M. GILCHRIST

C. married E.M.I. ALLEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.C. married Elizabeth Seline LEVACK Elizabeth (daughter of Sinclair LEVACK and Alexandria) was born on 22 Jul 1861 in Caithness-shire, Scotland; died on 25 Apr 1911 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Apr 1911 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gilchrist
• Reference Number: 13.2*
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• _UID: 44351EC6BBA348739877EA8E8F4D5693C252
• Birth: Sep 1863, Canada
• Family: 16 May 1889, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Religion: 16 May 1889, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; a Methodist, when she married John Campbell Gilchrist
• Burial: Apr 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; in Prospect Cemetery
• Funeral: Apr 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; was under the direction of Bates and Dodds, 931 Queen Street,
• Death: 25 Apr 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Death: 25 Apr 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; in Grace Hospital from cancer after a fall which broke her leg, according to her physician, Dr. J. H. McConnell,
• Residence: 25 Apr 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 156 Perth Avenue

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Elizabeth may have been born in Scotland in July 1861, or in Canada in September 1863. Her father's name was Sinclair Levack.

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ELIZABETH GILCHRIST died on April 25, 1911.

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Image from Ancestry accessed 2017 May 18. Reg # 002-942/11 York County. Archives of Ontario MS935; Reel: 161 and MS940; Reel: 7.

Birth:
Since she was age 47 years 7[?] months when she died on April 25, 1911, her birth month was calculated as September 1863.

Family:
A "W. Levack" was a witness to her marriage to John Campbell Gilchrist. [Was this a brother or sister?]

Death:
Ontario Death Record # 002942/11.

Death:
Dr. McConnell's address was 625 Dundas Street.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Scarborough Township, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Gravestone: Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Moved: Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; from his birthplace in Scarborough to Yonge Street
• Moved: Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; from Pickering to 26 Thorold Avenue
• Moved: Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada; from Whitby to
• Moved: Whitby, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada; with his family from Whitevale to
• Reference Number: 26.0
• Religion: Ontario, Canada; a Baptist later in life
• Religion: Ontario, Canada; a member of the Presbyterian Church
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• _FGRAVE: 113189978
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• _UID: B024BD00EA4E468EBBE16877AB4A8C039CE5
• Birth: 17 Jun 1834, Scarborough Township, York County, Ontario, Canada; - according to Isabel Campbell Flint's notes -
• Residence: Mar 1860, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; on the east side of University Avenue near College Street after his marriage
• Residence: 8 Mar 1860, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; at the time of his marriage
• Moved: Aft 1860, Whitevale, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada; from University Avenue, Toronto, to
• Occupation: 7 Jul 1861, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; carpenter, at the time that his son, David Gilchrist, was baptized
• Residence: 7 Jul 1861, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; at 169 University Street, at the time that his son, David Gilchrist, was baptized
• Occupation: 4 Aug 1870, Whitevale, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1871, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 30 Sep 1871, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; carpenter, at the time his daughter, Mary Ellen Gilchrist, was born
• Census: 1881, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada
• Directory: 1884, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; George was listed as a millwright living at 199 Argyle
• Directory: 1885, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; George was a millwright living at 199 Argyle
• Burial plot: 23 Apr 1885, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; George purchased burial plot M, section 39, lot 16 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery
• Residence: 23 Apr 1885, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 179 Argyle Street, according to the Mount Pleasant burial plot record
• Residence: 26 Oct 1898, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 159 Adelaide Street when his daughter, Mary Ellen Gilchrist, married Benjamin Flint
• Residence: 1905, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 12 High Park Ave
• Death: Abt 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 2 or 3 days before Christmas, not long after their Golden Wedding
• Anniversary: 8 Mar 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 50th Anniversary of their marriage
• Death: 22 Dec 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; of a heart attack
• Occupation: 22 Dec 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; owner of a planing mill
• Residence: 22 Dec 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; 26 Thorold Avenue at the time of his death
• Burial: 24 Dec 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; aged 76 years, in Mount Pleasant Cemetery
• Death: 24 Dec 1910, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; of angina pectaris, as a result of arterio sclerosis, which he had for years, according to his physician, Dr. A. E. Morgan of 817 Lansdowne Avenue

Notes:

Birth:
Arless Flint recorded that George was born in Scarborough.

