John McLaren

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-194145

John married Isabella "Bella" McPherson 21 Nov 1895, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Isabella was born 1863; died 1939, Rodney, Aldborough Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Angus McLaren died Yes, date unknown.
2. Duncan Archibald McLaren was born 1896; died 23 Dec 1988, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Thompson McLaren
4. A. J. McLaren
5. McLaren died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232434

Robert — Mary Marshall. Mary was born 14 Jan 1836, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary McLaren
• Name: Mary Thomson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-232433

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THOMSON, MARY (Nee Marshall, formerly McLaren)

Word of the death of Mrs. James Thomson, at the home of her son, John McLaren, of Silver Heights (Hespeler), quietly, at about 1: 40 on Wednesday morning, March 10, 1926, was received with regret by her many friends here. One of the oldest links between the pioneering days of the past and the modern setting of the present. Deeply religious and blessed with a remarkably keen mind and unusually fine qualities of heart, she endeared herself to a large number of friends in the district. In her 91^st year, she was born on January 14, 1836 and was the daughter of the late John and Mrs. Marshall, early pioneers of Puslinch. She was born near Puslinch Station and was resident of the township for more than eighty years where, by her Christian life, exemplary character, unselfish, kind and generous disposition, she won the respect and love of all who knew her. She was one of the few women in Southwestern Ontario living in recent years, who could recall the days of the wolf pack and the days when it was no uncommon thing for bears to come to the very doors of farmhouses. One of her interesting reminiscences was that of the five acre potato patch worked by her father, John Marshall, one hundred years ago on the exact site of today's market in Hamilton. Around that potato patch all was vast forest with giant trees. She was one of the very few women now living who could recall the menace of wolf packs in Puslinch, days when even bears, harmless though they might be, would often come to the very doors of the farm houses. This was in the days of her early childhood more than eighty years ago. On one occasion, her father saw five bears feeding at his stooked oats. In 1857, she married Robert McLaren. She was only 38 when widowed and some years later, married James Thomson of Campbelltown, Scotland, the land of her forebearers. Mr. Thomson died several years ago. Mrs. Thomson has been blind for several years but was of a cheerful disposition, in spite of her age. Survived by three sons, Robert McLaren of Elkton, Michigan; Neil McLaren of Bishop, CA; John McLaren of Hespeler; one brother, Alexander Marshall of Stony Creek; five grandchildren, Duncan, Thomson and Angus McLaren, all of Hespeler; Mrs. Will Coles of Coles's Mills; Harry McLaren of Bishop, CA; and two great-grandchildren, Robert and Helen Coles of Cole's Mills. The funeral was held on March 12^th at 1: 30 from the residence of her son, John McLaren of the Guelph Rd. , with Messrs. W. Bailey of Toronto, F. Nugent and W. Gillespie, evangelists of The Brethren officiating, to Crown Cemetery in Puslinch. Pallbearers: John Livergood and William Marshall of Preston; Thomson McLaren of Hespeler; Marshall Ferguson, Gordon Ironside and Harry Champ of Galt.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark