Ellen Maria Grant

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• Name: Ellen Maria Gillies
• Name: Ellen Maria Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-338823

Notes:

Mrs. John Gillies (nee Ellen Grant) of Walter Street, Ayr, died 12th November, 1952, at Galt General Hospital following an illness of 16 days. She was born 20th August, 1875, at Erin, Ontario, a daughter of William Grant whose birth during 1826 in eastern Ontario was of United Empire Loyalist parents. She was married on the 18th October, 1884, at St. Mary's to Charles W. Taylor, who died as the result of an accident in 1898. She was re-married 25th March, 1910, to John Gillies of South Dumfries who lived in that township until his death nine years ago. Since 1943 Mrs. Gillies had resided on Walter Street, Ayr. She is survived by one son, William A. Taylor, of London; one sister, Martha A. Wheeler, of Toronto, and the following stepdaughters and stepson: Mrs. Florence Walker, Arden, Manitoba; Mrs. S. B. Chapple, Teeswater, Ont., and J. Stanley Taylor, of Hillside Beach, Manitoba. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. W. D. Goodger at Knox United Church, Ayr, on Saturday afternoon. Interment was made in the Ayr Cemetery. The pallbearers were: Marshall Gillies, R.R. 3, Ayr; Wm. G. Hall, Ayr; Grant Ritchie, Ayr; Lawrence E. Gillies, Paris; Dennis Rodrigues and Croft Taylor, London.

The Ayr News Nov 20 1952 pg 1

Ellen married Charles William Taylor 19 Oct 1894, Georgetown, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada. Charles was born 1857, Downie Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Ellen married John W. Gillies 24 Mar 1910, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. John (son of John Gillies and Martha Jane Bell) was born 1870, Little's Corners, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1943, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 23 Oct 1943, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200532
• Residence: 1952, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada