WILLIAM HOY and MARGARET BROWN
HOY FAMILY
William Hoy was born 1 Sept
1816 in Stitchel Parish, Roxburghshire,
Scotland, son of Samuel Hoy and Isabella Yule or Youle.
Margaret Brown was born 14 Mar 1824 and baptised 30 Mar 1824
in Deanburn Haugh, Roberton, Selkirk, Scotland, daughter of
William Brown and Barbara Neil.
Before starting on these two
families, I think a short background is
in order to help sort them out.
Since 1974, Roxburgh County has been part
Borders County with
the former Berwickshire and Selkirk Counties.
From the Gazeteer of Scotland, edited by
John Marius Wilson, 1868.
"STITCHEL and HUME, a united parish in the district of the Merse,
on the mutual border of Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.
STITCHEL is in Roxburghshire, HUME is in Berwickshire, they were
united in 1640 and each contains a Village of its own name.
The united parish is bounded by Gordon, Greenlaw, Eccles, Ednam,
Nenthorn and Earlston. Its length from North to South is between
5 and 6 miles and its breadth is between 3 and 4 miles."
The following MAY be the parents and
siblings of Samuel Hoy.
They were chosen for Samuel because we know he had a sister
Ellen "Nelly", as Samuel's son William and Nellie's daughter
Elizabeth
were cousins. (From a history written by Elizabeth and James Cairns
son William about 1937).
WILLIAM HOY: Born around 1751 and died 18 Oct 1831,
Stitchel
Scotland. In Stitchel Parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland he married Rachel
Larmont/Learmont/Larmant, born about 1765, died 31 Oct 1837.
Both buried Stitchel, Scotland.
They had 7 children. Ellen, Esther, John, William, James, SAMUEL
and Alexander.
It is believed that William's
parents were John Hoy and Esther
Martine and that he had at least one sibling John.
From the Cemetery book for Stitchel
and Hume published by the
Borders Family History Society in 1994 is shows:
Number 274 reads: Erected by William
Hoy, tenant in Hume Mill, in
memory of his son John Hoy who died 29 Dec 1810 aged 22 years.
Also his son William Hoy who died 10 Dec 1818, aged 28 years.
And William Hoy who died 18 Oct 1831, aged 80 years and Rachel
Larment his wife who died 31 Oct 1837 aged 81 years.
1. ELLEN "Nelly" HOY: Baptised 20 Oct 1784 in Greenlaw Parish. She
married John Anderson.
They had 5 children. John, Rachel, William, John and Elizabeth.
(1) JOHN ANDERSON: Born 24 May 1806, Stitchel, Scotland.
(2) RACHEL ANDERSON: Born 5 Jun 1807, Stitchel, Scotland.
(3) WILLIAM ANDERSON: Born 22 Apr 1809, Stitchel, Scotland.
(4) JOHN
ANDERSON: Born around 26 Mar 1813 Ednam Parish,
Scotland.
(5)
ELIZABETH ANDERSON: Born 22 Nov 1811, baptised 20 Dec
1813 at Kelso,
Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland, died 24 Oct
1899 at Forest,
Ont., Canada. Around 1835 in Scotland, she
married James
Cairns Jr., born 12 May 1814, Eccles Parish,
died 18 Dec 1871,
Forest, Ont. (s/o James Cairns Sr and
Elizabeth
Patterson).
Both buried North
Plympton (McKay) Cemetery, Plympton
Twp., Lambton
Co., Ont.
They had 8
children. Rachel, James, Elizabeth, Helen, Annie,
John, Thomas and
William.
JAMES CAIRNS Family
2. ESTHER HOY: Baptised 20 Feb 1786 at Greenlaw, Berwickshire,
Scotland. She married Thomas Hastie.
3. JOHN HOY: Baptised 19 Aug 1787 Stichel, Roxburoughshire,
Scotland, died 29 Dec 1818.
Buried Stitchel, Scotland.
4. WILLIAM HOY: Baptised 1 Feb 1789, Stitchel, Scotland, died
14 Nov 1790.
Buried Stitchel, Scotland.
5. JAMES HOY: Baptised 14 Nov 1790, Stitchel, Scotland.
6. SAMUEL HOY: Baptised 22 Sep 1792, Stitchel, Scotland, died
14 Feb 1878. On the 28 May 1814, in Stitchel Parish,
Roxburghshire,
Scotland, he married Isabella Yule/Youle.
They had 1 child. William
There has been no records
discovered of any other children born
to this couple. BUT Rachel born 1823, is a good possibility.
Samuel came to Downie Twp.,
Perth Co., Ont., with son William
about 1845-1848.
A Samuel Hoy appears on the
1848 Agriculture Census of Downie
living on Lot 13 Con 6, and William Hoy is at Lot 13 Con 7.
In the 1861 census, Samuel is listed as a widower, living on Lot
13
Con 6, age 67 years, occupation farmer. With him is Rachel Hoy,
age 38 years (b.1823) in Scotland. Rachel is probably his
daughter,
but we have found no record of her birth. Rachel died 10 Jun 1889
at Downie, age 66 years. She never married. Also shown is Mary
Hoy, age 13 years (b.1848) Upper Canada.
The 1871 Census lists Samuel,
age 78 years (b.1793), Rachel age
50 years (b.1821), Mary B. age 22 years (b.1849), Scotland,
Isabella age 7 years (b.1864) and Robert V, age 3 years (b.1868).
No record has been unearthed
to show the death of Isabella and
we do not know who her parents were.
(1) WILLIAM HOY: Born 1 Sep 1816 in Stitchel Parish,
Roxburghshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Brown,
born
14 Mar 1824, baptised 30 Mar 1824, Deanburn Haugh,
Roberton, Selkirk, Scotland. (d/o William Brown and
Barbara Neil).
In the Parish Records we find: Samuel Hoy, hind, Todrig,
and
wife Isabella Youle, his wife, a son, born 1 Sep 1816
named
William.
Todrig is a village in the Parish of Stitchel, North of Hume.
7. ALEXANDER HOY: Baptised 1 Nov 1795 st Stitchel, Roxburough
Scotland.
BROWN FAMILY
ROBERT BROWN, married Magdalene Inglis.
They had at least 1 child. William.
1. WILLIAM BROWN: Born at Ashkirk, Roxburoughshire,
Scotland,
baptised 26 Sep 1790 at Roberton, Scotland. He married Barbara
Neil, born about 1791 at Ashkirk, Roxburoughshire, Scotland.
They had 8 children. Isobel, Magdalene, Robert, Alexander,
Margaret, Adam, Mary and Barbara.
(1) ISOBEL
BROWN: Baptised 9 Aug 1815 at Roberton. On the
15 Jan 1836 at
Roberton, she married William Scott.
They had 8
children. George, William, Barbara, Robert, Mary,
Isobella, Adam
and Margaret. (All born Deanburn Haugh).
(2) MAGDALENE BROWN: Baptised 24 Aug 1817 at Roberton.
(3) ROBERT BROWN: Baptised 12 Mar 1819 at Roberton.
(4) ALEXANDER BROWN: Baptised 12 Mar 1819 at Roberton.
(5) MARGARET
BROWN: Born 14 Mar 1824, baptised 30 Mar
1824 at Deanburn
Haugh, Roberton, Selkirk, Scotland. She
married William
Hoy, born 1 Sep 1816, Stitchel Parish,
Roxburghshire,
Scotland. (s/o Samuel Hoy and Isabella
Yule/Youle).
They had 8
children. William, Barbara, Samuel, Robert,
Isabella, Thomas,
Alexander and Mary.
The clue to this birth was in the 1851 census for Dearburn
Haugh where a
William Hoy, age 5, was a grandson of
William Brown and
Barbara Neil.
There was no
Margaret in the household but when the Parish
records for
Roberton were searched and there she was.
This Williams age
would agree with that of William and
Margaret's Hoy's
first son as he was born 31 Dec 1845
according to the
1901 Census of Downie Twp., Perth Co.,
Ont., and came to
Canada in 1852.
It is known that William Hoy, born 1 Sep 1816, was in
Ontario in
1848. Perhaps Margaret was with him and their
son William
was sent or brought over later, OR maybe
wife
Margaret and William came over later. (1852).
Unfortunately some of the 1851 Census for Downie Twp., are
missing.
The information there would have perhaps answered
many of our
questions.
(6) ADAM BROWN: Born 28 Sep 1825 at Roberton.
(7) MARY
BROWN: Born 22 Mar 1830, baptised 31 Oct 1830
at Roberton.
(8) BARBARA BROWN: Born 1 Jun 1833 at Roberton.
FAMILY OF
WILLIAM HOY and MARGARET BROWN
1. WILLIAM HOY: Born 31 Dec 1845, Roberton, Roxburoughshire,
Scotland, died 3 Feb 1930, Downie Twp., Perth Co., Ont. On the
23 Mar 1872, in Downie Twp., he married Harriett Shopton.
(d/o John Shopton and Sarah ?).
Both buried Avonbank Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
They had 3 children. Sarah, William and John.
(1) SARAH I. HOY: Born 10
May 1872, Downie Twp., died
30 Dec 1947.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(2) WILLIAM HOY: Born 1
Sep 1874, Downie Twp., died 1962.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(3) JOHN SHOPTON HOY:
Born 2 Jul 1877, Downie Twp., died
1964.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
2. BARBARA HOY: Born 6 Jul 1852, Stratford, Ont., died 21 Aug
1897, Austin, Man. On the 11 Jun 1875 she married
Thomas Cairns,
born 16 Jun 1849, Plympton Twp., Ont., died 7 Jul
1943, Portage
la Prairie, Man. (s/o James Cairns and Elizabeth
Anderson).
Both buried Austin, Man.
They had 11 children. Margaret, Ellen, Alfred, Effie, William, Chester,
Edna, Thomas, Barbara, Garnet and Lindsey.
Also show Barbara born 1 Aug 1852.
The following
article was written by their Great Granddaughter
Marybeth (Saunders) Brown
THOMAS CAIRNS and BARBARA HOY
Barbara Hoy, eldest daughter of Scottish parents
William Hoy and
Margaret Brown, was born in Downie Township, Perth County, Ont.,
Canada, 6 Jul 1852. This may have been about four years after her
parents arrived in Canada from near Hawick, Berwickshire, Scotland.
She married Thomas Cairns of Plympton Township, Lambton County,
Ontario 11 June 1875.
Thomas the second youngest son of James Cairns and Elizabeth
(Betsy) Anderson, also both of Scotland, was born in Plympton
Township 16 June 1849.
The Registration of their marriage from The Ontario Vital Statistics
Records states: Thos. Cairns age 25 years, residence Downie
born in Canada, bachelor, Occupation Farmer, son of James Cairns
and Elizabeth Anderson: Barbara Hoy age 22 years, residence Downie,
born Canada, Spinster Daughter of William Hoy and Margaret Brown:
Witnesses William Cairns of Plympton (brother of the groom) and
Isabella Hoy of Downie (sister of the bride). Married Downie June 11th
1875. Religion Canadian Presbyterian for both groom and bride.
Married by Rev. John K. Hislop by Licence.
Shortly following the birth of their 3rd child, Barbara and Thomas
arrived in Manitoba on 10 May 1879. They settled first in the Gladstone
and later moved to the Emmeline District. There were 8 more children
born to this couple before Barbara died of tuberculosis in 1897. She is
buried in the Austin Cemetery.
William Cairns, Thomas' brother wrote in 1931 about Thomas Cairns
and Barbara Hoy. "Thomas Cairns married Barbara Hoy. Her father and
Thomas' mother were first cousins. He got her in Downie Township from
her father's home near Avonton. They came to Manitoba in 1879. Mrs.
Cairns died in 1897 and Thomas lives retired in MacGregor, Manitoba.
Their family losses were very severe. Only one son and four daughters
are alive. Two of the boys lie in Flanders, died in honour of their country.
Russell is working near MacGregor and stops with his folks at times.
Annie is in Vancouver. Her husband has a wholesale fruit business. The
other girls lived on farms and are all great housekeepers. Their families
are all recorded in this tree."
The following is
taken from the obituary printed in the MacGregor
Newspaper, Thursday 15 July 1943.
"The death occurred in the Portage General Hospital on July 7th, 1943
of another pioneer of the Austin and MacGregor districts, in the person
of Mr. Thomas Cairns, at the ripe age of 94 years. He had been in
failing health for some time.
Born at Plympton, Ontario on June 6th 1849, Thomas Cairns was
married to Barbara Hoy of Stratford in 1873. (Note: the registration for
this marriage gives the date as 1875). On May 10th 1879, they arrived
in Manitoba, settling for a time at Gladstone and later moving to the
Emmeline district. Mrs. Cairns re-deceased her husband on August 21,
1897, and in 1915, Mr. Cairns moved to MacGregor to reside.
Mr. Cairns was a man who was well-known and highly respected,
being a good neighbor and a kind father. In latter years his hearing and
eye-sight failed, but he had been faithfully cared for by his son, Russell,
and Daughters, Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Poyser.
He is survived by four daughters and one son: Mrs. A. Lewis, of
Okotoks, Alta; Mrs. A. Perkins, of MacGregor; Mrs. R. Poyser,
of Austin; Mrs. A. Scott, of Vancouver, B.C.; Russell, at home and
one brother, Mr. Wm., Cairns, of MacGregor. There are also
twenty-one grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. Five sons
and one daughter pre-deceased their father, including two sons Garnet
and Lindsay, who paid the supreme sacrifice in the World War
1914-1918.
The funeral was held Friday afternoon from the MacGregor United
Church, and was attended by many relatives and sympathizing friends
and neighbors.
Interment was in the family plot in the Austin cemetery. McKillop's
had charge of the funeral."
The descendants of Thomas and
Barbara Cairns are as follows;
(1) MARGARET
ELIZABETH CAIRNS: Born 20 Jun 1875, died
29 Mar 1956, Vancouver,
B.C. On the 2 Mar 1898 in Portage
la Prairie, Man.,
she married Albert Lewis, born 10 Mar 1872,
Tilsonburd, Ont., died
2 Mar 1944, High River, Alta.
Both buried Okotoks,
Alta.
They had 1 child. Edna.
(A) EDNA IRENE LEWIS: Born 22 Nov 1898,
MacGregor,
Man., died 14 Dec 1978, North Vancouver, B.C. On
the 12 Jul 1922, at Okotoks, Alta., she married Dr.
Walter Gordon Saunders, born 3 Oct 1897, Carman,
Man., died 14 Aug 1975 North Vancouver, B.C.
(s/o Walter Burton Saunders and Maria Pamela Annie
Victoria Belfry).
Both
Cremated. Memorial Plaque's at First Memorial
Cemetery, North
Vancouver, B.C.
They had 2 children. Mary and John.
Walter Burton Saunders: s/o George
Washington
Saunders and Mary Leavens.
George Washington Saunders: s/o Samuel Saunders
and Mary Jacobs.
(2) ELLEN ISABELL CAIRNS: Born 2 Oct 1876, died 6 May
1978,
Gladstone, Man. In Dec
1896, she married Thomas Collier, who
died 18 Jan 1910.
Both buried Austin,
Man.
They had 5 children.
James, Vera, Mary, Isabell and Richard.
Ellen re-married 24 Oct 1931 to Albert Perkins 1873-1946.
(A) JAMES THOMAS COLLIER: Born 26 Oct
1897,
MacGregor, Man., died 12 Jun 1992, Brandon, Man. In
1920, he married Myrtle Barbara Hotel, born 2 Feb 1902,
died Jan 1986.
Both buried Riverside Cemetery, Neepawa, Man.
They had 1 child. Velma.
(B) VERA BARBARA COLLIER: Born 11 Jan 1899,
died
18 Dec 1983. She married James Shaw, born 12 Jun
1892, died 23 Jul 1959. (s/o Duncan Shaw and Sarah
McKinnon).
Both buried Portage la Prairie, Man.
They had 2 children. Colin and Phyllis.
(C) MARY OLIVE COLLIER: Born 25 Jul 1900, died
22 Jan
1994. On the 12 Oct 1928, she married Colin "Scotty"
Mann, born 2 Sep 1890, Inverness, Scotland, died
27 Nov 1980.
Both buried Riverside Cemetery, Neepawa, Man.
They had 1 child. Margaret.
(D) ISABELL MAUDE COLLIER: Born 22 Apr 1906,
Norfolk,
Man., died 11 Jul 1992, Boundary Bay,
B.C. She married
Harold Shillington, born 1902, died 1985.
Both buried Grand Forks, B.C.
They had 2 children. Lynne and Harold
(Adopted).
(E) RICHARD ALFRED COLLIER: Born 4 Aug 1907,
died
12 Jul 1956 or 1958. He married Hope Stevenson.
They had no children.
(3) ALFRED JAMES CAIRNS: Born 27 Mar 1878, died 22
Nov
1898.
Buried Austin, Man.
(4) EFFIE CAIRNS: Born 23 Dec 1879, died 29 Dec 1887.
Buried Austin, Man.
Also show name as being Effie Brown Cairns.
(5) WILLIAM HOY CAIRNS: Born 6 Oct 1881, died 29 Dec
1918.
On the 8 Dec 1909,
he married Annie Lunn, born 29 Jul 1889,
died 24 Jun
1986. (d/o John Lunn and Ann Celina Snape).
William buried Austin,
Man.
Annie buried Memorial
Gardens, Portage la Prairie, Man.
They had 7 children.
Russell, Sterling, Jean & Trevor (Twins),
Elmer, Muriel and
Chester.
Also show William and Annie being married 29 Jul 1909.
Annie re-married in 1939 to William Edward
Sparrow, born
1891, died 8
Nov 1968.
Both buried Memorial
Gardens, Portage la Prairie, Man.
(A) RUSSELL WILLIAM CAIRNS: Born
10 Sep 1910, died
25 Mar 1991. He married Mildred Rose Scott.
Russell buried Austin, Man.
They had 15 children. Eileen, Kenneth, Orvil, Terry,
Ronald, James, Leslie, David, Ellen, Brian, Shirley,
Marvin, Brenda, Sandra and Rosalind.
(B) STERLING WALLACE CAIRNS: Born 29 Oct
1911,
died 28 Aug 1984. He married Mona Irene Short.
Sterling buried Winnipeg, Man.
They had 1 child. Glenn.
Mona brought a daughter Sheila to this marriage.
Also show Sterling/Stirling as having
been married to
Mildred Reshau and they were divorced.
(C) JEAN CORA CAIRNS: (Twin) Born 8 Jul 1913,
died
14 Jan 1982. On the 4 Dec 1937, she married Archibald
Allen McDonald, who died 8 Aug 1967.
They had 1 child. Wayne.
(D) TREVOR HOY LUNN CAIRNS: (Twin) Born 8 Jul
1913,
died 3 Nov 1981, Whakatane, New Zealand. On the
28 May 1939 in Ocean Falls, B.C., he married Doris
Maude Hills, born 18 Jan 1919, Ocean Falls, B.C.
(d/o Clifford William Hills and Louisa Maude Cook).
They had 4 children. Barbara, Clifford,
Leslie and Anna.
