Alexander Conkey

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• Name: Alex Conkey
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45670
• Immigration: 1832
• Residence: 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Inn Keeper
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Retired: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1906, 81 Rose St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CONKEY, ALEXANDER

On the night of May 18, 1906 at 9:20, Mr. Conkey of 81 Rose St. in Galt, in his 79^th year. Death was due to general decline. Mr. Conkey was born in Wigtonshire, Scotland and came to Canada at the age of 3 years, his parents settling in Dumfries. Later, he moved to Puslinch, near Clyde, where he resided until about five years ago, when he retired to Galt. Mrs. Conkey predeceased him by thirteen years. Survived by a family of four girls and two boys, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Orr of Galt; Martha and Jemima, at home; John of Galt; and Samuel on the homestead.

-Information from the death certificate: Occupation - farmer.

-Information from the marriage certificate of Jane Bell Conkey: Born c. 1856, daughter of Alexander and Sarah Conkey. Married George Scott.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Alexander married Sarah Bell 11 May 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born CALC 25 Dec 1824, , Ireland; died 5 Nov 1891, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Conkey
2. Ella Conkey
3. Jane Bell Conkey was born 16 Mar 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Aug 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1937, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Nov 1937, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Susannah Conkey was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Samuel Alexander Conkey was born 3 May 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 11 Jul 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1928, Clyde, Beverley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 25 Apr 1928, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Sarah Ann Conkey was born 3 May 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 11 Jul 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 Feb 1924, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Martha Conkey was born 10 Oct 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Martha Jane Conkey was born 14 Oct 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Dec 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
9. Jemima Conkey was born 5 May 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 3 Jul 1863, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
10. John James Conkey was born 3 May 1866, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1940, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.