Born in Peel, Ontario, Canada
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Franklin Kellam
— married
27 Mar 1912 in Toronto Gore Township, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Mother of
John Everard Kellam and Lorne Douglas Kellam
Died
at age 95
in Ontario, Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Edith Jane Shaw, daughter of farmer R. A. Shaw and Annie Lougheed, was born on January 8, 1886.[1][2][3]
Edith married John Franklin Kellam on March 27, 1912 in Toronto Gore Township, Peel County, Ontario.[2][3][1][4][5] John was a resident of Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario and the son of farmer Isaac Simon Kellam and Sarah Ann Nichol, while Edith was a resident of Toronto Gore Township.[1][4] Both were Methodist.[1] Their marriage was solemnized by Philip Jones of Mono Road, and witnessed by Mr. & Mrs. Everard Shaw of Tullamore, Ontario.[1]
John became a farmer and they lived on Lot 6, Concession 9, Vaughan Township, in the Woodbridge area.[5]
John and Edith had several children, including:
- John Everard Kellam (1914) [5]
- Lorne Douglas Kellam (1919-1993)) [2][3]
In 1957, when Edith was 71 years old, her husband, John, died at the age of 80 years.[2][3]
Edith died at the age of 95 years on March 19, 1981 and was buried with her husband in Nashville Cemetery in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada.[2] Their gravestone is located in the Centre section, Row 7, Gravestone/Marker 6, at GPS coordinates: 43.834994, -79.661891.[2]
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The other side of the gravestone is blank and can be viewed here: Kellam Gravestone (C7.6w)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 222. Available online, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/2156773:7921 : accessed 20 June 2021).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Monumental inscription. Nashville Cemetery, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada. Kellam Gravestone (C7.6e). Centre Section, Row 7, Gravestone 6, east side. GPS coordinates: 43.835071, -79.662232. Photographed by Anne Svihra: taken 24 March 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68025967/edith-jane-kellam : accessed 25 August 2021), memorial page for Edith Jane Shaw Kellam (8 Jan 1886–19 Mar 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #68025967, citing Nashville Cemetery, Kleinburg, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Evelyn Jepson (contributor 46802354).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y399-7MDK?cc=1784216&wc=3NWS-PTL%3A1584308903%2C1584330001%2C1584331601 : 20 June 2021), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1912 > no 15319-15963 > image 964 of 1342; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Series: MS929; Reel: 255; Record Group: RG 80-2. Available online, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8838&h=18392822 : accessed 20 June 2021).
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