The accepted story is that the Readys immigrated from Ireland, and were given a land grant which is now the centre of the town of Perth. Relatives told them that Perth was not an ideal area, and that they should move to Bastard Township on the Rideau as there was plenty of fishing and hunting. Apparently, the cabin that they built near Portland is still in existence being used as an extra bunkie for a cottage.
The Censuses of 1851 for S. Elmsley, Burgess and Bastard Townships do not include any residents with the surname "Ready", although there is William "Rady" in the 1851 Agricultural Census for South Burgess at L11 CII, holding 70 acres. The William and Elizabeth Ready family were burying their departed at St. Peter's Anglican, Newboyne in as early as 1855. They appear in the 1861 Burgess census. By the 1871 Ontario Census, Austin, Michael and Ellen appear in the Elmsley census.
The death dates seen on most tombstones listed here are from the 20th Century, with a few exceptions. John Ready at St. Peter's Anglican, Newboyne is the earliest in 1855.
In sorting out these many Readys, it appears that these are the major family groupings, for whom we so far have no interconnections:
The details on the Ready family are still emerging. If you have information or corrections to contribute, email us through the "Contact Us" button above.
| Key | Name | Spouse | Cemetery | Sources |
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| 0 | William Ready b. 1808 d. 11.23.1878 |
Elizabeth H. (Elitia) Ready b. c.1813 |
SPAN 103 | 1851 S. Burgess Agricultural Census 1861, 1871, 1881 (Elizabeth) Burgess census. Grave stone. |
| 0.1 | Maria Ready b. c.1835 d. 12.12.1869 |
SPAN 76 | Grave stone | |
| 0.2 | Anne Ready b. c.1840 Ireland |
1861 Burgess Twp.census. | ||
| 0.3 | William Ready b. 1840 (2.15.1844) d. 1916 |
Alicia Marjery Polk b. 2.15.1847 d. 1913 |
PNE 25 | 1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, 1911 Bastard censuses Grave stone. LDS. Ambrose's Marriage reg. 14150-1910 Leeds |
| 0.3.1 | William Nelson Ready b. 4.28.1870 d. 1953 |
Sarah Ophelia Dowsett |
POE 38 | Marriage reg. 7037-1896 Leeds 1881, 1901, 1911 Bastard census Grave stone |
| 0.3.1.1 | W. Arthur Bailey (adopted) b. 4.x.1896 |
1911 Bastard Census | ||
| 0.3.2 | Isabella Ready b. 1872 (1.14.1873) d. 1928 |
Oscar Bolton b. 1866 (5.4.1864) d. 1950 |
POE 25 | 1881, 1901, 1911 Bastard and Burgess census. Grave stone. LDS. |
| 0.3.2.1 | Euretta Berneice Bolton b. 4.13.1895 d. 1979 |
William James Burns b. 1891 d. 1975 |
SPAN 192 | 1901, 1911 Bastard and Burgess Census. Grave stone. |
| 0.3.3 | Joseph Ready b. 1874 d. >1881 |
1881 Bastard and Burgess census LDS |
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| 0.3.4 | Robert John Ready b. 8.23.1877 d. 1946 |
1. Elizabeth F. Bolton b. 11.11.1880 d. 1909 2. Zeredia Baker b. Dec. 1879 d. 1964 |
PNE 24 | 1881, 1901 and 1911 Bastard and Burgess censuses. Grave stone LDS |
| 0.3.4.1 | Roberta Doreen Ready b. 7.5.1902 d. 9.21.1976 |
Roy Andrew Weekes b. 2.10.1897 m. 10.30.1923 d. 11.13.1972 |
HCSF | 1901 S. Elmsley census. 1911 Bastard and Burgess census. Marriage Reg. 14477-23 Grave stone |
| 0.3.4.1.x... | see Weekes family ... | |||
| 0.3.4.2 | Eileen Ready | Wilfred Jordan | ||
| 0.3.5 | Elizabeth Ready b. 11.23.1878 d. 1952 |
Charles Cope b. 1896 d. 1935 |
PNE 25 | 1881, 1901, 1911 Bastard census Grave stone LDS |
| 0.3.6 | Ambrose (Andrew?) Ready b. 3.18.1881 d. 1949 |
Victoria Elizabeth Joynt b. 1881 m. 2.2.1910 Newboyne d. 1941 |
POE 37 | Marriage reg. 14150-1910 Leeds 1881, 1901, 1911 Bastard census Grave stone LDS |
| 0.3.7 | Benjamin Augustine Ready b. 9.16.1887 d. 1941 |
1. Laura B Merriman b. 5.5.1889 d. 4.23.1913 Halliday Cemetery, Elgin 2. Maude E. Burns b. 1887 d. 1974 |
PNE 14 | 1901, 1911 Bastard censuses |
| 0.3.7.1 | William James Keeble Burns Ready b. 1916 d. 1917 |
PNE 14 | Grave stone | |
| 0.3.7.2 | Hugh Everton Augustine Ready b. 1921 d. c.2000 |
Moreen Cheetham b. 1929 |
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| 0.3.8 | Earl Oscar Ready b. 4.26.1890 >1911 |
Hellen (Nellie) Opal Wright b. 4.14.1896 m. 6.14.19?? d. Feb.1974 |
near Elgin * | 1901, 1911 Bastard census LDS (AFN: CCXC-XC) |
| 0.3.8.1 | Arnold Ready | |||
| 0.3.8.2 | Marjorie Elinor Ready b. 11.3.1924 d. 6.24.2008 |
Thomas Raymond Howe | ||
| 0.3.8.3 | Donald A. Ready b. 1926 d. 2007 |
Kathleen (Kay) Tutak b. 1923 |
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| 0.3.8.4 | Elizabeth (Betty) Jean Ready b. 1928 |
Robert Elmore Green b. 1920 m. 9.16.1948 |
Oak Leaf iii * | |
| 0.3.8.4.2 | David Elmore Green b. 1955 d. 1985 |
Oak Leaf iii * | ||
| 0.3.8.5 | Jack Ready | |||
| 0.4 | John Ready b. 1844 d. 12.21.1855 |
SPAN 75 | Grave stone | |
| 0.5 | Elanor Ready b. c.1849 |
1861 Burgess census | ||
| 0.6 | Robert Ready b. 1852 (Nov 1850) d. 1939 |
Eleanor Amelia Polk (Burns) b. c.1862 m. 3.9.1882 d. 10.21.1910 |
PNE 17 | 1861, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 Bastard and Burgess census Perth Courier Mar. 10, 1882 Grave stone |
| 0.6.1 | William Thomas Ready b. 1.1.1883 |
Eliza Anne Kinch b. Sept 1879 |
1891, 1901 Bastard and Burgess census. 1911 Kitley census p. 11. ancestry.com |
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| 0.6.1.1 | Hilda Euretta Ready b. Oct 1906 |
1911 Kitley census p. 11 | ||
| 0.6.1.2 | Thomas Edmund Ready b. 2.11.1911 d. 3.19.1977 |
Irene Rogers b. 1.29.1925 d. 12.10.1998 |
HCSF | 1911 Kitley census p. 11. Grave stone |
| 0.6.2 | James E Ready b. 7.19.1885 d. >1901 |
1891, 1901 Bastard and Burgess census | ||
| 0.6.3 | Edmund Ready b. 1885 (Jul 1886) d. 1967 |
Elizabeth Coleman b. 1891 d. 1981 |
PNE 17 | 1901, 1911 Bastard (Portland) census Grave stone |
| 0.6.4 | Euretta Belle (Veretta) Ready b. 1898 (4.4.1896) d. 1959 |
W.F. Mitchell b. 1898 d. 1964 |
PNE 17 | 1901, 1911 Bastard and Burgess census Grave stone |
| 0.7 | Susane Ready b. c.1855 |
1861 Burgess census | ||
| 0.8 | Joseph McEwne Ready b. 8.x.1857 Burgess Twp. d. 3.3.1908 Port Elmsley |
Mary Elizabeth Buffam b. 10.x.1863 Renfrew m. 12.21.1881Newboro d. 4.15.1940 Balzac, Alberta |
Rideau Ferry Airdrie Cemetery |
1861, 1881 Bastard and Burgess census. Marriage reg. 6084-1881 1911 Perth census. Lanark Era BMD Vol. I, p. 214 Grave stone |
| 0.8.1 | Elizabeth (Bessie) Maxwell Ready b. 11.17.1883 Ontario d. 9.x.1950 |
Ralph Dodds Miller b. 7.5.1882 Perth m. 12.31.1915 Calgary d. 8.11.1949 Outlook, Sask. |
1911 Perth census. | |
| 0.8.1.1 | Joseph Miller d. Calgary |
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| 0.8.1.2 | Douglas Maxwell Miller b. Calgary |
1. Norma Gertrude Miller m. Elbow, Sask. 2. Vera d. c. 2002 Saskatchewan |
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| 0.8.1.2.1 | Elaine Elizabeth Miller | |||
| 0.8.1.2.2 | Donald Milton Maxwell Miller | |||
| 0.8.1.2.3 | another child | |||
| 0.8.1.2.4 | another child | |||
| 0.8.2 | Ada Belle Ready b. 9.29.1886 Charleston Vermont d. 12.30.1962 Calgary AB |
Albert Acheson b. 2.2.1887 N. Elmsley m. 7.20.1926 Calgary d. 10.13.1961 Calgary |
1911 Perth census. | |
| 0.8.3 | Vida (Vivien) Ruth Ready b. 12.16.1892 East Charleston, VT d. 6.27.1962 |
Russell Pole m. 1923 Calgary |
1911 Perth census. | |
| 0.9 | Eva Ready b. 1864 d. >1891 |
1881 Bastard and Burgess census | ||
| 0.10 | Priscilla Ready b. 1868 d. 1.29.1873 |
SPAN 77 | Grave stone | |
Other Readys in the area, who may or may not have been related. |
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| Bastard And Burgess Twp. Ready Families | ||||
| WLR | William Ready | Lizzie | Forbes Cemetery List | |
| WLR.1 | Bessie Ready b. 1908 d. 2.5.1909 |
Forbes * | Forbes Cemetery List | |
| South Elmsley Twp. Ready Familes | ||||
| Michael Ready b. c. 1813 Ireland d. >1871 |
1871 S. Elmsley census [Note: Could this be the father of Austin, whose first son is named Michael, b. 1837?] |
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| ER | Ellen Ready (Hellen Radey) b. c. 1823 Ireland d. >1881 |
1871, 1881 S. Elmsley census LDS (as Radey) |
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| ER.1 | Michael Radey b. c.1858 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS (as Radey) |
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| ER.2 | Morris (Maurice) Ready b. 2.6.1861 d. >1911 |
Nellie (Ellen?) Eaton (Doyle?) b. 4.1.1866 m. Aug 1898 |
1881 S. Elmsley census 1901, 1911 census, Smiths Falls. The Lanark Era BMD Vol I, page 50. LDS (as Radey) |
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| ER.2.1 | Mary E Ready b. 4.12.1900 d. >1911 |
1901, 1911 census, Smiths Falls | ||
| ER.3 | John Radey b. c.1865 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS (as Radey) |
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| ER.4 | Mary Radey b. c.1869 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS (as Radey) |
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| AR | Austin Ready (Radey) b. c.1837 Ireland d. >1871 |
Mary b. c.1841 m. c.1862 d. 10.15.1888 Smiths Falls |
1871, 1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.1 | Michael Radey b. c.1863 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.2 | Annie Radey b. c.1865 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.3 | Austin Ready b. c.1868 d. c.1918 |
1871, 1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.4 | Mary Radey b. c.1868 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.5 | Bridget Radey b. c.1871 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| AR.6 | Catherine Radey b. c.1874 |
1881 S. Elmsley census LDS(as Radey) |
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| Lanark Co. Ready Families | ||||
| C. Frank Ready, Smiths Falls | Ambrose Ready's Marriage Reg. 14150-1910 | |||
| RR | Robert Ready | Lanark Era BMD Vol. III | ||
| RR.1 | Edith Victoria Ready b. 6.16.1922 |
Lanark Era BMD Vol. III | ||
| Robert Morris Ready, Sgt. b. 1925 d. 1976 |
SJACP * | |||
| JC | Annie Ready | James Clancy | ||
| JC.1 | Lawrence Clancy b. 8.24.1877 |
Birth Reg. 13535 Carleton Place | ||
| JC.2 | Maggie Agatha Cleary b. 7.26.1887 |
Birth Reg. 017052 Carleton Place | ||
| The family of Peter Ready and Jane McGregor who settled in the Carleton Place - Lanark Twp. area as early as 1851 when William James Ready was born. | ||||
| PR | Peter Ready b. c.1812 |
Jane McGregor | ||
| PR.1 | Michael Andrew Ready b. 9.10.1832 Allumette Is., Pontiac Que. d. 10.21.1908 Reston |
Christena Hamilton b. 7.16.1829 Carleton Place m. c.1854 d. 5.22.1907 Reston |
Reston, Manitoba | 1871, 1901, 1911 Lanark Twp. Census The Lanark Era BMD Vol I, page 201, 226 |
| PR.1.1 | Jennie Ready b. c.1857 d. c.3.11.1896 Virden MAN |
William Tanner m. c.1894 |
The Lanark Era, BMD Vol I, page 9 | |
| PR.1.1.1 | a child b. 1895 |
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| PR.1.2 | William James Ready b. c. 1851 Lanark Co. |
Mary Campbell b. 4.23.1857 Rosetta m. 9.19.1876 Lanark Twp. d. 7.23.1932 Picton |
Wellington Cemetery | LDS (AFN: 4W4D-63) Perth Courier, September 29, 1876 Marriage Reg. 5123-76 Wellington |
| PR.1.2.1 | Campbell Ready b. 6.24.1877 d. 9.11.1952 Washington DC |
1. Jennie Owen Goldie b. 10.15.1882 m. 5.30.1906 d. 1.27.1943 2. Jessie Biddle |
LDS (AFN: 4W4D-02) Birth Reg. 13573 Lanark Twp. |
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| PR.1.2.1.1-5 | five children | |||
| PR.1.2.2 | Christine (Christena) Ready b. 12.16.1878 Rosetta d. 6.20.1910 Winnipeg |
E. Wilson |
Birth Reg. 13945 Rosetta, Lanark Twp. The Lanark Era BMD Vol. I, page 260 The Lanark Era, Mar. 5, 1902, June 29th, 1910 |
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| PR.1.2.2.1-3 | three children | |||
| PR.1.2.3 | Arnold W. Ready b. c.1896 Rosetta, Lanark d. 10.26.1897 Rosetta |
The Lanark Era BMD Vol I, page 34 | ||
| PR.1.2.4 | Mary J. Ready | S. Franklin Hawley (Calgary) m. 9.25.1907 Winnipeg |
The Lanark Era BMD Vol. I, p. 207 | |
| PR.1.2.5 | Miriam Evelyn Ready d. 8.16.1933 Elm Creek, Man. |
Melville Lorne Campbell (Elm Creek, Man.) m. 1.4.1905 |
The Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 205 | |
| PR.1.2.6 | Effa Rose Ready b. 1.23.1887 |
Robert Nairn Affleck (Demaine, Sask.) m. 2.24.1909 Hillier, Hastings ON |
Birth Reg. 017347 Lanark Twp. LDS |
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| PR.1.2.6.1-3 | three children | |||
| PR.1.2.7 | Effie Ready | Leonard Palmer (Sudbury) | ||
| PR.1.2.8 | Ready (Winnipeg) | |||
| PR.1.3 | John Ready b. c.1859 d. 7.21.1934 Bield, MB |
Mary Boyle | ||
| PR.1.3.1 | Ready | |||
| PR.1.3.2 | James Ready | |||
| PR.1.3.3 | Willard Ready | |||
| PR.1.3.4 | Harold Ready | |||
| PR.1.4 | Peter Duncan Ready b. c.1864 d. 6.14.1935 Reston, Man |
Jessie Reid | The Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 240 | |
| PR.1.5 | Norris Ready | Agnes Taylor | The Lanark Era BMD Vol I, page 254 | |
| PR.1.6 | Bella Ready | |||
| PR.1.7 | Michael Andrew Ready b. 6.22.1871 d. 6.11.1932 |
Mary Ann Ferguson b. 12.2.1875 m. 5.18.1892 Denbigh |
United Church, Denbigh * | Marriage reg. 6602-92 1901 Addington census The Lanark Era BMD Vol II. |
| PR.1.7.1 | Eva Pearl Ready b. 7.10.1892 |
1901 Addington census | ||
| PR.1.7.2 | Norris Ready (Webb, SK) |
1901 Addington census | ||
| PR.1.7.3 | John Ready (Winnipeg) | |||
| PR.1.7.4 | William Ready (Timmins) | |||
| PR.1.7.5 | Lorne Ready (Ottawa) b. 12.25.1896 |
1901 Addington census | ||
| PR.1.7.6 | Andrew Ready (Kingston) b. 12.25.1899 |
1901 Addington census | ||
| PR.1.7.7 | Arthur Ready (Toronto) b. 2.1.1895 |
1901 Addington census | ||
| PR.1.7.8 | Bert Ready (Kingston) | |||
| PR.1.7.9 | Pearl Ready (Kingston) | |||
| PR.1.7.10 | Frances Ready (Kingston) | |||
| PR.1.7.11 | Anne Ready (Kingston) | |||
| PR.1.8 | Robert Franklin Ready b. 3.9.1870 d. 3.5.1943 |
Rachael Ella Babcock b. c.1894 m. 11.5.1913 Perth ON d. 1963 |
LVC 168 | 1901 Lanark census 1911 Bastard and Burgess census. Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 34. 1936 Perth Voters List 1936 Perth Commercial Directory Grave stone |
| PR.1.8.1 | Margaret Louise Ready b. 10.28.1914 Lanark d. 5.4.1915 |
LVC 168 | Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 55, 69. Grave stone |
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| PR.1.8.2 | Norman Frankland Ready b. 2.7.1916 d. 11.7.1944 at sea |
Ruth Margaret Ready | LVC 168 | Lanark Era BMD Vol. III. p.20 1936 Perth Commercial Directory Grave stone. Veteran's Affairs |
| PR.1.8.3 | Vernon Strang Ready b. 3.2.1918 Lanark |
LVC | Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 112. 1936 Perth Commercial Directory Grave stone. |
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| PR.1.8.4 | Leonard B. Ready b. 2.8.1920 d. 3.17.1993 |
