Pvt Robert Jay Smith

Abt 1875 - 1917  (42 years)

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Charles Smith

1850 - 1913  (63 years)

Birth	1850
Died	1913
Family	Agnes Cephrona Ripley,   b. 24 Jan 1853
Married	7 Dec 1872
Children	1. Mercy Smith,   b. 1873 + 2. Pvt Robert Jay Smith,   b. Abt 1875   3. Charles Frank Smith,   b. 1878   4. Mary Matilda "Mayme" Smith,   b. 1882 + 5. John Sinclair Smith,   b. 1889

Agnes Cephrona Ripley

1853 - 1941  (88 years)

Birth	24 Jan 1853
Died	13 Dec 1941
Father	William Abel Ripley,   b. Abt 1815
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mercy Ophelia Stevens,   b. 31 Dec 1819, Stone Mills,Leeds,,Upper Canada
Relationship	natural
Married	13 Feb 1849	Kitley Township,Leeds,Ontario,Canada
Family	Charles Smith,   b. 1850
Married	7 Dec 1872
Children	1. Mercy Smith,   b. 1873 + 2. Pvt Robert Jay Smith,   b. Abt 1875   3. Charles Frank Smith,   b. 1878   4. Mary Matilda "Mayme" Smith,   b. 1882 + 5. John Sinclair Smith,   b. 1889

Mary Herman

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	Pvt Robert Jay Smith,   b. Abt 1875
Children	+ 1. Robert Jay Smith, Sr.

Robert Jay Smith, Sr.

Father	Pvt Robert Jay Smith,   b. Abt 1875
Mother	Mary Herman
Family	Jean Mattchett
Children	+ 1. Robert Jay Smith, Jr.

• Name	Robert Jay Smith  [1]
  Prefix	Pvt
  Birth	Abt 1875  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1917	Saskatoon,,Saskatchewan,Canada   [2]
  Military	1917  [1]
  	48th Batallion, Alberta Regiment
  Death	30 Oct 1917  [1]
  	Cause: Killed in acction WWI
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I22107	Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of Roger Stevens II, 1730-1808
  Last Modified	2 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Smith,   b. 1850   d. 1913 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Agnes Cephrona Ripley,   b. 24 Jan 1853   d. 13 Dec 1941 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1872
  Family ID	F7726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Herman   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Robert Jay Smith, Sr.
  Family ID	F7727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2009

  
  

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• Sources

  [S608] Smith, Leah, E-mail correspondence with Russell Strong. Privately held by Strong, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Leah Smith, SK, Canada [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Russell Strong, e-mail<; privately held by Strong, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ., 28 Nov 2009, Monday, November 23, 2009 8:46 AM>, "Comments," (Reliability: 3). [S1208] Robert Houghton UE, "The McGhie family"; descendant report to Russell Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Vicksburg, MI, January 2000; pdf held by Robert Houghton UE, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Cambridge, ON., 2 May 2020, p. 3 (Reliability: 3). *from Dr BT McGhie's notes: His first wife was the daughter of Luther Holton5 of Brockville, Ontario. She died with her newborn baby and is buried at the cemetery in Athens, Ontario. Through his practice, he came to know the family of M. Abel Ripley6. After the death of Mr Ripley, his widow, Mercy, became friends with and eventually married the doctor. She was from the Stevens family, Loyalists who fled to Canada in 1793 following the American Revolution. She brought with her 3 young children from her first husband; Edward Abel, Cephrona (m. Smith), and Addie (m. Earl). In the years that followed, B.T. and Mercy had 6 more children; Benjamin Adelbert "Deb", George Stevens, Angela Ophelia, Margaret Mercy (McAmmond), Gertrude "True", and William. Only Adelbert and Margaret had children and continued the family line. *Mercie wrote:  "Dr. Benjamin Bernard Thomas McGhie married Mercy Ophelia Stevens (Ripley) in 1860. They had both been married before, his first wife being the daughter of Philip Holton of Brockville. Mr Holton gave his daughter a house and farm that afterwards became the toll gate on the road from Westport, Newboro, and Athens to Brockville. The doctor's first practice in medicine was in this area. Unfortunately for the young couple, she died when his first child was born7. She is buried with the child, Charles P. Holton McGhie in a cemetery near Athens. Dr. McGhie moved to Delta and lived in the village hotel where someone looked after his horses. He married about 3 years later the widow Mercy Ophelia (Stevens) Ripley of Elgin. She had 3 children; Agnes Cephronia (Smith), Edward Abel (who was a school teacher8), and Adelaide, who was a small child at the time. My grandfather raised Addie from four years of age and had other sons and daughters with Mercy; my father - Benjamin Adelbert, George Stevens, Margaret Mercy, Gertrude, Angelia, and a boy William John who died at 7 years of age. This family was raised in Elgin". The next generations: Mercy Ophelia Stevens b. Dec 31, 18199, m. William Ripley on Feb 13, 1849 in Kitley, Ont. Children:  Edward Abel b. 1850, d. Apr 20, 1894 (struck by lightning in Thorold, Ont) Agnes Cephrona b. Jan 24, 1853, m. Charles Smith (1850-1913) on Dec 7, 1872, d. Jan 24, 1853. Children: Charles Frank (1878-1954), m May Simpson (1882-1964) Robert, killed in WW-1, lived in Saskatoon Mercy (1873-1967), m. John Roddick (1866-1943) Mary Matilda "Mayme" (1882-1931), m. John Morris (1878-1960) ______________ 5 Her father is also listed as Ezra Holton or Philip Holton, depending on the source. 6 Dr McGhie had been the attending physician to the late Mr Ripley. There were whispers around town when he married the widow (Ripley died in early 1856, they married in 1860). 7 Other records, shown above, say there were 2 children; Charles P Holton McGhie (b. 1844? died at 4 wks & 6 days) and William McGhie (Oct 13, 1845-Oct 23, 1850). Charlotte is listed as having died on Dec 22, 1852 at age 21. If correct, she was 14 when they married. 8 The census for Abel says he was a butcher. 9 In the 1871 and 1881 census, the age she gives suggests she was born in 1832.states that the old leather document was difficult to read.