St. Elmo Hugh "Hugh" Guthrie

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340343

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Hugh Guthrie A lifelong area resident Hugh Guthrie of RR 3, Bright, passed away at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Friday, January 29th. He was in his 75th year. A son of the late George Guthrie and Alberta Toman, he was born in Blenheim Township. For many years he farmed on the 11th concession, west of Greenfield. Mr. Guthrie was a member of Knox United Church, Ayr. Surviving are his wife, the former Ruth Letson; a daughter Gail and her husband Jim Sherk of Ayr; a son Glen and his wife Jean of Innerkip; three grandchildren Ken Sherk, Julie and Scott Guthrie; and a brother Jim of Greenfield. Funeral service was held Monday at the Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, Paris. Rev. George Saunders of Avr officiated. Interment in Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News Feb 3 1988 pg 12

St. — Ruth Elizabeth Letson. Ruth (daughter of John William Letson and Christina Isabella "Bella" Cress) was born 1913, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jul 2002, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Jul 2002, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Gail Guthrie

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340341
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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George A. Guthrie

Sudden Passing of Widely Known Greenfield Resident Comes As a Shock

While walking from his residence down to his mailbox for the mail on Monday about 12.30 noon, George Alexander Guthrie of Greenfield suddenly collapsed and expired. He had not been in the best of health for some time but appeared to be on the road to recovery. Born on the Guthrie homestead, Greenfield road, a son of David Guthrie and Elizabeth Morton, Scottish pioneers, he had lived all his life in this district. Mr. Guthrie was in his 79th year, and was the last member of the Guthrie family of eight sons and two daughters. In his early years, he occupied the farm now owned by John J. Hodgson, at the C.P.R. depot. He then removed to the farm, 1-1/2 miles west of New Dundee on the Blenheim road, now occupied by his son, William; and 19 years ago came to Greenfield where he took over the old Goldie farm. Mr. Guthrie was known far and wide for his many fine qualities. His was a cheerful disposition and his company was always desirable. He was a lifelong member of Knox United church. Mr. Guthrie was married twice. His first wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Hall, predeceased him 35 years ago. By this union there were three children: William Guthrie, Blenheim; Mrs. Ernest Coleman, Galt, and Miss Barbara, Toronto. He subsequently married Estella Alberta Toman, who survives him, along with two sons, Hugh of Blenheim and James, at home. There are also nine grandchildren. The funeral will take place this (Thursday) afternoon at, 2.30 o'clock from his late residence to the Ayr Cemetery.

The Ayr News May 11 1944 pg 1

George married Estella Alberta "Alberta" Toman 18 Dec 1912, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. Estella (daughter of Aaron H. Toman and Samantha Hammacher) was born 31 Dec 1892, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1951, Greenfield (Reidsville), North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bertie Toman
• Name: Birdy Toman
• Name: Estella Alberta "Alberta" Guthrie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202253
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Mrs. George A. Guthrie Passes At Greenfield

The death occurred on Tuesday night at the home of her son, James W. Guthrie, Greenfield, of Mrs. George A. Guthrie, in her 60th year. She had been ill for a lengthy period.

Mrs. Guthrie was born near New Dundee, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Toman. Her maiden name was Alberta Toman. She was a member of Knox United Church, Ayr, and was highly esteemed by a host of friends.

Surviving are three sons, William and Hugh, Blenheim township, and James W., Greenfield. Her husband predeceased her six years ago. Also surviving are three brothers and five sisters, as follows: Ira H. Toman, New Dundee; Clayton Toman, Wilmot township; Ronald Toman, Milverton; Mrs. Harry Hostettler (Roxie), New Hamburg; Mrs. George Wilson (Cora), Kinderley, Sask.; Mrs. Edward Welsh (Essie), Moosejaw, Sask.; Mrs. Frederick Baker (Ruby), Camptonville, Cal., and Mrs. David B. Mitchell (Wayne), Blenheim township.


The Ayr News Apr 5 1951 pg 2

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340077
• Immigration: 1842, , Canada
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• 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; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1899, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 33, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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In Memoriam Died. In North Dumfries, on Sabbath, March 12th, 1899, at 11 o'clock. A.M., David Guthrie, Aged 77 Years and 3 Days. The Funeral Will take place on Wednesday, March 15th, at 2 o'clock, P.M., from his late residence, Lot 33, Con. 9, North Dumfries, to the Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.

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David — Catherine "Katie" Morton. Catherine (daughter of Robert Morton and Janet Jamieson) was born 23 Jan 1825, Mauchline, , Ayr, Scotland; was christened 3 Feb 1825, Mauchline, , Ayr, Scotland; died 14 Apr 1906, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 16 Apr 1906, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine "Katie" Guthrie
• Name: Katie Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340078
• Immigration: 1842, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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In the death of Catherine Morton, wife of the late David Guthrie, which event occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Marshall, Ayr, on the afternoon of April 14, the community loses another pioneer who was widely known and highly esteemed throughout the section. The deceased, who was in her 82nd year, was born near Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, came to Canada with her parents in 1842, at the age of 17 years, settling in Ayr, and three years later was married to Mr. Guthrie, who, predeceased her by some years. They settled on the farm now occupied by her, son Thomas in North Dumfries, which, with the exception of an occasional visit among different members of her family continued to be her home, and from there her remains were conveyed to their last resting place in the Ayr cemetery. A large family survives, the members of which are - David in Superior, Neb., Robert in Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Wm. Marshall, Ayr, John D , Ayr, Mrs. C. H. Gerbig, Ayr, William in Ingersoll, Ont., James in Superior, Neb., George at New Dundee and Thomas on the homestead North Dumfries. The funeral on April 16 was attended by a large number of friends, the services being conducted by the deceased's pastor, Rev. John Thomson. Thus one by one, the old settlers are passing so that bourne from whence no traveler ere returns.

The Ayr News Apr 26 1906 pg 3

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• Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.92
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Butcher
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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Aaron drowned at the New Dundee Dam after a day at the market, he was with his brother-in-law Allan Bowman at the time.

Aaron married Samantha Hammacher 23 Feb 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samantha (daughter of Jacob Hammacher and Nancy Jantz) was born 18 Aug 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Samantha Toman
• Eby ID Number: 00059-3947.91
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1922, 12 Benjamin St., New Dundee, Ontario

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-251411
• Residence: 1818, Mauchline, , Ayr, Scotland

Robert married Janet Jamieson 29 Jun 1807, Mauchline, , Ayr, Scotland. Janet was born 1782, , Scotland; died 8 Nov 1867; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Janet Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-251409
• Residence: 1818, Mauchline, , Ayr, Scotland
• Immigration: 1842, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

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• Family Photograph: Family of Samuel and Elizabeth Hunsberger Toman
• Name: Samuel Thoman
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00122-7517
• Occupation: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Samuel Tohman, "was born March 28th, 1833. On October 6th, 1857, he was married to Lydia Hunsberger. He resides on his father's old homestead near New Dundee. They had a family of two daughters, Elizabeth and Lydia, when she died. After her decease of his wife he was married to Elizabeth Hunsberger, a cousin to his first wife. The second marriage took place May 14th, 1862. With his second wife he has fourteen children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Toman. - Samuel Toman was born in the County of Waterloo, Ont., on March 28, 1833; died in the County of Oxford, Ont., on Oct. 29, 1922; aged 89 y. 7 m. 1 d. He was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church for sixty years or more, and it is confidently hoped by his many friends that he fell asleep in Jesus. He was the father of 16 children of whom 12 survive him. There are also 44 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 1 sister to mourn his loss. Funeral services largely attended at the Blenheim Mennonite Church on Nov. 1, 1922, conducted by the brethren M. H. Shantz and M. Hallman from Heb. 4: 9. Interred in the cemetery adjoining.

Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 34 - November 23, 1922

Samuel married Elizabeth Hunsberger 14 May 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of William B. Hunsberger and Veronica "Frances" "Fanny" Hallman) was born 4 Jun 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1914, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Toman
• Eby ID Number: 00057-3864
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Elizabeth Honsberger, "was born June 4th, 1836. She was married to Samuel Tohman, a farmer. They reside near Bethel and have a family of fourteen children."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: 00049-3665
• Occupation: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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Jacob Hammacher, "was married to Mary Jantzen. They resided on the old "Hammacher Farm" east of Wilmot Centre for many years, then they moved to one of the Western States where he followed farming. They had a family of several children, but names were not received in time for publication."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob married Nancy Jantz 28 Aug 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Henry Jantz) was born 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Jantz
• Name: Mary Jantzen
• Name: Mary Nancy Johnson
• Name: Nancy Hammacher
• Name: Nancy Jantzen
• Name: Nancy Johnson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121942
• Residence: 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesleyan Methodist

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Died At Dundas, Ont., on Sunday, July 9th, 1922, Mrs. Jacob Hamacher Aged: 90 years, 11 months and 28 days. Funeral Will take place from the residence of her son, Mr. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot Centre, on Wednesday July 12th, at 1. 30 o'clock p m., to the Wilmot Centre Evangelical Church and Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

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