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Lillie Jane Ullyot (1872 ~ 1970)

6.2.3.2. Second child of Isaac Ullyot and Mary Cameron, Lillie Jane Ullyot, was born April 1, 1872, in Oshawa, E. Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario.

She married Archie Stewart McDonald, son of Alexander McDonald and Margaret, July 26, 1893, in Langdon, Cavalier Co., North Dakota and had five children:

(6.2.3.2.1) Myrtle Mary (1896 ~ 1993)
(6.2.3.2.2) Ila Margaret (1898 ~ 1976)
(6.2.3.2.3) Luvisa Frances (1901 ~ 1998)
(6.2.3.2.4) Alma Edith (1904 ~ 1987)
(6.2.3.2.5) Stewart Archie (1914 ~ 2010)

Lillie J. Ullyot McDonald died June 11, 1970, aged 98 years and Archie S. McDonald died September 6, 1931, aged 68 years in Langdon, North Dakota and are interred at Harvey Center Cemetery.

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Lillie J. Ulloyt McDonald

Apri l1, 1872 ~ June 11, 1970

Funeral services were held Monday from United Methodist Church in Langdon for Mrs. Lillie McDonald, who came to Cavalier County in 1884. Mrs. McDonald died June 11, 1970, at Langdon.

Rev. Jesse Patrick officiated at the services. Mrs. O. I. DeVold sang “Crossing the Bar,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”

Allen Ullyot, Robert Ullyot, Sig Sturinugson, William Welsh, Finley Jennings and Howard Iverson were pallbearers. Burial was in the Harvey Center Cemetery.

Mrs. McDonald was born Lillie Jane Ullyot at Whitby, Ont., April 1, 1872. She came to Harvey Township with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ullyot, and married Archie McDonald, July 26, 1893. After his death in 1931, Mrs. McDonald continued to live in Harvey Township until moving to Langdon in 1945.

She belonged to the Harvey Centre Methodist Church and was the church’s first organist.

She is survived by a son, Stewart, Langdon, four daughters, Myrtle, Ila, Lovisa and Alma, all of Langdon, a sister, Mrs. Lovisa McLean of Isle, Minn., five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A brother, Ambrose Ullyot, and an adopted brother, Herbert Ullyot, are deceased. Cavalier County Republican, June 18, 1970.

Archie S. McDonald

October 29, 1862 ~ September 6, 1931

Archie Stewart McDonald came to Cavalier County in 1889 as a young man, was married after that, built the first home in Harvey Township and established his family as one of the most prominent in the community and himself as one of the more substantial farmers of the county. He passed away in that same home after a long illness from lung trouble, Sunday, September 6, 1931.

Funeral services will be held for the pioneer at the family home this afternoon (Thursday), beginning at 2:00 o’clock. Rev. C. T. Ensign of Langdon will officiate and the pallbearers will be Hugh McDowell, Charles Farris, M. M. Darling, Hilbert Iverson, Fred Rylance and Ernest Dunford, all old time friends of the deceased. Interment will be in Harvey cemetery.

Archie Stewart McDonald, son of Alexander and Margaret McDonald, was born at Hensall, Huron County, Ont., October 29, 1862. He went to Michigan as a young man in 1880 and worked in the lumber camps for a couple of years, then joining the pioneer workmen who built the Canadian-Pacific railroad into Brandon, Man., in 1882. He worked at various points in Canada, including Calgary and Winnipeg when the first locomotive was run across the Red River ice, into the city, before the railroad bridge was built.

He came to Cavalier County in 1889 and settled in what is now Harvey Township, homesteading on the present family farm site.

July 26, 1893 he was married to Lillie J. Ullyot. Though never having aspirations for politics or public office, he served his township as supervisor for more then 30 years.

Five children survive with their mother. They are Lovisa of Rochester, Minn.; Alma of Fargo; and Myrtle, Ila and Stewart at home. One brother James, lives at London, Ont., and a sister, Mrs. Charles Wilson of Detroit, Mich. Cavalier County Republican, Sept. 10, 1931.

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Archie Stewart MacDonald was born at Hensall, Huron Co., Ont., in 1862. As a young man he went to Michigan and worked in a lumber mill for two years. He then joined the pioneer workmen who built the Canadian Pacific Railroad into Brandon, Man. He was in Winnipeg when the first locomotive was brought across the ice of the Red River before the bridge was built. He bought land in what is now Harvey Twp. in 1889. He enjoyed relating early experiences of drawing a load of grain to Neche with a team of oxen and bringing back lumber to build a house and provisions to last the winter. The trip took from five days to a week. He told of going to sleep on the load and awakening to find the oxen lying down in a slough of water.

In July 1893 he married Lilly Ullyot. They had four girls and one boy. Never having aspirations to public office, he was interested in the welfare of this new country and served as supervisor of Harvey Twp. for 30 years. He was a member of the Masonic and Workman lodges. His family in Ontario lived in a brick house and he wanted a brick house in North Dakota. After spending two winters drawing bricks by team and sleigh over the Pembina Hills, he realized the brick house in 1910. This house is still a landmark in Harvey Centre and is occupied by their son Stewart and family.

Archie died in September, 1931 after having lived in Harvey Twp. for 42 years. His pioneer wife worked with him all these years. She continued living on the farm until Stewart was old enough to take over. In 1944 she moved into Langdon where she spent the remaining years. Shortly before she died in 1970 at 98 she made this remark, “I’ve seen everything now. I’ve ridden on an ox cart and I saw a man walk on the moon.” The family farm is still in Harvey Twp. and is operated by a grandson, Dennis, the third generation MacDonald. 3/85. Langdon, N.D., 1888-1988.