Waterloo Region Generations
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Anna Millican

Female 1870 - 1953  (83 years)


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  • Name Anna Millican 
    Born 17 Aug 1870  Belwood, Nichol Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148349208 
    Name Anna Forbes 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1898  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-335627 
    Died 30 Nov 1953  Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I335627  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Rev. William Millican,   b. 24 Mar 1827, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anna Christina Young Pringle,   b. 11 Jan 1837, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 27 Sep 1859  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F246970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. Walter George "George" Forbes,   b. 3 Sep 1872, Waterdown, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1908, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1898  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F16974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Anna Forbes Given Final Rites

      FORT MACLEOD. (HNS) - Committal service was held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning for a former resident of Fort Macleod, Mrs. Anna Millican Forbes, widow of the late Dr. Forbes. who was buried here in 1911. Rev. Herbert F. Dann of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church officiated.

      A son, Norman Forbes of Edmonton, accompanied the remains of his mother to Fort Macleod for burial in the family plot in the Union Cemetery.

      Mrs. Forbes resided in Macleod for some 10 or 12 years and left following the passing of her hus- band, Dr. Forbes, and had since resided in Edmonton. A daughter, Freda, survives, and another son, James, predeceased hus mother. Mrs. Skelding. Mrs. Catherine Hamilton and Miss McLaren were friends of the deceased lady, who was 83 years of age.

      The funeral service was held in Edmonton.

      James and Harold Millican were brothers. Dr. Forbes acted for a time as surgeon to the RNWMP at Fort Macleod.

      Lethbridge Herald December 4, 1953

  • Sources 
    1. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 151.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name: W George Forbes
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 28 Dec 1898
      Event Place: Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Age: 26
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1872 Waterdoron
      Occ: Physician of MacLeod, Alberta
      Father's Name: John
      Mother's Name: Elizabeth Veitch
      Spouse's Name: Anna Millican
      Spouse's Gender: Female
      Spouse's Age: 26
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1872 Belwood
      Spouse's Father's Name: William
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna C Young

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, U., America, N., Division, C., Macleod, F., & Cemetery, U. (1870). Anna Millican Forbes (1870-1953) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148349208.

    4. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      William Millican, 31, res. Garafraxa, b. England, son of J and Margaret (Routledge), married 27 Sept 1859 Annie C Pringle, 22, res. Galt, b. Scotland, daughter of Robert and Jemima (Young)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Aug 1870 - Belwood, Nichol Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1898 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Dec 1898 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Nov 1953 - Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Union Cemetery, Fort Macleod, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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