Agnes Matilda Milroy
ID # 5226, (1836-1893)
| Father | James Milroy (1798-1869) |
| Mother | Margaret Adair Keachie (1804-1837) |
| Birth | Agnes Matilda Milroy was born in 1836. |
| Marriage | She married John Thomson on 28 January 1862 at Galt, Waterloo Co., Canada West. MS248 reel 16 Vol. 75, page 80 Waterloo County Marriage Register Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by Rev. John Thomson, D.D., a minister of the Canada Presbyterian Church for the year ending 31st day of December, A.D. 1862 John Thomson, 25, born Dumbarton, Scotland, residing Sydenham. Parents John Thomson and Agnes Stark. Agnes Matilda Milroy, 26, born Dumfries (twp), residing Galt. Parents James Milroy and Margaret Kechie. Witness Andrew Cavers of Galt. On 28 January, 1862. Rosemary Ambrose extracted marriages from the Dumfries Reformer for the years 1860-1865, which shows for the edition of 29 January, 1862, the marriage in Galt of Agnes Matilda Milroy of Galt on 28 January, 1862, to John Thompson(sic) of Owen Sound. |
| Death | She died in 1893. |
| Burial | She was buried at Annan Cemetery, Annan, Grey County. |
| Note | Agnes Matilda Milroy is with her sister and brother-in-law, Jane and Andrew Cavers, at the time of the 1861 census at Galt. She has evidently not gone to Iowa with her father, step-mother, and half-siblings. In 1862, she married John Thomson of Sydenham Township, Grey County, and appears to have spent the rest of her life there. Her brother-in-law Andrew Cavers was witness at her marriage. The marriage registration is particularly useful, for it names her mother as Margaret Keachie. The 1871 census shows them in Sydenham and there are two Cavers families on the page. It would appear that Agnes met her husband by way of the Cavers. The 1891 census shows Agnes' mother's place of birth as the U.S.A., which is correct. John Thomson is shown variously in census years as a merchant, farmer, and postmaster. Clear and satisfactory death registrations for Agnes Matilda and John have not been found. One photo available for their gravestone is not clear and the given interpretation does not agree with their years of birth, but indexed information is to be found, perhaps based on an OGS transcription and this agrees with at least Agnes' approximate year of birth. Clearly, they are buried in Annan Cemetery in Grey County. |
| Last Edited | 8 Jan 2019 |