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Rhoda <I>Griffin</I> McKay

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Rhoda Griffin McKay

Birth
Quebec, Canada
Death
25 Feb 1854 (aged 66–67)
Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Presbyterian Section
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On the 23rd of Decr., 1819, I married in the bride's house, Lt. John McKay, and Mrs. Rhoda Park, by special License. Wm. Bell, Minister
[Pg. 16, First Presbyterian Church, Register 1]

Rhoda McKay, Female, 65; Born: L. Canada; Widow
Eliza McKay, Female, 34; Born: L. Canada
[1852 Census; Perth, Lanark Co.]

Buried 28 Feb (1854)
[St. Andrew's Burial Register]

"In this town, 25th ult., Rhoda, relict of the late John McKay
[The Bathurst Courier; 10 Mar 1854]

Rhoda Griffin married Samuel Park, a Merchant and Cabinet Maker, at Montreal 16 Jan 1805 at St. Gabriel's Presbyterian. Samuel Park died 23 Jun 1818 at Montreal.

They had 3 Children we know of all born at Montréal:
George Washington, born 11 Mar 1805
Caroline, born 5 Jun 1807
Eliza, born 19 Jun 1815 (This is likely the Eliza “McKay" found with Rhoda on the 1852 Census)
On the 23rd of Decr., 1819, I married in the bride's house, Lt. John McKay, and Mrs. Rhoda Park, by special License. Wm. Bell, Minister
[Pg. 16, First Presbyterian Church, Register 1]

Rhoda McKay, Female, 65; Born: L. Canada; Widow
Eliza McKay, Female, 34; Born: L. Canada
[1852 Census; Perth, Lanark Co.]

Buried 28 Feb (1854)
[St. Andrew's Burial Register]

"In this town, 25th ult., Rhoda, relict of the late John McKay
[The Bathurst Courier; 10 Mar 1854]

Rhoda Griffin married Samuel Park, a Merchant and Cabinet Maker, at Montreal 16 Jan 1805 at St. Gabriel's Presbyterian. Samuel Park died 23 Jun 1818 at Montreal.

They had 3 Children we know of all born at Montréal:
George Washington, born 11 Mar 1805
Caroline, born 5 Jun 1807
Eliza, born 19 Jun 1815 (This is likely the Eliza “McKay" found with Rhoda on the 1852 Census)


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