My Family Tree

Lily May Dalton, daughter of Jeremiah and Eleanor Ann McDougall, gave her place of birth as Prince Edward Island on her marriage record. In the 1881, she and her mother and sister were living with her grandparents on the Island. She was age 3, and born in the United States. On later records, Lily gave New York. Her father died in Manhattan in December 1878.

Her mother married Thomas Frederick McKenzie in 1884. In 1891, Lily, sisters Annie and Elizabeth, and her mother were living with her widowed grandmother.

Lily May Dalton married Robert John Ramsay.

In 1910, the household of Robert and Lilly included Arthur MacKenzie, born in Canada and age 16, who was described as a brother-in-law. Perhaps this is Lilly's half-brother?

In the 1920 census, they were in Pittsfield, Mass. By 1925 they were in Rhode Island with their four daughters.

In 1930, in Rhode Island. One daughter, Hilda, was divorced with a 2 year old son, Robert Crabbe.

In 1940, they were in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, with two daughters, Ruby and Mary, and a grandson, Robert Crabb, aged 12.

In 1949, according to a city directory,Robert, Lily and Ruby had removed to Bangor, Maine.

Lily died there in 1950. She and Robert were buried Mt. Hope, Bangor, Maine.