Alexander Buchanan

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-196430
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Herbert Buchanan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73924
• Occupation: 1895, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

William Herbert Buchanan, at the residence in Branchton, Wednesday, May 28, 1947. William Herbert Buchanan, beloved husband of Etta Jane Gill, in this 81st year. Memorial service in the chapel at the Harold Gray funeral home, 96 St. Andrews street, Saturday at 2 p. m. Interment Mount View cemetery.

Galt Reporter 28 May 1947

William married Eftreff Jane Gill 17 Apr 1895, St. George, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Eftreff (daughter of Henry Gill and Elizabeth) was born 25 Mar 1872, Markdale, York Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eftreff Jane Buchanan
• Name: Ettie Gill
• Name: Ettie Jane Gill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73925
• Residence: 1895, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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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-119524

Henry — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born Abt 1842, Of, Markdale, York Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gill
• Eby ID Number: dnf-119525

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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