George GAY
1901 Canadian Census Lot 17,Prince Township,Prince Edward Island (Online Census Images @ AutomatedGenealogy.com), pgs 7-8
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1861 Census Lot 17, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, p1
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A farmer in Birch Hill, PEI, Canada. Married Mary Ellen Stewart on 10 Mar 1853 on PEI, Canada. Marriage Certificate, Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics does not list a specific place or county, nor does the documentation sent give the marriage record number. Two known daughters: Eliza and Levenia, both christened in Pownal, PEI, Canada at the United Church.
Married George Gay on 10 March 1853 somewhere on PEI. Canada. They lived in Birch Hill, PEI where George farmed. Two known daughters: Eliza and Levenia. The girls were christened at the United Church in Pownal on 16 Sept 1864. NOTES: Birth also listed as 8 May 1830
She was the beloved by all her family, who knew her affectionately as "Granny." Her grandson, Russell James Byther, immortalized her in a series of cartoons about their relationship when he was growing up. They were published in 2003 by a great-granddaughter, Linda Kay Byther Mathis, in a book entitled Eliza Gay and Other Cartoons by Russell J. Byther. She lived with her younger daughter, Lulu. Lulu worked as a book binder at the Fort Worth Public Library and Eliza, evidently, took care of the three boys, Fred, Jr., Harold, and Russell. Her husband, Thomas Costello, died when their elder daughter, Babe, was only 3. The only information about him comes from Babe, but in a letter dated 9 Dec, 1969, she relates, "I know little of my mother's family and nothing of my father's...It may seem strange to you that I do not know anything of my father's family, but he passed away when I was only 3 years old. Then, too, he had been brought up as a Roman Catholic, but turned Protestant when in his teens, and so did not have mych in common with his family after that." Eliza raised her two daughters alone and in virtual poverty. She served as a domestic servant in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Despite her difficulties, it was said of her that if she didn't have something good to say about someone, she said nothing. The Fred V. Byther family eventually traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, living there for many years. This is where she died in 1953. .
He married Mary Ellen Stewart 10 Mar 1853 at Pownal Twp, Prince Edward Island, Canada . Mary Ellen Stewart was born at Frenchfort, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada 8 May 1830 daughter of William Charles Stewart and Frances Sealey .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Isabella Gay
christened 7 Jul 1857.
Eliza Gay
born 22 Aug 1858.
Emma C. Gay
born 10 May 1860.
Levenia Gay
born 31 Jul 1862.
George Gay died 13 Oct 1909 at Pownal Twp, Prince Edward Island, Canada .