THIRD GENERATION

5. William Lummis was born on 14 Jul 1842. He died on 5 Jul 1934 in Mtl., PQ. He was christened. He was buried in Mount Royal Cem.. Worked at Place Viger Station in Montreal as an auditor.

Served as a Captain with the 3rd Battalion, Victoria Rifles, during the Fenian Raids in 1866 and saw duty at Hemmingford and Huntington in Quebec.--(Public Archives reference:Record Group 9,seriesII A 5,vol3, p. 34)

He prepared some of the records of the garrison on St. Helen`s Island. They were donated to The Chateau de Ramsay in Montreal by William W, his grandson, who told me they are written in a "beautiful script".

The picture I have of him in the old car shows him with his two old aunts-who never married -Aunt Rhoda and Aunt Adelaide. Laura Gardiner remembers him as a kind man who looked after his aunts. Howard Hackwell remembers them as two that ruled the household.

He was married to Jerimina McRobie. Jerimina McRobie was born in 1847 in , Scotland. She died on 14 Sep 1885 in Mtl., PQ. She was christened. She was buried in Mt Royal Cem, Mtl., PQ. William Lummis and Jerimina McRobie had the following children:

+26 i. William Lummis.
+27 ii. Wallace St. Clair Lummis.
+28 iii. John Lummis.
29 iv. Florence Adelaide Lummis was born in 1879. She died in 1902 in Mtl., PQ. She was christened. She was buried in Mt Royal Cem.

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