Lucille Ida (McFarlane) Graham (1887 - 1952)

Born 25 Dec 1887 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1952 at age 64 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Lucille was born in 1887. She was the daughter of Robert McFarlane and Margaret Percival^[1]. The 1901 census provides a birthdate of December 25, 1887 for Lucille^[2]. There is a birth record for an unnamed female baby McFarlane on this same date in the Manitoba vital records collection^[3].

Lucille was the middle of three sisters:

• Ethel Clinch McFarlane
• Margaret N. McFarlane

Sadly Robert McFarlane died in 1891^[4].

Lucille's mother remarried William Stitt in 1893^[5].

The family appears in the 1901 census^[2]. Lucille's paternal grandmother was also living with the family at this time.

William Stitt worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. After starting his career with CPR in Winnipeg, he was transferred to Australia in 1901^[6]. The family spent six years in Australia. Upon their return to Canada in 1907, William was named general passenger agent for all of CPR's eastern lines. This promotion brought the family to Montreal^[6].

By the time of the 1911 census, Lucille had married merchant William Graham^[7]. The census shows the extended family all together in the Graham household in Ottawa:

• William Graham, age 26, head
• Lucy Graham, age 23, wife
• William Stitt, age 55, father-in-law
• Margaret Stitt, age 44, mother-in-law
• Margaret McFarlane, age 21, sister-in-law
• Fred Graham, age 65, father
• Two domestic servants

It is likely that Lucy's parents and sister were simply visiting Ottawa at the time of the census since William was still in his position with CPR in Montreal ^[6].

Lucille passed away in 1952.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, "1891 Census of Canada"; citing: Ida L. McFarlane in Manitoba Census Image
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Library and Archives Canada, 1901 Census of Canada"; citing: Lucille McFarlane in Manitoba Census Image
3. ↑ Government of Manitoba; 'Vital Statistics' [1] citing unnamed female MacFarlane, born 25 Dec 1887; registration #1888-003013; accessed: 16 Aug 2021
4. ↑ Government of Manitoba; 'Vital Statistics' [2] citing Robert Graham MacFarlane, died 13 Aug 1891; registration #1891-001299; accessed: 17 Aug 2021
5. ↑ Government of Manitoba; 'Vital Statistics' [3] citing William Stitt, Margaret Sarah MacFarlane, 30 Nov 1893; registration #1893-002242; accessed: 18 Aug 2021
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg, Canada), 2 Apr 1915, Fri, Page 4, columns 1 through 3, "Sudden Death of William Stitt," (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84631237/: accessed 1 Se[ 2021); Newspapers.com, database with images.
7. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Y-SN7J : 16 March 2018), Lucy Graham in entry for William Graham, 1911; citing Census, Ottawa Sub-Districts 4-44, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,514.

• Lucille Graham - All Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990 on Ancestry.ca