Hamilton
Spectator : Mrs. Elizabeth McKerlie, widow of Alexander McKerlie, passed
away Monday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Smith, corner of
Pearl and Florence streets, with whom she had made her home for some
time past.
Mrs. McKerlie had
resided in Hamilton for 34 years, previous to which she lived in Norfolk
county, where she was born. She was an active member of James Street
Baptist church, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.
She is survived by
one son, Frank, of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Smith, also of
Hamilton, and Mrs. E. S. Wortham, of Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mrs.
Fairchild, of Brantford, and two brothers, James McMichael, and Jonathan
McMichael, of Kalamazoo, Mich.
The funeral took
place from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Smith, at 3 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon.
[Compiler's
Comment: The Waterford Star version reported her brother
James McMichael "of Toronto."]
