Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

James Martindale Amy

Male 1870 - 1949  (~ 78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Martindale Amy was born Oct 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Richard Amy and Sarah Martindale); died 1949; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-247132
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. Methodist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard Amy was born 21 Oct 1835, , England (son of Cotton Amy and Mary Haskin); died 16 Apr 1927, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-247065
    • Residence: 1858, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. Methodist
    • Residence: 1877, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    RICHARD AMY, FORMERLY OF GRENFELL, DIES

    Pioneer of Pheasant Forks District Passes Away at Drayton, Ontario

    (Special to The Leader)

    GRENFELL, April 19. William Amy received word of the death of his father, Richard Amy, April 16, at Drayton, Ontario. Mr. Amy was in his 72nd year. He came from Ontario to Pheasant Forks in 1882. About 80 years ago he moved to the farm four miles south of Grenfell, where he remained until he left about five years ago to make his home with his son and daughter in Drayton, Ont. Mrs. Amy died about 20 years ago. Three sons, William Thomas. and Ira, live in Grenfell district and one daughter, Mrs. T. Ward, lives in Regina.

    Mr. Amy was for many years a Methodist local preacher, giving freely of his services until prevented by old age and failing eyesight. The choir of the United Church, Grenfell, under the leadership of E. T. Claxton, rendered the sacred cantata. "From Olivet to Calvary;" to a large congregation Easter Sunday night. The sololists were E. T. Claxton, Miss Ethel Loveridge and Mr. and Mrs. W. Royston. At the morning service 22 young people joined the church.

    Charles and Stanley Welsh have just returned from Victoria, B.C., where they spent the winter with their father, Wm. Welsh.

    Richard married Sarah Martindale 21 Oct 1858, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born 3 Sep 1837, Alston, , Cumberland, England; died 28 Apr 1912, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Grenfell Cemetery, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah Martindale was born 3 Sep 1837, Alston, , Cumberland, England; died 28 Apr 1912, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Grenfell Cemetery, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sarah Amy
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-247077
    • Residence: 1858, Walpole Township, Haldimand Co., Ontario
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. Methodist

    Children:
    1. Mary Jane Amy was born 9 Jul 1859, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1930, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Grenfell Cemetery, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    2. Sarah Amy was born Between 1861 and 1862, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Thomas Amy was born 13 Oct 1863, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1940, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Grenfell Cemetery, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    4. William John Amy was born 15 Sep 1865, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1951, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , Grenfell Cemetery, Grenfell, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    5. 1. James Martindale Amy was born Oct 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    6. Wellington Antliff Amy was born 20 Jun 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1930, Hamiota, , Manitoba, Canada.
    7. Irwin Egbert Amy was born 17 May 1877, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jul 1877, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    8. Ira Alfred Amy was born 12 Oct 1878; died 28 Jul 1946, Kimberley, , British Columbia, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Cotton Amy was born CALC 27 Mar 1809, , England; died 15 Aug 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117407
    • Residence: 1861, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
    • Directory: 1884, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 059, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Retired: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Cotton — Mary Haskin. Mary was born 1814, , Cornwall, England; died 29 Oct 1877; was buried , Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Haskin was born 1814, , Cornwall, England; died 29 Oct 1877; was buried , Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Amy
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117408

    Children:
    1. 2. Richard Amy was born 21 Oct 1835, , England; died 16 Apr 1927, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Victoria Municipal Cemetery, Drayton, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    2. Rev. Thomas Amy was born 16 Jun 1840, , England; died 10 Jan 1923, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. James Hoskin Amy was born Between 1845 and 1846, Saint Teath, , Cornwall, England; died 16 Mar 1928, [Pembina] Darlingford, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Darlingford Cemetery, Darlingford, Manitoba, Canada.
    4. Rebecca Amy was born CALC 19 May 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1886; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. John Cotten Amy was born CALC 6 May 1854, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1893, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.