Jane Milroy

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138086107
• Name: Jane Cavers
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94661
• Residence: 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Jane married Andrew Cavers 28 Dec 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Andrew (son of James Cavers and Mary Biggar) was born 27 Feb 1824, , Scotland; died 27 Oct 1876, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. James Robert Cavers was born 10 Jun 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1917, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. William Andrew Cavers was born 1859, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1898; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Mary Maggie Cavers was born 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Christina Cavers was born 14 Apr 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Agnes M. A. Cavers was born 12 Aug 1869, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65394
• Residence: 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: Abt 1845, 961 Dundas Street South, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 1 1/2 story field stone house
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Immigration: 1856, , Iowa

Notes:

The old rough-cast school-house at the head of Main Street was erected in 1832. Its first teacher was Mr. James Milroy, who removed to Iowa in 1856.

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario by James Young 1888

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Milroy settled in this community in 1856, buying land at the high price of $12 an acre. A son, James Milroy, still owns thirty acres of the original place, and a grandson, John W. Milroy, eighty acres."

Delaware County History Vol. 1 pg. 272

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DIED, at his residence in Hopkinton, Iowa, September 2d, 1869, in the 74th year of his age, JAMES MILROY, ruling elder in the congregation of Maquoketa. Mr. Milroy was a native of Stranraer, Scotland. In early life he emigrated to this country, and after some years settled near Gait, Canada, where he was chosen and ordained to the office of ruling elder in the original Secession congregation of that place. Soon relinquishing this position, he sought again the fellowship of the church of his fathers. At an advanced age he removed to Delaware county, Iowa, and located in the bounds of Maquoketa congregation, then in its infancy. His fitness for the office being soon discovered, he was again called upon to act as ruling elder, a position which he filled until his death. He was a staunch Covenanter of the old school, ardently attached to Reformation principles, and deeply grieved at every departure therefrom. As an officer he was endowed with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. For a number of years he had been afflicted with heart disease, which rendered him familiar with thoughts of death. His last sufferings were protracted and severe, yet being sustained by the hope of the righteous, he endured with firmness to the end, often speaking of his approaching dissolution with the highest degree of firmness arid resignation. He leaves a widow and a large family of sons and daughters, who feel deeply their loss, but rejoice in his gain.

The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter By John W. Sproull, Thomas Sproull, David Burt Willson, James McLeod Willson v. 8 (1870)
Published 1870 Myers, Shinkle [etc.]

Historic Building:
In 2010 the house is in good condition, with an brick addition and modern garage on the side.

James — Margaret Adair Keachie. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Keachie and Margaret Kelly) was born 24 Jun 1804, , New York State, USA; died 1 Jul 1837, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Adair Milroy
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81519

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125884187
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121471
• Epidemic: 1834, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cholera

Notes:

As the names of the victims of the cholera possess a melancholy interest, particularly to the older inhabitants, we insert such of the names as those persons still surviving are able to remember. They are as follows: Mrs. James K. Andrews, Harriet Rich, Joseph Aussam, James Maxwell, a clerk in Fargus & Andrew's store; Dorothy Marshall, Andrew Simpson and niece, Alonzo Bliss, Mrs. Archibald Hunter, MacGregor, Hunter's apprentice; the brothers Lamberton, Thomas Keachie, William Shepherd, wife and son, Daniel Forbes, one Vincent, a little daughter of H. G. Barlow, J. Willits, Milo, the coloured hostler, and Marshall the cooper. Many deaths from cholera also took place throughout Dumfries. Near Branchton, Alexander Simpson, three of his family, and his brother-in-law, were all buried from the same house.


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

Thomas — Margaret Kelly. Margaret died 16 Jul 1829. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Keachie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-112316

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208690

Andrew — Margaret Adair. Margaret was born 1752; died 1822; was buried , Van Vechten Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Keachie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208691