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John Halliday 1837–1929 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1837

Birth Location: Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 09 Mar 1929

Death Location: Shanly, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada

Father: George Halliday

Mother: Helen Elliott

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Johnston

Children(s): George Holliday, Hester Noble, Harvey Holliday, Ransom Holliday, Sarah Holliday, William Holliday, Christopher Holliday, Thomas Haliday, Francis Halliday

John Halliday was born in 1837 in Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, the child of George Halliday And Helen Ellen Elliott. John Halliday married Elizabeth Lizzie Johnston, and had children including Christopher Johnson Holliday, Francis Cowan Halliday, George Holliday, Harvey Holliday, Hester Holliday Noble, Ransom Holliday, Sarah Holliday, Thomas Haliday, William Holliday. John Halliday passed away in 1929 in Shanly, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • John Halliday was born in 1837 in Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, the child of George Halliday And Helen Ellen Elliott.
  • John Halliday married Elizabeth Lizzie Johnston, and had children including Christopher Johnson Holliday, Francis Cowan Halliday, George Holliday, Harvey Holliday, Hester Holliday Noble, Ransom Holliday, Sarah Holliday, Thomas Haliday, William Holliday.
  • John Halliday passed away in 1929 in Shanly, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Halliday's Ancestors

Self
John Halliday
1837–1929
Birth Place: Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Parents
George Halliday
1812–1895
Boreland, Hutton, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Helen ((Ellen)) Elliott
1816–1909
Scotland
Grandparents
John (James) Halliday
1778–1870
Berryscaur, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret (Johnston) Holliday
1782–1860
, Hutton and Corrie, Dumfries, Scotland
William Elliott
1780–1862
Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ("Peggy") Scott
1780–
, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
JOHN HALLIDAY
1745–1778
Janet Halliday
1751–1819
William Johnstone
1742–1814
Jannet Irving
1755–1801
Walter (Elliot)
1752–1822
Isabella Grieve
1756–1830
John Scott
1749–1824
Elizabeth Thomson
1758–1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Halliday
1715–1815
Mary Halliday
1702–1819
Barbara Henderson
1720–
William Johnston
1710–1756
Isabel Row
1717–1809
William IRVING
1735–
Betty Marrs
1721–1799
James Davington
1703–1770
Margaret Litchardwood
1707–1796
Margaret Riddell
1730–

John Halliday's Descendants

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John Halliday (15 Feb 1837–09 Mar 1929) m. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Johnston (Dec 1838–10 DEC 1914)
  1. 1. George Holliday 1868–1952 m. Mary (Jane) Leizert 1873–1937
    1. 1. Carrie (Bella May) Holliday 1907–1990 m. Bazil (Cecil) Christie 1913–1988
      1. 1. Mary (E.) Christie 1942–2022 m. Albert (W) Benware 1944–2009
  2. 2. Hester (Holliday) Noble 1870–1918
  3. 3. Harvey Holliday 1865–1921
  4. 4. Ransom Holliday 1877–1935
  5. 5. Sarah Holliday 1860–
  6. 6. William Holliday 1861–
  7. 7. Christopher (Johnson) Holliday 1870–1955
  8. 8. Thomas Haliday 1872–
  9. 9. Francis (Cowan) Halliday 1875–

John Halliday's Timeline

2 Records

1837
15 Feb 1837
Birth of John Halliday in Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
1929
09 Mar 1929
Age 92
Death of John Halliday in Edwardsburgh, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Edwardsburgh, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1837
    Event Place: Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Mar 1929
    Event Place: Edwardsburgh, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Shanly, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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