Lillie May (Dalton) Ramsay (1878 - 1950)

Born Nov 1878 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert John Ramsay — married 20 Aug 1897 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 27 Nov 1950 at about age 72 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lily May Dalton, daughter of Jeremiah Dalton and Eleanor Ann McDougall, gave her place of birth as Prince Edward Island on her marriage record, but on later records she said Manhattan. Her father died in Manhattan in December 1878.

In 1881, she and her mother and sister were living with her McDougall grandparents on the Island. She was age 3, and born in the United States.

Her mother married Thomas Frederick McKenzie in 1884. In 1891, Lily, sisters Annie and Elizabeth, and her mother were living with her widowed grandmother.

Lily May Dalton married Robert John Ramsay in 1897.

In 1910, the household of Robert and Lilly included Arthur MacKenzie, born in Canada and age 16, who was described as a brother-in-law. Perhaps this is Lilly's half-brother?

In the 1920 census, they were in Pittsfield, Mass. By 1925 they were in Rhode Island with their four daughters.

In 1930, in Rhode Island. One daughter, Hilda, was divorced with a 2 year old son, Robert Crabbe.

In 1940, they were in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, with two daughters, Ruby and Mary, and a grandson, Robert Crabb, aged 12.

In 1949, according to a city directory,Robert, Lily and Ruby had removed to Bangor, Maine.

Lily died there in 1950. She and Robert were buried Mt. Hope, Bangor, Maine.

Sources

• "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCSL-LFD : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Jeremiah Dalton in entry for Robert John Ramsay and Lillie May Dalton, 20 Aug 1897.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119536303/lillie-m-ramsey: accessed 18 October 2022), memorial page for Lillie M Ramsey (unknown–27 Nov 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119536303, citing Bangor City Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Kimmie (contributor 47263661) .
• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QWWS : 3 March 2021), Lillie M Ramsey, 1950; citing Burial, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,295.