Jessie Ellen Rodger

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-470982

Jessie married James Alfonso Smart 11 Mar 1908, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of Robert Smart and Ettie Melick) was born Between 1882 and 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135969
• Residence: 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Bef 1893, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

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Died, in Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 28th inst., at 8.30 P.M., Peter Rodger, Aged 71 Years and 10 Months. The Funeral will take place on Thursday, the 30th inst., at 2 o'clock P.M., from his late residence, Lot 3, Concession 7, Blenheim, to the Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. Blenheim, Nov. 28th, 1893. Watson, Printer, Ayr.

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Peter married Margaret Armstrong 1 Jul 1866, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of John Armstrong and Jane McDowell) was born 23 Dec 1842, , Scotland; died 8 May 1923, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 May 1923, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Rodger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134067
• Residence: 1921, Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1923, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 37, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Died in North Dumfries, on Tuesday, May 8th 1923, at 12 o'clock p.m. Margaret Armstrong relict of the late Peter Rodger in her 82nd year. The funeral will take place from the residence of her son-in-law, John Myers, lot 37, Con. 9, North Dumfries, on Friday, May 11, at 2.30 p. m., to the Ayr Cemetery.

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Mrs. Rodger, notice of whose death was briefly mentioned last week, was born in Scotland and came to Canada at the age of about 18, locating in Blenheim, where, some seven years later, she was joined in wedlock with the late Peter Rodger. Her maiden name was Margaret Armstrong. All her life in this country she spent in Blenheim, with the exception of a few years in Ayr and Greenfield. In religion she was a staunch Presbyterian, being a consistent member of Stanley Street Church before the union, and took an intelligent interest in everything pertaining to the spiritual and moral welfare of mankind. Deceased's family comprises six sons and two daughters. They are John and William, Manitoba; James, Ayr; Andrew, Mowat and Albert, Sask.; Mrs. Jas. Smart, Richwood; Mrs. Jno. Myers, Greenfield. Three sisters and a brother also survive, viz.: Mrs. Muir and Mrs. Ross, Paris; Mrs. Wm. Reid, Australia; Thos. Armstrong, Woodstock. The late Mrs. Gourlay of Ayr was also a sister. The funeral on Friday was largely attended, interment being made in the Ayr cemetery, and Rev. J. J. Brown conducting the service. The pallbearers were six nephews - John, Robert, Peter and Alex. Gourlay, David Rodger and Robert Ross.

The Ayr News May 17 1923 pg 1

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John — Margaret Burton. Margaret was born CA 1787; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Rodger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107603

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41083

John — Jane McDowell. Jane was born Abt 1808, of, Minnigaff, , Wigtown, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Armstrong
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41084