John Wyllie

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• Occupation: 44 Stanley St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; bank manager and Postmaster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58518
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dep. Postmaster
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Union
• Occupation: 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; clerk 4th Division Court
• Occupation: 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; druggist
• Occupation: 1864, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; photographer
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ayr
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Residence: 1891, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bank Manager, Postmaster

John married Margaret Pringle Sep 1856. Margaret (daughter of John Pringle and Jane Laidlaw) was born 5 Nov 1836, Eildon, Roxburghshire Co., Scotland; died 3 Oct 1922, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Oct 1922, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Robert P. Wyllie was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Jane Wyllie was born 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Jennie Wyllie was born 1863, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jun 1898, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. John Pringle Wyllie was born CALC 21 May 1869, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1914, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 28 Feb 1914, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55814552
• Occupation: Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Occupation: 24 Northumberland St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40762
• Historic Building: CA 1845, 10 Water St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Creek Cottage
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Union
• Business: 1867, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent for Marriage Licenses, and Agent for Canada Life Assurance & Western Insurance Co of Toronto
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Post Master
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ayr
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Death: 5 Sep 1876

Notes:

Died At his residence, "Creek Cottage," in the Village of Ayr, on Thursday, the 30th Instant, at 4.30 P.M., Robert Wyllie, Esq., Aged 71 Years. Funeral. You are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral, on Sabbath, the 3rd Instant, at One o'clock P.M., from his late residence to the place of interment, one and a half miles east of Ayr. Ayr, September 30, 1875.

Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

Historic Building:
Constructed in the 1840's by Robert Wyllie. One story clapboard house. Other later owners were Robert Guthrie and Agnes McMillan. Designated building 4 Nov 1985 By-Law 848-85

Robert — Jean L. "Jeannie" Beckett. Jean (daughter of John Becket and Mary Wyllie) was born 1806, Kilwinning, , AYR, Scotland; died 2 Feb 1874, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Feb 1874, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55814651
• Interesting: gave the village of Ayr its name
• Name: Jean L. "Jeannie" Wyllie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40989
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Union
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Died, At her residence, "Creek Cottage," in the Village of Ayr, on Monday the 2nd inst., at 10: 30, P.M. Mrs. Robt. Wyllie, Aged 68 Years. Funeral, You are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral on Thursday, the 5th inst., at 2 o'clock, p.m., from her late residence to the place of interment, one and one-half miles east of Ayr. Ayr, Feb. 3rd, 1874^.


Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

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At her residence, Creek Cottage, in Ayr, Mrs. Robert Wyllie, aged 68 years.

Galt Reporter Feb 6 1874 pg 3

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...John Wyllie was born in 1835 in Canada and married Margaret Pringle of Scotland. Together they had three children, Robert, Jane and John. They lived in a one storey house accompanied by a ¼ acre of land. It was John's mother that was given credit for naming Ayr based upon the many immigrants from Ayrshire. Mentioning it to her husband Robert, who pronounced it as the name of his new established post office in 1840, she had founded the name that continues to exist today...

The Postmaster's Son: John Wyllie: A man of great influence in the history of Ayr By Rachel Morgan Redshaw, Historical Researcher of the North Dumfries Municipal Heritage Committee

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202872

John — Mary Wyllie. Mary was born 1780; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Becket
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-205772