William
Richard
Abbott
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Husband of
Jane (McCaugherty) Abbott
— married
6 Jun 1875 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
Father of
Harold William Abbott, William Richard Abbott, Edwin Harold Abbott, Edison Abbott and George Thomas Abbott
Died
at age 88
in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2019
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Biography
- 1861 Cen - http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/
- 1871 13th Jun SS Moravian Liverpool to Quebec
- 1906 Cen - Event Date. Event Place: 10, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1934 death Bellworthy Family Tree - Ancestry
- William Richard Abbott Find A Grave: Memorial #107586692
- Title: William R. Abbott, mayor of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
Date: [ca. 1904-1906]
- Remarks: Studio portrait. Former member of the North West Mounted Police (Sgt Major 314). Came to Canada from England in 1871 and was stationed at Kingston as Artillery drill instructor. Came west in 1873 and served at Fort Walsh and Maple Creek. Retired in 1884 and farmed south-west of Maple Creek. Served as Captain of Home Guards, 1885. Operated shoe and harness repair shop. Chain made in Sheffield, England.
- http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO27577&SE=86&RN=0&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=62924&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1
- However, Scace and Associates Ltd. (1978:51-52) indicated that while some of the married officers did live in the town, others obtained permission to live south of the NWMP post near Edward McKay, citing the examples of Sergeant-Major Abbott and Regan, the NWMP carpenter. These two men are listed as belonging to Households 19 and 17 respectively.
- FORT WALSH TOWNSITE (1875-1883):
EARLY SETTLEMENT IN THE CYPRESS HILLS By Kimberly Aaron Wutzke
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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