Emily Elizabeth (Heron) Ramsay (1858 - 1943)

Born 2 Jan 1858 in Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Ramsay — married 23 Jan 1878 in Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1943 at age 85 in Delisle, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Emily Elizabeth Heron was born on January 2, 1858 in Osprey, Grey, Ontario, (Upper) Canada to Thomas Heron and Lavinia Lounc. Her mother was born in Ireland.

Emily Elizabeth, age 3 in 1861, resided in Osprey, Grey, Ontario with her parents and siblings, Robert, Thomas, Charles, Richard, Hannah and Victoria. The family's religion was Wesleyan Methodist. ^[1]

In the Canada Census of 1871, at the age of 13, Emily lived with her parents and siblings in Osprey, South Grey, Ontario. ^[2]

Emily married Robert Ramsay in Ontario, Canada in 1878. ^[3] They raised four children, Robert Oswald Sheldon Ramsay, Emily Eleanor Lavinia Ramsay, Thomas Heron Alvin Ramsay and Wilford Austin Ramsay. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In 1901, Emily and her four children resided in Assiniboia, The Territories, Canada. She identified as of Irish ethnicity and Methodist religion. ^[7]

By 1911, Emily and Robert and their son, Wilford resided in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Harvey and Gertrude Serline, a laborer and cook, also lived in the home. They continued to reside in Saskatchewan in 1916. Four servants lived with them. ^{[8] [9]}

Emily died on November 15, 1943 and was buried in Delisle Cemetery, Delisle, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ78-PYS : 5 September 2017), Elisabeth Heron, Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 8, line 20; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1027-1028, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,850.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47X-M5D : 24 October 2018), Emily Heron in household of Thomas Heron, Ospry, Grey, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJS-CR2 : 10 April 2015), Robert Ramsay and Emily E Heron, 23 Jan 1878; citing registration , Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,651.
4. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2CM-1B2 : 27 November 2014), Robert Oswald Sheldon Ramsay, 20 Oct 1878; citing Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada, 20 Oct 1878, reference 108; FHL microfilm 1,845,398.
5. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2C9-MHJ : 27 November 2014), Emily Elizabeth Heron in entry for Emily Ellenor Livinia Ramsay, 03 Nov 1880; citing Osprey, Grey, Ontario, Canada, 03 Nov 1880, reference 117; FHL microfilm 1,845,398.
6. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2KX-XBX : 27 November 2014), Emily Elizabeth Heron in entry for Thomas Heron Alvin Ramsay, 26 Apr 1884; citing Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe, Ontario, 26 Apr 1884, reference cn 32780; FHL microfilm 1,845,876.
7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHRK-T5X : 18 March 2018), Emily Ramsay in household of Emily E Ramsay, Assiniboia (west/ouest), The Territories, Canada; citing p. 4, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
8. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB8-V342 : 16 March 2018), Emily Ramsey in entry for Robert Ramsey, 1911; citing Census, Saskatoon Sub-Districts 1-12, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,580.
9. ↑ "Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMP6-XDD : 11 March 2018), Emley Ramsay in household of Robert Ramsay, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 8, line 34; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,952.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188533420 : accessed 16 December 2018), memorial page for Emily Elizabeth Heron Ramsay (2 Jan 1858–15 Nov 1943), Find A Grave Memorial no. 188533420, citing Delisle Cemetery, Delisle, Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada ; Maintained by Ruth Watkins (Pew) Jaynes (contributor 48360967) .

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8S-QLT : 10 April 2015), Emily Heron in entry for Robert O Sheldon Ramsay and Edith Gertrude Loucks, 27 Dec 1911; citing registration , St Vincent, Grey, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,756.
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