Percy Norman "Norman" Matthews

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• Name: Norman Matthews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202864

Percy married Florence Myrtle May Rennie 13 Sep 1911, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Florence (daughter of William Archibald Rennie and Mary Jane McKane) was born 26 Mar 1889, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1962, Glen Allan, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Rella Lola Matthews was born 31 Dec 1911, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Nelson W. Matthews was born 26 Oct 1914, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1976, Palmerston, Peel Township, Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Muriel W. "Tiny" Matthews was born 1917; died 1987; was buried , Bethesda Community Cemetery, Moorefield, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166220

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Death Is Sudden For Elmira Man

Well-Known and Popular Resident Is Called By Death

The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon of Thomas H. Matthews, well-known and popular resident of Elmira, whose death occurred quite suddenly Monday evening while he was accompanying his sister home. Rev. J. Ure Stewart of Wesley United Church will conduct the service to be held at his late residence at 2: 30 o'clock in the afternoon. Interment will be made in the Elmira Cemetery. The pall-bearers will be: Messrs. Orrie Hollinger, Charles Hermann, Louis Doerfler, George Ernest, Casper Stumpf and G. H. Ballard.

His sister, Mrs. Stickney, called on him Monday evening. When she was about to go Mr. Matthews said he would walk down with her. Within a few rods of his home he seemed to falter and his sister tried to catch his arm, but he dropped, falling away from the sidewalk. Shortly afterwards he had breathed his last. A doctor was called but he had passed away. Mr. Matthews was seemingly always in good health and was about town during the day his death occurred. He had stated that his stomach seemed to be troubling him for a day or two.

Mr. Matthews, aged 75 years, three months and 26 days, was born in Peel Township, a son of the late William Matthews. He married Margaret Stork of Peel 51 years ago. Two sons were born, Norman, who resides on the homestead and Wellington, who resides on a farm nearby. About 24 years ago he retired from farming and came to Elmira to reside, purchasing a home at 24 Park Avenue. Mrs. Matthews died on February 16 1931, and since then Mr. Matthews lived alone at his home. He will be greatly missed about town as he always seemed quite cheerful and contented and enjoyed meeting and chatting with people. Even the children all knew him and called him by his first name and he had a kindly work for everyone.

Surviving, besides the two sons, are two brothers, Emerson of Glen Allan and Charles on the homestead, two sisters, Mrs. Stickney of Elmira and Mrs. Herb Malloy of Sheffield; and also four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Thomas — Margaret A. Stark. Margaret (daughter of John Stark and Mary Agnes "Agnes" Kenning) was born 1862; died 1932; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret A. Matthews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-166192

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202865

William — Lydia Honsinger. Lydia was born CA 1830, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia Matthews
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202873

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-197610
• Residence: 1861, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagon Maker
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; R. Presb.
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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MR. JOHN STARK IS LAID TO REST

OLD PIONEER OF WATERLOO COUNTY PASSED AWAY IN ELMIRA

One whose long life had been intimately associated with the activities of this district passed away last Thursday in the person of Mr. John Stark of Elmira. Mr. stark was in his eighty-seventh year, having been born on April the fifteenth, 1835, near the town of Waterloo. He came to Elmira as a young man where for sixteen years he carried on a successful carriage making business. For three years after his marriage to Agnes Kenning, of Elmira, he lived in Tilsonburg, but settled soon in Elmira. Subsequently, Mr. and Mrs. Stark moved to a farm on the third line of Pool where they lived for twenty years.

Mr. Stark's son then took over the farm and he and Mrs. Stark returned to Elmira to spend the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Stark dying in 1912. The late Mr. Stark is survived by two children, Mrs. Thomas Matthews of Elmira and Mr. Alverda Stark of Hawkesville.

The funeral took place Sunday afternoon from the home to the Presbyterian church for service, and thence to the Elmira Union Cemetery where the remains were laid to rest. The late Mr. Stark had been a life-long and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and an elder for a number of years. The following served as pall-bearers: John Mahood, Wm. Moser, John Small, Orrie Hollinger, L. A. Jeanneret and Emanuel Musselman. Rev. Dr. Blair of Gale Presbyterian church conducted the services at the home and at the church.

John married Mary Agnes "Agnes" Kenning 25 Sep 1861, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Robert Kenning and Margaret Agnes Walker) was born 7 Feb 1835, , County Down, Ireland; died 8 Jun 1912, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Kenning
• Name: Mary Agnes "Agnes" Stark
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170957
• Immigration: 1836, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; R. Presb.
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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As briefly reported in our issue of last week, there passed away at her home on Mill Street here, on June 8th, Agnes Kenning, beloved wife of John Stark. Deceased was one of the earliest settlers in Elmira arriving here earlier than any person now living in Elmira. She was a daughter of the late Robert Kenning and was born in the county of Down, Ireland. She came to Beverly Township, Ontario, with her parents in 1837, when but seven weeks old and when she was three years old the family moved to Woolwich Township on a farm, much of which is now covered by the village of Elmira. In 1861 she was married to her now bereaved husband, Mr. John Stark. The union was blessed with four children, two of whom died in infancy. The two surviving ones are Mrs. Thomas Matthews, Elmira, and Mr. A.W. Stark, Creekbank. Several brothers also survive, some of whom were present at the funeral which took place on Wednesday of last week. A funeral service was held in the Presbyterian Church of which deceased had been a life-long and consistent member after which the remains were laid to rest in the family plot in the Elmira Union Cemetery.

The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-425766
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Aaron — Ann Fenby. Ann was born CA 1803; died Bef 1861. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ann Stork
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-226128

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• Accomplishments: 2 Cross St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Donated land for the Gale Presbyterian Church
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136873
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; R. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Mr. R. Kenning, one of Elmira's first settlers died suddenly at his home in Berlin on Friday. He arose early in the morning and ate a hearty breakfast, after which he cut a little wood, did a few other chores and went into the house. He was about to light his pipe when he fell over dead. The northeastern part of Elmira was surveyed by him. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and we believe the lot on which the Elmira Presbyterian Church is erected was presented to that body by him. He leaves a widow, four sons and four daughters, and was 80 years old.

THE ELMIRA ADVERTISER, Feb. 13, 1890

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Rev. Alexander Gale was a Presbyterian professor at the University of Toronto and some of his students had ministered to Elmira's Free Church followers in the 1850s. The first Presbyterian church, costing $450 in 1868, honoured Gale. It was built at 2 Cross St., on land donated by Robert Kenning from County Down, Ireland. Kenning and wife Margaret Walker helped Elmira grow in another way - raising 17 children. Gale Presbyterian was a landmark until April 2012, when the new Barnswallow Drive church opened. In 2018, Gale will host its own 150th celebrations. Technique Dance Studio now occupies 2 Cross Str.

mills, r. (2017). Elmira's lively congregations move forward from 1912. TheSpec.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017, from https://www.thespec.com/living-story/7982303-elmira-s-lively-congregations-move-forward-from-1912/

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Rev. Alexander Gale was a Presbyterian professor at the University of Toronto and some of his students had ministered to Elmira's Free Church followers in the 1850s. The first Presbyterian church, costing $450 in 1868, honoured Gale. It was built at 2 Cross St., on land donated by Robert Kenning from County Down, Ireland. Kenning and wife Margaret Walker helped Elmira grow in another way '97 raising 17 children. Gale Presbyterian was a landmark until April 2012, when the new Barnswallow Drive church opened. In 2018, Gale will host its own 150th celebrations. Technique Dance Studio now occupies 2 Cross Str.

mills, r. (2017). Elmira's lively congregations move forward from 1912. TheSpec.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017, from https://www.thespec.com/living-story/7982303-elmira-s-lively-congregations-move-forward-from-1912/

Robert — Margaret Agnes Walker. Margaret was born 26 Nov 1817, , Ireland; died 15 Oct 1894, Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie Walker
• Name: Margaret Agnes Kenning
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136884
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; R. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian