Obituary: Marjorie Evelyn (Ellis) Evans

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From the Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday February 7, 1984, p. 27:

EVANS, Marjorie Evelyn
In hospital on Monday, February 6, 1984, Marjorie Evelyn Ellis; dearly beloved wife of Clifford Bates Evans.  Dearest mother of Elayne (Mrs. Ralph Carlson).  Dear sister of the late Frank Ellis, Clifford Ellis (Oakville) and Kenneth Ellis and loving nieces and nephews.  Friends may call at Hulse and Playfair, Central Chapel, 315 McLeod Street, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, February 8.  Funeral in the Chapel on Thursday, February 9, time to be announced.  Cremation Pinecrest Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.

Obituary: Maude (Raycroft) Saunders

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From the Ottawa Citizen, July 12, 1976, p. 22:

SAUNDERS, Maude
Suddenly at her residence, 2129 Knightsbridge on Saturday, July 10, 1976, Maude Raycroft, age 74 years; beloved wife of Lemuel Saunders and dear sister of Mrs. Christina Evans of Pakenham; Mrs. Orville Peever (Elizabeth) Arnprior and Mrs. Theresa Manary, Braeside.  Also survived by several nieces and nephews.  Resting the Tubman Funeral Home, 403 Richmond Rd. at Roosevelt.  Service in the Chapel Tuesday 2.30 p.m.  Interment Pinecrest Cemetery.

Maude's sister Christina was married to Richard Evans, who was an older brother of my great-grandmother, Lavina (Evans) Cameron.

Pater Genealogia

Irish emigrants leaving home with the priest's blessing, in 1851,

from The Illustrated London News, May 10, 1851.

Credit: National Archives of Canada

My research interests lie with my paternal family (since my mom is reasearching her lines...), all of whom immigrated from various locations in Scotland, Ireland, and England to the Ottawa Valley (Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew counties) in Ontario, Canada.  Main names of preoccupation include Barber, Cameron, Cavanagh, Code, Duke, Evans, Gillespie, Grainger, Latimer, McNee, Needham, Rivington, Story, Tomlinson and Walsh. 

Below is the linear representation of my paternal ancestors, with each generation a different colour (the oldest of which dates back to the 1770s/1790s).  All of these are either immigrants to Canada or Canadian-born - I have yet to cross the hurdle that is the Atlantic Ocean.  No dates are included because a.) this is only an initial outline and b.) it would take me days to dig those out of the wreckage... 

Cameron, Jenn (me!)

d/o Cameron, B. & Hurlburt, W.

gd/o Cameron Ellwood A. & Barber A.

ggd/o Cameron, Joseph O. & Evans, Lavina

ggd/o Barber, Michael J. & Grainger, Linda

gggd/o Cameron, Archibald G. & McNee, Isabella

gggd/o Evans, George T. & Tomlinson, Mary

gggd/o Barber, Richard & Cavanagh, Elizabeth

gggd/o Grainger, Thomas & Story, Elizabeth

ggggd/o Cameron, Alexander & Gillespie, Flora

ggggd/o McNee, John & ?, Margaret

ggggd/o Evans, Richard & Code, Rachel

ggggd/o Tomlinson, William & Walsh, Mary

ggggd/o Barber, John & Rivington Mary

ggggd/o Cavanagh, John & Rivington, Jane B.

ggggd/o Grainger, William & Duke, Esther

ggggd/o Story, David & Needham, Jane

gggggd/o Rivington, Michael & ?, Catherine

gggggd/o Story, John & Latimer, Margaret