Lorne Wollis

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170736
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer,s Son, Father's Farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56996
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

John married Ellen "Nellie" Hamilton 10 Oct 1895, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Thomas Hamilton and Ellen Pollock) was born 3 Feb 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen "Nellie" Wollis
• Name: Nellie Hamilton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56997
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
• Residence: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117703
• Immigration: 1844, , Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; E. N. C.
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Edmund Wollis was born at Barnoldby-Beck, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, on January 27th, 1823. In the year 1844 he came to Canada and for about two years worked in the townships of Darlington and Pickering. One morning in the spring time of 1846 he landed in Elora and then walked to Winterbourne to see the land in Waterloo County, of which he had heard. The river road through the long woods was only chopped out to about half its proper width, the logs forming the corduroy road were floating about in the many swamps, while, from the James Ross farm at the 'big bend' to the 'big ridge,' a distance of more than three miles, was without a clearing on either side of the road. Mr. Wollis soon took up his farm on the east side of the river road, at the 'little ridge.' To the south of him was Thomas Adsett's farm, while across the road from Adset, on the west,. was Richard Moreill and opposite to Mr. Wollis was, a little later, Stephen Webster. Each of these made clearings on the corners of their farms adjoining, so, that, as Mr. Wollis says, "they soon let daylight in."

Mr. Wollis was married in August, 1855, to Jane Mackie, whose parents had come to Winterbourne, from Aberdeenshire, in October, 1837. Of their family: Margaret married John Elsley and lives near Mt. Forest; Mary died in September, 1900; George married Esther Gillies, near Mt. Forest; Annie married Samuel Burnett, lives near Listowel; Edmund married Alice Kirkness and lives near Mt. Forest; Elizabeth married William Glennie, lives in Eramosa, and Sarah, living with her parents, who, a few years ago, retired and now live in their comfortable home on the Elora and Salem road.

The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

Edmund married Jane MacKie Aug 1855, , Ontario, Canada. Jane was born 1833, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Wollis
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117704
• Immigration: Oct 1837, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29434
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Thomas married Ellen Pollock 30 Jun 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of William Pollock and Ellen "Helen" Watson) was born 2 Mar 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1929; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Hamilton
• Name: Helen Pollock
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115818
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of Scotland
• Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76895899
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29429
• Probate: 2 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

A-1-7 James Hamilton: Letters of Administration of the estate of James Hamilton, late of the Township of Waterloo, granted the second day of June 1853 to his widow Margareth, herself and James Ariss and Charles Watts, both of the same place, Yeomen, having given security to the amount of £100 each.

Granted and insinuated 2^nd June 1853
Inventory £62.

Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

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PIONEERS' DESCENDANTS GATHER AT KITCHENER

Over 150 Members of Hamilton Family Honor Memory of Early Settlers

(Special Despatch to The Globe)

Simcoe Aug. 12 - somewhat more than one hundred years ago James Hamilton and his wife, Margaret Hosse Hamilton, settled in the County of Waterloo near what is now the hamlet of Winterbourne.

They came from near Stirling Castle, Scotland, to Nov York; thence to Guelph, which consisted then of only a few log huts; thence to the old Hamilton homestead in Waterloo County. This farm Is now occupied by one of James Hamilton's grandchildren, Robert Forrest.

James Hamilton was a weaver of Paisley shawls. Along with farming, he and his family wove cloth for their settler neighbors. He was a musician, a. sweet singer, and taught music In the first singing school near Winterbourne which he himself organized. He was a great reader, bringing many valuable books from Scotland.

Wednesday, at the family reunion in Victoria Park, Kitchener, only one of the original group, "Aunt" Margaret, widow of John Hamilton, attended. The two oldest present were "Aunt" Margaret, aged 78 years, and Henry W. Cook, Simcoe, son of Luke Cook and Mary Hamilton Cook, aged 80 years.

In all, about one hundred and fifty of the offspring of the pioneers. Janice Hamilton and Margaret Hosse, Hamilton, assembled to become somewhat better acquainted with each other and with the story of a family that left its imprint upon at least one county in Ontario.

An organization was effected with the object in view of meeting annually in August at Kitchener or at some other equally convenient point. Robert Hamilton, Millbank, Wn8 elected President; H. Frank Cook. Slmcoe, Secretary, and E. G. Cochlin, Atwood, Treasurer.

from: The Toronto Globe Sat., August 14, 1926

James — Margaret Hossie. Margaret (daughter of Margaret Smillie) was born 20 Dec 1799, , Scotland; died 28 Jul 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Hamilton
• Name: Margaret Hosea
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29435
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-2430
• Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; weaver

William — Ellen "Helen" Watson. Ellen was born 1810, Kirkintilloch, , Dunbarton, Scotland; died 6 Jul 1891, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland
• Name: Ellen "Helen" Pollock
• Name: Helen Watson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-2433
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian