The
MONTEITH'S
of
HURON COUNTY

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This branch of the family emigrated to Huron County, Ontario, Canada from Scotland in the 1840's.

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EXETER MONTEITH'S

George Monteith (Nov 29, 1813 - 1901) - immigrated from Glasgow, Scotland
Euphemia Alexander (Jun 05, 1816 - 1901) - born near Glasgow, Scotland

  1. Elizabeth Monteith (Mar 17, 1836 - )
    m. ? Tait
  2. William Monteith (Jul 25, 1837 - )
  3. Margaret Monteith (May 15, 1839 - Sep 16, 1910)
    John Paterson Kay M.D. (1839 -     June 29, 1883)
    1. John S. Kay (Dec 11, 1859 - Nov 01, 1866)
    2. George Alexander Kay (Aug 1863 - Oct 02 1933) - pharmacist in Baltimore, MD
    3. Thomas W. Kay (Jul 26, 1864 - May 17, 1871)
    4. William John Kay M.D. (Apr 05, 1867 - Apr 16, 1930) - from Lapeer, MI
    5. Fred B. Kay (Mar 23, 1869 - Mar 11, 1944)  served as postmaster in Lapeer Michigan
    6. Margaret Kay (Maggie) (Jul 23, 1871 - Jul 03, 1889)
    7. Maude Alice Kay (1873 - Nov 30 1880)
    8. Euphemia Kay (Dec 10, 1874 - Jan 19, 1950) 
      Louis C. Cramton       - a Member of Congress and Judge
  4. James Monteith (Mar 25, 1841 - )
    m. ?
    1. Helen Monteith - from Woodham, ON
  5. Robert Monteith (Feb 28, 1843 - )
    m. ?
    1. daughter ( - Jun19, 1899) - drowned at 28 years of age
  6. Marion Monteith (Feb 17, 1845 - ) - settled in Manitoba
    m. ? Kydd
  7. Charles Monteith (Dec 10, 1846 - Aug 06, 1910) - settled in Michigan
    m. Mary Catherine Vickers
    1. Emma Gertrude Monteith (Jan 16, 1874 - )
    2. Euphemia Monteith (Feb 25, 1876 - ) - settled in Detroit, MI
    3. Raymond Monteith (Dec 15, 1878 - ) - settled in Tacoma WA
    4. Lena Monteith (Jan 08, 1880 - ) - settled in East Lansing, MI
      m. E. E. Filkins
    5. Guy L. Monteith (Nov 25, 1883 - ) - settled in Cleveland, OH
      m. ?
  8. John Monteith (Aug , 1849 - 1879)
  9. Janet Monteith (Jul 31, 1851 - 1851)
  10. George Monteith (Aug 27, 1854 - )
    m. Annie Allison
    1. Mildred Euphemia Monteith (Mar 20, 1880 - )
      m. Thomas Ballantyne
      1. Thomas Lloyd Ballantyne
      2. Roy Ballantyne
      3. Beth Ballantyne
    2. Gertrude Jane Monteith (Jun 12, 1886 - )
      ? Wiseman
      1. Kathleen Wiseman
        ? Cann
    3. Edgar Monteith (Dec 05, 1890 - )
    4. William Alexander Monteith (Nov 05, 1893 - ) - graduate of Knox College; a minister
      m. ?
      1. Wylla Monteith ( ) - lived in Toronto, ON
      2. Maurice Monteith ( ) - lived in Waterloo, ON
      3. George K. Monteith - lived near Inglewood, ON

KIPPEN MONTEITH'S

Alexander Monteith (18_ Dec 09, 1901 ) native of Sterling, Scotland; lived in Kippen, Ontario
Elizabeth McMordie (Oct 31, 1831 - Nov 07, 1908) - native of Belfast Ireland

  1. Ann (Annie) Monteith (1864 - 1951) - lived in Hensall, Ontario
    John A. Dallas (1864 - 1946)
  2. Sarah Monteith ( - ) - lived in Detroit MI
    James Hamilton ( - )
    1. Howard Hamilton ( )
      Janet Davis ( )
      1. Frank Hamilton
      2. Fred Hamilton
      3. Howard Hamilton
    2. Winifred Hamilton
      Ernest Dietzch
      1. Joan Dietzch
        Bill Matthews
      2. son
    3. Alexander Monteith (1866 - 1940) lived in the Kippen, ON area until his death
      Janet Fotheringham (1866 - 1952)
    4. Henry Monteith ( ) lived in Powasson, Ontario
      m. ?
    5. Mary Monteith (1873 - 1958)
      Thomas Taylor Leckie (1871 - 1958)
      1. Thomas Monteith (Monte) Leckie (Sep 04, 1904 - Dec 15, 1986)
        1. Donna Leckie ( )
          Dickson MacLaren ( )
  3. Charlotte A. Monteith (Feb 02, 1877 - Feb 20, 1878)
John P. Kay and Margaret Monteith had eight children altogether but four died...three at ages 6 and 7 and one at age 17.  It was this John Paterson KAY, M.D. born in 1839 in Kilbarchan, Scotland who volunteered in the American Civil War.  John P. Kay was a physician and served the US Union Army as a contract surgeon at Point of Rocks (Virginia) military hospital in the spring of 1865.  Margaret and John first lived in Huron County and then in Bruce County.  John P. and the four children are buried there in the McIntosh Cemetery on the Huron/Bruce Counties border.  There is a headstone standing today with their inscriptions on it. Margaret is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan.  She followed her sons to Michigan after the death of her husband John P.'s and the death of her 17 year old daughter. John P. died at age 44. This left Margaret with the three sons you have listed and her daughter Euphemia, youngest.  These four children lived to adulthood. 
Cramton, Louis K. (b. 1915) of Midland, Midland County, Mich. Son of Louis Convers Cramton. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., December 15, 1915. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1971-80 (103rd District 1971-72, 102nd District 1973-80); defeated in primary, 1968. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1980.

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