Isabel Sylvia Ableson

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• Church Membership: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Cambridge, , Ontario, Canada
• Employer: Cambridge Towels, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166522

Notes:

ABLESON - Isabel Sylvia passed away on Monday October 9, 1989 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital. Isabel Ableson of 85 Water Street South in her 73^rd year, beloved sister of Bruce Ableson and 4 nephews, predeceased by her parents Fenton and Myrtle Ableson and a sister Dorothy. Isabel was born on March 2, 1917 at Galt and has been a resident of Cambridge all her life, retired from Cambridge Towels. A member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church and an associate member of Waterloo Navy Vets. At the request of the family there will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date. As expressions of sympathy donations to Medical Day Care of Cambridge Memorial Hospital or St. Pauls Lutheran Church would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to Coutts and Son Funeral Home 96 St. Andrews Street.


Cambridge Report 10 Oct 1989

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• Military: WW1
• Name: Fenton Huron Ableson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67865P
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Military: 1916; Enlistment WW1

Fenton married Myrtle Martha Cooper 18 Jan 1910, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Myrtle (daughter of Alexander Buchanan and Mary Wilcox) was born 25 Jul 1884, , England; died 2 Jan 1972; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Myrtle Martha Ableson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73923
• Immigration: 1893, , Canada
• Immigration: 1896, , Canada
• Adopted: Bef 1901
• Occupation: 1910, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; maid
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1916, 10 Concession St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67863
• Occupation: 1875, Caledon, Peel Co., Ontario; farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer in Factory
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Machine Shop
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1912, 12 Middleton St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John married Elizabeth Ann Cunningham 25 Sep 1874, Caledon, Peel Co., Ontario. Elizabeth (daughter of James Cunningham and Elizabeth Jane McDavitt) was born 9 Dec 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Ann Ableson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67864
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1912, 12 Middleton St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73921
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Alexander — Mary Wilcox. Mary was born 1837, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 1898; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Buchanan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119532
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: dnf-119526

Preston — Elsie. Elsie was born Abt 1823, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elsie Ableson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119527

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-334435

James — Elizabeth Jane McDavitt. Elizabeth (daughter of James McDavitt and Elizabeth Hood) was born 12 Jun 1834, , Ireland; died 7 Jan 1925, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Jane Cunningham
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119529
• Immigration: 1854, , Canada
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187513332
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133305
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1855, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 04, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 07 Lot 02, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 07 Lot 01, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 1 Con 7

Notes:

It was not until 1830 that the chief influx of settlers into Dumfries took place. During that and three or four succeeding years, the township filled up rapidly. These circumstances had their effect upon the village, whose prospects had never previously looked so promising as in the spring of 1834. As the summer came in, the buoyant feeling continued. Promising crops, new settlers, new buildings these, and other circumstances, seemed to indicate a brighter era for Galt, when suddenly, like a bolt out of a clear sky, the most terrible calamity which ever befell the locality came swiftly and fatally down upon its ill-fated inhabitants.

Amusements in the nature of travelling companies were then almost unknown in the new settlements of Upper Canada, and the announcement that a menagerie of wild beasts would exhibit in Galt on the 28th July, caused universal interest far and near. For nearly twenty miles around, the coming exhibition was talked about, until it became the topic of absorbing interest.

When the day arrived, there was - considering the circumstances - a large attendance, people coming from Waterloo, Beverly, Woolwich, Blenheim, and other places more distant than could have been attracted by anything less exciting than a menagerie was in those early times. The day proved intensely warm, in fact a regular " scorcher, " and from all accounts, the collection of wild animals was meagre, and the dens and their occupants extremely filthy. The odor was so marked as to detract seriously from the comfort of the audience, and the entertainment was hardly over, when rumours began to prevail, that the company had brought the much-dreaded disease of cholera with them to the village.
The report first arose from the illness of one of the showmen. He had been brought to the village a day or two before the menagerie arrived, and fears that his complaint was cholera induced some of the villagers to go to Mr Shade, who was the only magistrate at the time, and ask him to consider whether the exhibition should not be prevented. Mr. Shade, however, doubted whether he had the power to do so, and seemed, besides, rather disinclined to interfere with an exhibition which appeared to add importance to the village, and would certainly cause the circulation of a good deal of money. After examining the showman, Dr. Miller pronounced his complaint to be real Asiatic cholera. Shortly afterwards, the Doctor said to Mr. William Buchanan, of Branchton, who had been in at the show from the country : " Go home I You'll hear of this. That man's dying of Asiatic cholera!"

His fears, unfortunately, proved too true. That frightful plague, in its worst form, had been introduced by the menagerie, and already the seeds of death were developing in many of those who had attended the fatal entertainment.

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

William — Jane Griffith. Jane was born CALC 20 Jan 1803, , Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1887, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187513350
• Name: Jane Buchanan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135917
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

In North Dumfries, on Sunday evening, 17th inst., at 9:30 o'clock, Jane Griphen, relict of the late Wm. Buchanan, aged 83 years, 8 months and 27 days.

Galt Reporter Oct 22 1886 pg 8