Richard Blain

   Cause of his death was Old Age.

Richard & Margaret Blain with their daughters

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: Dundas, ON, 1839, Bowness-On-Solway, Cumberland, England. Moved to Galt, ON in 1843.

• Occupation: miller.

• Census: Canadian, 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Co., ON.

• Retirement: 40 years as a miller and mill owner, 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Co., ON.

• Cemetery: Trinity Church (Mountain View) Cemetery, 17 Jul 1905, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Co., ON.

Richard married Margaret Gillesby, daughter of Thomas Gillesby and Margaret Armstrong, on 12 Aug 1847 in Clifton House, Niagara Falls, ON. (Margaret Gillesby was born on 5 May 1823 in Thorney Moor, Cumberland Co., England, christened on 18 May 1823 in Stapleton, Cumberland, England and died on 28 Sep 1899 in Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Co., ON.) The cause of her death was Burst blood vessel of the head.