Cassandra McAfee^{[1, 2]}

1817 - 1900  (83 years)

• Name	Cassandra McAfee
  Born	1817	, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Cassandra McMillan
  Residence	1844	Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Free Church
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Presbyteroan
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian Canada
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-47352
  Died	1 Aug 1900	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  	Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage (3 hours)
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I47352	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	James McMillan,   b. CALC 8 Oct 1812, , Wigtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 31 Jan 1887, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Married	14 Mar 1844	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Children	1. William McMillan,   b. CALC 20 Jan 1845, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1845, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Elizabeth McMillan,   b. 5 Aug 1846, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 69 years)   3. Rebecca McMillan,   b. 14 Jan 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1929  (Age 80 years)   4. Cassandra McMillan,   b. 23 Dec 1850, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 1932, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 81 years)   5. Grace McMillan,   b. CALC 5 Jan 1853, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 28 years)   6. Mary A. McMillan,   b. 10 May 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1935, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 79 years)   7. Jane "Jennie" McMillan,   b. 23 Apr 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1922, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario  (Age 62 years)   8. John Mc Macmillan,   b. 1865, Isle Of Man ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F17181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. JAMES MCMILLAN was a woman of marked individuality in the sphere of Christian goodness. She was loving-kindness embodied. She was pre-eminently a mother, loving the quietude of her own home, and reigning there in the exercise of a sweet disposition rarely equalled, and a self-control, and a patience, and a strength of judgment hardly ever excelled. A wise thoughtfulness characterized all her ways. She was deeply permeated by the truth indeed I might very properly say, possessed by the truth. It was to her more than a word, it was a spiritual power, an operative principle affecting her heart and shaping her life, imparting to her good reasons for action, offering a desirable end to attain, and creating for her an atmosphere in whose light everything was seen. The Word of God was to her a lamp to her. feet and a light to her path. She loved other books, but the Bible most and best. That was the living spring whose waters were most satisfying to her, and which were most sought after. She was a true and steadfast friend. The tide of time flowed on, but it wrought no change in her affections; she was constant and unaltering as the Pole Star. A remarkable equableness of temperament was hers. She was neither lifted up nor cast down unduly, but held on in the even tenor of her way. Her firm faith in the fatherly love of God upheld her spirit and ministered to her a peace which the world could neither give nor take away. God's Word she never doubted or questioned, but accepted gladly, and built the structure of her life upon it. Whatever else of sorrow came to her in the course of her life, there were two great sorrows that stood out like great mountain peaks above the rest; one of which was the death of her daughter, Grace, in her early youth, and in her young beauty and charm. Through a livelong year she slowly faded away, and passed into the land where " everlasting spring abides and never withering flowers," only remembered by what she had been. The other was the death of Mr. McMillan, after a long illness. Both were great trials which she bore with Christian resignation, looking through the darkness and desolation they brought into her existence into the light of God's face, and there finding a sure resting place in her great grief. She lived years after her husband s death, and when her end came it was quite unexpected, after only a few hours illness. But in this she enjoyed a great mercy. The chariot of God came and caught her up, and took her home, without any great pain or lingering sickness. With comfort we write: " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." Ebenezer: A History of the Central Presbyterian Church, Galt, Ontario, with brief sketches of some of its members who have passed on the the other side, The Rev. James A. R. Dickson

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Andrew Martin Born: Wigtonshire Scotland Age: 27 Born: abt 1846 Father: John Martin Mother: Elizabeth Martin Spouse: Elizabeth McMillan Age: 27 Born: abt 1846 born: Galt Ont Father: James McMillan Mother: Cassenda McMillan married 25 Nov 1873 married: Waterloo, Galt [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11262-81. John Goodwin, 27, Occ. Butcher, b. England, Res. Columbus Nevada, son of John and Jane, married Mary A. Mcmillan, 24, b. Galt, Res. Same, daughter of James and Cassandra, Witness(es): James D. and Jennie Mcmillan of Galt, 1 Feb 1881 at Galt [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 10. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 59. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 8 Page 62. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . James McMillan/ died 31st Jan. 1887/ in his 75th year/ a native of/ Wigtonshire Scotland/ also/ Cassandra McAfee/ his wife/ died 1st Aug. 1900/ in her 83rd year [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 38. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate. Mrs Cassandra McMillan Gender: Female Age: 82 Birth Date: abt 1818 Birth Place: Canada Death Date: 1 Aug 1900 Death Place: Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage #027094 [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 47. [S12] Vit - ON, Gore - Gore District Marriage Register - Waterloo Entries, A. Gale Presbyterian (P. 7 & 8). James McMillan, of Dumfries, married Cassandra McAfee, of Barton. 14 Mar 1844, license, Witnesses: N. A. McAfee and Catharine Hannon.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1817 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1844 - Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Mar 1844 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyteroan - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian Canada - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cerebral Haemorrhage (3 hours) - 1 Aug 1900 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth