Mary McKellar
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Mary McKellar was a resident of Fort William, in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario.
The estate was probated in the Thunder Bay District surrogate court in 1923 and inventoried at $5,908.36 (equivalent to $105,451 in 2025). She died testate, leaving a will.[1]
In the Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society
Mary McKellar is cited as the keeper of a diary recording the ice jam of 16 May 1884 on the Kaministiquia River. According to her account, the winter had been extremely cold with deep snow; the ice on the bay remained solid and the river jammed at its mouth, flooding low-lying land. Some flour was damaged at Islevalor C. and lime belonging to Piper's stored in the McKellar warehouse was also affected. By 17 May the river had returned to its usual level.[2]
Verse written by McKellar in 1872 descriptive of life in Fort William during the period of the Perambulator newspaper is quoted in a later volume of the Papers.[3]
A family history in the 1913 volume records that Mary was the third child of Duncan McKellar and Margaret Brodie, following John and Susan and preceding Peter McKellar, Effie McKellar, Donald, Archie, Katie, and Margaret. At the time of publication she was recorded as still living.[4]
References
- ↑ Probate record of Mary McKellar, Fort William (1923), surrogate court probate file no. 1561. Canadian Regional Historical Wealth Micro-Data Collection, compiled by Livio Di Matteo, Lakehead University.
- ↑ Peter McKellar."The Fort William Ice Jam and Port Arthur Ice Shove."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1908–1909.p. 27.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ Mrs. Perry."First Newspaper Published in Thunder Bay."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1911–1912.p. 90.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ "Story of the Old Homestead."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1913.p. 276.Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)