John Keachie

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• Interesting: Dairt, life story,
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-105321P
• Residence: 1865, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1899, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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In Loving Memory Died/ In Galt, on Saturday, December 12th, 1914/ at 5.38 p.m./ John Keachie/ Aged 75 years, 3 months, 29 days/ Funeral/ will take place on Monday, December/ 14th, at 2 p.m., from his late residence,/ 12 Ann Street to Mount View Cemetery./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card of John Keachie

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James L. Keachie is secretary and general manager of the Dexter Creamery -- the most important industry of the town. He was born in Sheffield, Wentworth county, Ontario, Canada, on January 23, 1876, a son of John and Sarah (Kirkpatrick) Keachie. The father, also a native of Sheffield, was born August 14, 1838, while the grandfather, James Bailey Keachie, was born in New York, his parents having emigrated from Scotland. They remained in New York for only a short period, however, crossing the border into Canada and taking up their abode in Ontario. The members of the Keachie family for several generations back had largely been tillers of the soil, and John Keachie, the father of our subject, likewise followed the same pursuit. For the past eight years, however, he has been living a retired life in the town of Galt, Wentworth county.

His wife was also born in Sheffield Ontario, the date of her birth being March 8, 1845, while her parents were respectively of Scotch and German ancestry. She passed away on July 12, 1894, and her death was deeply regretted by a large circle of friends as well as by her immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Keachie were the parents of six children, as follows: John B., who resides in Redwood Falls, Minnesota; Mary, the wife of Osborn Howell, of St. George, Ontario, Canada; Anna, who married Dr. James McQueen, living in Freelton, Ontario; James L., of this review; Gertrude, the wife of C. E. Benkley, of New Liskeard, Ontario; and Nellie, the wife of C. E. Cornell, residing in Truman, Minnesota.

Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907

John married Sarah Kirkpatrick 11 Jun 1865, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Kirkpatrick and Anna Shupe) was born 8 Mar 1846, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 1894, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

John married Philipina Ball 18 May 1899, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Philipina was born 27 Jun 1846, Exploits, Burnt Island, Tweillingate, Newfoundland; died 10 Apr 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Annie Elizabeth McQueen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-424359

Annie married Dr. - MPP James McQueen 19 Aug 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James was born 5 Jan 1868, Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 1 Jun 1957, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Education: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Commercial College
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55608

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James L. Keachie is secretary and general manager of the Dexter Creamery -- the most important industry of the town. He was born in Sheffield, Wentworth county, Ontario, Canada, on January 23, 1876, a son of John and Sarah (Kirkpatrick) Keachie. The father, also a native of Sheffield, was born August 14, 1838, while the grandfather, James Bailey Keachie, was born in New York, his parents having emigrated from Scotland. They remained in New York for only a short period, however, crossing the border into Canada and taking up their abode in Ontario. The members of the Keachie family for several generations back had largely been tillers of the soil, and John Keachie, the father of our subject, likewise followed the same pursuit. For the past eight years, however, he has been living a retired life in the town of Galt, Wentworth county.

His wife was also born in Sheffield Ontario, the date of her birth being March 8, 1845, while her parents were respectively of Scotch and German ancestry. She passed away on July 12, 1894, and her death was deeply regretted by a large circle of friends as well as by her immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Keachie were the parents of six children, as follows: John B., who resides in Redwood Falls, Minnesota; Mary, the wife of Osborn Howell, of St. George, Ontario, Canada; Anna, who married Dr. James McQueen, living in Freelton, Ontario; James L., of this review; Gertrude, the wife of C. E. Benkley, of New Liskeard, Ontario; and Nellie, the wife of C. E. Cornell, residing in Truman, Minnesota.

James L. Keachie was reared on the home farm and acquired his education in the public schools of Sheffield and the Commercial College at Galt, Ontario. In 1900 he came to the United States, joining a brother in Dexter, Iowa, who had charge of the creamery here and whose employ he entered. The following winter he took a special course in butter-making at the Iowa State Dairy School at Ames, and following its completion he was offered and accepted the management of the creamery at Blairstown, Benton county, Iowa. In the spring of 1902, however, he resigned from this institution, and applied for the position of secretary and general manager of the Dexter Creamery, these offices being left vacant by the resignation of his brother. On the 1st of March, 1902, James L. Keachie assumed the duties of his present position, the plant under his management having been unusually successful owing to the executive ability and excellent business training of our subject. The business of the creamery has increased with remarkable rapidity, and during the past year the output amounted to one hundred and eighty thousand pounds of butter. The entire product of this important industrial plant is shipped to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Dexter Creamery is the most important enterprise of the town and also one of the most successful creameries in this section of Iowa, being therefore a prominent factor in the material prosperity of the county.

On the 25th of December, 1902, Mr. Keachie was joined in wedlock to Miss Ada Gilmore, a native of Valens, Ontario, Canada, and a daughter of William and Eliza (Cudney) Gilmore, both of whom are still living and reside on their farm in Wentworth county, Ontario.

In his political views Mr. Keachie is a republican and fraternally is connected with Dexter lodge, No. 215, I. O. O. F. He is also a member of the United Presbyterian church, while his wife is connected with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. In the conduct of his business Mr. Keachie has always employed methods which would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and which have been based upon the strictest principles of business integrity. He well deserves his position as one of the representative citizens of the county, and all with whom he comes in contact accord him the highest respect and esteem.


Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907

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• Name: Gertrude M. Binkley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-464437

Gertrude married Charles Elgin Binkley 19 Nov 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of Miles Binkley and Orpha Jane Carry) was born 1878, Milgrove, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Grace Kirkpatrick Prudham
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81155

Grace married John Henry Prudham 18 Oct 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John was born 27 Dec 1890, Waterdown, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 11 Nov 1950; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Tansley "Libby" Hagen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136581

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HAGEN, Elizabeth Tansley (Libby) (nee Prudham) - At Trillium Centre, Kingston, Ontario on September 10, 2010. Born January 6, 1922, in Galt, Ontario, to the late John Henry and Grace Kirkpatrick Prudham (née McQueen). Predeceased by her husband, Norman Allan George Hagen, September 11, 1996 and her son, John William James (Bill) Hagen, May 14, 2002. Dearly missed by her daughters Ann Cummings, Kingston, Ontario and Sheila Yates and her husband Bob, Sooke, BC. Libby is survived by her sister Helen McKay, Toronto, Ontario. She is survived too by her nieces Nora and Jane and her nephews James and John along with their respective spouses and children. The family will receive friends on Friday September 17, 2010 from 1: 00 pm until time of service at 2: 00 pm at the ROBERT J, REID & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 'The Chapel on the Corner', 309 Johnson Street (at Barrie Street). Cremation to follow the service. Interment will take place at a later date in Galt, ON. A special thank you is extended to the staff at Trillium Ridge Retirement Home for all of the care and support given to Elizabeth. As an expression of sympathy donations to the Alzheimer's Society (for research) or to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Elizabeth — Norman Allan George Hagen. Norman died 11 Sep 1996. [Group Sheet]