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William Scott

Male 1865 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Scott was born 1865, , Ontario, Canada (son of John Scott and Paulina "Polly" Centgraf); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106676
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Scott was born 1836, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland (son of William Scott and Ann Cairns); died 30 Mar 1904; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; Clifford Woollen Mills
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106674
    • Residence: 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cloth Dresser
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foreman Woolen Mills

    Notes:

    John Scott and his family moved to Clifford, Ontario. He purchased a local casket factory, enlarged it changing it into a woollen mill.

    John married Paulina "Polly" Centgraf 23 Apr 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Paulina (daughter of Johann Christian "John" Centgraf and Sophia Werner) was born 1846, Werningsleben, Sachen, Germany; died 20 Jul 1924, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Paulina "Polly" Centgraf was born 1846, Werningsleben, Sachen, Germany (daughter of Johann Christian "John" Centgraf and Sophia Werner); died 20 Jul 1924, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Paulina "Polly" Scott
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106675
    • Residence: 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 1. William Scott was born 1865, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Robert Scott was born 4 Jun 1868, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1932, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Albert E. Scott was born CALC 11 Sep 1871; died 23 Mar 1873; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. George Scott was born 23 Dec 1876, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Anna Sophia Scott was born 19 Feb 1879, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1950; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA.
    6. Walter Cairns Scott was born 3 Jul 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Scott was born 1802, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 29 Aug 1881; was buried , Harriston Cemetery, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario.

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    • Interesting: mill, story
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83956
    • Residence: 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    William Scott was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Parents are unknown. He was christened on August, 29, 1802. In about 1827 he married Anne Cairns. William was raised and educated in Scotland, and later learned the trade of woollen manufacturing. He eventuallly became the Manager of the then Wilson Brothers Woollen Mills. William emigrated to Canada in the spring of 1854, to Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo County, Ontario. Anne's oldest sister Janet, her husband Andrew Dryden, and their children, had moved to the Galt region around 20 years earlier. The Scott's lived in the Galt area for three years while William carried on with the weaving trade. After three years, the family moved to Minto Township, Wellington County, where they were some of that township's earliest pioneers. Annie died Dec. 17, 1872, while William passed away on August 29, 1881. On the Canadian 1881 census, William is found to be living alone. Both William and Anne are buried at Harriston Cemetery, Minto Township, Wellington County. Their grandson, William Hood, son of their daugther Ann (Scott) Hood is buried beside them.

    William Scott (1802 - 1881) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63291315

    William — Ann Cairns. Ann (daughter of John Cairns and Elizabeth Thornburn) was born 1805; died 17 Dec 1872, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Harriston Cemetery, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ann Cairns was born 1805 (daughter of John Cairns and Elizabeth Thornburn); died 17 Dec 1872, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Harriston Cemetery, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Scott
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83960

    Notes:

    Ann Cairns was christened Jan. 1, 1806, Wilton of Dean, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Her parents were John Cairns and Elizabeth Thorburn. "Annie" was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth. Her siblings included: Janet, born April 24, 1785 who married Andrew Dryden and emigrated to Galt, Ontario in 1834; Robert, born May 28, 1787 and married Mary Baptie; John, born Sep. 21, 1793 who may have died young as nothing else is known about him; Margaret, born Nov. 1, 1795, who married William Fulton (two of her sons emigrated to Canada); and Elizabeth, born Feb. 10, 1798 and died Jun. 22, 1881 in Woodfoot, Hawick, Roxburgshire, Scotland. Annie and her husband William Scott had seven children.

    Ann "Annie" Cairns Scott (1805 - 1872) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63291452

    Children:
    1. 2. John Scott was born 1836, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 30 Mar 1904; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Johann Christian "John" Centgraf was born 1813, , Saxony, Germany; died 8 Jun 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Christian Centgraf
    • Name: John Christian Centgraf
    • Name: John M. Centgraf
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-110340
    • Directory: 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stonemason
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stone Mason
    • Directory: 1884, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; stone mason
    • Residence: 1897, King St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Johann — Sophia Werner. Sophia was born CA 1813; died Bef 1861. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sophia Werner was born CA 1813; died Bef 1861.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sophia Centgraf
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41646

    Children:
    1. Maria Centgraf was born 1843, , Saxony, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Elisabeth Centgraf was born 1845, , Saxony, Germany; died 2 Jun 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Paulina "Polly" Centgraf was born 1846, Werningsleben, Sachen, Germany; died 20 Jul 1924, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Clifford Cemetery, Clifford, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Albert Centgraf was born 1850, , Saxony, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Matilda Centgraf was born 15 Oct 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Sophia Centgraf was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Mary Margaret Centgraf was born 11 Sep 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1932, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John Cairns was born CA 1860, Of, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134014

    John — Elizabeth Thornburn. Elizabeth was born CA 1860, Of, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth Thornburn was born CA 1860, Of, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Cairns
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136590

    Children:
    1. Janet Cairns was born 1783, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 18 Mar 1864, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Ann Cairns was born 1805; died 17 Dec 1872, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Harriston Cemetery, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario.


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