Alexander Kay

1840 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Alexander Kay
  Born	CA 1840
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1874	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	photographer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199661
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I199661	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Letter MC61.1a.27 To: Helen Gladstone From: Maggie Renwick Date: Ayr June 16th 1874 Envelope: Mrs William C Gladstone / Gentry County/ Union Grove / Missouri / postmarked Ayr CW Ju18 1874 / Chicago 111 Jun 20 / "Alick [Kay] is still Photographing yet, but I think he dont get a great deal to do. some of our ones got their pictures taken and they dont like them, but some of them are not so very bad afer all. _____________________ Letter MC61.1 a.39. To: Gladstone fami1y From: Isabella, Mary, Esther, Oanet and John Renwick Date: Ayr April 25th 1875 and May 3th [sic] Envelope: Mr William C Gladstone / Union Grove / Gentry Co / Missouri / postmarked Ayr Ont MY 3 75 / and Chicago 111 [illegible] "Mrs. Kay has been very poorly this while back She is failing fast. Alex has quit the photographing business he is going to furm as soon as Henry Whites time is out but that will not be till next Spring his mother says she will not be any use to him for she is worn out " Henry White had rented the Kay farm at Con. Vll Lot 33 North Dumfries while Alex tried his hand as a photographer. __________________ To: Gladstone Family From: Maggie Renwick Date: Ayr Nov 28th 1876 Envelope: Mrs William C. Gladstone/Gentry County/Union Grove P O/Missouri/postmark torn/ "Alick Kay1' is agent for knitting Machines he knits for people too he was talking of starting,to take photographs this winter if so we will try and get Bessies" taken it is not an easy matter for her to sit still so long as that she is a perfect little flying squirrel. how are your house flowers getting along ours are not near so nice as they were in summer but we cannot expect them to grow at all times" From: Gladstone Letter Collection, Kitchener Public Library

  
  

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  Occupation - photographer - 1874 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth