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Volney C. Ray

Male 1909 - 1976  (67 years)


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  1. 1.  Volney C. Ray was born 1909 (son of Volney Anderson Ray, BA and Bernice M. McColl); died 1976; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-436738


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Volney Anderson Ray, BA was born 7 Sep 1875, Pickering, Durham Co., Canada (son of James Gill Ray and Isabella Anderson); died 1953; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-174022
    • Residence: 1881, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    With respect to the general plan of the work, we are indebted to Dr. F. W. Merchant, Director of Technical Education for Ontario, and Dr. A. C. McKay, Principal of the Toronto Technical Schools. Thanks are due in a special sense to Volney A. Ray, M.A., of the Department of Shopwork in the Central Technical School in connection with the chapter on " Mathematics of the Machine Shop," and to A. J. Stringer, M.S.A., of the Department of Architecture and Design in connection with the chapter on '• Application of the Measures to the Trades." The cuts of Quick Change Gears are by courtesy of the R. K. Le Blond Machine Tool Company, Cincinnati, and those of the Planimeters by courtesy of the Hughes Owens Company, Montreal. The drawings were made by James Hanes a former student of our school.

    Mathematics for technical schools by Warren, J. M; Rutherford, W. H. (William Herbert), 1921, Toronto

    Volney married Bernice M. McColl 19 Jun 1907, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bernice (daughter of John D. McColl and Hannah Matilda Davis) was born 12 Mar 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Bernice M. McColl was born 12 Mar 1876, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of John D. McColl and Hannah Matilda Davis); died 1949; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Bernice M. Ray
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66542
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student

    Children:
    1. 1. Volney C. Ray was born 1909; died 1976; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Gill Ray was born 17 May 1845, Invenurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died 1 Oct 1929, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64146P
    • Immigration: 1862, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1872
    • Residence: 1881, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wool Dyer
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
    • Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dyer, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    James — Isabella Anderson. Isabella (daughter of Janet Young, daughter of Young and Jennie) was born 7 Sep 1845, Leslie, , Fife, Scotland; died 11 May 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Isabella Anderson was born 7 Sep 1845, Leslie, , Fife, Scotland (daughter of Janet Young, daughter of Young and Jennie); died 11 May 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Isabella Ray
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64149P
    • Immigration: 1872, , Canada
    • Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Children:
    1. David Young Ray was born 20 Nov 1873, Whitevale, Durham, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1946, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Feb 1946, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Abner Ray was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 2. Volney Anderson Ray, BA was born 7 Sep 1875, Pickering, Durham Co., Canada; died 1953; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Allie Ray was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. James Albert Ray was born 29 Mar 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Gill Ray was born 19 Jul 1881, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Oct 1946, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Oct 1946, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lawrence Milne Ray was born 29 Dec 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1951; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jessie M. Stete Ray was born 23 Nov 1885, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John D. McColl was born 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Dugald McColl and Isabella McLachlan); died 5 Apr 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66540
    • Land - Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 03, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    John — Hannah Matilda Davis. Hannah (daughter of George Davis and Lydia Logan Allan) was born 22 Jan 1834, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Matilda Davis was born 22 Jan 1834, , York Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Davis and Lydia Logan Allan); died 22 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hannah Matilda McColl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66539
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. McColl died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Gordon McColl was born NOT GIVEN, , Ontario, Canada.
    3. George D. McColl was born 26 Jul 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1909, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Isabella "Isabel" McColl was born 28 Jan 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 18 Feb 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Catherine McColl was born 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Hannah McColl was born 16 Dec 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Agnes Euphemia McColl was born 21 Nov 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Mary M. McColl was born 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Mar 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. William McColl was born 1868, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Richard K. McColl was born 1870, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Archibald McColl was born 1873, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. 3. Bernice M. McColl was born 12 Mar 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Carrie Maud McColl was born 23 Oct 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Janet Young was born 7 Sep 1816, Prinlaws, Fife, Scotland; died 12 Sep 1894; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-174006

    Children:
    1. 5. Isabella Anderson was born 7 Sep 1845, Leslie, , Fife, Scotland; died 11 May 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 12.  Dugald McColl was born 1781, , Ayrshire, Scotland; died 3 Feb 1873, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161576
    • Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Land - Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 03, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 03, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Notes:

    Shade acted as Mr. Dickson's agent and attorney, and as soon as it became known in the Niagara district and other settled parts of the Province, that lands could be had on easy terms, a few straggling settlers made their way to the locality, and some returned to take up their abode. Scarcely any persons came in during the fall of 1816, and for several years afterwards, the progress made was not very promising. Report puts down the number of families in the township in 1817 as thirty-eight, com-prising in all one hundred arid sixty-three souls, and the whole of the farm stock as less than the number of animals now to be found on a single place. From a Government source, we find that in 1818 the estimate was only thirty-eight settlers, and sixty-three persons in all.

    These statements are doubtless not far astray, but the latter estimate is probably below rather than above the mark, for, besides a few settlers who early took up land in the St. George neighbourhood, a small colony, chiefly from Genesee County, New York State, had located in the bush between Galt and the present village of Branchton, as early as 1817. Among these were Messrs. Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean, William Mackenzie,* John Buchanan, Robert Carrick, Alexander Harvie, Daniel McArthur and Dugald McColl, whose descendants, in several instances, still continue to hold and cultivate the lands then taken up.

    *Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean and William Mackenzie walked all the way from Genesee Co., New York State, to Dumfries, during May, 1817. Mackenzie had assisted Mr. Marlett in surveying near Galt during the previous fall, and piloted the way. While on the road near Hamilton, the elder Dickson and his son William passed them on horseback. They knew Mackenzie, and informed the travellers that they could get Articles of Agreement immediately for any lands they might select, as they were then taking up these necessary documents. After arrival, Fraser, McBean and Mackenzie soon selected farms, and received the Articles therefor, which are said to have been the first three ever given by Mr. Dickson for any part of his Dumfries lands.


    Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose pg 33

    Dugald — Isabella McLachlan. Isabella was born 19 Jul 1798, , Scotland; died 1871; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  3. 13.  Isabella McLachlan was born 19 Jul 1798, , Scotland; died 1871; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Isabella McColl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161577
    • Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 6. John D. McColl was born 1820, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Apr 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Archibald McColl was born 1826, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Isabella McColl was born 1826, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Aug 1889, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Euphemia McColl was born 1829, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Mary McColl was born 1834, , Ontario, Canada; died 4 Aug 168; was buried , Woodland Pioneer Cemetery, Listowel, Perth Co., Ontario.

  4. 14.  George Davis was born Abt 1800, Of, York Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: dnf-61448

    George — Lydia Logan Allan. Lydia was born Abt 1800, Of, York Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  5. 15.  Lydia Logan Allan was born Abt 1800, Of, York Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lydia Logan Davis
    • Eby ID Number: dnf-61566

    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah Matilda Davis was born 22 Jan 1834, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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