Eliza Flagg
F, b. 18 September 1825, d. 29 December 1852
| Father | Isaac Flagg b. 21 Mar 1797, d. 29 Jan 1853 |
| Mother | Aseneth Drew b. 19 Dec 1800, d. 22 Oct 1891 |
Eliza Flagg was born on 18 September 1825 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.1 She was the daughter of Isaac Flagg and Aseneth Drew. Eliza Flagg was baptized on 22 November 1852 at Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.2 She died on 29 December 1852 at age 27; info from gravestone. She was buried at Hawley Cemetery, Beech Ridge, Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.
In Clarenceville's Anglican Church records there is an entry which reads Eliza Flagg of Foucault, spinster, was interred 1 December 1852, having died 30 November. Witnesses to this burial were Lydia Flagg her sister and Isaac Flagg her cousin. It is the writer's guess that this is the above Eliza Flagg, even though her gravestone supposedly read that she died 29 December 1852. The gravestones from that cemetery have been removed and there is no way to verify today what that stone says. It would seem likely that she had been quite ill, and was baptised the 22nd of November, perhaps due to the severity of her illness. Another explanation for the contradiction is that many times stones were not erected on the gravesite immediately after death. Family members may have simply remembered it was the end of the month, but had miscalculated exactly what month during that winter her death actually took place.
In Clarenceville's Anglican Church records there is an entry which reads Eliza Flagg of Foucault, spinster, was interred 1 December 1852, having died 30 November. Witnesses to this burial were Lydia Flagg her sister and Isaac Flagg her cousin. It is the writer's guess that this is the above Eliza Flagg, even though her gravestone supposedly read that she died 29 December 1852. The gravestones from that cemetery have been removed and there is no way to verify today what that stone says. It would seem likely that she had been quite ill, and was baptised the 22nd of November, perhaps due to the severity of her illness. Another explanation for the contradiction is that many times stones were not erected on the gravesite immediately after death. Family members may have simply remembered it was the end of the month, but had miscalculated exactly what month during that winter her death actually took place.
| Last Edited | 23 Dec 2002 |