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Robert Laurie Lamont Bible

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MARRIAGES

On March 9th, 1872
Robert Laurie Lamont and Susanna Aikins
On Sept. 3rd, 1895
Amelia Aikins Lamont and Samuel Herbert McKay
On December 27th, 1904
Margaret Reid Lamont and Frank M. McGillwray
On Sept. 10th, 1908
Sarah Wallace Lamont and Oliver William Macdonald
On Jan. 21st, 1909
Nellie Jane Lamont and Frank Raymond Sebolt
on Sept. 7th 1921
*Roberta Susanna McKay and Claud Braswell Turner
on May 13th 1953
Patricia Anne Turner and Charles Henry Homrighous
on June 18th 1977
Mary Ann Homrighous and Stephen J. McDermott
on November 14, 2008
Alicia Maria Orton and Robert Charles McDermott

January 2nd, 1931
*Roberta Susanna Helen Laurie Turner
2nd marriage to Thomas Eugene Swilling

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BIRTHS

Amelia Aikins Lamont, June 24th, 1874.
Janet Laurie Lamont March 9th, 1876
Nellie Jane Lamont September 30th, 1877
Margaret Reid Lamont January 28th, 1879
Sarah Wallace Lamont July 3rd, 1880
George Robert Lamont September 30th, 1881
Father born
Robert Laurie Lamont Hamilton
Scotland April 1st 1835
Mothers
Susannah Aikins Lamont Toronto
township Feb 7th 1843
Roberta Suzanna McKay Nov. 7th 1897.
Patricia Anne Janet Laurie Turner July 18th 1922
Janet Jean Swilling Aug 27th, 1930
Mary Ann Homrighous May 16th 1954
John Charles Homrighous Sept 9th 1955
Robert Charles McDermott April 6th 1982
Joseph Ryan McDermott April 4, 1984
Benjamin John McDermott April 29, 1989


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DEATHS.

On July 10th 1914
April 1st -
Robert Laurie Lamont age, 79 years, 3 mos, 10 days
Feb 7th –
Susannah Aikins Lamont age 74 yrs
Sept 19th 1916
George Robert Lamont age 38 yrs
July 9th 1919
Amelia Aikins McKay age 51 yrs
May 14th 1925 –

*/+ Roberta McKay Turner January 3, 1931
Charles H. Homrighous May 10, 1965
Patricia A. Homrighous December 2, 1992
Benjamin J. McDermott November 24, 1989

* Death record Roberta Suzanne Swilling Jan 3, 1931
+ Daughter Janet Jean Swilling Aug 20, 1988


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There were five daughters and one son born
to Robert Laurie Lamont and Susannah Aikins
1. Amelia Aikins Lamont married Samuel McKay
They had a daughter Roberta Susannah McKay,
daughter Dorothy Blanche McKay (7 May 1905),
and one son Robert McKay who died in infancy
Roberta Susannah married Claude Braswell
May 4th 1884 birth
Turner of Villa Rica Ga. (Divorced)
They had a daughter Patricia Anne Turner
July 18, 1922
Roberta had 2nd daughter, Janet Jean Swilling (27 Aug 1930)
With Thomas Eugene Swilling
2. Janet Laurie Lamont remained unmarried

3. Nellie Jane Lamont married Frank Raymond Selbolt
of Cedar Falls Iowa.
They had one son Whitney Robert Lamont
Sebolt. Sept. 22, 1912.

4. Margaret Reid Lamont married Frank McKay
McGillwray They had 5 children
3 who died in infancy and 2 boys the eldest
Frank Aikins McGillwray Dec 27, 1915 [or 1916 – corrected]
Robert Lamont McGillwray Dec 17, 1919 [or 1918 – corrected]
5. Sarah Wallace Lamont married Oliver William
Macdonald (Scotland)
They had 5 children two whom are living


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John Aikins Macdonald 1915
Marianne Scott Macdonald 1919

6. The son George Lamont never married but
Died in his fortieth year.


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Robert Laurie Lamont entered into
Rest July 10th 1914. Mr. Lamont was
born in Hamilton near Glasgow
Scotland April 1st 1835. When 8 yrs
of age his parents moved to Bruce
County Ontario Canada where
he lived 66 yrs. The last five yrs
of his life were spent in calif-
March 7th 1872 he married
Susannah Aikins. To them
were born 5 daughters and
one son all of whom survive
him Mrs Amelia McKay Brandon
Miss Janet Lamont Los Angeles
Mrs Nellie Sebolt Regina
Mrs Margaret McGillwray
Travelbourg, Mrs Sadie Macd
onald Regina, Mr George Lamont
Los Angeles. All were present
except the eldest daughter when
he was called home.
He and his young wife united
With the Presbyterian church
during the first year of their
marriage when they established
the family altar and lived
the life of the righteous
In him were found the noble
and sturdy characteristics
of the truly great unswerving
loyalty to the truth great charity
of mind, generous beyond
the average un_____ self
sacrifice a bountiful provider
always strong. His great heart

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spent itself for his invalid
wife of 30 years
God gave him a vision
of the great White way and
before he closed his eyes
for the sleep of pure he said
There is nothing like it on
land or sea said that he
had a peaceful life here and
he would have a glorious life
hereafter