James Wyllie

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-231552
• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Misfortune: 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; fell off bridge in pond

Notes:

The macadamizing of the Dundas and Waterloo road, which was commenced during 1837, served also to increase the business of the place. This much-needed work was undertaken by the Provincial Government, the following gentlemen being appointed Commissioners to carry it out : Messrs. George Clemens and Adam Ferrie, Waterloo; Thomas Rich and James K. Andrews, Galt; Adam Ainslie and John Cornell, Beverly;* and Andrew Todd Kerby and Peter Bamberger, Flamboro' and Dundas. Several persons in Galt obtained contracts for sections of the road Messrs. John Young and William Trotter (father of Messrs. William and James Trotter), were joint contractors for three miles of the work immediately below Rockton, and the three-quarters of a mile nearest Preston; Robert Wyllie (afterwards of Ayr), James Wyllie and Norman Ramsay, had the intervening section between the latter and the tollgate, one mile east of Galt; and James Welch, now farming near Strasburg, and Robert Henshelwood, had the mile between the toll-gate and Galt. This undertaking afforded employment to a large number of men, and its completion gave the quietus forever to the terrors of Beverly swamp, and greatly advanced the prosperity of the entire district through which it passes.

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

James married Janet Watt 10 Mar 1827, Kilwinning, , AYR, Scotland. Janet was born 1805, , Scotland; died 3 Dec 1862, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Wyllie was born 1830, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.
2. James B. Wyllie was born Sep 1832, , Scotland; died 22 Jul 1866; was buried , Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus, Wellington Co., Ontario.
3. John Wyllie was born 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
4. Margaret Wyllie was born 1840, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. George G. Wyllie was born 1841, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Agnes Wyllie was born 1844, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Dec 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.