Elizabeth "Bessie" Gilchrist

1871 - 1951  (79 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Bessie" Gilchrist
  Born	23 Mar 1871	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Bessie Gilchrist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	School Teacher
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Teacher, Public School
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1921	Cooper St. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82983
  Died	19 Feb 1951	Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I82983	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Malcolm Gilchrist,   b. 1817, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Dec 1890, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Charlotte McMillan,   b. 4 Sep 1827, Kintyre, Arglyshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Apr 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Married	1852
  Family ID	F21611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GILCHRIST, ELIZABETH Miss Gilchrist, a life-long resident of this district, on Monday, February 19, 1951, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Robert Galbraith of Mount Forest, where she was visiting. Miss Gilchrist was born 85 years ago in Killean, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Gilchrist, pioneer residents of Puslinch. She taught school at the Hespeler Public School for eighteen years between 1889 and 1907, when she retired. After the death of her father, Miss Gilchrist and her mother lived on Cooper St. in Hespeler, which remained her home. She was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her sister, Mrs. Galbraith and a cousin, W. A. Gilchrist of Galt. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 2 from the Stager-Russ Funeral Home in Hespeler. Interment took place in Killean Cemetery. Rev. Earl F. Smith officiated. 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.

  
  

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  Born - 23 Mar 1871 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - School Teacher - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher, Public School - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Killean Cemetery, Puslinch Twp., Killean, Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth