Red River Ancestry

New Family Page: JAMES LILLIE (1841-1919)

Please post comments and queries about the JAMES LILLIE FAMILY here.

Now we will need some input from you David.

Tell us more about your grandfather Louis. When, where and who did Louis marry?
Please list his children and their wives (If living, you don’t have to give their birth-dates).

My grandfather Louis Lilley 1881-1963 was married to Mary Louise Canada 1905-1983. Mary Canada was the daughter of Pierre Canada and Elonore Ritchot and was born at Carmen,MB. Louis Lilley was born at St. Francis Xavier Parish,MB. The family homesteaded at Sandy Lake,MB. and later settled at Turtle Mountain and Deloraine. Most of the Lilley families migrated to Alberta in the late 1950s including Louis and Mary Lilley.

Children of Louis Lilley

Betty Lilley
Bernard (Benny) Lilley
Helen Lilley
David Lilley (my Dad)
James (Sonny) Lilley
Mary-Anne Lilley
Maurice Lilley
Allie Lilley

Does anyone have the family of Alexander Lilley and Louise McIver/McIvor? There is a Marian Agnes Lilley who married Gordon Mulvery Kroft 8 Jan 1930 in Minnedosa. I'm trying to figure out if she is their daughter.
Jackie

We would need more specific clues to trace those people. When and where were they born?

Well, I don't know much about them...that's the problem! There are public trees that say Marian Agnes Lilley was the daughter of Louise McIver and Alexander Lilley, but I don't know if that's true. It's Louise and Alexander's children I am trying to trace. With Manitoba Vital Statistics I can confirm that they had 3 daughters.
Mary Janes Lilley born 27 Sep 1901 • St Daniels, Manitoba
Laura Lilley born 14 Mar 1906 • Carman, Manitoba
Mary Lilley born 29 Jul 1907 • Carman, Manitoba

I can't find the family in any census after 1906 when they are in St. Claude, Macdonald, Manitoba.

Wondering if any one has any more info. By the way, Louise McIver was the granddaughter of John Francis Grant.

This might be of help to you.

Alexander Lilley baptized July 4 1877 Saint Francois Xavier died Nove 11 1955 buried in Rapid City married in 1899 to Louise McIver died 1907 buried at St. Claude

They had:
Moria Lilley b. 1900
Agnus Lilley died at two
Laura b. Mar 14 1903
Angela died in infancy
Agnes July 29 1907
* Note the spelling of Agnus and Agnes

Agnes was born July 27 1907 at Carman, married Jan 8 1929 to Gordon M. Kroft

They had three children:
Vennetta Marion July 1932 married Bill Struthers
Elva Elizabeth Louise married Gordon Criss
Mulvey Alexander Henry Kroft

According to Agnes Kroft all three girls were raised by her grandparents, James Lilley and Marie Catherine Lilley.

Thanks. Just to confirm...Mary Agnes born 1907 was d/o Alexander Lilley and Louisa McIver?

I would have to say yes she was.