Ruth Armitage Allenby

Other Events:

• Name: Ruth Armitage Philip
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104709
• Immigration: 1879, , Canada
• Immigration: 1880, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Notes:

Death:
Tombstone Reads 18 Jan 1932

Ruth married William A. Philip 18 Sep 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of James Philip and Mary) was born 11 Feb 1873, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1964, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Professor James Allenby Philip was born 18 Dec 1901, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Dec 1977, Victoria Harbour, Simcoe Co., Ontario; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. William Armytage "Pat" Philip was born 17 Mar 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Apr 1977; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Frederick G. Philip was born Jan 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Prior Allenby Philip was born 2 Jul 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63864
• Immigration: 1867, , Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: CA 1870, 65 Concession St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Solicitor
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lawyer
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lawyer
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; lawyer

Notes:

A lawyer from England and Toronto he came to Galt to help settle the Absalom Shade estate. He donated land for Lincoln Park in the east side of Galt naming it after his home in England where he returned to in 1904.

Historic Building:
65 CONCESSION ST.

Research indicates that the house was built circa 1870 by Fred Allenby, a prominent Galt lawyer. Mr. Allenby retired in 1904 and died in England in 1910. The house passed to his daughter, Ruth, who married William Philip on September 18, 1900. It appears that Ruth and William lived in the house from at least the early 1900's. William was born in Fergus and came to Galt in 1899 as manager of the Galt branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada. William took over as manager of the Galt branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in 1909 and remained there until he retired in February 1934. Ruth died in 1932. William was appointed as a member of the Grand River Conservation Authority in 1934 and served on the commission for 20 years, 18 of them as chairman. He was also a director of the Gore Mutual Insurance Co. from 1933 to 1964, served as president of the company and in 1961 was chairman of the board. He died on April 6, 1964. One report says that Mr. Philip lived in the house until his death at the age of 93. Another source says that he died in Marsdale Manor. Research did not turn up any conclusive evidence either way but the latter information seems more likely since the occupant of the house after the mid-1950's is listed as William A. Philip, one William and Ruth's four sons. William A. lived in the house until 1971 when he sold it to John C. Heutinck, the proprietor of Heutinck Nursing Home, later called Hilltop Manor Nursing Home, 42 Elliott St. The nursing home, is still (2004) listed as the owner of the property. The house appears to have been used as a residence by Mr. Heutinck and his wife, Margaret, until the early to mid-1990's after which it was uninhabited.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Prepared by Jim Quantrell Archivist City of Cambridge Archives July 8, 2004

Frederick — Sussie Cossin. Sussie was born 1840; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Sussie Allenby
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141715