Jane Amelia Weekes (McGillivray)

Name: Jane Amelia Weekes
Birth: December 25, 1845
Death: February 24, 1927
Grave: Hillcrest Cemetery, Smiths Falls ON
Spouse: William McGillivray
Birth: September 15, 1845
Death: February 13, 1930
Grave: Hillcrest Cemetery, Smiths Falls ON
Marriage: 6.2.1876
Parents: Jane: Edward Fullerton Weekes and Mary Jane McAuley
William: John McGillivray and Ellen
Children: William Edward, Minnie E. (Mary) (Patience) , Mabel, George Stanley

Jane's Death Registration
William's Death Registration
Letter from William to his father - 1861

Jane Amelia Weekes (with William?)

Perth Courier, June 9, 1876
"At the residence of the bride's father on 26th May, by Rev A L Patterson, Mr Wm McGillivray, of Smiths Falls, to Miss Jane Amelia, eldest daughter of Edward F Weekes, Esq, JP of Lombardy."

From: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/leeds76.htm
[Note that there are a few factual typos in the original version of this report.]
"5527-76 William McGILLIVRAY, 32, widower, mechanic, Orkney Island Scotland, Smith Falls, s/o James & Ellen, married Jane Emilia WEEKES, 27, Smith Falls, Lombardy, d/o Edward F. & Emelia, witn: Alexander McGILLIVRAY of Smith Falls & Anna McGREGOR of Lombardy, 2 June 1876 at Lombardy, Elmsley"

Minnie and William McGillivray Sr.
william and minnie

4 Generations - October 1927
William McGillivray Sr., Minnie Patience, Marvin McKay, Mabel McKay
4 generations

At the time of the registration of William Jr.'s birth, William Sr. was listed on the birth registration as a carpenter. Later, William worked at the police station, and Jane cooked meals for the prisoners. They lived at 52 Market St., Smiths Falls.  William had children, Madeline, James and Horatio, from his first marriage (Marian Rathey 1842-1872). Jane and William's son Stan worked on the CPR. William (called Ginny) was a butcher, with no family.  Mary was known as Minnie.

James, Horatio and William were among the people who migrated into Smiths Falls in the 1870s and 1880s. James was a carpenter. Horatio was a grocer. William was a blacksmith.

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