They went to Whakatane, New Zealand in
1939. In
Ocean Falls, Trever worked in the Pulp Mill.
(E) ELMER GORDON CAIRNS: Born 17 Aug
1914. In 1933
he married he married Astra Einarson, born 29 Sep 1912,
died 22 Jan 1981.
Astra buried Westbourne, Man.
They had 5 children. Raymond, Peter, Judith, Barry and
Gestur.
(F) MURIEL EDITH CAIRNS: Born 27 Jul
1916. She married
Ernest Raymond Duncan, born 24 Sep 1912, died
21 Dec
1992.
They had 4 children. Janice, Velma, Linda and
Elva.
(G) CHESTER GARNET CAIRNS: Born 18 Oct 1918. In
1940, he married Martha Judith Johnson.
They had 4 children. Reva, Judith, Murray and Chester.
Also show name as being Chester Harvey Cairns.
(6) CHESTER ANDERSON CAIRNS: Born 1 Aug 1883, died
29 Dec 1887.
Buried Austin, Man.
Also show dates 31 Aug 1883-2 Jan 1888 and 28 Aug
1884
to 2 Jan 1888.
(7) EDNA JANE CAIRNS: Born 9 Feb 1885, died 15 Feb
1981.
On the 26 Feb 1913, she
married Reuben Poyser, born 1882,
died 9 Mar 1963.
Both buried Austin,
Man.
They had 3 children.
Audrey, Barbara and Hazel.
(A) AUDREY MARION POYSER: Born 17 Jan 1914. On
the
6 Aug 1949, she married Angus Morris Hay, who died
in 1989.
Morris buried Austin, Man.
They had 2 children. Betty and John.
(B) BARBARA ENID POYSER: Born 23 Jul 1916, died
2 Mar 1918.
Buried Austin, Man.
(C) HAZEL LINDSAY POYSER: Born 20 Dec 1918. On
the
29 Apr 1944, she married Robert Harmon Boaz, born
30 Dec 1912, died 29 Nov 1981.
They had 3 children. Barbara, Linda and
Robert.
(8) THOMAS RUSSELL CAIRNS: Born 20 Feb 1887, died 18
Jul
1966. Never married.
Buried Austin, Man.
Also show name as being: Russell Ornald
Thomas Cairns
born 28 Feb 1887.
(9) BARBARA IRENE
"Annie" CAIRNS: Born 7 Jun 1889, died
22 Mar 1955, North
Vancouver, B.C. In 1911, she married
Thomas Peers
Scott, born 21 Dec 1879, died 10 Mar 1945.
Both buried Ocean View
Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C.
They had 6 children.
Arlene, Frank, Velma, Muriel, John and
Robert.
Also show Annie as being born 7 Jun 1892.
(A) ARLENE SCOTT: Born 25 Sep 1912, Vancouver, B.C.,
died Oct 1967. She married Herbert King, born 26 Oct
1906, died 18 May 1989. (s/o Canon Harold King and
Aileen Arnold).
They had 2 children. Margot and Nancy.
(B) FRANK ALFRED SCOTT: He married Louise Anthony.
They had 2 children. Lynda and Mary.
(C) VELMA MARGARET SCOTT: Born 16 Jun 1915, died
4 Jan 1998, Paso Robles, Calif. She married Alfred I.
Riddell, born, Sudbury, Ont.
Velma was Cremated.
(D) MURIEL IRENE SCOTT: She married Ralph Mitchell. (Div)
(E) JOHN LINDSEY SCOTT: Born 10 Oct 1918, died 21 Nov
1971. He married Trudy Adamson.
They had 1 child. Joanne.
Trudy re-married Harold Seville Cowther.
(F) ROBERT G. SCOTT: He married Barbara Ann Evans.
(10) GARNET CHESTER CAIRNS: Born 14 Mar 1892, died 26
Oct
1917. (WWI).
Buried
Waterloo Canadian Military Cemetery, France.
The following article was printed
in the Free Press probably
in early to
mid 1917 with a picture of the 2 boys.
E.L.H. W. Cairns (Left) and Pte. G.C. Cairns
The names of these two young men,
Pte. Lindsay H. W. Cairns, and
Pte. Garnet C. Cairns have been inscribed on Canada's glorious roll
of honor, both having made the supreme sacrifice in France, the
former on June 27th and the latter on October 26th. That they were
loyally willing and proud to do their bit for king and country is
evidenced by the patriotic emblems which surround their photograph.
The sentiment connected with this picture is one of these human and
patriotic touches of the war. It was received by their father, Mr.
Thomas Cairns, of MacGregor, but a short time before the news of
their being killed in battle was received, accompanied by messages
of courage and hope and determination to play their part manfully.
They were good examples of those thousands of gallant sons that
have been given by Canada for the great cause of human liberty and
justice, whose fame will be undying.
The brothers left Winnipeg with Lt.-Col. Gillespie's battalion in
October of last year. Another member of the Cairns family, Russell,
offered his services three times and has finally been accepted.
William Cairns a well-known business man of MacGregor, is an uncle
of these splendid lads. - Free Press.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
In
Memory of Private G.C. Cairns 43rd BN., Canadian Infantry
(Manitoba Regt.) who died on Friday 26th
October 1917.
Remembered with honour: YPRES (MENIN GATE).
(11) LINDSEY
HARVEY WRIGHT CAIRNS: Born 17 Jul 1894,
died 27 Jun
1917, Vimy Ridge, France. (WWI).
Buried
Waterloo Canadian Military Cemetery, France.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
In Memory of Private Lindsay Harvey Wright
Cairns 43rd
BN., Canadian Infantry
(Manitoba Regt.) who died Wednesday
27 June 1917.
Remembered with honour:
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY
CEMETERY, VIMY.
3. SAMUEL HOY: Born Jul 1854, Downie Twp., died 14 Jun 1887. He
married Jennie N. Murray.
Samuel buried Avonbank Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
4. ROBERT BROWN HOY: Born 6 Jul 1856, Downie Twp., Ont., died
21 Oct 1918 at Stratford, Ont. He married Mary Leitch.
Buried Avonbank Cemetery, Downie, Twp., Ont.
They had 6 children. Margaret, Malcolm, Samuel, Christine,
Alexander and Mary.
(1) MARGARET
BROWN HOY: Born 22 Feb 1890, Downie Twp.,
died 1975. She
married Thomas J. Aitcheson.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(2) MALCOLM
HOY: Born 15 May 1891, Downie Twp., died
1977 at Downie
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(3) SAMUEL
HOY: Born 25 Oct 1892, Downie Twp., died 1958.
Buried
Avonbank Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(4)
CHRISTINE HOY: Born 3 Jun 1894, Downie Twp., died 8 Mar
1895.
(5)
ALEXANDER THOMAS HOY: Born 7 Dec 1895, Downie Twp.,
died 1935. He
married Helen Mary Gale.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
(6) MARY
HOY: Born 1901 Downie Twp., died 1980.
Buried Avonbank
Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
5. ISABELLA HOY: Born 20 Sep 1858, Downie Twp. On the 8 Oct
1901, she married Thomas Robinson, born c1862 Blanchard, Twp.,
Perth Co., Ont. (s/o William Robinson and Eliza Borland).
6. THOMAS HOY: Born 1861, died 13 Aug 1896, Downie Twp.
7. ALEXANDER HOY: Born 2 Feb 1863 Downie Twp., died
1939. He
married Mary Ann McKellar, born 7 Apr 1870, Downie Twp., died
1955. (d/o John McKellar and Fanny B. White).
Both buried Avanbank Cemetery, Downie Twp., Ont.
8. MARY HOY: Born 27 Aug 1865, Downie Twp., died Aug 1920.
This history is being compiled by a Great Granddaughter
Marybeth (Saunders) Brown, and it is her address below
if you have any questions or data to add to these families.
