Margaret E. Keachie

1900 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Margaret E. Keachie
  Born	CA 1900	of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	law, police
  Occupation	1921	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	police woman
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-163824
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I163824	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

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  MARGARET E. KEACHIE Margaret Keachie has been described as a "big woman and not a smiling woman", and as "imposing and dour". She also appears to have been the first policewoman on the Galt Police Department. She was appointed on August 1, 1921 and received a salary of $800 per year with the same terms as a policeman except that she wasn't provided with a uniform. Her main duties involved dealing with unruly children, transporting girls to the hospital and out of town and dealing with domestic disputes. Her tenure on the Police force ended on November 30, 1927 when she was informed that she was no longer a member of the force but simply a welfare worker and that, effective December 31, 1927 all funds available to pay her salary would be exhausted and the Police Commission would not be responsible for her salary after that date. Sources: 1. Margaret Fraser "Galt Policewoman M.E. Keachie", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 78, 1990. 2. Roland Pike "Policing in Waterloo County 1850- 1973", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 78, 1990. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

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  Born - CA 1900 - of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Interesting - law, police - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - police woman - 1921 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth