Douglas Fields

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60236
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Knitter, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60203
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian
• Residence: 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dyer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Dyer
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dryer Wool
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dyer, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Douglas married Mary McGinnis 10 Apr 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Hugh McGinnis and Jane Kehoe) was born 24 Jun 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Fields
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-60214
• Residence: 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Laborer
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1923, 249 Water St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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FIELDS, MARY (Nee McGinnis)

On Saturday morning, December 1, 1923, in her 86^th year, one of the oldest residents of Galt, of 249 North Water St. She was born in Puslinch and had been a resident of Galt for about forty years. She was a member of St. Patrick's Church. Surviving are three sons, George, Henry and Douglas, all of Galt; one brother and four sisters, John McGinnis of Kitchener; Mrs. J. Clancy of Cleveland; Mrs. A. Smith of Detroit; Mrs. McDonald of Pontiac; and Mrs. T. Fields of Sorento. The funeral took place on Monday morning from the residence of her son, George of 249 Water St. to St. Patrick's Church, thence to Hespeler Roman Catholic Cemetery. Rev. Father Doyle conducted the service.

-Information from the death certificate: Daughter of Hugh and Jane McGinnis.

-Information from the death certificate of Catherine Fields: Of 56 Nairn Ave., Toronto. Born on Apr. 22, 1845, daughter of Hugh McGinnis and Jane Kehoe. Widow. Died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto on July 27, 1933, aged 88 years, 3 months, 5 days, due to a fractured leg caused by a fall. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Informant - Robert H. Fields, 56 Nairn Ave., Toronto, her son.

-Note that two daughters of Hugh and Jane McGinnis married Fields men, possibly brothers.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
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• Public Service: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; constable
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25243
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer

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Our community did not have a Police Constable in its early days. The settlement of Bergeytown, and later the hamlet of New Hope, was basically unprotected and relied on the honesty and goodwill of its citizens to be law abiding. With the incorporation of the Village of Hespeler, on January 19, 1859 the first Council meeting passed a motion by David Rife, seconded by C. Nahrgang that Henry Fields be appointed constable and "receive such fees as the law provides and only when on actual duty". The motion was carried and Henry Fields became the first police officer in Hespeler.

There was no lockup at the time, and the nearest goal was in Guelph, so anyone unfortunate enough to be incarcerated in the evening had to spend the night locked in a bedroom at the constable's house. There is a report of one such individual who woke Mr. Fields by making too much noise while trying to escape and was dragged back through the bedroom window by his ankles! The window was subsequently nailed shut. Mr. Fields continued as constable until 1873 and passed away one year later at age 63.


Hespeler Happenings Summer 2008 - HESPELER POLICE by Lary Turner

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In Hespeler, on the 31st ult., Henry Fields, aged 63 years and 5 months.

Galt Reporter Feb 6 1874 pg 3

Henry — Ellen Hunter McKersie. Ellen (daughter of David McKersie and Catherine Hunter) was born CALC 1 Jul 1812, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died 12 Feb 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Hunter Fields
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25244
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Daughter of David McKersie and Catherine Hunter of Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Henry McGinnis
• Name: Herme McGinnis
• Occupation: Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119034

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MCGINNIS, HUGH

The funeral of Mr. McGinnis, aged 68 years, whose death we briefly mentioned in last week's issue, took place on Friday morning, the 19^th November 1886, from his residence on Bergey St. in Hespeler to the Catholic Church. Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Kiely, after which his body was interred in the Catholic Cemetery in the presence of his sorrowful widow and family of eleven children and many grandchildren, as well as a large concourse of friends and acquaintances. He was a native of County Down, Ireland and settled in the 4^th concession of Puslinch in the year 1831. He successfully cultivated a farm there for upwards of forty years, leaving it a few years ago, since which time he has lived in Hespeler, endearing himself to all by his unassuming and genial manner. Although showing the wear and tear of a busy, industrious life, he bid fair to see many years, but on Saturday he was suddenly taken ill with inflamation of the lungs, never rallying, death ensuing at an early hour on Wednesday morning. We believe that, of the twelve members of his family, eleven were present at his death. Among others from a distance we noticed at his funeral Mrs. McDonald of North Branch, Lapeer County, Michigan and Mrs. Clancy of Buffalo, NY, both daughters.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Hugh — Jane Kehoe. Jane was born 1810, Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States; died 10 Oct 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane McGinnis
• Name: Jane Sullivan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130899

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MCGINNIS, JANE (Nee Keough - sometimes spelled Kehoe)

At the great age of 98 years, Mrs. Hugh McGinnis, at the home of her son, John in Berlin, ON, shortly before midnight on Saturday, 10^th October 1908. Until she sustained a fall about three months ago and had a hip badly injured, she was up and around with as much activity as many women twenty years her junior. She has been confined to her room for about eleven weeks and latterly dropsy had set in. Her vitality gradually lessened and the end was not unexpected. She was born in Potsdam, NY in 1810. She was twice married, first when young to a Mr. Sullivan, to whom she bore two children. After his death, she married Hugh McGinnis and with him settled on a farm near Downey's School in Puslinch. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom the following survive: Mrs. R. D. McDonald of West Branch, Michigan; Mrs. J. Clancy of Cleveland; Mrs. A. Smith of Toronto; Mrs. D. Fields of Galt; Mrs. R. Fields of Toronto; Bernard of Colorado; Joseph of Toronto; John of Berlin; and Hugh of Hespeler. Joseph and Bernard died in the same year about four summers past. Mr. McGinnis Sr. died twenty-four years ago. For many years, she lived in Hespeler but for seven years, has had her home with her son, John in Berlin. She was a most remarkable old lady. Up until quite recently, she took a keen interest in current events of both local and general interest. She read different newspapers and was exceedingly well informed. She delighted in visits from her friends of past years and in talking over bye gone days. She was widely known and respected and retained her faculties to a remarkable degree until the close of her life. She was a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church and a regular attendant. The funeral took place on Tuesday from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church to the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Berlin.

-Information from the death certificate of Catherine Fields: Of 56 Nairn Ave. , Toronto. Widow. Born April 22, 1845, daughter of Hugh McGinnis and Jane Kehoe. Died July 27, 1933, aged 88 years, 3 months and 5 days, as a result of a fractured leg caused by a fall. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery. Informant - Robert H. Fields of 56 Nairn Ave. , Toronto, her son.

-Information from the death certificate of Joseph McGinnis: Died on Oak St. , Toronto, on June 25, 1902, aged 52 years of tuberculosis.

- Information from marriage certificates: Helen "Ellen" McGinnis (born c. 1846 or c. 1850 -differing reports) married 1^st C. Miller on Jan. 14, 1865, 2^nd John Clancy on Mar. 16, 1878. Jane McGinnis (born c. 1852) married Daniel McDonald on June 28, 1870. Sarah McGinnis (born c. 1862) married Albert Smith on Feb. 14, 1888.

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203751

David — Catherine Hunter. Catherine was born 1790, , Scotland; died , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine McKersie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203752