Jeanette -
I am taking the liberty of sending this message to our Carrick/Kerrick
mailing list that has been running for a while. We have about 70 members
now.
Gil
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Subject: Carrick - Scot>Canada
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:02:18 -0400
From: "Jeanette" <nettie(a)gtii.com>
To: CARRICK-L(a)rootsweb.com
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
"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry, is
like the potato--the best part under ground." Thomas Overbury
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