Gravestone:
The inscription of the Gilchrist gravestone at lot 16, section 39 of Plot M in Mount Pleasant Cemetery reads "In Loving Memory of George Gilchrist died Dec 22, 1910 aged 76 years and his beloved wife Isabel Gilchrist died April 29, 1931 aged 93 years. George beloved son of George and Isabel Gilchrist died Dec 23, 1884 aged 20 years and 6 mos."

Religion:
[Was this in Scarborough?]

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FHL microfilm # 2,230,934. NAC microfilm # C-9972. St. James Ward, Toronto, district 47, sub B, division 5, page 14. I have a photocopy of this but I need the microfilm #, and to see if there is an address or description of the enumeration district

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Directory of Cemeteries - The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. 1989. R 929.571354 DIR at Calgary Public Library. Has this been updated?

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email Bill Richards in Kenora about Gilchrist family

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find them

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FHL microfilm # 1,375,880. Photocopy entry of George Gilchrist and family on microfilm # 1,375,880 (NAC microfilm # C-13244) Pickering, Ontario South, district 132, sub district A, divisiion 1, page 21, family 106.

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Assessment rolls for Pickering Township, Ontario County. Ontario Archives F1864. Ref: Helen Alves, article " Using Assessment rolls to Research a Family Business", Kindred Spirits, Whitby-Oshawa Branch, OGS, Volume XXI, No. 1, Winter 2002, pages 6, 7, and 9.

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Photocopy entry of George Gilchrist and family on microfilm # 1,375,880 (NAC microfilm # C-13244) Pickering, Ontario South, district 132, sub district A, divisiion 1, page 21, family 106.

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Were the Gilchrists affiliated with the Thomson family of Scarborough?Book: 929.27 at OGS library "Thomson Family of Scarborough"

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George GILCHRIST died December 22, 1910 in Toronto. York County surrogate court index

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dates and addresses in Pickering and Whitby.

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Baptist Churches in Toronto, Pickering and Whitby

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Marriage in March 1860. Was it in Globe? Check on-line database.

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FHL microfilm # 1,843,580 (T-6498) East 117 a1-b29. Or # 1,843,581 (T-6499) East 117 b30-c. York County. NAC microfilm # Wendy's copy is not clear enough. They are # 107 [117?]. George Gilchirst, Isabel, Harry, james and Jamie? Winstone.

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dates and addresses in Toronto

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M sc 39, lt 16. Number [general number?] 26976. He was buried in Mount Pleasant December 24, 1910. Find burial record and plot card.

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Ontario County - marriage registers AO MS-248 volume 45 - reels 11 and 12

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Is A00405 on Legacy? From Wendy Thompson.

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Image from Ancestry accessed 2017 May 18. Reg # 006477/10 Toronto, York County. Archives of Ontario MS935; Reel: 151 and MS940; Reel: 7.

Occupation:
He was a partner with Mr. Coxworth in a business called 'Gilchrist & Coxworth'. They advertised that they had "added undertaking to their other kind of manufactures and furnish to those who desire it a beautiful hearse - well plumed at reasonable rates".

Census:
There is a George Gilchrist, aged 36, born in Ontario, religion BA, ethnic origin Scotch, occupation carpenter recorded in St. James Ward, District 47, Subdistrict B, Division 5, page 14.

Census:
George was enumerated as age 46, a builder, Scottish origin, born in Ontario, Baptist, and living with his wife, Isabella Gilchrist.

Burial plot:
His son, George Gilchrist, had died in the preceeding December, and was the first interment in the plot.

Residence:
His sister lived with him. [Was it Ruth or Helen?]

Anniversary:
The family party was held at 26 Thorold Street (now Indian Trail).

Burial:
His burial plot was plot M, section 39, lot 16. The burial number was 26976.

George married I. CAMPBELL [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Mr. & Mrs. Levack issued an invitation to the marriage of their daughter [Lizzie] to be held at 7:30 p.m. at 351 St. Clarence Ave.

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Toronto 1889 - did Lizzie's father, Sinclair Levack, live at 351 St. Clarence Ave on May 16, 1889 when she was married?

Sinclair married Alexandria. Alexandria and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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