Rachel was born in 1881. She is the daughter of Peter Knisley and Madline Yake. In 1891 Rachel (age 10) was living with her parents and four siblings in Tossorontio, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Rachel (age 22), daughter of Peter Nicely & Madeline Nicely, married Robert T Magill (age 36) on 24 November 1897 in Churchill, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.[2] Birth of daughter Agusta in 1910[3]
↑Census 1891: "Census of Canada, 1891," online database with images. Entry for Rachel Nieley, 10 yrs., born 1881, single; Province: Ontario, District Name: Simcoe South, District Number: 118, Sub-District Name: Tossorontio, Sub-District Number: G, Division Number: 2, Family Number: 148, Page Number: 34-35, Microfilm: T-6369, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 2682660. Scanned image PDF Library and Archives Canada: Censuses (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2682660 : accessed 2022-12-10).
↑Marriage:
"Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
citing registration , Churchill, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,919.
FamilySearch Record: KZBM-G61 (accessed 10 December 2022)
FamilySearch Image: 9Q97-Y399-MDZT Image number 00276
Rachel Nicely (22) marriage to Robert T Magill (36) on 24 Nov 1897 in Churchill, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM4T-LH2 : 2 March 2021), Rachel Knisley in entry for Agusta Edith McGill, 12 May 1910; citing Birth, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,413,409.
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