Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
Robert William McElwain
1910 - 1974 (64 years)1. Robert William McElwain was born on 18 Sep 1910 in Gelert, Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (son of William Stinson McElwain and Margaret Keers); died on 20 Dec 1974; was buried in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Robert married Edna Mabel Adelaide Harrison on 18 Sep 1935 in Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Edna (daughter of William B. Harrison and Ellen Mary Jane Minaker) was born on 5 Jun 1916 in Carnarvon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 May 2001 in Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. William Stinson McElwain was born about 1872 in Ontario, Canada. William married Margaret Keers on 12 Jul 1896 in Gelert, Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of David Keers and Eliza Patterson) was born on 31 Mar 1874 in Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Apr 1945 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Apr 1945 in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret Keers was born on 31 Mar 1874 in Ontario, Canada (daughter of David Keers and Eliza Patterson); died on 15 Apr 1945 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Apr 1945 in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Children:
- 1. Robert William McElwain was born on 18 Sep 1910 in Gelert, Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Dec 1974; was buried in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Generation: 3
6. David Keers was born about 1826 in Antrim, Northern Ireland; died on 19 May 1914 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. David married Eliza Patterson on 19 Jun 1856 in Finvoy, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Eliza was born about 1836 in Ireland; died on 11 Nov 1901 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Eliza Patterson was born about 1836 in Ireland; died on 11 Nov 1901 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Children:
- Matilda Keers was born in 1861 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1895 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Jane Keers was born on 22 Jan 1863 in Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Oct 1934 in Gelert, Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 26 Oct 1934 in Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Elizabeth Keers was born on 21 Apr 1865 in Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Mar 1921 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 5 Mar 1921 in Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Mary Keers was born on 30 Apr 1865 in Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Nov 1924 in Somerville, Victoria, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 22 Nov 1924 in Kinmount Community Cemetery, Kinmount, Victoria, Ontario, Canada.
- Rachel Keers was born about 1869 in Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jan 1873 in Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Maria Keers was born on 24 Oct 1873 in Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Dec 1901 in Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- 3. Margaret Keers was born on 31 Mar 1874 in Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Apr 1945 in Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 18 Apr 1945 in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
- Isabella Keers was born on 31 May 1877 in Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Jul 1944 in North York, York, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 1 Aug 1944 in Gelert Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.