Warden William Howard Gillespie

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• Interesting: public service
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-72445
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1946, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo

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William H. Gillespie Passes

William Howard Gillespie, RR.5, East River Road, Galt, died Thursday at his homestead farm, Rose Vega. He was 81. Mr. Gillespie was born on the farm where he died. He had resided there all his life. He was a member of First United Church, Galt, where he served as church elder for many years; at present he was an honorary elder. He was warden of Waterloo County in 1946 and had served as reeve of North Dumfries Township 1945-46. He had also served on the township council and was past president of South Waterloo Agricultural Society. He was the original chairman of the agricultural division of the Galt Board of Trade and was township representative on the Galt High School Board. He was also past president of the North Dumfries Plowmen's Association and also of the South Dumfries Farmers Club. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jean Isabel. Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Ford; one son, John H. of RR 5, Galt; two daughters, Mrs. Roy (Eleanor) Hilborn, of RR 5, Galt, and Mrs. John (Mary) Leeds of Guelph; two sisters, Mrs. R. G. (Mary) Ford, RR 4 Galt, and Mrs. Lillian Culham of Galt, and seven grandchildren. Funeral service was conducted Sunday with interment in Mount View Cemetery, Galt.

The Ayr News Jul 18 1968 pg 9

William married Elizabeth Campbell "Lizzie" Ford 9 Oct 1917, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Ford and Mary Jane Campbell) was born 14 Feb 1886, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1974; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Gillespie
2. Jean Isabel "Isabel" Gillespie was born 28 Dec 1918, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1921, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Sep 1921, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Eleanor Eileen Gillespie was born 1921, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 2005, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. John Howard "Jack" Gillespie was born 15 Mar 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Sep 2010, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-72439
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

John married Jennie Taylor Apr 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jennie (daughter of Andrew Taylor and Margaret Scott) was born 10 Jul 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Sep 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Taylor
• Name: Jeanie Taylor
• Name: Jennie Gillespie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136970
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• 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 Loving Memory." Printed on the inside is: Died/ In Galt Hospital, on Sunday, Sept. 3rd, 1922,/ at 7 o'clock a.m.,/ Jennie Taylor,/ Beloved wife of John Gillespie,/ In her 65th year./ The Funeral/ Will take place from her late residence, East River/ Road, on Tuesday afternoon, September 5th, at 2.30/ o'clock, to Mount View Cemetery./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation

Funeral Card of Jennie Taylor Gillespie

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240321954
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27912
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 10, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Died, In Galt, on Monday night, the 25th inst., John Gillespie, Sr., Aged 66 Years and 9 Months. Funeral Will take place on Thursday next, at 12 o'clock, from his late residence, Rosebank Farm, to the Public Cemetery. Galt, Nov. 26th, 1872.

City of Cambridge Archives Funeral Card Collection

John — Jean Adams. Jean (daughter of Thomas Adams and Margaret Catherine Mein) was born 1824, , Scotland; died 28 Apr 1851, West Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Apr 1851, Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jean Gillespie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27911

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133168
• Immigration: 1832, , USA
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 10 Con 11
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• 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

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THE LATE ANDREW TAYLOR

Mr. Andrew Taylor whose death was chronicled in the last issue of the REFORMER, was a very old resident of North Dumfries, having come with his parents, from Medina, N. Y., in 1832, when he was but three years old and has lived on the farm south of Galt ever since. He was of a somewhat retiring disposition and never took an active part in public affairs. He was a devoted member of Knox church, and filled the office of elder, for more than twenty years and during that time was an earnest and useful member. About the beginning of this year, a swelling commenced in the face, which developed into cancer, resulting in death on 28th ult., when he passed peacefully away, having retained all his faculties up to within a few hours of his death. The deceased was married, in 1856 to Miss Margaret Scott, daughter of the late Archibald Scott of Beverly, who survives him. The other members of the family are three daughters and four sons, Mrs. John Gillespie, Misses Maggie and Maria and Messrs. Thomas, Archie, James and John. The funeral took place on Thursday 30th inst. and was attended by a large concourse of friends and neighbors.

The Dumfries Reformer 6 Aug 1891 pg 1

Andrew married Margaret Scott 18 Dec 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Archibald Scott and Jane Ballantine) was born 28 May 1833, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1906, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133169
• Residence: 1856, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• 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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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213426

Adam — Isabell Colvil. Isabell was born 11 Jan 1778, Ochiltree, , Ayr, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabell Gillespie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-213427

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33437
• Residence: 1816, Gattanside, Melrose, , Roxburgh, Scotland

Thomas married Margaret Catherine Mein 25 May 1805, Melrose, , Roxburgh, Scotland. Margaret was born 1778, , Scotland; died 3 Mar 1869; was buried , Hallman Mennonite Cemetery, North Dumfries, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Catherine Adams
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-234474
• Residence: 1816, Gattanside, Melrose, , Roxburgh, Scotland
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church

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• Burial: Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: life story, mill,
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69931

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THOMAS TAYLOR 1795-1845

Married: Margaret Winton - 1826

Thomas Taylor was a millwright born in Dalkeith, Scotland and the great-grandfather of Andrew Winton Taylor. While working in New York state, in 1818, Mr. Taylor was engaged by the Honourable William Dickson to supervise the building of the Dumfries Mill, Galt's first grist mill. The mill opened in 1819 and later that same year, Mr. Taylor purchased Woodside farm on the East River Road on Concession 9 in Dumfries Township. Mr. Taylor returned to Scotland in 1826 where he married Margaret Winton. He returned to North America where he built several mills in upper New York state. In the fall of 1832, he returned to Canada and settled his family at Woodside farm. Mr. Taylor died on August 14, 1845 and was buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery, now Centennial Park. That cemetery was closed in the 1880's and his remains were removed to Mount View Cemetery. Mr. Taylor's original tombstone can be found in the Pioneer Pergola in St. Andrews Park.

Sources:
1. Andrew Taylor Our Todays and Yesterdays North Dumfries and Ayr Centennial Committee Galt 1970.
2. "Early Days of District Are Recalled By Old Plan For Mill", Galt Evening Reporter Monday July 28, 1952.
3. "WHS Salutes Andrew Winton Taylor", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 53, June 1965.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

Thomas — Margaret Winton. Margaret was born 1801, , Scotland; died 15 Dec 1877, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70562
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-62480

Notes:

Archibald Scott was born in 1798 in Ecclefechan, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He married Jane Ballantyne and emigrated to Canada with his wife and then six children and settle in Scott's Corners in Beverly Twp in 1831. The original Scott homestead was owned first by George Weaver and then Samuel Congo before being purchased by Archibald on his arrival from Scotland.

Mr. Scott was a member of the Associate Church in Galt which was later known as the United Presbyterian before becoming First United Church. Mr. Scott died in 1865 on October 4th and was buried in Strang's burying ground in what is now know as High Park. His remains were later moved to Mount View Cemetary. His wife died about 1849.

When Archibald Scott's son John was married in 1856 to Mary Rutherford he moved to the East River Road south of Galt and left John on the old farm at Scott's Corners.

The farm south of Galt was at one time part of the land owned by John Telfer. Its deed shows that in 1847 it was purchased by David Potter. In 1858 that part of the land west of the Great West Railway was bought by Archibald Scott. After his death that land was bought in 1870 by Mr. Archibald Scott's son-in-law Andrew Taylor. It has since remained in the hands of the Taylor family.

Posted 5 Dec 2017 by barbhanc

Archibald — Jane Ballantine. Jane was born 3 May 1794, Ecclefechan, , Dumfries, Scotland; died 1849, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Scott
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83672