John Landreth: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

John Landreth was born 3 Mar 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Landreth and Helen Meikle, son of John Landreth and Helen Meikle); died 30 Oct 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-210436
Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker
Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
Occupation: 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Jeweler
Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker
Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watchmaker, Shop
Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

John married Agnes Wilhelmine Cowan 14 Sep 1892, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of Meible, daughter of William Cowan and Agnes Duress, daughter of William Cowan and Agnes Turnbull Dunn) was born 30 Apr 1872, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 16 May 1872, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1939; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Frank Williams Landreth was born 22 May 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

John Landreth was born CALC 14 Jul 1833, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of George Landreth and Margaret Bunyie); died 14 Nov 1865; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Eby ID Number: Waterloo-2055
Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
Residence: 1864, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John Landreth was probably originally buried in St. Andrews Cemetery [now Pioneer Pergola] and was moved to Mount View Cemetery. (In the midst of life we are in death/ In memory of/ John Landreth/ died [stone broken]

John married Helen Meikle 29 Jan 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Helen (daughter of Miekle, daughter of George Meikle and Agnes Sproat) was born CALC 11 Jan 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jul 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Helen Meikle was born CALC 11 Jan 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Miekle, daughter of George Meikle and Agnes Sproat); died 14 Jul 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Helen Landreth
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-2056
Residence: 1864, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

1871 - Ellen Landreth is in same household as James Meikle.

Children:

1. John Landreth was born 3 Mar 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Oct 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 3

George Landreth was born 1797, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; died 1855.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49772
Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

Notes:

"The families of the following persons also came out together by the 'Sarah Mary Ann,' of Maryport**, England, in April 1831: George Landreth, James Bunyan, Thomas Adams, John Kerr, David Brown, Adam Kersell, Robert Cranston, James and Walter Deans, John, Thomas and William Henderson, John and William Veitch, Robert Laidlaw (father of James Laidlaw M.P.P.), Paisley Block; James Little and Robert Aitkin, Blue Lake, and James Davidson, Keg Lane, near Paris. With possibly one exception, all these families were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Voyage \endash five weeks and four days.

Young, The Hon. James M. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of North Dumfries . Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company, 1880; footnotes, pgs 60-61)

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A-1-78 George Laudreth Probate of the Will of George Laudreth, late of the Village of Galt, granted the Seventh day of November 1855, on the Petition of James Bury? John Gillespie and George Barrie Jr. Executors named in said Will (Andrew Ramsay having refused to act): -

I George Laudreth of the Township of Dumfries, Yeoman…I give and bequeath at my death to my beloved wife Margreat B. Laudreth an annuity of Twenty five pounds currency payable on the first day of January, yearly; and further I will and bequeath unto my second son Andrew Laudreth all my Freehold property and tenements etc, situated and being in the Township of North Dumfries in the 13 concession of the said Township, containing two hundred acres more or less and also I bequeath to my son Andrew Laudreth a lot of land being and lying in the Eleventh concession of the same Township of North Dumfries, containing 24 acres more or less and may be known as described by deed of the same, all the above property. I will and give unto my son Andrew Laudreth to his heirs and assigns forever..,.provided that my son Andrew shall well and truly pay unto his mother the above sum and in addition to the above sum he shall build his mother a comfortable cottage on the farm with a rood of ground for a garden if she wish to have it and also to keep a cow for her and also to provide for her yearly, a sufficient quantity of firewood made ready for the stove and also 12 bushels of potatoes yearly, and also that my wife shall have the use of all my household furniture as long as she lives with all the above annuities provided only that she remains a widow. And also I will and bequeath unto my other children as follows. I bequeath to my oldest George Laudreth the sum of three hundred pounds and also I will and bequeath until my third son James Laundreth the sum of three hundred pounds, and also I will and bequeath to my youngest son John Laudreth the sum of three hundred pounds. I also will and bequeath to my daughter Margreat the sum of three hundred pounds all of which sum to be well and truly paid to them in manor following: That two years after my death my son Andrew shall pay unto each of his brothers and sisters one fourth part of the above sum awarded to them and also to pay to them one every second year thereafter the like sum until there portions are all paid up in full. And also that at my death that any property that I may have, such as horses or carriages of any kind, that they shall be sold and the proceeds given to my wife. [After debts and expenses are paid, the residue] should be equally divided between my wife and children, George, James, John and Margreath. I also bequeath to my daughter Margreat the sofa and the eight day clock and the best china table but that my wife is to [have] the use of them as she lives and that my wife shall have the power to dispose of any furniture amongst her children as she may think proper at any time. I appoint my friend James Burgess? And John Gillespie and George Barrie Jr and Andrew Ramsay Tailor of Galt all of North Dumfries to be the only Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

Witnessed by Andrew Ramsay and George Cowan
Will Dated 29 May 1855
Proved 7 Nov 1855
Inventory £25/-
Died 31 Aug 1855

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

George married Margaret Bunyie 19 Apr 1818, Gattanside, Melrose, , Roxburgh, Scotland. Margaret was born 1797, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; died 10 Oct 1869, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Margaret Bunyie was born 1797, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; died 10 Oct 1869, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Margaret Bunyan
Name: Margaret Landreth
Residence: Presbyterian
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102688
Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

Children:

George Landreth was born 1817, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; died 8 Nov 1887, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew Landreth was born 10 Sep 1819, , Roxburghshire, Scotland; was christened 14 Oct 1819, Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 9 Jan 1893, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Jan 1893, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret Landreth was born 1825, , Scotland; died 10 Aug 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
James Landreth was born 1829, , Scotland; died 4 Feb 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Landreth was born CALC 14 Jul 1833, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Nov 1865; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

George Meikle was born 1808, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

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

Notes:

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]

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

Other Events:

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

Children:

James Meikle was born 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
John Meikle was born 28 Jul 1837, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1922, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada.
3. Helen Meikle was born CALC 11 Jan 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jul 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 4

14.	Andrew Sproat was born CA 1770, of, Ankrem, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60572 Andrew — Janet Robson. Janet was born CA 1770, of, Ankrem, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

15.

Janet Robson was born CA 1770, of, Ankrem, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Janet Sproat
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99702

Children:

John Sproat was born 1794, Ankrem, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland; died 1 Sep 1887, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Agnes Sproat was born 1807, , Scotland; died 12 Jul 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.