(1873-23 Sept. 1963), librarian. (Meta McKercher) Born in Concession 10, Roxborough Township, near Maxville, and later a Maxville resident. Parents: Duncan McKercher and his wife Mary Bennett. She was Maxville’s librarian for many years, from the 1920s till the 1940s or even the 1950s. The operation of the library may have been suspended in WWII. The library was for many years in the Women’s Institute Hall, Maxville, but for the winter Miss McKercher would take some of the books to her home and issue them from there. She died in a Cornwall hospital, having been for some time previously a resident at the Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge. She was unmarried. Member of the United Church. She was the aunt of Delbert G. McKercher.
Glengarry News 3 Oct. 1963 * Maxville (1991) 218, 306, 314, 424, 703 (with portraits) * MacGillivray & Ross 270 * Winter GN 13 March 1996 * private information