Alexander Henderson Mowat

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• Name: A. H. Mowat
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119812
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; FC
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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King Street, Kitchener

Cedar to Albert Street.

At the corner Enoch Ziegler's carriage factory, a good-sized and well-known shop which continued for many years.

A brick building, one story and a half, lengthwise with King Street, occupied by Yost Stroh as shoemaker shop and dwelling. Later this was made into a two story building.

Next an open space,

A two story frame building, crowned with a bell tower, with a boiler house and engine in the rear. The bell is said to have been cracked on a New Year's night by too violent ringing. In any event its sound was impaired. The building as a factory was at one time operated by Cornell & Bowman. It changed tenants from time to time and occasionally was idle. In 1867 Henry Strieker used it as a woolen mill and William Simpson used it at one time. The building was unpainted. It was eventually destroyed by fire.

Another factory building with gable toward King Street and a one story veranda in front.

A two story brick dwelling, well back from the street, occupied by A. H. Mowat, general agent and Deputy Clerk, He was the father of Jim Mowat, known as Moses Oates and, as a weather prophet, active on the Toronto Globe for some years. Jim Mowat was a school mate of Jacob Stroh at the Central School. He published almanacs and was known throughout the province.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Alexander — Barbara Campbell Cairncross. Barbara (daughter of Rev. James Cairncross and Hannah Hedley McKay) was born 27 Jul 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; was christened 1 Sep 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; died 11 May 1902, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Hannah Mowat was born 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. James Gordon "Jim" "Moses Oats" Mowat was born 1850, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1906, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
3. Alexander Robert Mowat was born 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1913, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada.
4. John Arthur Mowat was born 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. William Walter Henderson Mowat was born 6 Jun 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , , Alameda Co., California.
6. Edmund Cairncross Mowat was born 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1918, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
7. Christina Henderson Mowat was born 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.