Charlotte McMillan

1827 - 1921  (93 years)

• Name	Charlotte McMillan
  Born	4 Sep 1827	Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1850	, Canada   [2]
  Name	Charlotte Gilchrist
  Residence	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1921	Cooper St. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82979
  Died	20 Apr 1921	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I82979	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Malcolm Gilchrist,   b. 1817, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Dec 1890, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1852
  Children	1. Charlotte Gilchrist,   b. 1863, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1930, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   2. Annie Gilchrist,   b. 21 Jan 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth "Bessie" Gilchrist,   b. 23 Mar 1871, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Feb 1951, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F21611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GILCHRIST, CHARLOTTE (Nee McMillan) There passed to her eternal rest on Wednesday, April 20, 1921 at 8 p. m., at her home on Cooper St. in Hespeler, the very last of the early pioneers of Puslinch. Relict of Malcolm Gilchrist. She was Hespeler's second oldest citizen. The deceased was born in Kintyre, Argyleshire in 1827 and was in her 94th year. In her young girlhood in the early 30's, with her parents, she emigrated to Canada, coming to Puslinch, where she married and resided on lot 11, concession 1 and there she passed with her husband through the vicissitudes of pioneer life. Shortly after her husband's death, thirty years ago, she moved to Hespeler where, attended by the ministrations of her daughter, Miss Bessie and at times other members of the family, she has spent her long evening in sweet and calm content. Well-read, well informed, taking a keen interest in the events of the time, she was a most interesting conversationalist and took great pleasure in recalling to the younger generations the happy, yet strenuous days of the early settlers. Of a family of one son and five daughters there survive: John of Guelph; Mrs. Robert Galbraith of Mount Forest; Mrs. Charlotte Cooper and Miss Bessie at home. Mrs. Hardy of Flint, Michigan. Annie predeceased her. The funeral was held on Saturday at 1: 30 from her residence to little cemetery at Killean. It was largely attended by friends and relatives. Rev. McAlpine officiated, whilst the following acted as pallbearers: her four nephews, John W. Gilchrist, Archie McMillan, Angus McCormick and John Gilchrist; her son-in-law, Robert Galbraith of Mount Forest; and a grandson, Thomas Gilchrist of Guelph. Among those attending from a distance were Mrs. John Urquhart and Mrs. James Porter of Chatham; Miss Mary Gilchrist of Hamilton; and William Gilchrist of Galt. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 14. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 13. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175120870.

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - 1850 - , Canada Residence - - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Apr 1921 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth