Robert Hall Abra

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34574

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Funeral Notice. Died, In Ayr, on Monday, September 29th, 1884, at 6 o'clock A.M., Robert Hall, Youngest Son of William and Maggie Abra, Aged 2 months. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, at 1 o'clock p.m., from his father's residence, Hall Street, to the place of interment, New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited. Ayr, September 29th, 1884. [Recorder Print, Ayr.]


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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8239.8
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Regular Baptist
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Will Baptist

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ABRA, William J. - At Ottawa, on Friday, August 15, 1941, William J. Abra, husband of the late Margaret Abra. Resting at the funeral chapel of William Speers, 2926 Dundas Street West (near Keele), Toronto, on arrival of train Monday morning. Service in Olivet Baptist Church, 36 Margueretta Street, Toronto, on Monday at 2 pm. Interment Ayr, Ontario. (Motors). Note: Mr. Abra, who was by trade a carpenter, left Ayr some 50 years ago. He worked for the late Robert Hall, and later married Margaret Hall, daughter of Mr. Hall, who predeceased him a year ago.

The Ayr News Aug 21 1941 pg 8

William married Margaret W. Hall 17 Feb 1881, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Robert Hall and Margaret Gladstone) was born 1852, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Aug 1940, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Aug 1940, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie W. Hall
• Name: Margaret W. Abra
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27565
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Mrs. William Abra, Native of Ayr Buried in Family Plot Here on Tuesday Afternoon - The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon to the Ayr Cemetery of Mrs. William Abra of Toronto, aged 88 years, whose death took place on Saturday. Mrs. Abra, whose maiden name was Margaret Hall, was born in Ayr, being a daughter of Robert, Hall (builder) and Margaret Gladstone. The Hall family formerly resided in the house now occupied by Mrs. T. O. Scott. Mrs. Abra was the last surviving member of this family. Mrs. Abra was married some 60 years ago and the family left Ayr about 50 years ago. Besides her sorrowing husband, she is survived by one son, Wm. J. Abra, Ottawa.

The Ayr News Aug 29 1940 pg 8

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• Eby ID Number: 00133-8239.1
• Immigration: 1 Jul 1842, , Canada
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Regular Baptist
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Directory: 1884, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1889, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Death of a Well-Known Resident of North Dumfries

There passed away suddenly on Saturday morning last, a well-known and respected resident of North Dumfries, Mr. Wm. Abra, sr. Mr. Abra got up apparently quite well on Saturday morning and took a walk out on the farm. Returning after a little while, he complained to his wife that he had fallen down and hurt his shoulder while out. Mrs. Abra got him a drink of water, and as he complained of his head being very hot, she bathed it with cold water. He then said he thought he would like to lay down and Mrs. Abra took him by the arm, and as he seemed feeble one of his daughters took him by the other arm and assisted him. He had scarcely passed into another room before he said he could go no further, and asked them to get him a pillow and he would lie down on the floor there. This was done and he was scarcely laid down before he became insensible, and in the course of a very short time, breathed his last. Medical aid hastily summoned finding the cause of his death to be extravasation of blood in the brain.

Mr. Abra was English by birth, and came from near Swatham, in the County of Norfolk. He was born in 1815 and landed in Canada on the 1st of July, 1842. Making for a location in Upper Canada, he reached the neighborhood of Haysville, where he worked for four years, then marrying Miss Elizabeth Wismer, and the young couple purchased the farm on which they have since resided. Their family consisted of thirteen children, of whom ten are yet living , viz.:- Mrs. B. Wismer, of Waterloo, Miss Hannah, unmarried, Mr. Joseph Abra, farming about a mile north of Roseville, Mr. Moses Abra, farming near the old homestead, Mr. Wm. Abra, carpenter and builder, of Toronto, and Henry, Jacob, Julia, Lizzie and Mamie, the younger members of the family residing on the homestead.

Galt Reporter Jul 26 1889 pg 1

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In North Dumfries, at his residence, Lot No. 34, 12th Concession, on Saturday, July 20th, at 10 minutes to 1, a.m., Wm. Abra, Sr., aged 73 years, 8 months and 14 days.

Galt Reporter Jul 26 1889 pg 1

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Died, In North Dumfries, at his residence, Lot No. 34, 12th Concession, on Saturday, July 20th, at ten minutes to one, A.M., William Abra, Sr., Aged 73 Years, 8 Months and 14 Days. Funeral, Will take place from his late residence, on Monday, July 22nd, at half-past 9 o'clock, a.m., to Blair Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend North Dumfries, July 20th, 1889.

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William married Elizabeth Wismer 17 Feb 1846. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman) was born 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Abra
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8239
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Regular Baptist
• 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
• Residence: 1903, North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 34, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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Elizabeth Wismer, "was born March 13th, 1831. On February 17th, 1846, she was married to William Abra. He was born in England, November 6th, 1815, and died near Blair, July 20th, 1889. Their family consisted of fourteen children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138613
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Builder
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Died, At Ayr, on Wednesday, November 4th, 1885, at 2: 30 A.M., Robert Hall, Aged 64 Years, 8 Months, 8 Days. The Funeral will take place on Friday, 6th inst., at 1 o'clock, p.m., from his late residence, Northumberland Street, to the place of interment, New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited Ayr, November 4, 1885^.

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Robert — Margaret Gladstone. Margaret (daughter of William Gladstone and Elizabeth Davidson) was born CALC 3 Aug 1825, Vails, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 3 May 1892, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 May 1892, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Hall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33361
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Died, At Ayr, on Tuesday, May 3rd, 1892, at 9: 15, A.M., Margaret Gladstone, Relict of the late Robert Hall, Aged 66 Years and 9 Months. Funeral, On Thursday afternoon, 5th inst., at 2 o'clock, from her late residence, Northumberland Street, to the place of interment, New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. Ayr, May 3rd, 1892^.

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• Name: John Wismer
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8234
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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John Wismer, "was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799. He was married, in 1822, to Susannah Cressman who was born in 1801. The resided near Blair where he was engaged in farming. He died July 23rd, 1890, and she died in September, 1838. Their family consisted of nine children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Residence:
Lived besides his daughter and son Joseph

Johann married Susannah Cressman 1822. Susannah (daughter of Jacob Cressman and Elizabeth Longennecker) was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susannah Wismer
• Eby ID Number: 00028-2046

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Susannah Cressman, "was born in 1801. She was married to John Wismer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 23rd, 1890. She died in 1838. To them was born a family of nine children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115657
• Occupation: 1854, Jedburgh Mills, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller

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The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: ....John Hall (afterwards of Ayr)...pg 92

John Hall and David Shiel were employed by Mr. Shade in the Distillery for a considerable time, but the latter, at least, had removed to his farm in West Dumfries, before the cholera broke out. pg 96...

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

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Interestingly, considering its present size, the village of Ayr began as three distinct communities, including Nithvale in the West (Piper Street), Jedburgh in the East (Main Street), and Mudge's Mill in the centre (Stanley/Northumberland Streets). The first settlement occured in 1824 when Abel Mudge built a sawmill at the corner of Cedar Creek and the Nith River (now the site of the Watson factory). Soon after, John Hall built a small flour mill and distillery to the East of Mudge's Mill and named the settlement Jedburgh. At the same time, a smaller settlement (Nithvale) was founded to the West of Mudge's Mill where a small sawmill opened along the Nith. ....John Hall, the patriarch of his family, came to this area in the early 1830's and purchased a seventy-five acre parcel of land that included the area now flooded by the Jedburgh pond. Hall was most likely attracted to this area by the prospect of water power provided by Cedar Creek. By 1850, Hall had developed several industries including a distillery, a grist mill, and a sawmill, all using water power provided by the damming of the creek. As you can see from the bridge which straddles the original dam, the formation of a millpond is a dramatic undertaking. Although now rigidly controlled by the Grand River Conservation Authority, changing water levels used to play havoc with the operation of the mill. A sudden flood caused by the excess runoff could, in seconds, wash away implements in the mill race that took years to build while a drought could bring work to a grinding halt. This unpredictability of water power was an important incitement for industries to convert to electrical power as soon as it became available and affordable. This said, Watson's Manufacturing utilized water power along with other power sources up to 1960. A later stop on the tour recognizes the opposite end of the creek, known as Watson's pond. Together, they constitute what is known as "Millponds.

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A-1-39 John Hall: Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Hall the elder, of Jedburgh Mills, in the Township of North Dumfries, Miller, granted the twelvth of August, 1854. John B. Hall, now of the same place, Miller, after giving proof that said John Hall the elder is head, having died on or about the 25^th July, next foregoing, and that he died intestate; And that said John B. Hall having given Bond by himself, and William Hall, of the Township of North Dumfries, Yeoman and Robert Hall of the Village of Ayr, in the same Township, Carpenter, as his sureties, the said John B. Hall himself into the fun of $3000, he said two sureties, each into the final sum of £1500. Inventory rendered of the personal Estate of the said deceased being of the amount of £2739/11/3

Granted 12 August 1854 to John B. Hall
Inventory £2739/11/3 Bond assigned 20 September 1862

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

John — Margaret Fail. Margaret was born Between 1777 and 1778, , Scotland; died 25 Apr 1861, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Hall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115706

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-123049
• Immigration: 1840, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Died, At his Residence, Nithvale, on Tuesday Evening, the 6th Feb., 1872, at half past 11 o'clock, Mr. William Gladstones, Sr., Aged 78 Years. You are respectfully requested to attend the Funeral of the said Mr. William Gladstones, my father, which will take place at 1 O'Clock, p.m., on Friday, the 9th Inst., from his late residence to the place of Interment, in Ayr. Yours Respectfully, Robert Gladstones.

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William — Elizabeth Davidson. Elizabeth was born 1791, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; died 28 Jun 1883, Nithvale, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Jun 1883, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gladstone
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-124678
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyerian

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Funeral Notice. Died, At Nithvale, on Thursday, June 28th, at 8 o'clock, A.M., In her 91st year, Elizabeth Davidson, Relict of the late Wm. Gladstone. The funeral will take place on Saturday, 30th inst., at 1 o'clock, p.m., from her son's residence, at Nithvale, to the place of interment, New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited. Nithvale, June 28th, 1883. Recorder Print, Ayr.

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