Mary Harvie
ID # 4267, (1789-1868)
| Father | Alexander Harvie (1754-1825) |
| Mother | Mary Cameron (1762-) |
| Birth | Mary Harvie was born on 6 May 1789 at Scotland. |
| Christening | She was christened on 12 May 1789 at Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. |
| Marriage | She married Thomas White in 1826 at Dumfries Township. Our information for the marriage year of Mary Harvie and Thomas White, 1826, comes from the 1883 Warner and Beer History of Brant County. It also says that they were married by Squire Ellis. Ellis is mentioned by James Young in his history of Galt and Dumfries. We have little in the way of information about him. He had authority to marry people prior to the establishment of churches in the area and apparently moved to Wellington County in later years. |
| Death | She died on 19 January 1868 at South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., at age 78. |
| Burial | She was buried at Section 2, Mountview Cemetery, Galt. |
| Note | Familysearch has a database, Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, FHL microfilm 1,041,467: Mary Harvie Christening date 12 May 1789, Christening place Sorn, Ayr, Scotland. Birth date 06 May 1789. Parents Alexander Harvie and Mary Camron. Rosemary Ambrose has transcribed death notices that appeared in the Dumfries Reformer during the years of 1866 - 1870. This provides us with the information for Mary's death, which appeared in the 22 January, 1868 edition. It gives her death date as 19 January 1868, which agrees with the Waterloo branch of the OGS transcription of her stone in section 2, Mountview Cemetery, Cambridge/Galt. Her death notices reads: In South Dumfries, at the age of 78 years, 9 months. The wife of Thomas White, she was a member of the Harvey family, early settlers in Dumfries. She came to Galt over 50 years ago, in 1817. It may be mentioned that Mary's burial is written in the First Church burial book. No date is given other than the year 1868. Her burial is the first one listed in the year and shows her name as Mrs. Thomas White. The second burial is dated, the 10th of February 1868, that of a Mrs. Sneath. Mountview Cemetery was created in July of 1868. Almost certainly, Mary Harvie White was buried in the First Church Cemetery (Strang's Cemetery) at what was later High Park and then her remains moved to Mountview when First Church Cemetery most likely when the 'dig' was done in the 1880s and most remains were transferred to Mountview. Originally, Mountview was named The Galt Cemetery and was renamed Mountview in 1886. |
Children of Mary Harvie and Thomas White |
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| Last Edited | 6 May 2021 |