Shiel Wholton

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199851

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• Interesting: story, arts, education
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97067
• Hall of Fame - Cambridge: 1998
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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THOMAS HILLIARD WHOLTON LLD, CDA
1897-1965

Thomas Hilliard Wholton, born in Hamilton, and a graduate of Queen's University, pioneered in the educational field in Canada. He joined the Galt Collegiate Institute as a science teacher in 1923 and was principal from 1925 to 1959.

His school was one of the first to employ a full-time qualified librarian; the first in Canada to teach traffic safety; the first to grant a specialist's certificate in guidance and one of the first to experiment in advanced technical evening classes and industrial Grade XIII.

Active in drama locally, provincially and nationally, in 1942 he was awarded the Canadian Drama Award for Ontario for his services to drama, including the Dominion Drama Festival and the Western Ontario Festival.

He also served the Family Service Bureau, the Civic Service Club, the Eugenics Society of Canada, and was a Regent of Renison College. In 1952 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Queen's University.


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Thomas — Helen Elizabeth Shiel "Betty" Turnbull. Helen (daughter of Robert C. Turnbull and Ellen Barrie Shiel) was born 26 Mar 1906, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States; died 27 Mar 1976, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Helen Elizabeth Shiel "Betty" Wholton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97068
• Residence: 1976, 80 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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WHOLTON, Betty

At Cambridge (Galt), on Saturday, March 27, the former Betty Turnbull, of 80 Blair Rd., Cambridge (Galt), in her 71st year, Beloved wife of the late Thomas Hilliard Wholton, MA CDA LLD. Dear mother of Roseanna (Mrs. G. W. Koski) of Kitchener (doon) and Pamela (Mrs. John A. Walter) of Cambridge (Galt). Predeceased by a son, Shiel. There are seven grandchildren. Funeral and committal services were held on Monday, from Little's Funeral Home, Grand Avenue North, Cambridge (Galt), with interment in Trinity cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 31 Mar 1976 pg 39

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261897585
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70665
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Occupation: 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Millwright
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist

Robert married Ellen Barrie Shiel 2 Jun 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of James Shiel and Margaret Miller) was born CALC 13 Sep 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1937, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 May 1937, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Barrie Turnbull
• Name: Helen "Nellie" Shiel
• Name: Nellie Shiel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70512
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253694
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Inn Keeper
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

Robert — Elizabeth Scrimger. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Scrimger and Margaret McFarlane) was born 1824, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Turnbull
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253695
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70473
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Land - Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 17, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.

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Letter from the donor (July 20, 1974):

Dear Sirs,

I am writing this for Mrs. T.H. Wholton, and in answer to the Certificate of Gift forms you recent sent to her.

My mother's maternal grandfather was James Shiel, born 1912, in Roxboroughshire, Scotland. He came to Canada ca. 1820-30 and was deeded land on the 10th Concession of North Dumfries Township. Mr. James Shiel made the violin (item no. 3 on the list) from wood he found at Abbotsford, the estate of Sir Walter Scott, in Scotland. He later gave the violin to one of his sons, John, who was my mother's uncle, and he gave it to my mother. My mother gave the violin to Mr. Andrew Taylor to give to the museum

Mr. James Shiel married Margaret Miller (her family had also come from Scotland and we think they went to New Jersey first but are not sure of this. Margaret Miller had several siblings. One was Isobel who married Adam Ainslie. Another sister married Dickie of the Dickie Settlement, cf. old school out Blenheim Rd. from Galt at the road which leads to Blair. There is an old graveyard on this road with her tombstone. These Miller sisters were the daughters of a gentleman farmer of Hawick, Scotland.

Items 1 and 2 on your list were made by the sons of James Shiel we think. The wooden pig was used as a foot stool. Item no. 5, the spoon, belonged to Adam Ainslie. I believe it has the family crest on it. They had a whole set, most of which was stolen when their house at Leith (near Own Sound) Ont. was broken into.

The picture, Item no. 7, old school house on the site of the old stone school S.S. 19, (was) also the site of the North Dumfries Township office.

The watch, item no. 4, belonged to a brother of Margaret Miller. It was in the possession of my mother's Uncle Jack, one of the sons of James Shiel and Margaret Miller. The Shiels had several children: John, George, James, Walter, Robbert (and) Ellen, my mother's mother. We think there were others who died young. George, James and Robert went out west....

(signed) Pamela Walter/Pamela Wholton (Mrs. John A. Walter, for her mother Mrs. T. Hilliard Wholton.

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James — Margaret Miller. Margaret (daughter of Robert Millar) was born 9 May 1822, , Scotland; died 29 Jun 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Shiel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70493
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.