John Mitchell

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212409686
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58636
• Immigration: 1834, , Scotland
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Land - Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 07 Lot 37, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Land - Directory: 1864, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 33, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• 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
• Retired: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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THOMAS MITCHELL, farmer, Township of South Dumfries, was born in North Dumfries Township, 12th April, 1840, and is the son of John and Sarah Mitchell, the former of whom has been a farmer all his days, and a native of Ayr, Scotland, having been born there, 12th August, 1811. He is still among the living, and resides on the farm he took up in the year of the Rebellion (1837). His wife, Sarah, was also born in Scotland in 1806. They emigrated to Canada - the father in 1834, and the mother in 1836 and were married in Galt, Waterloo County. Thomas Mitchell, our subject, was united in marriage, 26th December, 1865, with Jennie Torrance, a native of Wigtonshire, Scotland. She was born 7th Dec., 1843, and is a daughter of Thomas Torrance, who came to Canada in 1850, and was drowned in the Grand River, in March 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are members of the Presbyterian church, and have found in their lifetime that fortune's smile has fovoured them. When Mr. M., who received a good general and mathematical education, first entered the arena of farm life, he purchased 85 acres of improved land, the buildings on which were all put on after coming into his possession. He and his sister Ellen are the only two living representatives of his father's name.

The history of the county of Brant, Ontario: containing a history of the county: its township, cities, towns, schools, J. H. Beers & Co. Warner, Beers & Co.

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Died. In Ayr, on Saturday the 9th inst., at 10.05 A.M., John Mitchell, Sr., Aged 83 Years and 4 Months. Funeral On Tuesday, the 12th, at 1 o'clock P.M, from his late residence, Bruce Street, to the Ayr Cemetery. Ayr, December 9th, 1893.

Funeral Cards

John married Sarah Wallace Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Hogg Wallace and Helen Douglas) was born CALC 15 Aug 1804, , Scotland; died 20 Mar 1886, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Mar 1886, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Thomas Mitchell was born 12 Apr 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1931, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Apr 1931, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Wallace Mitchell was born 7 Feb 1842, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1881, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Jan 1881, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Hellen Mitchell was born 1844, , Ontario, Canada; died 1907; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. William Mitchell was born 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died 1849, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.