing up a family and was curator for the Ramsay Women's Institute and a charter member of the North Lanark Historical Society. She spearheaded a move to erect a plaque to the inventor of basketball, James Naismith at Bennie's Corners. She recently published "Lanark Reflections" in which she edited a collection of Lanark county poetry. She wrote this poem about a friend in 1914;
She was the daughter of the late William Gardner and Isabella McInnis, and wife of David Hollie Lowry, and mother of William of Toronto, Gordon Of Ottawa, Robert (Bert), Donald, James and David, all of RR 3 Almonte. She is survived by her sisters Ethel Bellamy of Brockville, and Dorothy Delaurier, of RR 1 Almonte and 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers Stanley, Earl, Roy and Lorne. Service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Spring interment at the Auld Kirk cemetery, Almonte. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, Carleton Place.
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Catherine Edna Lowry dies
Longtime Ramsay resident, active historian and collector of poems, Catherine Edna Gardner Lowry of RR 3 Almonte died at the Almonte General Hospital in her 90th year Saturday, Jan 19, 1985. Mrs. Lowry was born on the eighth line of Ramsay township, and was educated at SS 10 at Bennie's Corners and Almonte High School. She spent all her life in Ramsay area and taught at several local schools before marrying. Mrs. Lowry worked for the United Farm Women of Ontario while bringing up a family and was curator for the Ramsay Women's Institute and a charter member of the North Lanark Historical Society. She spearheaded a move to erect a plaque to the inventor of basketball, James Naismith at Bennie's Corners. She recently published "Lanark Reflections" in which she edited a collection of Lanark county poetry. She wrote this poem about a friend in 1914;
We know her by her gentle air
Her hair of queenly grace
Her bright dark eyes and curly hair
And pleasant smiling face.
Her rippling laughter clear and shrill
That now and then may yet be heard
That echoes softly from yonder hill
Like the lilting song of a sweet voiced bird.
But now we hear she is going to leave
Yes Elva's going away
It matters little how we grieve
We cannot make her stay.
She was the daughter of the late William Gardner and Isabella McInnis, and wife of David Hollie Lowry, and mother of William of Toronto, Gordon Of Ottawa, Robert (Bert), Donald, James and David, all of RR 3 Almonte. She is survived by her sisters Ethel Bellamy of Brockville, and Dorothy Delaurier, of RR 1 Almonte and 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers Stanley, Earl, Roy and Lorne. Service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Spring interment at the Auld Kirk cemetery, Almonte. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Alan R Barker Funeral Home, Carleton Place.
Catherine married David "Hollie" Lowry on 9 Jul 1924 in Bennie's Corners, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. David (son of Samuel George Lowry and Rebecca Agnes Gordon) was born on 6 Oct 1900 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jun 1984 in Caleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 16 Jun 1984 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. William H. "Bill" Lowry
- 10. Robert Samuel "Bert" Lowry was born on 8 Apr 1927 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Mar 2017 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 11. Gordon S. Lowry was born about 1930 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Jul 2007 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada.
- 12. Donald John Lowry was born on 16 Aug 1930 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jul 2013 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Jul 2013 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 13. James George "Jim" Lowry was born on 28 Feb 1932 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Aug 2023 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 17 Aug 2023 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- 14. David Walter Lowry was born in 1934; died on 19 Sep 2019 in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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1867 - 1923 (55 years)
