William Edgar Meikle

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102274

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166967
• Residence: 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saddler
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John married Mary Wallace 14 Nov 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Hugh Wallace and Isabella Gillespie) was born 22 Nov 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1925, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Elderslie Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario
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• Name: Mary Meikle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-167102
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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MEIKLE -Mrs. Mary Wallace Meikle, aged 81 years, widow of John Melkle, died Monday, at her residence, 87 Academy road. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, from the residence. Burial will be made at Elmwood Cecetery.

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MEIKLE The funeral will take place this afternoon of Mary Wallace, widow of John Meikle. Mrs. Meikle, who was 81 years of age, died Monday at her residence, 87 Academy rd. Born at Ellerslie, Ont., she resided the past 20 years in the West. Four daughters - Mrs. A. H. Peebles, of Alhambra, Cal: Miss Isabelle, Miss Helen and Miss Hughena Meikle; and four sons - Wallace, William and Douglas, all of Winnipeg. and George, of Kelowna, B.C., survive. A sister, Mrs. Peter Hay, is livng at Galt, Ont. Service, which will be at 3.30 o'clock at the residence, will be conducted by Rev. Dr. E Lesile Pidgeon, of Augustine Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Meikle was a member. Burial will be made at Elmwood cemetery.

The Winnipeg Tribune, 4 Mar 1925 pg 8

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• Occupation: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; distiller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102690

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Among these early Galtonians were : Messrs. John Young, innkeeper; Adam Ainslie, barrister; George Lee, watchmaker; William Trotter, contractor; James Johnson, grocer; William Ferguson, blacksmith; Adam Hood, carpenter; M. B. Gordon, merchant; Isaac Sours, woollen factory; John Miller, barrister; Alex. Addison, cabinet maker; Robert Wyllie (afterwards of Ayr); Adam Scott, carpenter; James Craig, painter; Andrew Elliott, grocer; Charles Badenock, innkeeper; Peter Dinahy, workman; Sidney Smith, saddler; H. G. Barnaby, tanner; William Chipman, bailiff; Sweden McDonald, road-maker; Alex. Sinclair, workman; Francis McElroy, blacksmith; Robt. Wallace, baker and grocer; Robert Henshelwood, workman; Thos. Blacklock, butcher; William Stirling, farmer; James Sproule, shoemaker; Richard Irwin, merchant; Theophilus Sampson, innkeeper; George Meikle, distiller;....

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

George — Agnes Sproat. Agnes (daughter of Andrew Sproat and Janet Robson) was born 1807, , Scotland; died 12 Jul 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Meikle
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102691
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian

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• Occupation: North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; blacksmith
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139918
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• 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; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada

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Death of Hugh Wallace, Esq.

To the long roll of departed heroes of this section we add today the name of Hugh Wallace, of Elloralie, North Dumfries, who entered on his well-earned rest on Friday evening last, aged 84 years.

When words are written at the close of a life like this they can but feebly express the scenes and vicissitudes through which it passed. The deceased was a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and from almost childhood was thrown upon his own resources, being at a very early age apprenticed to the blacksmithing trade. Mastering the details of that business, and at the same time acquiring a very fair education by personal effort - for the making of a living left little time for any schooling - as a young man Mr. Wallace found himself a journeyman blacksmith, working at his trade until he married. The desire to improve his fortunes made him eagerly cast his eyes toward the available lands which afforded scope for the emigrant. In 1832 the die was cast, and in that year he landed on American shores, only there to be greeted with the terrible misfortune of losing his young wife by cholera, which was then raging. For two years thereafter he resided with his child, who is now Mrs. Andrew Landreth, in New York State; but the Township of North Dumfries was in the market, and with its adjacent Townships of Waterloo and Wilmot was attracting a good deal of attention. Turning westward, Mr. Wallace decided upon first visiting this section, and in these days of railways it is difficult of credence that at that time he made the whole distance by driving. On arriving here, he soon selected the land out of which he hewed the valuable homestead where for so many years of his later life he enjoyed more than the usual comforts of a green old age. While clearing and bringing under cultivation the land he had purchased, Mr. Wallace never gave up the trade he had learned at home, and soon got up a little shop wherein, when business called or when outdoor pursuit could not be followed, the busy clang of the hammer, wielded by an arm now powerless, could be heard. During this interval he married the lady who still survives him, a sister of the late Mr. Robert Gillespie, by whom he had seven children, viz.: - Mr. John Wallace, of Waterloo; Mr. James Wallace, of North Dumfries, living near the homestead; Mr. William Wallace, residing on the homestead; Mrs. Wiffler and Miss Wallace, residing with him at the time of his death; and Mrs. John Meikle and Mrs. Peter Hay, of Galt, all of whom worthily reflect in their lives the example set them in integrity, industry and Christian rectitude.

