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RABE, W. – Died August 17, 1886 at Victoria,
British Columbia – Explosion on board Queen
of the Pacific – (ADS
86).
RABY, Germain – Sheriff of Terrebonne, Quebec
(1856-73) – Died March 8, 1886 in Montreal, Quebec aged 82 –
(Obit. 86).
RACEY, Thos. – Registrar of Halton, Ontario (1846)
– Born December 24, 1791 in Bath, England – Died March
21, 1881, Milton, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1805. –
(Obit. 80-81).
RACICOT, Adélard – Merchant – Died
September 16, 1878 in Montreal, Quebec – Throws himself on the
railway track before an approaching train, and is instantly killed by
the cars passing over his body – (JRO
78).
RACICOT, E. (Madame) – Died February 20, 1885 or
earlier in Montreal, Quebec – By the ignition of drapery in a mourning chamber, in
a Notre Dame Street boarding house, her body, over which a wake is
being held, is burned to a cinder – (JRO
85).
RADCLIFFE, Mrs. – Died September 11, 1882,
Dunville, Ontario – Under the influence of chloroform –
(ADS 82).
RADFORD, Joseph – In charge of the Tadousac Govt.
Fish Hatchery – Died September 23, 1885 at Tadousac, Quebec,
aged 70 – (Obit. 85).
RAINBOW : son of John Rainbow – Died May 30,
1886 in Foxboro, Ontario aged 5 – Killed by a colt
– (ADS
86).
RAINNIE : two children of J. Rainnie – Died
February 4, 1886 at Fredericton, New Brunswick – Drowned –
(ADS
86).
RAINSFORD, Charles (Capt.) – Late H. M.'s 104th
Regt. – Died April 24, 1882 at Kingsclear, New Brunswick aged
95 – (Obit. 82).
RAINVILLE, Peter – Died July 13, 1883, Parham
Station, Ontario – Thrown from a buggy – (ADS 83).
RAJOTTE – Died July 23, 1886 near Hull, Quebec –
Drowned – (ADS
86).
RALSTON, Geo. – Caretaker of the Central School,
Hamilton, Ontario – Died June 21, 1882 – Murdered by
Alex. Forbes who then commits suicide – (JRO
82).
RAMBEAU – Working man – Died February 10, 1882, near
Madoc, Ontario – Died as a result of an exposion of a demijohn
of coal oil, setting a residence on fire – (JRO
82).
RAMSAY, Hon. Donald, of P.E.I – Died May, 1879 –
(Obit. 79).
RAMSAY, Robt. – M.D. (1861) – Born March 21,
1841 in London, England – Died January 4, 1886 in Toronto,
Ontario – Died suddenly – He came to Canada in early life
with his father, the late Rev. Canon Ramsay. – (Obit.
86).
RAMSAY, Slocum – Died April 23, 1886 at Ulverton,
Quebec – Cuts his throat. – (ADS
86).
RAMSAY, Thos. Kennedy (Hon.), M.A. (1885), D.C.L. (1872)
– a Puisné Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec
(1873-86) – Born September 2, 1826 at Ayr, Scotland –
Died December 22, 1886 at his residence, the ''Manor House'', St.
Hugues, Quebec – Died suddenly. He was a son of the late David
Ramsay, Esq., of Grimmet, Ayrshire, Scotland. He came to Canada in
early life. – (Obit. 86).
RANDALL, Albert H. – Died January 13, 1886 at
Melbourne, Quebec aged 18 – Killed by a falling tree –
(ADS
86).
RANEY, Daniel – Died February 23, 1879 in
Montreal, Quebec aged 104 years and 4 months – (JRO 79).
RANGLE, Hy. – Farm-hand – Died July 4, 1885
at Stouffville, Ontario – Killed by lightning. – (JRO
85).
RANKIN, Chas. Stuart, P.L.S. (1820) – Died March 15, 1886 at
Millbrook, Ontario, aged 87 – He was of a good old Irish family
of Enniskillen. In 1803, his father raised a company of 100 men for
Sir Ralph Abercrombie's to Egypt. His grandfather was a Lieut. In the
36th Regt, and was at Bunker's Hill. His mother and Major
Andre, a name so familiar to American and Canadian ears, were
children together and playmates. After coming to Canada, the Rankin
family settled at Bytown, now the Capital, and afterwards moved to
Sandwich. He was a brother of Col. Arthur Rankin, formerly M.P. for
Essex in the Can. Assembly. – (Obit.
86).
RANKIN, John Edward – M.D. – Died August 5, 1878, Picton,
Ontario aged 81 – (Obit.
78).
RATHBUN, Hugo Burghardt – President of the Rathbun
Co., and founder of the Village of Deseronto, Ontario – Born
September 4, 1812 near Aurora, N.Y., U.S.A. – Died June 1, 1886
at Deseronto, Ontario – (Obit.
86).
RATTRAY, R., of Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ontario –
Died November 12, 1884 returning in a skiff from Cape Vincent –
Drowned – (JRO 84).
RATTRAY, Rev. Thomas – Died July, 1879, Lachine,
Quebec aged 65 – (Obit. 79).
RATTRAY, William J., B.A. – A well-known literary
man – Born about 1835 in London, England – Died September
19 in Toronto, Ontario – He was the son of the late Mr. Alex.
Rattray, who, coming to Canada, established himsel in trade in
Toronto in 1848. He is the author of The Scot in British North
America, 4 vols. – (Obit.
83).
RAY, Mrs. Maria – Cook, of Port Huron – Died
November 19, 1879, Windsor, Ontario – Drowned when a tug is
driven ashore and keels over – (JRO
79).
RAY, Mrs. Wm. – Died February 24, 1883 at Port
Hope, Ontario – Burnt to death by the upsetting of a coal-oil
lamp. She was sitting by a table when one of her children brought in
a lighted lamp, and in trying to place it on the table upset it, the
oil falling into Mrs. Ray's lap, and geing ignited by the burning
wick. – (JRO 83).
RAY, Mrs. Wm. – Died February 24, 1883, Port Hope,
Ontario – Burnt by upsetting coal oil lamp – (ADS 83).
RAYBOULD, W. –
M.P.P. – Died December 3, 1886 at New Westminster, B.C. –
Accidental fall. – (ADS
86).
RAYBOULD, Wm. – M.P.P. for Nanaimo in B.C.
Assembly (1882-86) – Died December 3, 1886 – Accidentally
killed – (Obit. 86).
RAYMOND, Berton, crew –
Died March 7, 1879 – Lost in the wreck of the ship Turkish
Empire on Big Duck Island –
(JRO 79).
