flag female ancestor  Janet "Jessie"  MCKELLAR

  (b. 22 January 1847 Raleigh, Kent Co., Canada West   d. 4 December 1886 Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada )  
Age: 39
Cause of Death: tuberculosis

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Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR was born 22 January 1847 in Raleigh, Kent Co., Canada West

Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR was the child of Archibald MCKELLAR   and   Lucy MACNABB

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Janet "Jessie"  married  John Roger GEMMILL 20 January 1869 in Kent, Ontario, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Roger GEMMILL  was born 1 August 1841 in Lanark Co., Lanark, Ontario, Canada.  John Roger died 1 January 1922 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.  John Roger was the child of John Raeside GEMMILL and Margaret ROGERS.

Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR died 4 December 1886 in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
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Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR was a housewife.

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Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR married flag photo of John Roger GEMMILL  John Roger GEMMILL-- Date: 20 January 1869 Place: Kent, Ontario, Canada
John Roger GEMMILL was the child of John Raeside GEMMILL and Margaret ROGERS




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birth1847 Birth
22 January 1847
Raleigh, Kent Co., Canada West
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1869 Marriage / Partner
Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR and John Roger GEMMILL 20 January 1869, Kent, Ontario, Canada

She was 22 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
4 December 1886
Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada

She died at the age of 39.

Janet is buried at: Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario Stone #146 2443, Stone reference G540
Added: 9/26/2018 10:31:26 AM - Updated: 10/27/2025 11:59:15 PM

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