Gertrude C. Duffy b.4.12.1920 |
Laidley Cemetery, S. Sherbrooke Twp | 1936 Perth Commercial Directory |
| PR.1.8.5 | Edith Victoria Ready b. 6.16.1922 Lanark |
Lanark Era BMD Vol. III. p.97 1936 Perth Commercial Directory |
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| PR.1.8.6 | Norris Hamilton Ready b. 10.9.1930 Perth |
Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 161. 1936 Perth Commercial Directory |
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| PR.1.9 | James A. Ready b. 5.24.1872 d. 2.15.1914 Renfrew |
Isabela (Bella) McGregor b. 8.1.1874 m. 12.30.1897 |
Goshen * | Lanark Era BMD Vol I, page 21. 1901 Renfrew Census Lanark Era BMD Vol II, page 41. |
| PR.1.9.1 | Eva C Ready b. 2.11.1898 |
1901 Renfrew Census | ||
| PR.1.9.2 | Daniel J Ready 4.18.1900 |
1901 Renfrew Census | ||
| PR.1.9.3-7 | seven children total | |||
| PR.1.10 | Mary Ellen Ready b. c.1878 d. 5.7.1883 |
Greenwood | Grave stone | |
Oxford Township |
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| William Ready b. c.1791 d. 8.8.1850 |
Margaret Ann b. c.1805 d. 6.11.1874 |
Andrew's Cemetery, Bisop's Mills * | 1871 Oxford Twp. census. Grave stone |
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| Eliza Ready b. 8.11.1842 d. 6.2.1876 |
Wm. Connell | Andrew's Cemetery, Bisop's Mills * | Grave stone | |
| Nancy Ready b. c.1797 Ireland d. >1871 |
1871 Oxford census | |||
Renfrew Co. |
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| JR Bromley | James Ready b. 1.20.1869 |
Mary Ready b.1.4.1873 |
1901 Renfrew Census | |
| JR.1 | Kathleen Ready b. 11.3.1898 |
1901 Renfrew Census | ||
| JR.2 | Gerald Ready b. 1.14.1890 |
1901 Renfrew Census | ||
| HMR Bromley | Henry M. Ready 9.26.1870 |
Hannah Ready b. 2.25.1879 |
1901 Renfrew Census | |
| HMR.1 | Mary B. Ready b. 2.27.1901 |
1901 Renfrew Census | ||
Carleton Co. |
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| JR | John Ready b. 6.3.1833 |
Ann Ready b. c.1833 d. <1901 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | |
| JR.1 | Michael Ready b. 1.3.1866 |
Catherine Ready 1.24.1863 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | |
| JR.1.1 | John T. Ready b. 3.21.1889 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| JR.1.2 | Mary B.M. Ready b. 9.7.1891 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| JR.1.3 | Annie T. Ready b. 10.1.1893 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| JR.1.4 | Mary E. Ready b. 12.8.1895 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| JR.1.5 | Thomas P. Ready b. 12.14.1897 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| JR.1.6 | Mary C. Ready b. 4.12.1900 |
1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| MR | Margaret Ready b. c.1811 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| MR.1 | Daniel Ready b. c.1836 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| MR.2 | Thomas Ready b. 12.17.1846 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| MR.3 | Bridget E. Ready b. 5.12.1855 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
| MR.4 | Mary Ready b. c.1859 |
1881, 1901 Carleton/Nepean census | ||
* = looking for grave stone photo.
BUM = Beckwith United, Maplewood Cemetery
COHT = Cemetery on the Hill, Toledo
HCSF = Hillcrest Cemetery, Smiths Falls
LVC = Lanark Village Cemetery
UCL = Union Cemetery, Lombardy
MVSF = Maple Vale Cemetery, Smiths Falls
PNE = Portland New Emmanuel
POE = Portland Old Emmanuel
SAUT = Saint Andrew's United Cemetery, also known as Toledo Presbyterian Cemetery
SJACP = St. James Anglican, Carleton Place
SPAN = St. Peter's Anglican, Newboyne
UCL = Lombardy Union Cemetery