RAYMOND, Chas. Guillaume (Rev., R.C.) – Born
February 20, 1843 at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec – Died in January,
1886 at Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. – (Obit.
86).
RAYMOND, Marie Genevieve Sophie (Madame Masson) –
Born October 6, 1798 at Laprairie, Quebec – Died November 30,
1882 at Terrebonne, Quebec – Relict of the late Hon. Joseph
Masson, M.L.C., to whom she was married in 1818. She was a daughter
of the late Mr. J. B. Raymond, M.P. She was the mother of Hon. L. R.
Masson, Senator, and of the late Hon. E. Masson, M.L.C. –
(Obit. 82).
RAYNER, Edward – Died March 29, 1880 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 14 – Drift out in an old scow into the lake, where
he is frozen to death – (JRO 80-81).
READ John Chas. Edward Crewe (Lt.-Col.) – Brigade
Major 8th Dist., V.M. (1882) – Born July 26, 1823 in
Cheshire, England – Died April 5, 1884 in St. John, New
Brunswick – He was the 3rd son of John Offley
Crewe-Read, esq., of Llandinam Hall, County Montgomery, by his wife
Charlotte, daughter of Sir Willoughby Lake, K.C.B. He married in 1851
in Nova Scotia, Henrietta, daughter of Hon. P. H. Clarke, M.L.C. of
Cape Breton – (Obit. 84).
READ, Thos. S. – Died June 23, 1886 – Struck
by a stone – (ADS
86).
READ, W. – Died August 28, 1882, Franklin, Ontario
– Railway accident – (ADS 82).
READING, G. –
Prothonotary and Clk of the Crown, Clk. of the Co. Ct., Nova Scotia –
Deceased, successor appointed on March 22, 1886 – (PAPS
Nova Scotia 86).
REDDEN, Joel – Died July 31, 1886 in Rainy Falls –
Drowned – (ADS
86).
REDDY, John – M.D. (1848), L.R.C.S. Irel. (1847) –
Born March 31, 1822 at Athlone, Ireland – Died January 23, 1884
in Dublin, Ireland while on a visit – He came to Canada in
1851. He practiced in Montreal, Quebec. – (Obit.
84).
REDDY, W. J. – Died June 22, 1882 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
REDPATH, John James – Late Major in the ''Victoria
Rifles of Montreal'' (Volunteer Militia) – Died June 4, 1884 in
Montreal, Quebec aged 50 – He was the son of the late John
Redpath, Esq., founder of Redpath's Sugar Refinery. He married Miss
Ada Mills, the daughter of a former Mayor of Montreal. – (Obit.
84).
REED, Alex. – Died November 5, 1886, Tp. of
Colborne, Ontario – Waggon accident. – (ADS
86).
REED, J. – Died October 10, 1882, Merritton,
Ontario – Falls 45 feet – (ADS 82).
REERDON, a farmer with his wive and four children –
Died February 11, 1878, Lewis Cove, Wickham, Queen's County, New
Brunswick – Burned to death in their house – (JRO
78).
REEVE, Mary (Mrs.) (nee Fraser) – Seigneuresse
of Murray Bay, Quebec – Died August, 1879, Murray Bay, Quebec –
Wife of Lt.-Col. Thos. J. Reeve, formerly of the 79th
Highlanders and daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Fraser. – (Obit.
79).
REEVES (Mr.), and son – Died April 12, 1886 in
Varennes, Quebec – Drowned – (ADS
86).
REGAN, Con. – Died December 1, 1883, Niagara
Falls, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
REGNIER, Auguste (Rev.) – First Canadian admitted
to the Order of the Jesuits, after their establishment in Montreal –
Born September 22, 1820 – Died April 1, 1883 in New York –
(Obit. 83).
REGOURD, Louis (Rev., R.C.) – Born in 1807 at Viviers,
Ardeches, France – Died April 23, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec –
He came to Canada in 1850, taking up his residence in Montreal. –
(Obit. 84).
REID, Calixa – Died June 5, 1884 at Key Brook,
Bromption, Quebec aged 19 – Drowned in Wm. Long's mill-pond. –
(JRO 84).
REID, Chas. – Died May 7, 1886 at Toronto, Ontario
– Suicide by shooting – (ADS
86).
REID, Kenneth – M.D. (1864), M.R.C.S. (Lon.),
M.R.C.P. (Edin.) – Born December 7, 1840 at Huntingdon, Quebec
– Died January 22, 1882 in New York, N.Y., U.S.A. – Died
suddenly – The son of Col. Jas. Reid, late 78th
Highlanders. He married, in 1877, Mrs Emma J. Morgan, of Ohio –
(Obit. 82).
REINHART, Jno. – Died March 12, 1886, Galt,
Ontario aged 40 – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
RENAUD, Jean Baptiste – Merchant of Quebec –
Died March 1, 1884 in Quebec City, aged 68 – He had been
associated in business with his brother, the late Hon. Louis Renaud
of Montreal. – (Obit. 84).
RENAUD, Louis (Hon.) – ex-Senator – Born
October 4, 1818 – Died November 13, 1878, St. Martin, Quebec –
Owing to failing health, he resigned from the Senate in 1873 and was
succeeded by his son-in-law, Hon. F. X. A. Trudel – (Obit.
78).
RENSHAW, Thos. – Died June 19, 1886 at Musquash
River, New Brunswick – Drowned – (ADS
86).
RETTIE, Saml. – M.P.P. for Colchester in the N.S.
Assembly (1871-74) – Died January 20, 1883 at Truro, Nova
Scotia – (Obit. 83).
REYNOLDS – Sheriff of Ontario – deceased –
Successor appointed on January 22, 1881 – (PAPS
Ontario 80-81).
REYNOLDS, Jno. – Died March 5, 1884 at Stayner,
Ontario – Killed by the explosion of the boiler in the flour
mill of N. Reynolds & Co. – (JRO
84).
REYNOLDS, John – Died August 15, 1883, Dundas,
Ontario – Brakeman, R'y accident – (ADS 83).
REYNOLDS, Nelson Gilbert – Sheriff of Ontario,
Ont. (1853) – Died January 16, 1881, Whitby, Ontario aged 67 –
(Obit. 80-81).
REYNOLDS, Thomas – President of the St. Lawrence
and Ottawa Railway – Born in 1811 in Scotland – Died June
29, 1880 in London, England – (Obit.
80-81).
