Samuel (styled "Sam'l" on his gravestone) was the father of William Andrew McCoy, and my great-grandfather. He married Clara Isabel Bates. (There is an autogenerated record for her, but I can't find a way to expand it with the information I have on her, so it just reads "Clara I McCoy".)
Clara Isabel Bates was originally Clara Betz. In previous censuses, she gave her background as either Dutch (unlikely) or German (likelier). She was an immigrant from the U.S.A., born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a cook in a worker's camp in Montana when she met Samuel.
He and his wife Clara had four sons: Alexander (Alex), William, Charles (Charlie), and Robert. They also had four daughters: Violet (who married Frank Hardy), Clara (married George Brian), and Mary (married Claude Chappell - not sure of the surname's spelling).
Samuel died of lip cancer in 1932. His wife Clara died in the same year, as did Samuel's son Alex (who is also buried at Woodland Cemetery). It was a very sad year for the McCoy family.
Note: Samuel's obituary said that he was born in Omagh (Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland), but family tradition is ambiguous regarding the name of his birthplace. It is possible that he was born in Co. Armagh instead.
Something I do not know is how or when this Samuel McCoy came to Canada. His father, also named Samuel, is buried close by. Perhaps they emigrated as a family when the younger Samuel was still very small.
Family anecdote:
My father, Samuel William McCoy (who was this Samuel's grandson), believed that either this Samuel McCoy OR his father of the same name was a member of the North-West Mounted Police (the precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for several years. My father thought that the Samuel in question might have been active during the North-West Rebellion (1885), but was not certain. As this Samuel would have been 18 or 19 at the time, it is certainly possible.
I found an item in the National Archives concerning a record for a Private Samuel McCoy (Private, "G" Company 7th Battalion Fusiliers), in connection with "North-West Rebellion military bounty land warrants and money scrip" (12-12-1885), but as this descriptive record is in process, there is currently nothing to see. There is also another archive item called "FERGUSON & GEMMILL, OTTAWA POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM SAMUEL MCCOY TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER GUNN OF LONDON" (1885-1886), but again there is nothing to see at present.
Warmest thanks to Milou for her kind sponsorship of my great-grandfather's memorial!
Clara Isabel Bates was originally Clara Betz. In previous censuses, she gave her background as either Dutch (unlikely) or German (likelier). She was an immigrant from the U.S.A., born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a cook in a worker's camp in Montana when she met Samuel.
He and his wife Clara had four sons: Alexander (Alex), William, Charles (Charlie), and Robert. They also had four daughters: Violet (who married Frank Hardy), Clara (married George Brian), and Mary (married Claude Chappell - not sure of the surname's spelling).
Samuel died of lip cancer in 1932. His wife Clara died in the same year, as did Samuel's son Alex (who is also buried at Woodland Cemetery). It was a very sad year for the McCoy family.
Note: Samuel's obituary said that he was born in Omagh (Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland), but family tradition is ambiguous regarding the name of his birthplace. It is possible that he was born in Co. Armagh instead.
Something I do not know is how or when this Samuel McCoy came to Canada. His father, also named Samuel, is buried close by. Perhaps they emigrated as a family when the younger Samuel was still very small.
Family anecdote:
My father, Samuel William McCoy (who was this Samuel's grandson), believed that either this Samuel McCoy OR his father of the same name was a member of the North-West Mounted Police (the precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for several years. My father thought that the Samuel in question might have been active during the North-West Rebellion (1885), but was not certain. As this Samuel would have been 18 or 19 at the time, it is certainly possible.
I found an item in the National Archives concerning a record for a Private Samuel McCoy (Private, "G" Company 7th Battalion Fusiliers), in connection with "North-West Rebellion military bounty land warrants and money scrip" (12-12-1885), but as this descriptive record is in process, there is currently nothing to see. There is also another archive item called "FERGUSON & GEMMILL, OTTAWA POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM SAMUEL MCCOY TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER GUNN OF LONDON" (1885-1886), but again there is nothing to see at present.
Warmest thanks to Milou for her kind sponsorship of my great-grandfather's memorial!
Samuel (styled "Sam'l" on his gravestone) was the father of William Andrew McCoy, and my great-grandfather. He married Clara Isabel Bates. (There is an autogenerated record for her, but I can't find a way to expand it with the information I have on her, so it just reads "Clara I McCoy".)
Clara Isabel Bates was originally Clara Betz. In previous censuses, she gave her background as either Dutch (unlikely) or German (likelier). She was an immigrant from the U.S.A., born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a cook in a worker's camp in Montana when she met Samuel.
He and his wife Clara had four sons: Alexander (Alex), William, Charles (Charlie), and Robert. They also had four daughters: Violet (who married Frank Hardy), Clara (married George Brian), and Mary (married Claude Chappell - not sure of the surname's spelling).
Samuel died of lip cancer in 1932. His wife Clara died in the same year, as did Samuel's son Alex (who is also buried at Woodland Cemetery). It was a very sad year for the McCoy family.
Note: Samuel's obituary said that he was born in Omagh (Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland), but family tradition is ambiguous regarding the name of his birthplace. It is possible that he was born in Co. Armagh instead.
Something I do not know is how or when this Samuel McCoy came to Canada. His father, also named Samuel, is buried close by. Perhaps they emigrated as a family when the younger Samuel was still very small.
Family anecdote:
My father, Samuel William McCoy (who was this Samuel's grandson), believed that either this Samuel McCoy OR his father of the same name was a member of the North-West Mounted Police (the precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for several years. My father thought that the Samuel in question might have been active during the North-West Rebellion (1885), but was not certain. As this Samuel would have been 18 or 19 at the time, it is certainly possible.
I found an item in the National Archives concerning a record for a Private Samuel McCoy (Private, "G" Company 7th Battalion Fusiliers), in connection with "North-West Rebellion military bounty land warrants and money scrip" (12-12-1885), but as this descriptive record is in process, there is currently nothing to see. There is also another archive item called "FERGUSON & GEMMILL, OTTAWA POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM SAMUEL MCCOY TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER GUNN OF LONDON" (1885-1886), but again there is nothing to see at present.
Warmest thanks to Milou for her kind sponsorship of my great-grandfather's memorial!
Clara Isabel Bates was originally Clara Betz. In previous censuses, she gave her background as either Dutch (unlikely) or German (likelier). She was an immigrant from the U.S.A., born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was a cook in a worker's camp in Montana when she met Samuel.
He and his wife Clara had four sons: Alexander (Alex), William, Charles (Charlie), and Robert. They also had four daughters: Violet (who married Frank Hardy), Clara (married George Brian), and Mary (married Claude Chappell - not sure of the surname's spelling).
Samuel died of lip cancer in 1932. His wife Clara died in the same year, as did Samuel's son Alex (who is also buried at Woodland Cemetery). It was a very sad year for the McCoy family.
Note: Samuel's obituary said that he was born in Omagh (Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland), but family tradition is ambiguous regarding the name of his birthplace. It is possible that he was born in Co. Armagh instead.
Something I do not know is how or when this Samuel McCoy came to Canada. His father, also named Samuel, is buried close by. Perhaps they emigrated as a family when the younger Samuel was still very small.
Family anecdote:
My father, Samuel William McCoy (who was this Samuel's grandson), believed that either this Samuel McCoy OR his father of the same name was a member of the North-West Mounted Police (the precursor to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for several years. My father thought that the Samuel in question might have been active during the North-West Rebellion (1885), but was not certain. As this Samuel would have been 18 or 19 at the time, it is certainly possible.
I found an item in the National Archives concerning a record for a Private Samuel McCoy (Private, "G" Company 7th Battalion Fusiliers), in connection with "North-West Rebellion military bounty land warrants and money scrip" (12-12-1885), but as this descriptive record is in process, there is currently nothing to see. There is also another archive item called "FERGUSON & GEMMILL, OTTAWA POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM SAMUEL MCCOY TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER GUNN OF LONDON" (1885-1886), but again there is nothing to see at present.
Warmest thanks to Milou for her kind sponsorship of my great-grandfather's memorial!
Inscription
McCOY
SAM'L McCOY
1866 - 1932
HIS WIFE
CLARA I.
1868 - 1932
