Charles Hay

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-159378
• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teamster
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

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JAMES B. HAY, seedsman and florist, Brentford, was born near Paris, South Dumfries Township, June 8, 1839, and is a son of Charles Hay, a native of Scotland and a farmer by occupation. The latter came to Brant County in 1834, and subsequently removed to Waterloo County, Ont., where he died in 1868. He resided in the vicinity of Paris for eight or ten years, and married Isabella Ford, a native of Scotland, by whom he had seven children, six of whom are still living, and two of those are residents of this county. Mrs. Charles Hay is still living in Galt, Ont. James B. Hay, our subject, resided in Brant County during the first eight years of his life, and was afterwards reared in Waterloo County. He followed farming pursuits till he was about thirty-five years of age, and came to Brantford in 1875, entering into his present business of seedsman and florist, which he has conducted with much success. He is the only one in that business in Brantford, or even in the County of Brant. He was married April 23, 187S, to Clara Stock, of Wentworth County, Ont., by whom he had two children, Agnes Catharine and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Hay are both members of Zion Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Hay is a Reformer in politics.


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Charles — Isabella Ford. Isabella was born 1817, , Scotland; died 1 Aug 1886, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. James B. Hay was born 1838, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Agnes Hay was born 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1927, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , West Flamborough Presbyterian Church Cemetery, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario.
3. Ann Hay was born 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Catharine Hay was born 1846, , Ontario, Canada; died 1848, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. John Ford Hay was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Margaret "Maggie" Hay was born 1853, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1888, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Isabella Hay was born 1855, Ancaster, Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 31 May 1930, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.