REYNOR, Thos. – Died January 18, 1885 at
Godmanchester, Quebec, aged 105 – (DL
85).
RHODES, Henry (Hon.) – Merchant – Born in 1824 in London,
England – Died November 8, 1878, Victoria, B.C. –
Previous to going to Victoria (in 1859), he was prominently
identified with the commerce of the Sandwich Islands, where he
arrived in 1845 – (Obit.
78).
RICARD, F. X. Bellarmin (Rev.) – R. C. clergyman –
Died October 5, 1879, Ile Perrot, Quebec – (Obit.
79).
RICARD, Louis, of Portage-du-Fort, Quebec – Crew
of the steamer Christopher O'Kelly – Died August 1, 1885
at Pembroke, Ontario – Dies in the flames as the steamer
Christopher O'Kelly burns – (JRO
85).
RICE, James – Died February 15, 1886 at Annapolis,
Nova Scotia aged 96 – (DL
86).
RICE, Misses (2) – Died June 14, 1879, near Digby,
Nova Scotia – Drowned – (JRO
79).
RICE, Samuel Dwight (Rev.), D.D. (1867) – Senior
Genl. Supdt. of the Methodist Church of Canada – Born September
11, 1815 in Houlton, Maine, U.S.A. – Died December 15, 1884 in
Toronto, Ontario – In 1819, his parents removed to New
Brunswick. – (Obit. 84).
RICHARD – Died March 15, 1886 near Knowlton,
Quebec – Falling of a tree – (ADS
86).
RICHARD, E. – Died October 24, 1886 in Ottawa,
Ontario – Gunning accident. – (ADS
86).
RICHARD, Mrs. – Died June 10, 1882, Montmorency,
Quebec – Drowned – (ADS 82).
RICHARDS, Wm. – Died November 24, 1882 –
Commits suicide on the day he is supposed to be hanged for the murder
of his friend Joseph Jackson in Sutton, Quebec on the 20th
July, 1881. His trial took place on 23rd September, 1882 –
(JRO 82).
RICHARDSON (Miss) – Died March 13, 1886, South
Bar, Nova Scotia – Falls into a well. – (ADS
86).
RICHARDSON, a farmer – Died August 13, 1881,
township of Loughboro, Ontario – Murdered. Shot by a neighbour
named Vankoughnet who is tried for the murder – (JRO 80-81).
RICHARDSON, Charles Anderons, N.P. (1826) –
Registrar of Stanstead (Quebec) – Born September 15, 1804 in
Quebec – Died October 14, 1882 at Stanstead Plain, Quebec –
(Obit. 82).
RICHARDSON, Charlotte Isabel (Mrs.) – Died
February 2, 1879, Battleford, N.W.T. Aged 56 – Wive of Lt. Col.
Richardson, M.E.C. and Stipendiary Magistrate, N. W. Territories –
(Obit. 79).
RICHARDSON, D. Johnstone – For many years emploed
in H. M.'s Customs, at Windsor, Ontario – Died June 13, 1885 at
Windsor, Ontario aged 69 – He was a half brother of the late
Major Richardson, the author of Wacousta. – (Obit.
85).
RICHARDSON, Elizabeth Sarah (Mrs.) – Died February
2, 1879, St. Thomas, Ontario, aged 83 – Relict of the late
Richard Richardson, Esq., first manager of the Bank of Upper Canada
at London, Ontario, and mother of Lt. Col. Richardson, M.E.C. and
Stipendiary Magistrate of the North West Territories. – (Obit.
79).
RICHARDSON, James – Late of the Canadian
Geological survey staff – Born in 1809 in Perthshire, Scotland
– Died November 18, 1883 at Matane, Quebec. He came to Canada
in 1829. – (Obit. 83).
RICHARDSON,
Jas. of St. Philomene, Quebec – Died 22 September, 1882 –
Killed by the explosion of the steam boiler on the Richelieu
steamer
plying as a ferry boat between Lachine and Chateauguay Basin –
(JRO
82).
RICHARDSON, John – Died August 13, 1881, Buck Lake
(Ontario) – Murdered by Elijah Vankoughnet who is sentenced to
death April 15, 1882 and hanged June 28, 1882 – (JRO
82).
RICHARDSON, Thos. – Died August 17, 1883,
Harrisburg, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
RICHARDSON, W. – Died February 10, 1886 at
Grafton, Ontario – Suicide with poison – (ADS
86).
RICHEY, Ed. J. – Died August 6, 1886 in Toronto,
Ontario – Run over by a waggon – (ADS
86).
RICHEY, Matthew (Rev.), D.D. (Wesleyan Methodist) –
Born in May 1803 at Ramelton, North of Ireland – Died October
24, 1883 at Governement House, Halifax, Nova Scotia – Died at
the official residence of his son, Lieut. Gov. Richey. – (Obit.
83).
RICKABY, John – A well known Theatrical manager –
Born in 1844 in Quebec City – Died February 18, 1886 in New
York City, U.S.A. – The remains were brought to Quebec for
interment. – (Obit. 86).
RIDDELL, Archibald Alexander – M.D. (1857) –
Born December 19, 1819 in Aberdeen, Scotland – Died December
15, 1883 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada about the year
1836. – (Obit. 83).
RIDDLE, Alex – Died August 15, 1886 at Barclay –
Railway accident.. – (ADS
86).
RIDDLE, John – Died October 21, 1883, Stoney
Creek, Ontario – Suicide with a razor – (ADS 83).
RIDGWAY, F.C.S. – Journalist – Born in 1830
in Lancashire, England – Died May 1, 1881 in Ottawa, Ontario –
(Obit. 80-81).
RIDOUT, Joseph D. – Retired Merchant – Born
June 9, 1809 in Bristol, England – Died June 4, 1884 in
Toronto, Ontario – He settled in Toronto in 1830, and two years
afterwards, entered into partnership with his brother Geo. Percival
(afterwards M.P. for Toronto) as hardware merchants. – (Obit.
84).
RIDOUT, Trevelyen – Died December 10, 1883 in
Toronto, Ontario – Suicide by shooting – (ADS 83).
RIEL (Mrs.) – Died May 24, 1886 at St. Vital,
Manitoba – Widow of Louis Riel. Her remains are interred beside
those of her husband in the St. Boniface Cathedral cemetery on the
following day. – (JRO 86).
RIEL, Louis – Leader of the Insurrection in the
N.-W. Territories – Born October 23, 1844 at St. Boniface,
Manitoba – Executed November 16, 1885 at Regina, N.W.T. –
He was the son of the late Louis Riel, in his lifetime a popular
leader among the ''Half-breeds'' of Red River, of which country he
was a native, by Marguerite Boucher, a ''Half-breed'' woman; and
grand son of Jean Baptiste Riel, a native of Berthier, Quebec. –
(Obit. 85).
