I'm looking for information on my Carrick family from Whitechurch, Kinloss Twp, Bruce
Co, Ontario, Canada. ROBERT YOUNG CARRICK, b. 1864, Greenock, Scotland d. Nov/Dec 1948,
London, Canada. Buried Wingham Cemetery, Ontario, Canada. He was married to ELIZABETH
MILNER, daughter of CHARLES MILNER and ANN JANE TISDALE. Elizabeth was b. 1866, St.
Augustine, Wawanosh, Ontario, Canada and d. 22 May 1935, London, Ontario, Canada. She is
buried in Donnybrook Cemetery, E. Wawanosh, Ontario, Canada. Robert fought in the Boer
War and in the CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) in WWI. His military attestation papers
states that he served "2 years in 1st Renfrew & Bumbarton Atillery. 20 years in
33rd Battalion. In WWI he was in the 160th Bruce County Overseas Battalion. In
Whitechurch, Robert was a carpenter and owned his own woodworking shop. He also was a
taxidermist. Very well known in Whitechurch. Robert and Elizabeth had the following
children:
1. IDA ELIZABETH CARRICK, b. 5 Apr 1893, Whitechurch, Canada, d. 3 Oct 1953, Detroit,
Wayne Co, MI. She married WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WINDSOR and moved to Detroit, MI where they
had a family of seven children.
2. LAVINA KYLE CARRICK (called Aunt Vinnie), b. 1895, Whitechurch Canada,m. FRED CLARKE
and lived in Amherstburg and London Canada. They had no children and lived on Hamilton
St. in London.
3. ANNA MAY CARRICK, b. 4 Sep 1900, Whitechurch, Canada, d. 30 Nov 1942, Ontario, Canada.
Never married. Buried Wingham Cemetery, Wingham, Canada, next to her father. She was a
"blue baby" and sick most of her life. She spent her entire life in Whitechurch
Canada.
4. SUSAN CARRICK, b. abt. 1902, Whitechurch, Canada. Married FRANK RAGSDALE in June 1944
in Whitechurch, Canada. They moved to California and never had any children. During
WWII, Susan took a job in Lucknow, Canada at an aircraft factory.
This is all I know of my family and would greatly appreciate any more information. Thank
you.
Jeanette Browning
nettie(a)gtii.com
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