Margurite McKellar

Margurite — Edward Couch. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211343
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retail, Groceries
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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McKELLAR, John Walter

At St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 1973, John Walter McKellar of Kitchener, in his 80th year; dear father of Margurite (Mrs. Edward Couch) of (Galt) Cambridge, Mildred (Mrs. Henry Kern) of Kitchener, Esther (Mrs. Ron Edwards) of Burlington, Joan (Mrs. Bernard Wanklin) of (Galt) Cambridge; dear brother of Marion of (Galt) Cambridge, Erie McKellar of Chatham; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, also survive. Rev. Frank Lawson of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, conducted funeral and committal services at Little's Funeral Home, 39 Grand Ave. North, (Galt) Cambridge, on Monday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. Interment was in Mount View cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 9 Oct 1973 pg 29

Death:
Tombstone Reads 13 Oct 1973

John married Anna Welsh 29 Mar 1916, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of John E. Welsh and Mary Richardson) was born 19 Mar 1896, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1956; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna McKellar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-424937

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211321
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer, County
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1949, 127 Wellington St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MCKELLAR, DOUGALD MCLARTY

Of 127 Wellington St. in Galt, a lifelong resident of Galt and district, at his home on Saturday evening, January 15, 1949, in his 80^th year. Mr. McKellar was born at Killean, son of the later Mr. and Mrs. Walter McKellar. He was in the construction business all his life, working mainly on railway and road work. He was a member of the Galt Board of Works for thirty-five years, for twenty-five of which, he served as superintendent. He retired in March 1939. He was an ardent hockey and baseball fan and since his retirement, had devoted his time to his garden. Mr. and Mrs. McKellar celebrated their 57^th wedding anniversary in December of last year. He was an adherent of Knox Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Grieve; two sons, J. W. McKellar of Galt; Earl McKellar of Chatham; one daughter, Marion, at home; one sister, Mrs. Dougald Smith of Grand Ave. S. in Galt; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Service at the T. Little and Son Funeral Home, 39 Grand Ave. N. , Galt on Tuesday at 2: 30, conducted by Rev. W. J. Walker of Knox Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers: R. K. Serviss, John Riddell, Edward Couch, Henry Kern, Neil McKellar and Kenneth McKellar. Interment Mount View Cemetery.

-Information from the birth certificates: Born Sept. 21, 1869, son of Walter McKellar and Ellen McLarty. Siblings were Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1872 and Walter, b. Feb. 6, 1875.


A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Dougald — Elizabeth Anne Grieve. Elizabeth was born Aug 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Anne McKellar
• Name: Lizzie Grieve
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-438443
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1949, 127 Wellington St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Elected Office: Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Magistrate
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246174851
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91460
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Occupation: 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1887, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 010, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

John married Mary Richardson 18 Feb 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas Richardson and Christina, daughter of Thomas Richardson, Esq and Christina Anderson) was born 25 Sep 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Jul 1923, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Welsh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-88951
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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In Memoriam Died In Galt, on Wednesday, July 18th, 1923 at 1.15 p.m. Mary Richardson (Beloved wife of John E. Welsh) In her 73rd year The Funeral Will take place from her late residence, 18 Oak Street, on Saturday afternoon, July 21st, at 1.30 o'clock, to Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

Funeral Card

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Death of Mrs. John E. Webb - The death occurred in Galt on Wednesday afternoon of Mary Richardson, wife of John E. Welsh. Deceased was born in Waterloo Township and for many years resided with her husband just north of Roseville. Until her removal to Galt, some 10 years ago, she was a member of Knox church, Ayr, and her host of friends and acquaintances in this district will learn with regret of the passing of one whose many fine qualities won her the esteem and love of all. Mrs. Welsh's father was at one time magistrate of Waterloo Township and her grandmother on her father's side was the well-known Tibbie Shiel of St. Mary's loch, Scotland. Surviving are her husband, three sons and three daughters, viz.: William of Galt, James of Ayr, Edward of Expanse, Sask., Mrs. John Abra, Waterloo Township, Mrs., B. Hallman, Expanse, Sask., and Mrs. John McKellar, Galt. The funeral, which took place to the Ayr cemetery on Saturday afternoon, was largely attended.

The Ayr News Jul 26 1923 pg 1

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Tibbie Shiels & St Mary's Loch

Tibbie Shiel's Inn is named after a widow, Tibbie Shiel who lived in what was then known as St Mary's Cottage in the late eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Tibbie was initially the servant of James Hogg's parent.

When she was widowed she had to support 6 children and she achieved this by providing board and lodgings in the cottage. Through her personality and determination the Inn became a frequently used stopping point for the literati and famous of that time.


The Sir Walter Scott Way - History surrounding the Way. (2018). Sirwalterscottway.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from https://www.sirwalterscottway.com/history.html

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The historic Tibbie Shiels Inn takes its name from Isabella (Tibbie) Shiel, who, after the death of her mole-catcher husband in 1824, began to take lodgers at her small estate cottage to support her family of six. There were 13 beds in what is now the bar and in an attic. Tibbie's kitchen had two double box beds along with a grandfather clock, spinning wheel and a huge open grate with white-washed 'jaws'. Described as a small active woman with a great sense of humour, Tibbie played hostess to many famous men until her death in 1878, in her 96th year. Publisher Robert Chambers, recommended her inn in 'The Picture of Scotland' in 1827. The Ettrick Shepherd, James Hogg, was a regular visitor: she knew the writer all her life, having worked as a girl in his mother's household. Hogg's friend Sir Walter Scott was a regular and it's likely poet William Wordsworth also visited. Meetings with James Hogg at Tibbie's are said to have inspired Christopher North's famous 'Noctes Ambrosianae', in the best known of which he compares Tibbie's with a wren's nest. Legend has it that the morning after one of these nights of feasting, recitations and philosophising, accompanied likely by a few drams, Hogg was heard to call: "Tibbie, bring in the Loch!" Other names appearing in the visitors' books, still existing in the care of Tibbie's descendants, are Robert Louis Stevenson, historian Thomas Carlyle, the angler and poet Thomas Stoddart and future prime minister, William Gladstone.


Inn demand: Tibbie Shiel's goes up for sale. (2007). Thesouthernreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2018, from https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/inn-demand-tibbie-shiel-s-goes-up-for-sale-1-96666

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24491

Walter married Ellen McLarty 2 Mar 1865, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Dugald McLarty and Ellen Ramsay) was born 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen McKellar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24492

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246174504
• Interesting: pioneer, story
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91462
• Immigration: 1833, , Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1889, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 010, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Death of Mr. James Welsh, Sr., of Waterloo

The death of this very old resident of Waterloo Township appeared in our last issue. Mr. Welsh came from near Jedburg, Selkirkshire, to Canada in 1833 or 1834, and on arriving in this section took a job at chopping for Mr. Puddicombe, of near Haysville. Next taking a contract on the Macadamized road, near Galt, which was then being improved. His companions on the voyage out, Messrs. Thomas and James Dalgleish and himself, subsequently took up the farm which afterwards was the homestead of the late Thomas Marshall, Township Clerk, on which they remained for a short time. After being two years here he returned to the Old County, where he was married in 1836 to Miss Catherine Linton, a sister of the late Walter Linton and Mrs. Henderson, of Galt. He returned to Galt shortly after his marriage and was employed by the late Absalom Shade for some time. He then took up the farm near Orr's Lake subsequently, and now owned by Mr. George Barrie, on which he remained for a year or two, then leaving there and removing on to the farm in Waterloo, where he died, and on which he had lived for forty-six years. For some years Mr. Welsh has retired from any active attempt to farm, but he still resided on the place.

It seems almost incredible, but it is nevertheless the fact that his death was the first break in his family. Married over 53 years ago, his family consisted of two sons and three daughters, who with his widow are all living. Of his sons, James has been for some years farming in Manitoba, while John has lived on and cultivated the homestead in Waterloo. His eldest daughter Margaret, was married to the late John Robson, of North Dumfries, and is living now near Deloraine, Manitoba, the second daughter, Jane, is Mrs. James Brydon, of Puslinch, and the third daughter, Mary Ann, married Mr. Wolf, and now resides near Guelph.

Mr. Welsh was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a regular attendant of Knox church, Ayr, under the ministrations of Rev. John Thomson, between whom and his aged parishioner warm feelings of friendship existed. Mr. Welsh was buried in Ayr new cemetery. And thus one by one, we chronicle the removal from amongst us of the strong armed men who hewed out this country from a wilderness, and built smiling homes, where peace and plenty, honesty and piety, with a generous hospitality, are characteristic.

Galt Reporter Oct 11 1889 pg 1

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Died, In Waterloo Township, on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, 1889, at 11: 30 o'clock a.m., Jas. Welsh, Sr., Aged 82 Years The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Lot 10, Waterloo Township, on Friday, October 4th, at 2 o'clock p.m., to the Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. Waterloo Township, Oct. 2nd, 1889^.

Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

James married Catherine Linton 1836. Catherine (daughter of John Linton and Margaret Scott) was born 1807, , Scotland; died 4 Nov 1903, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 6 Nov 1903, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Welsh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91463
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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In Memoriam Died At the residence of James Bryden, Lot 1, Gore of Puslinch, on Wednesday, November 4 th, 1903. at ten o'clock A.M. Catharine Linton, Widow of the late Jas. Welsh, Aged 96 Years. The Funeral Will take place on Friday, November 6th, at ten o'clock A.M., from the residence of James Bryden, to Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82687
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada

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Died, In Waterloo Township, on Tuesday, 23rd inst., at 12: 30 o'clock, Thos. Richardson, Aged 82 Years and 9 Months. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, 2 miles north of Roseville, on Thursday, 25th inst., at 1 o'clock p.m., to Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited to attend. Waterloo, Dec. 23rd, 1890

Funeral Card

Thomas — Christina Anderson. Christina was born 1808, St. Marys, Selkirk, Scotland; died 12 Aug 1862; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Richardson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87385