RIGBY, Saml. G. (Hon.) – A Puisné Judge of
the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (1881-86) – Born in September,
1842 at Sydney, Cape Breton – Died July 8, 1886 at Halifax,
Nova Scotia – (Obit. 86).
RIGNEY, Charles – Died April 25, 1883,
Hagersville, Ontario – B'ggagem'n. Ry. accd't – (ADS
83).
RINFRET,
Elie – Registrar for the County of Champlain (Quebec) –
deceased – Successor appointed on June 3, 1878 – (PAPS
Quebec 78).
RINFRET, Elie, N.P – Registrar of the County of
Champlain, Quebec – Died May 20, 1878, St. Stanislaus, Quebec
aged 60 – (Obit. 78).
RING, Zebedee – Merchant of St. John, New
Brunswick Born about 1807 near Sheffield, New Brunswick – Died
April, 1878, Liverpool, England – He was the descendant of old
U. E. Loyalist, who proceeded from New York to New Brunswick towards
the close of the American Revolution – (Obit.
78).
RIORDAN, John – Paper manufacturer – Born in
1834 in the city of Limerick, Ireland – Died September 20, 1884
at St. Leonards-on-Sea, England – His remains were brought to
Toronto, Ontario for interment. He left home quite young for the
U.S.A., but subsequently removed to Canada. – (Obit.
84).
RIOUX – Fireman – Died February 26, 1885
between Assemetquaghan and Millstream (Quebec) – Railway
accident. – (JRO 85).
RITCHIE, Bella – Died July 14, 1882, Guelph,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
RITCHIE, Thomas Weston, Q.C. (1867) – Born about
1827 in Sherbrooke, Quebec – Died September 4, 1882 at Newport,
Vermont, U.S.A. – Son of the late Wm. Ritchie, Esq., of
Sherbrooke, Quebec – (Obit.
82).
RITCHIE, Wm. (Rev.), M.A. (1822) – Hon. Canon of
St. James' Cathedral, Toronto – Born in 1799 in Methven,
Pertshire, Scotland – Died March 21, 1885 at his residence,
Dryden Bank, Georgina, Ontario – His father dying while he was
very young, he was educated by his uncle, Dr. David Ritchie, Prof. of
Logic in the University of Edinburgh. He married in 1835, Anne,
daughter of Col. Sibbald of Eildon Hall, Scotland. – (Obit.
85).
ROACH, Robert – Barrister – Died January 16,
1879, Pictou, Nova Scotia aged 71 – (Obit.
79).
ROACHE, John – Died June 6, 1885 at Niagara Falls,
Ontario aged 16 – Accidentally shot dead by another youth named
Chas. Barge – (JRO 85).
ROAST, Thomas – Died May 12, 1882 at Halifax, Nova
Scotia – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
ROBALLE, Wm. – Died September 19, 1886 near Point
Lepreaux, New Brunswick – Drowned – (ADS
86).
ROBB,
S. – Registrar of Deeds for North Perth, Ontario –
Deceased, successor appointed on February 2, 1884 – (PAPS
Ontario 84).
ROBB, Samuel – Registrar of South Perth, Ontario
(1871) – Died January 25, 1884 at Stratford, Ontario –
(Obit. 84).
ROBBINS – Died
December 17, 1883, Markham, Ontario – Suicide by shooting –
(ADS 83).
ROBBINS, Daniel – Died January 7, 1883, Niagara
Falls, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
ROBERGE,
P., jr. – Passenger – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian
Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
ROBERGE,
P., sr. – Passenger – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian
Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
ROBERT – Died September 6, 1886 at Chambly, Quebec
aged 4 – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
ROBERT, Victor, – M.P.P. for Rouville in Quebec
Assembly (1867-81) – Born in 1820 at Ste Angele, Quebec –
Died January 25, 1885 at Marieville, Quebec – (Obit.
85).
ROBERTO, Rosette – Died June 30, 1884 at South Wellington
colliery, near Nanaimo, British Columbia – Killed when an
explosion of gas occurs in shaft No. 3 – (JRO
84).
ROBERTS, Gertrude, a lunatic inmate – Died July
10, 1881, Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum, near Montreal, Quebec –
Killed by beating in her skull with a billet of wood by another
lunatic named Delia Poirier who is labouring under religious
monomania, and occupied the same cell with the deceased – (JRO
80-81).
ROBERTSON – Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, British Columbia
– deceased – Sussessor appointed on May 23, 1882 –
(PAPS Dominion 82).
ROBERTSON – Receiver of Wreck for Shelburne, Nova
Scotia – Deceased,
successor appointed on October 9, 1884 – (PAPS
Dominion 84).
ROBERTSON, Alexander Roche (Hon.) – Judge of the Supreme Court
of British Columbia – Born May 12, 1841 at Chatham, Ontario –
Died December 1, 1881, Victoria, British Columbia – He was the
second son of the late Dr. A. R. Robertson, of Chatham, Ontario. He
went to B. C. in April 1854. He married in 1868 Margaret Bruce,
daughter of Wm. D. Eberts, Esq., of Chatham, Ontario. – (Obit.
80-81).
ROBERTSON, Andrew, Q.C. (1864) – Born in 1815 in
Aberdeenshire, Scotland – Died March 21, 1880 in Montreal,
Quebec – He was a son of the late Rev. Jas. Robertson, a
Congregationalist Minister, who laboured for 40 years at Sherbrooke,
Quebec. – (Obit. 80-81).
ROBERTSON, Charles – For many years Manager of the
Freehold Loan Co. of Toronto – Died February 15, 1884 in
Toronto, Ontario, aged 72. – (Obit.
84).
ROBERTSON, D. G. (Mrs.) – Died May 24, 1883,
Georgetown, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
ROBERTSON, J. G., from the vicinity of Ottawa, Ontario –
Mysteriously disappear in March, 1886 while on a fishing and
prospecting expedition in Howe Sound, British Columbia –
Suspicion rests on a Chinese servant. – (JRO
86).
ROBERTSON, James (Rev.), LL. D. – Late Rector of
Wilmot (Anglican), N. S. – Died January 19, 1878, Middleton,
Nova Scotia aged 77 – Was a graduate of the University of
Aberdeen, Scotland. Ordained in Scotland in 1826, he entered the
service of the S. P. G. F. P., in 1829, and came to Nova Scotia –
(Obit. 78).
ROBERTSON, Jas. – Manager of the Bank of B.N.A. at
London, Ont. – A Scotchman by birth – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario – Accidentally drowned – He came to
Canada in 1866. – (Obit.
80-81).
ROBERTSON, Jas., – Man. Bank B.N.A. – Died
May 24, 1881, London, Ontario aged 40 – Drowned by the
upsetting of the steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
ROBERTSON, Maria L. (Mrs.) – Died August 26, 1886
in Montreal, Quebec – Died suddenly – Wife of J. Ross
Robertson, Esq., proprietor of the Toronto Telegram – (Obit.
86).
ROBERTSON, Peter (Mrs.), of Montreal – Died July
18, 1879, Lachute, Quebec – Instanteously killed when a tree
struck by lightning falls upon her – (JRO
79).
ROBERTSON, Robert, B.A. – Barrister of N.S. and of
Dakota, U.S.A. – Born in 1857 at Barrington, Nova Scotia –
Died February 14, 1881, Dell Rapids, Dakota, U.S.A. – Son of
the late Hon. R. Robertson, Commr. of Mines, N.S.– (Obit.
80-81).
ROBERTSON,
Susannah (Mrs.) – Died July 3, 1885 at Pownal, P.E.I. Aged 108
– (DL 85).
ROBERTSON, Wm. – Died August 20, 1886 at Forest
City, New Brunswick – Drowned. – (ADS
86).
ROBERTSON, Wm. R., a half-breed – Died March 13,
1884 at New Westminster, British Columbia – Hanged for the
murder of Robert Bailey. – (JRO
84).
ROBIDOUX, François (Capt.) – Died in June,
1886 at Three Rivers, Quebec aged 96 – (DL
86).
ROBIDOUX, Marianne (Mad.) – Died July 27, 1883 at
Ste. Philomene, Quebec aged 100 years and 6 months – (DL
83).
ROBINSON – Died April 6, 1883, Niverville,
Manitoba – Engineer, Ry. collision – (ADS 83).
ROBINSON
(Mrs.) (coloured) – Born in Virginia, U.S.A. – Died
February 28, 1884 at Windsor, Ontario, aged 113 – (DL
84).
ROBINSON, Alex. – Died July 10, 1882, Bramption,
Ontario – Waggon accident – (ADS 82).
ROBINSON, Charles – ex-Warden of the Co. of
Ontario, Ont. – Born March 3, 1812 in London, England –
Died September 15, 1883 at Beaverton, Ontario – He came to
Canada in 1832. – (Obit. 83).
ROBINSON, Eddie – Employee of the Toronto Bolt
Works – Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario –
Railway accident – (JRO 84).
ROBINSON, George Croke (Rev.), (Anglican) – Born
August 25, 1831 at Waterloo, Quebec – Died December 12, 1882 at
Aylmer, Quebec – (Obit. 82).
ROBINSON, Jos. – Died December 15, 1882, Brandon,
Manitoba – Frozen to death – (ADS 82).
ROBINSON, Mary Amelia (Mrs. MacINNES) – Died
March 16, 1879 at Hamilton, Ontario – She was the second
daughter of the late Sir John B. Robinson, Bart., Chief Justice of
Upper Canada, and was married to Mr. Donald MacInnes, the well known
manufacturer and merchant of Hamilton, in 1863. – (Obit.
79)
ROBINSON, Robt. (Hon.) – Member of the Legislative
Counsel of New Brunswick (1878-85) – Died in September, 1885 at
St. Andrews, Quebec – (Obit.
85).
ROBINSON, Thos. – Died October 19, 1886 near
Richmond, Quebec – Railway accident.. – (ADS
86).
ROBINSON, Thos. Slade, M.D., M.R.C.S. Eng. (1827) –
Died in December, 1885 in Toronto aged 85 – (Obit.
85).
ROBINSON, W. J. – Died November 13, 1886 at Delhi,
Ontario – Suffocation by gas. – (ADS
86).
ROBLIN, P. J. (Rev., Methodist) – Born June 1,
1797 in Adolphustown, Ontario – Died December 15, 1881 in
Madoc, Ontario. – (Obit.
80-81).
ROCK, Warren, Q.C. – Born July 8, 1832 at
Crowland, Welland, Ontario – Died May 14, 1883 in London,
Ontario – Hhe married in 1866, Margaret, only daughter of Col.
Duncan McFarland, ex-M.P.P. – (Obit.
83).
RODDY, Robert – Late City Clerk of Toronto –
Died February 19, 1885 in Toronto, Ontario aged 48 – (Obit.
85).
RODGERS, Robert, checker – Died March 4, 1879,
Wellington Bridge, Montreal, Quebec – Suffocated and consumed
in the flames of the fire pf the Grand Trunk Railway Company's
building – (JRO 79).
RODWELL, John – Died August 21, 1882, Owen Sound,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
ROE, Alexander Hall – M.P.P. for Lennox in the
Ontario Assembly (1882-84) – Born in 1840 – Died July 12,
1884 at Napanee, Ontario – He was a son of the late Mr. A. D.
Roe, of Westbrook, Leeds, Ontario, a native of Ireland. –
(Obit. 84).
ROE, Frederick – Labourer – Died May 24,
1881, London, Ontario aged 17 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
ROE, William – Postmaster of Newmarket, Ontario –
Died April 7, 1879, Newmarket, Ontario aged 84 – He was one of
the few survivors of the ''York Volunteers'' of 1812. His father was
an inhabitant of Detroit, and was the person who handed over the
keys of city to the Americans on its surrender by the English, in
1796. – (Obit. 79).
ROEBUCK, John Arthur (Right Hon.), Q.C. – M. P.
(Great Britain) – Born in 1801 at Madras, India – Died
November 30, 1879 in London, England – Mr. Roebuck's father
died in India, where he had held an appointment, and his widow
returned to England with her six sons. In 1808 she married Mr. John
Simpson (father of Mr. C. B. Simpson, the present Collector of
Customs at Montreal); and in 1814, Mr. Simpson and his wife and four
of her sons, including John Arthur, came to Canada, and took up their
residence in Augusta, Ontario. They removed to Quebec City in 1820
and to Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec in 1822. In 1824, John Arthur proceeded
to England, where he lived, up to the time of his death. –
(Obit. 79).
ROGER, J. M. (Rev.), M.D. – Minister of the
Presbyterian Church – Born in 1807 in Kincardine O'Neil,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland – Died January 8, 1878 at
Peterborough, Ontario – Came to Canada in 1833 – (Obit.
78).
ROGER, Stanley – Died March 29, 1886, Windsor,
Nova Scotia aged 2 – Falls into a pail of hot suds. –
(ADS
86).
ROGERS – Private – Killed during the recent
rebellion – Interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario on
July 19, 1885 – (JRO 85).
ROGERS, Chas. J. – He had been a member of the
London, England police force – Died January 28, 1885 at
Victoria, British Columbia – Executed for the murder of Wm.
Sterry on November 4, 1884 – (JRO
84, JRO 85).
ROGERS, Geo. C. – Died April 20, 1883 at
Peterboro, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
ROGERS, Miss. – Died November 31, 1882, West
Rideau Lake, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
ROGERS, R. Vashon (Rev., C. of E.), M.A. – Born in
1802 in Bristol, England – Died August 20, 1886 at Kingston,
Ontario – He came to Canada about 1836 – (Obit.
86).
ROGERS, Robt. David (Lieut.-Col.) – Warden of
Peterborough (1871), and a prominent citizen – Born in 1809 in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario – Died in February, 1885 at
Ashburnham, Ontario – His ancestors were U. E. Loyalists –
(Obit. 85).
ROGERS, Thos. – Born in Fermanagh, Ireland –
Died January, 1881, Riv. Beaudet, Quebec aged 103 – Death from
longevity – (DL 80-81).
ROLLAND, Madame, of Liege, Belgium – Died June 21,
1879, Niagara Falls, Ontario – Accidentally drowned –
Wife of A. Rolland to whom she was newly married. The couple was
about to conclude a trip around the world – (JRO
79).
ROLLS, Charles – M.D. (1834) – Born in 1809
at Weymouth, England – Died June 26, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario –
(Obit. 84).
RONAN, Major Timothy – A hero of Waterloo –
Born in Tipperary, Ireland – Died September, 1881, Guildford,
Ontario aged 105 – Death from longevity – (DL
80-81).
RONEY, James McGill – Advocate (1865), Mayor of
Portage du Fort, Quebec – Died September 23, 1882 in Ottawa,
Ontario aged 40 – (Obit. 82).
ROSCOE, Francis James – Businessman – Born in 1831 in
Liverpool, England – Died December 20, 1878, Victoria, British
Columbia – He was a grandson of Mr. William Roscoe, the
celebrated author and biographer, who represented Liverpool for some
time in the British House of Commons – (Obit.
78).
ROSE, Charlotte (Lady) (née Temple) – Died
December 3, 1883 at Queen's Gate, London, England – Wife of the
Hon. Sir John Rose, Bart., G.C.M.G., formerly Minister of Finance of
Canada, to whom she was married in June, 1843. She was a daughter of
the late Robt. Emmet Temple, Esq., of Rutland, Vermont, U.S.A. –
(Obit. 83).
ROSE, James – Late a member of the firm Morland,
Watson & Co. – Died April 25, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec –
He was a brother of Sir John Rose, Bart., K.C.M.G., formerly of
Canada. – (Obit. 84).
ROSEVEAR, John – M.P.P. for East Durham in Ont.
Assembly – Died May 5, 1881, Port Hope (Ontario) aged 65 –
(Obit. 80-81).
ROSS – Clk. of the Process – deceased –
Successor appointed on October 29, 1881 – (PAPS
Ontario 80-81).
ROSS – Foreman – Died November 6, 1886 near
Rogers Pass, B.C. – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
ROSS (Miss), of Montreal, Quebec – Died July 10,
1884 at Valois, on Lake St. Louis, about 14 miles above Montreal,
Quebec – Drowned – Daughter of Mr. P. S. Ross, Accountant
– (JRO 84).
ROSS, Christina – Born in Scotland – Died
April 7, 1879, Blue Mountain, Pictou, Nova Scotia aged 103 –
(JRO 79).
ROSS, Jas. (Rev., Presb.). D.D. (1864) – Principal
of Dalhousie College and University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1864-85) –
Born July 28, 1811 at West River, Pictou, Nova Scotia – Died
March 15, 1886 at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – He was the 5th
son of the Rev. Duncan Ross, a native of Tarbet, Scotland –
(Obit. 86).
ROSS, John – Barrister – Died January 18,
1878, St. Catherines, Ontario aged 25 – (Obit.
78).
ROSS, John R. – Died March 22, 1882 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 16 – Accidentally shot – (ADS 82).
ROSS, John Sylvester – ex-M.P. of Dundas in Can.
Assembly and House of Commons (1861-72, and 1878-82) – Born in
1821 in Osnabruck, Stormont, Ontario – Died July 1, 1882 at
Iroquois, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
ROSS, Lewis – ex-M.P. for East Durham in the House
of Commons (1872-78) – Born in 1825 in Fearn, Ross-shire –
Died September 20, 1882 at Port Hope, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
ROSS, Peter – Died May 11, 1879, Hopewell, Pictou,
Nova Scotia aged 87 – He came to Canada from Scotland in 1813.
– (Obit. 79).
ROSS, W. W. (Rev., Methodist) – Died March 28,
1884 at Ingersoll, Ontario, aged 47 – (Obit.
84).
ROSS, William (Rev.) – Presbyterian Minister of
Lake Megantic, Quebec – Born in 1823 at Kilmuir-Easter,
Ross-shire, Scotland – Died July 24, 1884 at Lake Megantic,
Quebec – (Obit. 84).
ROSS, Wm. Hy., – Barrister of Ontario and Manitoba
– Died August 5, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario aged 29. –
(Obit. 80-81).
ROSSIN, Marcus – Merchant – Died March 19,
1882 on Railway train while on his way to Mayence, Germany –
Lived in Kingston, Ontario, and in Toronto, Ontario. He retired in
1865, and took up his residence in Hamburg. He is a brother of Saml.
Rossin – (Obit. 82).
ROSWELL, Francis Wm, C.B. (1879), C.M.G. (1880) –
Born July 11, 1838 in England – Died September 4, 1885 in
England – After the death of his brother-in-law, Mr. Wm. Dixon,
chief Supt. of Emigration for the Dominion in England, he, by request
of the Canadian Government, took over the duties of the office. He wa
a nephew of mr. Hy. Roswell, of Toronto, Ontario. – (Obit.
85).
ROSZEL (Mrs.) – Died July 18, 1884 in St.
Catharines, Ontario – While laboring under a fit of temporary
insanity, takes her three young children to the canal, throws them in
and jumps in herself. The children are saved, but she is drowned –
Wife of a policeman in St. Catharines – (JRO
84).
ROTHWELL, John – Miner – Died January 18,
1884 at Capelton, Quebec – Poisoned with Paris Green. The woman
with whom he boarded, Mrs. Melissa Ward, is suspected of the crime.
Her trial is postponed until March, 1885. – (JRO
84).
ROULEAU, Joseph Edward – Registrar of Dorchester,
Quebec – Died August 4, 1882 at Ste Hénédine,
Quebec – (Obit. 82).
ROULEAU, Louis – Died September 13, 1884 at
Ormstown, Quebec – Accidentally shot in the head by his son
Narcisse while defending his father's property against four young
men, named Berthiaume, Travers, Lavery and McCracken, who were on a
drunken spree, and attempted to force an entrance into Louis
Rouleau's house. – (JRO 84).
ROURKE, Michael – Died January 5, 1883, Milton,
Ontario – Executed for a murder that occurred January 20, 1882
– (JRO 82).
ROUSSEAU – Died April 18, 1879, near New
Liverpool, Quebec – One of four men and two boys drowned by the
upsetting of a market boat – (JRO
79).
ROUSSEAU, Edouard – M.D. – Died June 19,
1883 in Quebec, aged 76 – (Obit.
83).
ROUTH, Havilland Lemesurier (Lieut-Col.) – Born in
1810 – Died March 12, 1878 in Montreal, Quebec – (Obit.
78).
ROUTLEY, E. F. – Died November 9, 1886 on Gore
Bay, Ontario, aged 38 – Drowned – (ADS
86).
ROWAN, William (Field Marshal Sir), G.C.B. – Born
in 1789 – Died September 29, 1879 – (Obit.
79).
ROWE, Hamilton –
Died March 7, 1882, Strathroy, Ontario – Falling of a wall –
(ADS 82).
ROWELL, Wm. F. – Died March 1, 1886 at Johnsville,
Quebec – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
ROWLETT, John – Employee of the Toronto Bolt Works
– Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario – Railway
accident – (JRO 84).
ROY – A member of the Council of Agriculture
(Quebec) – deceased – Sussessor appointed on June 13,
1882 – (PAPS Quebec 82).
ROY – Member of the Leg. Council (Quebec) –
deceased – Sussessor appointed on December 6, 1882 –
(PAPS Quebec 82).
ROY, A. – Collector Provincial revenue, Dist. of
Richelieu – Deceased, successor appointed on February 28, 1885
– (PAPS Quebec 85).
ROY, André – Died April 12, 1886 in
Montreal, Quebec – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
ROY, Charles Francois, C.E., P.L.S. – ex-M.P. for
Kamouraska in the House of Commons (1877-78) – Born September
14, 1835 – Died April 13, 1882 at Ste Anne de la Pocatiere,
Quebec – (Obit. 82).
ROY, David (Hon.) – Late a Puisné Judge,
Superior Court, Quebec – Born June 9, 1807 in Quebec –
Died July 31, 1860 in Quebec – (Obit.
80-81).
ROY, J. – Died January 15, 1882, Beauport, Quebec
– Killed by another lunatic in Beaup't Asylum – (ADS
82).
ROY, Louis – Died May 26, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec
– Crushed to death – (ADS 82).
ROY, Marie Josephte (Madame) (in religion Sister
Marie du Sacré Cœur) – Founder of the asylum
du Bon-Pasteur de Québec (1850) – Born October
16, 1806 at St. Valier, Quebec – Died September 1, 1885 in
Quebec City – She was the daughter of Mr. Chas. Fitzback, and
in 1828 married Mr. F. X. Roy. – (Obit.
85).
ROY, Pierre Euclide (Hon.) – M.L.C. of Quebec
(1873) – Died October 31, 1882 at St. Pie, Quebec –
(Obit. 82).
ROY, Rev. Thomas – R. C. clergyman – Died
July 18, 1879, Joliette, Quebec aged 39 – (Obit.
79).
ROYAL, Joseph Come Seraphin – Died November 17,
1882 in Montreal, aged 24 – Eldest son of Hon. Joseph Royal,
M.P. He edited for some years the Metis newpaper at St.
Boniface (Manitoba) – (Obit.
82).
RUDDELL, David – Died May 11, 1883, Georgetown,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
RUDOLPH, A. M. – Harbour Master of Montreal –
Born in 1819 at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – Died March 9, 1881 in
Montreal, Quebec – (Obit.
80-81).
RUGG, Ralph – M.D. – Born August 22, 1806 in
Compton, Quebec – Died November 2, 1883 in Compton, Quebec –
(Obit. 83).
RUGGLES, F. W. –
Regr. of Probate, Nova Scotia – Deceased, successor appointed
on February 1, 1886 – (PAPS
Nova Scotia 86).
RUMOHR, J. H. – Died November 29, 1883, Edgar
Station, Ontario – Falling tree – (ADS 83).
RUMP, Thos. (Rev., Methodist, superannuated) –
Died December 2, 1885 at St. Catharines, Ontario, aged 86 –
(Obit. 85).
RUNDLE,
Jas. – Born in England – Died August 10, 1884 at
Darlington, Ontario aged 96 – (DL
84).
RUSHLAND, Rev. Frederick – Lutheran Minister –
Died June 3, 1879, Amherstburg, Ontario – Accidentally killed
while attempting to board a railway train in motion – (Obit.
79).
RUSHTON, Nathaniel – Died October 29, 1884 at the
west ore mine, in connection with the works of the Canada Steel Co.,
Londonderry, Nova Scotia – Precipitated to the bottom of a
shaft a distance of 220 feet when the gearing breaks – (JRO
84).
RUSHTON, Oliver – Died October 29, 1884, or
shortly after, at the west ore mine, in connection with the works of
the Canada Steel Co., Londonderry, Nova Scotia – Precipitated
to the bottom of a shaft a distance of 220 feet when the gearing
breaks – (JRO 84).
RUSS, Lorne – Died October 2, 1882, Smithville,
Ontario – A falling beam – (ADS 82).
RUSSELL, B. (Mrs.) – Died June 23, 1886 near
Birtle, Manitoba – Killed by lightning – (ADS
86).
RUSSELL, Catherine (Mrs.) – Born in Quebec –
Died in December, 1883 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aged 102 years and 7
months – (DL 83).
RUSSELL, R. H. – Late Shipping Master, and Chief
of the River Police, Quebec – Died November, 1879 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 82 – He was the father of Dr. R. H. Russell, of
Quebec. – (Obit. 79).
RUSSELL, Robert H. – M.D. (Edin.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.) – Died
December 6, 1882 in Quebec where he parcticed his profession for 40
years, aged 63. He was an enthusiastic Irishman – (Obit.
82).
RUSTEN – Died May 2, 1886 at Toronto, Ontario –
Suicide by drowning – (ADS
86).
RUTHERFORD, Edward H. – A retired merchant –
Born in 1820 at Manor Hamilton, Cavan, Ireland – Died September
30, 1885 at his residence ''Northfield,'' Toronto, Ontario –
(Obit. 85).
RYAN – Died August 27, 1882 in Ontario –
Accidentally shot and killed by Miss. Hattie Wright who is tried
October 15, 1882 at the Cobourg Assizes, found guilty, sentenced to 6
months' imprisonment which is subsequently remitted. – (JRO
82).
RYAN – Died November 19, 1884 between Victoria,
British Columbia and Washington Territory – Ryan and a man
named Walters are in a sloop whith 19 Chinamen whom they intend to
smuggle into Washington Territory. The sloop capsizes in a squall and
all are drowned. – (JRO 84).
RYAN (Mrs.) – Died June 8, 1885 at St. Thomas,
Ontario – Killed by lightning – (JRO
85).
RYAN, A. – Died August 20, 1882, Shot Lake –
Drowned – (ADS 82).
RYAN, M. – Died September 28, 1883, Kingston,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
RYAN, Michael – Died August 17, 1886 at Montreal,
Quebec – Drowned. – (ADS
86).
RYAN, Mrs – Died June 22, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec
– Run over by a freight waggon – (ADS 82).
RYAN, Mrs. – Died October 22, 1882, Campbellton,
New Brunswick – Drowned – (ADS 82).
RYAN, Mrs. Mary – Died January, 1880, Luncan,
Ontario aged 100 – Death from longevity – (DL
80-81).
RYAN, Thos. – Miner – Died February 11, 1885
at Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia – Victim of an explsion in
the old pit of the Vale colliery – (JRO
85).
RYE, Francis – Barrister of Ontario (1876) –
Born in 1848 at Chelsea, England – Died December 21, 1884 at
Ventnor, Isle of Wight – He came to Canada in 1873, with his
sister, the philanthropic Miss Rye. – (Obit.
84).
RYERSON, Adolphus Egerton (Rev.), D.D. (1841), LL.D.
(1861) – Late Superintendent of Education of Ontario –
Born March 21, 1803 in the Township of Charlotteville, Norfolk,
Ontario – Died February 19, 1882 in Toronto, Ontario – He
was the 4th son of the well-known loyalis, Col. Joseph
Ryerson, who came to Canada from New Jersey, by way of New Brunswick
in 1783. Brother of William, John and George Ryerson – (Obit.
82).
RYERSON, George (Rev.) (Catholic Apostolic) – Born
March 7, 1791 near Fredericton, New Brunswick – Died December
19, 1882 in Toronto, Ontario – In 1802, he removed with his
father (the well-known loyalist, Col. Joseph Ryerson), to Port
Ryerse, Ontario. With him died the last of the older Ryerson family –
(Obit. 82).
RYERSON, John (Rev.) – Wesleyan Methodist minister
–Born June 12, 1800 in township of Charlotteville, near
Vittoria, Norfolk, Ontrario – Died October 5, 1878, Simcoe,
Ontario – He was the fourth son of the late Colonel Joseph
Ryerson. He was of younger brother of William Ryerson – (Obit.
78).
RYERSON, Mary (Mrs.) (née Armstrong) – Died
January 20, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario, aged 75 – Relict of the
late Rev. A. E. Ryerson, D.D., LL.D. She was the second wife of Dr.
Ryerson. She was the eldest daughter of the late Jas. R. Armstrong,
Esq., of Toronto and was married in November, 1833. – (Obit.
84).
RYKERT, Ann Maria (Mrs.) – Died February 5, 1886
at St. Catharines, Ontario, aged 79 – Widow of the late Geo.
Rykert, Esq., M.P.P. for Lincoln in the U.C. Assembly. She was the
mother of Mr. J. C. Rykert, M.P. – (Obit.
86).
RYLAND, George Hernan – Registrar of Montreal
(1845-82) – Born June 28, 1801 in Quebec City – Died
September 24, 1883 in Montreal, Quebec – He was the son of the
late Hon. H. W. Ryland who came to Canada in 1793. He married in
1833, Mary Pitt, youngest daughter of the late Col. Ralph Gore, of
Barrow Mount, Kilkenny, Ireland, head of the Gore family, and heir to
the dormant Earldom of Ross (she died in 1879). In acknowledgment of
his services, at the time of the Rebellion,, the Duke of Cambridge
recommended Mr. Ryland's second son, Frederick Percy, for a
commission in the army. This young officer, with his newly wedded
wife, fell a victim to the unrevealed fate of the steamship City
of Boston in 1870. – (Obit.
83).
RYLAND, Mary Pitt Gore (Mrs.) – Died November 9,
1879 in Montreal, Quebec – Wife of Mr. G. H. Ryland, Registrar,
of Montreal. She was the youngest daughter of the late Col. Ralph
Gore, of Barrownount, Kilkenny, Ireland, head of the Gore Family, and
heir to the dormant Earldom of Ross (in the County of
Fermanagh, Ireland). Col. Gore came out with his family to
Canada by the advice of his brother, Admiral Sir John Gore, K.C.B.,
in 1821, in charge of the Ordnance Department, conferred on him by
the Duke of Wellington, through whose influence his second son,
Lieut. George A. Gore, R.N., was appointed Comptroller of the Customs
at Quebec. His son, Lieut. Col. Gore, R.A., was well known in Canada
during the Fenian invasion in command of a crack Battery of
Artillery. Col. Gore had five daughters. The eldest died unmarried;
the second married the late Sir Dominick Daly, also well known in
Canada, and latterly Lieut. Governor of South Australia; ther third
daughter married the Hon. F. W. Primrose, a brother of the late Earl
of Roseberry; the fourth daughter married Col. Hawkins, then in
command of the 68th Regt. In Canada, and the youngest
daughter, the object of this obituary, Mr. G. H. Ryland, whose family
name is historically connected with Canada. It might be added that
one of Mrs. Ryland's uncle, Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Gore, was killed
leading the attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, and her brother, Lieut. Arthur
Gore, 33rd Regt., was killed at Waterloo – (Obit.
79).
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