Willa May Biggar

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-417795

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67300
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Iron Turner
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Turner

Andrew married Jean R. Cunningham 31 Aug 1896, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jean was born 23 Jun 1870, Alton, Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jul 1964; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jean R. Biggar
• Name: Jennie R. Cunningham
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67301

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234625630
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102840
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1889; glove maker
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foundry Owner
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

William — Margaret Dixon. Margaret was born CALC 14 Mar 1837, , Scotland; died 1 Mar 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Biggar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102841
• Immigration: 1855, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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In Galt, on Monday morning, March 1st, at 8 o'clock, Margaret Dickson, wife of William Biggar, aged 49 years.

Galt Reporter Mar 5 1886 pg 8

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• Residence: Knox Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125002
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

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A-1-22 William Bigger: Letters of Administration to the Estate of William Bigger, late of the Township of North Dumfries, Yeoman, deceased, granted to and issued to his widow Janet Bigger, the twenty fourth day of December one thousand and eight hundred and fifty three, herself, and her sureties, Andrew Bigger, Yeoman, and George Reid Tailor, all of the same place, having given bond to the amount of One thousand pounds, the estate being £500.

Letters Granted the 24 December 1853

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

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Knox's Galt Presbyterian Church Begun: 1844

This was the Rev. John Bayne's church, a Free [Presbyterian] Church which was founded by him in 1844 with a majority of the members from his former church, St. Andrew's. Dr. Bayne died on Nov. 3, 1859 and in 1861 the Synod of the (Free) Presbyterian Church of Canada of which he was said to be the founder joined with the United Presbyterian Church in Canada to become the Canada Presbyterian Church. Ministers who followed Rev. Bayne were Revs. John Thompson (April 18, 1861-March 9, 1864) and James K. Smith (September 28, 1865-c.1885). In 1875 church union created the Presbyterian Church in Canada from all remaining divisions of the Presbyterian Church. In 1925 the congregation voted 548-363 to remain a Presbyterian Church rather than join the United Church.

After Rev. Dr. Bayne and his followers left St. Andrew's Church, they worshipped in William Biggar's barn until the first Knox Church building (of stone) was erected at the north-east corner of Ainslie and Dickson Streets in 1845-1846. This church was sold to the Wesleyan Methodists in 1872 for their use. It was removed in 1879.

The present Knox's Galt Presbyterian Church was built in 1869 (the cornerstone laying ceremony was on June 18, 1869) and opened for worship on September 11, 1870. The cornerstone was laid on May 25, 1908 for a large Sunday School addition which was completed in 1909. Fire on April 16, 1989 gutted the entire Christian Education/office wing and damaged the church itself; the reconstructed wing (within the original stone walls) and the repaired church were reopened on Sunday, April 7, 1991.

Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

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After Rev. Dr. Bayne and his followers left St. Andrew's Church, they worshipped in William Biggar's barn until the first Knox Church building (of stone) was erected at the north-east corner of Ainslie and Dickson Streets in 1845-1846. This church was sold to the Wesleyan Methodists in 1872 for their use. It was removed in 1879.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

William married Janet Turnbull 17 Jun 1822, Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland. Janet was born 1797, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Janet Biggar
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-127629
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church