To think of "Dickie Settlement" and this old familiar face gone, is sad to many in this section. So closely identified with its history, every foot of progress bearing testimony to his industry, frugality and intelligence; the kindest of neighbors and most forgiving of opponents; strict in the higher duties and observances of the Presbyterian body to which he belonged and cordial in its support and progress, a life like this at its close conveys its own lesson of good while it leaves behind a blank.

Galt Reporter Mar 7 1884 pg 1

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Died, At Ellerslie, North Dumfries, on Friday evening, 29th February, at half-past nine, Hugh Wallace In the 84th year of his age. Funeral Will take place from his late residence, on Tuesday, March 4th, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., to the Galt Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. N.Dumfries, March 1st, 1884.

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Tombstone Reads 29 Feb 1884

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Mr. Wallace never gave up the trade he had learned at home, and soon got up a little shop wherein, when business called or when outdoor pursuit could not be followed, the busy clang of the hammer, wielded by an arm now powerless, could be heard

Hugh married Isabella Gillespie , New York State, USA. Isabella (daughter of Adam Gillespie and Isabell Colvil) was born 4 Jun 1808, Coylton, , Ayr, Scotland; died 9 Oct 1885, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 12 Oct 1885, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabella Wallace
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-139919
• Immigration: 1832, , New York State, USA
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1885, Dickie Settlement, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Died, At Ellerslie, North Dumfries, on Friday, 9th October, at 11.30 P.M., Isabella Gillespie, Relict of the late Hugh Wallace, In her 77th Year. Funeral On Monday afternoon, Oct. 12th, at a quarter past 3, from her late residence to Galt Cemetery Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend. North Dumfries, Oct. 10, 1885.

City of Cambridge Archives Funeral Card Collection

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At Ellerslie, North Dumfries, on Friday 9th October, at 11:30 p.m., Isabella Gillespie, relict of the late Hugh Wallace, in her 77th year.

Galt Reporter Oct 16 1885 pg 1

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Passed Away

After many months of gradual decay, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, of "Dickie Settlement," widow of the late Hugh Wallace, died on Friday night last in her 77th year. The history of this family is so well known in this section that but few words are necessary now. Mrs. Wallace was a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and came to York State in 1832, in company with her brother, the late John Gillespie. There she was married to her late husband and in 1834, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Gillespie came to this Township, the lands selected being those upon which the rest of their days were spent, their married life extending over a period of fifty years. Of their family there are left Mr. John Wallace, of Waterloo; Mr. James Wallace, residing on his farm close to the Homestead; Mr. Wm. Wallace, residing on the Homestead, as do also two daughters, Mrs. Wifller and Miss Wallace; Mrs. John Meidle, residing with her husband and family on a contiguous farm; and Mrs. Peter Hay, of Galt.

Mrs. Wallace's funeral took place on Monday afternoon, the assemblage of relatives and friends being very large.

Galt Reporter Oct 16 1885 pg 1

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60572

Andrew — Janet Robson. Janet was born CA 1770, of, Ankrem, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Janet Sproat
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99702

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211270

John — Helen Douglas. Helen was born 4 Jun 1770, Riccarton, Ayr, Scotland; died 10 May 1840; was buried , Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Helen Wallace
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-211269
• Immigration: 26 Jul 1836, New York City, New York, USA.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213426

Adam — Isabell Colvil. Isabell was born 11 Jan 1778, Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabell Gillespie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213427