Helen Wilson

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135898704
• Name: Helen Thomson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139987
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian North America

Notes:

Elderly Woman Dies After Fall From Back Step

Coming from the back step of her home at 323 Scarboro avenue about 4 p.m. yesterday, Mrs. Helen Thomson, 79, was rushed to the General Hospital in Starr's ambulance, but died about 5:30 p.m. the result of a badly fracture pelvis and shock, received in the fall.
Born in Galt, Ontario, Mrs. Thomson came west to Parkland in 1904 to farm with her husband, whom she married 57 years ago. She had lived in Calgary since 1918. She was formerly a member of Knox United and at the time of her death was a member of Scarboro Avenue United church. She was a graduate of Tassie Grammar school in Galt, and of the Toronto Normal school, and taught school for three years prior to her marriage.

Surviving are her husband, George B. Thomson, five daughters, Mrs. W.C. Magee of California; Mrs. John G. Wilson and Mrs. Walter G. Hawk of Parkland, Mrs. Warwick Linton and Miss Georgina Helen Thomson, both of Calgary; a brother, David B. Wilson; 17 grandchildren and .....great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at Jacques funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. D. Robert Paton, of Scarboro Avenue Church officiating. Interment will be in Burnsland.

The Calgary Daily Herald, Thursday, May 13, 1937, page 13

Helen — George Brodie Thomson. George (son of James Thomson and Margaret Brodie) was born 8 Oct 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1954, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Agnes Wilhelmine "Winnie" Thomson was born 15 May 1882, West Luther Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died 17 Sep 1960, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2. Ethel Thomson was born 9 Aug 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Beatrice Mary Thomson was born 11 Aug 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died 1956, Claresholm, , Alberta, Canada.
4. James Thomson was born 3 Mar 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Georgina Helen Thomson was born 15 Aug 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1963, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
6. Charlotte "Chaddy" Thomson was born 16 Oct 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died 1982; was buried , Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195048486
• Name: Alex Wilson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74659
• Immigration: 1830, , Canada
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian North America
• Residence: 1890, North Dumfries Concession 11 Lot 22, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Retired: 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1903, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 22, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

In Loving Memory Died On Thursday, Nov. 5th, 1903, At 9 o'clock, p.m., Alexander Wilson, Aged 77 years, 2 weeks and 4 days. The Funeral Will take place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Lot 22, Concession 12, North Dumfries, to Cedar Creek Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

Alexander married Agnes Brown 22 Jan 1847, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of David Brown and Elizabeth Scott) was born 1826, , Scotland; died 5 Aug 1890, Dickie Settlement, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195048460
• Name: Agnes Wilson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139985
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Brethren
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian North America

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Died, In North Dumfries, Dickie Settlement, this (Tuesday) morning, at 10 o'clock, Agnes Brown, Wife of Alexander Wilson, Aged 64 Years, 1 Month and 20 Days. Funeral, On Thursday afternoon, 7th inst., at two o'clock, from the residence of her husband, Lot 22, Con. 12, to Cedar Creek Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. North Dumfries, August 5th, 1890.

Funeral Card

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73682P
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland

Notes:

Died, Last night, (Monday), 11th October, at six o'clock P.M., at the residence of his son, James Wilson, Lot 25, 10th Concession, North Dumfries, Robert Lundie Wilson, Aged 73 Years and 7 Months. Funeral, On Wednesday, October 13th, at 2 o'clock, P.M., from the Residence of his Son, Lot No. 25, 10th Con., North Dumfries, to the Cedar Creek Burying Ground. North Dumfries, October 12th, 1875.


Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

Robert — Mary Crow. Mary was born 1794, , Scotland; died 28 Feb 1875, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Wilson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122168P
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10779694
• Possessions: North Dumfries Concession 10 Lot 26, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 2224 Cedar Creek Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; his log house called "Primside Hill"
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-1455
• Immigration: Abt 1831, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

Notes:

"Many of the principal settlers of Dumfries came in about 1830. We learn from Mr. William Cowan, River Road, that the following well-known Dumfries families all sailed in the "Argus" of Workington, England, on the 3^rd June, 1829: those of Francis Hogg, Walter Cowan, James Cowan, George Barrie and Hector Rennelson. The voyage was only nine weeks and two days!

"The families of the following persons also came out together by the 'Sarah Mary Ann,' of Maryport, England, in April 1831: George Landreth, James Bunyan, Thomas Adams, John Kerr, David Brown, Adam Kersell, Robert Cranston, James and Walter Deans, John, Thomas and William Henderson, John and William Veitch, Robert Laidlaw (father of James Laidlaw M.P.P.), Paisley Block; James Little and Robert Aitkin, Blue Lake, and James Davidson, Keg Lane, near Paris. With possibly one exception, all these families were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Voyage - five weeks and four days.

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of North Dumfries. Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company, 1880; footnotes, pgs 60-61, by The Hon. James M. Young

Residence:
This house was dismantled in 2009 and was located at 2224 Cedar Creek Rd., Cambridge, Ontario and moved to 15 Welsh Dr., Ayr, Ontario

David — Elizabeth Scott. Elizabeth was born CALC 7 Nov 1790, , Scotland; died 21 Jul 1878, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Brown
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42120
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presb.
• Residence: 1878, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 22, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Died, At "Primside Hill," on Sabbath evening, July 21st, at half-past ten o'clock, Elizabeth Scott, Relict of the late David Brown, of Cedar Creek, Aged 87 Years and 8 Months. Funeral, On Tuesday, 23rd inst., at 4 o'clock, P.M., from the Residence of her Son-in-law (Mr. Alex. Wilson,) Lot 22, 12th Con., North Dumfries, to Cedar Creek Cemetery. North Dumfries, July 22nd, 1878.

Funeral Card of Elizabeth Scott

Residence:
Here home was called "Primside Hill" and the log house was moved in 2008.