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Mary DeKay (Moxley)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Death: December 29, 1892 (85-86)
Breslau, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Place of Burial: Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Unknown Moxley and Delilah Eby
Wife of Jeptha Gilbert DeKay
Mother of Minerva Cordelia Nickles; William DeKay; Sarah DeKay; Diana McMahon; Delilah DeKay and 1 other
Sister of William Moxley; Samuel Moxley, Sr; Elizabeth Kinsey; Sarah Ann Benton and Orlando Henry Moxley
Half sister of Benjamin B Eby

Managed by: Anthony Harold Newcombe
Last Updated:

About Mary DeKay

Daughter of Unknown and Delilah Moxley, Mary moved with her mother, step-father (Daniel Eby) and siblings from McClellandtown, PA in 1818 to Waterloo County, Ontario.

About 1827 she married Jeptha Gilbert DeKay (Aug. 2, 1802-circa1848), commodore, teacher, farmer, native of NY state, whose death date and location are unknown. Jeptha was the third teacher at the first school in Waterloo, erected in 1820 and currently a museum in Waterloo Park.

They had six children, a son and six daughters.

OBIT: At Brealau,on Thursday the 29th of December, 1892, Mrs. Mary DeKay, aged eight-six years and four months. The funeral will take place on Saturday, the 31st of December 1892, at one o'clock p.m. from the residence of Mr. John Burnett, Breslau, to Mount Hope Cemetery, Berlin, Ontario. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

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Mary DeKay's Timeline

1806
1806
Virginia, United States
1829
February 9, 1829
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1830
January 26, 1830
Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1834
November 16, 1834
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1836
May 1, 1836
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1838
April 25, 1838
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1846
April 21, 1846
Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
1892
December 29, 1892
Age 86
Breslau, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada