Thomas McMaster

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• Interesting: life story, public service, police, fenian
• Military: Fourth Battalion of Her Majesty's Sixtieth Royal Rifle Regiment
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126398
• Immigration: 1870, , Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Constable
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Policeman
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Police, Inspector
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Thomas McMaster, Herman Kreig, Nicholas Krieg, August H. Wittmaak, Hugh McTearnen and others drove "Peddlewaggons" for John Zryd in the old days.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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Thomas McMaster came to Canada during the American Civil War as a bugler in the Fourth Battalion of Her Majesty's Sixtieth Royal Rifle Regiment and after purchasing his discharge there from he worked as a spinner for Schofield at Tannery Street and the Lower Mill, and at Hastings, Ontario, and also a peddle waggon for Zryd.

In 1888 he was oppointed Chief Constable, Tax Collector and Town Foreman, retiring as Collector in 1910, as Chief of Police, 1913, and as Town Foreman when he went on pension. While here he was a member of the 29th Waterloo Militia Battalion under Lt.-Col. George Hespeler and held the Fenian Raid Medal. Tom's faithful service to this community over so long a period will never be forgotten by those who knew him.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

Thomas married Anne Flynn 20 Sep 1869, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Anne (daughter of Farrell Flynn and Mary Early) was born 1 Mar 1840, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1923, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Ellen "Nellie" McMaster was born 15 Sep 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 May 1893, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Daniel McMaster was born 1 Sep 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Dec 1949; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Anna Catherine "Kate" McMaster was born 8 Aug 1876, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Ida McMaster was born Sep 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Lila McMaster was born 4 Sep 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. John Thomas McMaster was born 8 Sep 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Feb 1915, , France; was buried , Nantes (La Bouteillerie) Cemetery, France.
7. James McMaster was born 23 Sep 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Edward Martin McMaster was born 16 Sep 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33422

Thomas — Bridget. Bridget was born Abt 1808, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bridget McMaster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33423