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Sarah Edmiston Keating

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
23 Jan 1933 (aged 85)
Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Elora, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
G13-1
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Thomas Edmiston & Catherine Bell; wife of Louis Keating (carved on gravestone as Lewis Kating).

Death record shows her niece as "Mrs. James Skeoch" (Margaret Jane Edmiston), daughter of Thomas Edmiston, Jr. & Jane Bell.

Died at Wellington Home (House of Industry & Refuge) near Fergus.

Married name carved "Kating" on gravestone; all other records show "Keating".

Birth date mercurial. Death record shows Feb. 1, 1847; 1901 census shows Nov. 15, 1849. See census below for range 1847-1850

1851 census: aged 4 years (1847), living with parents and 6 siblings at Garafraxa Twp.

1861 census: aged 11 years (1850), living with widowed mother and 5 siblings at Garafraxa Twp.

1871 census: Sarah not found with mother, who is living with adult children, William, John and Jane, at West Garafraxa Twp.

1881 census: aged 33 years (1848), living with husband, Louis, aged 37 at Peel Twp. No children.

1891 census: not found.

1901 census: aged 52 (1849), living in Elora with bachelor brother, John Edmiston, aged 50. Her marriage status shows "S" (single) despite using last name, "Keating".
Daughter of Thomas Edmiston & Catherine Bell; wife of Louis Keating (carved on gravestone as Lewis Kating).

Death record shows her niece as "Mrs. James Skeoch" (Margaret Jane Edmiston), daughter of Thomas Edmiston, Jr. & Jane Bell.

Died at Wellington Home (House of Industry & Refuge) near Fergus.

Married name carved "Kating" on gravestone; all other records show "Keating".

Birth date mercurial. Death record shows Feb. 1, 1847; 1901 census shows Nov. 15, 1849. See census below for range 1847-1850

1851 census: aged 4 years (1847), living with parents and 6 siblings at Garafraxa Twp.

1861 census: aged 11 years (1850), living with widowed mother and 5 siblings at Garafraxa Twp.

1871 census: Sarah not found with mother, who is living with adult children, William, John and Jane, at West Garafraxa Twp.

1881 census: aged 33 years (1848), living with husband, Louis, aged 37 at Peel Twp. No children.

1891 census: not found.

1901 census: aged 52 (1849), living in Elora with bachelor brother, John Edmiston, aged 50. Her marriage status shows "S" (single) despite using last name, "Keating".


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  • Created by: Achisha
  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52868527/sarah-keating: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Edmiston Keating (1 Feb 1847–23 Jan 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52868527, citing Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Achisha (contributor 46858821).