Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

William Rosebrugh

Male 1822 - 1891  (69 years)


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  1. 1.  William Rosebrugh was born 1 Oct 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Thomas Rosebrugh and Johanna Mulholland); died Dec 1891, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161814
    • Residence: 1845, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist

    William married Jane Shearer 21 May 1845, Talbot District, Ontario, Canada. Jane was born 3 May 1823, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1905. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. James Rosebrugh was born 1846, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1947, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Rosebrugh was born Between 1847 and 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Rosebrugh was born 29 Oct 1795, , Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA; died 4 Mar 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. George United Cemetery, St. George, Brant Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27707384
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97520

    Notes:

    Thomas Rosebrugh died in Dumfries twp., March 4, 1842; aged, c. 45; survived by his wife and a large family.

    The Christian Guardian 13 Apr 1842 pg 99

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    The Pathmaster [one whose job it was to care for and maintain public paths and roads]: 1821 Joseph Halbert, John Bouslaugh, Thos. Rosebrugh, Ely Irwin, Daniel McArthur, Ahab Soles, Isaac Willet, Henry Lamberton, Silvester Dodge

    Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young


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    Rosebrugh, John Wellington, M.D., Hamilton, Ontario, President of the Ontario Medical Association, 1887, and member of the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. This distinguished medical gentleman was born near Galt, in the county of Waterloo, Ontario, on the 5th November, 1828.

    His father was the late Thomas Rosebrugh, of Dumfries, who, when a lad of sixteen, took up his gun, went to the frontier, and fought for his young country at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Queenston Heights. His grandfather was a U. E. loyalist.

    Geo. MacLean Rose, A Cyclopaepdia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the time. Rose Publishing Co., Toronto 1888

    Thomas — Johanna Mulholland. Johanna was born 23 Sep 1804, Albany, Albany, New York, United States; died 1899. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Johanna Mulholland was born 23 Sep 1804, Albany, Albany, New York, United States; died 1899.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Johanna Rosebrugh
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181507

    Children:
    1. 1. William Rosebrugh was born 1 Oct 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Dec 1891, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.
    2. Eliza Rosebrough was born 1825, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1885, , California, USA.
    3. Dr. John Wellington Rosebrugh was born 5 Nov 1828, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1897, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Eunice Lucinda Rosebrugh was born 18 Dec 1830, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1895, Austin, Mower, Minnesota; was buried , Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Mower Co., Minnesota.
    5. Dr. Abner Mulholland Rosebrugh was born 8 Nov 1835, Branchton, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Nov 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario.