Emma Isabella Bockus

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41374

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The death is announced in St. Thomas of Miss Emma Bockus, granddaughter of the late J. K. Andrews, of Galt, and niece of Mr. H. M. Andrews, of Berlin. The young lady was a victim of consumption. Just one year ago her brother, H. F. Backus, for several years assistant to the postmaster at Berlin, died from the same cause.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 2 Jun 1898, p. 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189805
• Occupation: 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer

William married Catharine "Kate" Andrews 24 Oct 1867, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of James Kimball Andrews, Esq. and Margaret Jackson) was born 13 Jun 1847, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 1914, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine "Kate" Bockus
• Name: Kate Andrews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189807
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1867, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: J. K. Andrews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-85266
• Occupation: 1834, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Residence: 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1859, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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Coming to Galt at the age of six with his mother, his mother married Absalom Shade. He began working as a clerk in Shade "Red Store" and by 1835 he had become one of Galt's leading merchants. He also dealt wheat. He co-founded the Dumfries Foundry with James Crombie in 1844. In the early 1850's the price of flour dropped and with other financial dealings he lost nearly everything. He retired early and died in 1861.

James married Margaret Jackson 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of James Jackson and Mary Ann Browning) was born 12 Apr 1817, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened 17 Apr 1817, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died 8 Mar 1859, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Andrews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79129
• Immigration: 29 May 1835, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1836, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario
• Residence: 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59694

James — Catherine Kimball. Catherine was born CALC Mar 1786; died 27 Nov 1833, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Andrews
• Name: Catherine Shade
• Residence: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59693
• Residence: 1823, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario

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*Mr. Shade was married twice. First to Mrs. Andrews, of Canandaigua, New York Slate, who had two children (Me. Jamas K. Andrews and Mrs. John Miller) by a former husband. After her decease he married Isabella Jemima, sister of Mr. John Davidson, of Galt. Mr. Shade had no family by either of his marriages.

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

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-388441
• Occupation: 1835; clothier
• Immigration: 29 May 1835, New York City, New York, USA.

James — Mary Ann Browning. Mary was born 1796, , Scotland; died 7 Oct 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Ann Jackson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-388442
• Immigration: 29 May 1835, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: Bef 1838, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland