Martha Ellen Lovett Hall

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-72846
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Residence: North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 32, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 33, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340533
• 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
• Occupation: 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Death Of Thomas H. Hall - There passed away on Thursday evening, after a lingering illness, a well-known and highly esteemed member of ? H. Hall, Jedburg, in his 66th year. Deceased was born on the farm on which he died and had always lived in this vicinity. In his younger days he took a prominent part in social affairs and no function was complete without the presence of "Tom," as he was familiarly called, to add gaiety to the proceedings. He was also a musician of ability and could always be depended upon to contribute unselfishly to the program at the many house-gatherings which were a feature of the social life in the earlier days. In religion he was a Presbyterian, being a member of Knox United Church and in politics a Reformer. Besides his sorrowing widow, he is survived by one son, William, and two daughters, Martha and Daisie; also Mrs. Morton Guthrie, S. Dumfries, and A. A. Marshall, Toronto, (step-children). Two brothers and 4 sisters also survive, viz.: Robert D., Toronto; John, Vancouver; Mrs. John George Watson and Miss Janet Hall, Ayr; Mrs. Kenneth McKenzie, Blenheim; and Mrs. James A. Barclay of Escondido, California. The funeral, on Sunday afternoon, was one of the largest ever seen here, people coming from far and near to pay their last respects to the memory of one who had always been a good friend and neighbor. During the service a very touching duet was rendered by Mrs. McGaw of Galt and Mr. R. L. Anderson. The services were in charge of Rev. I. W. Currie while the pallbearers were as follows: John Burrows, Dundas; James K Hall, Toronto; A. G. Watson, Wm. Manson, Stephen Marshall and Robt. Morton.

The Ayr News Apr 30 1925 pg 6

Thomas married Sarah Jane Gillies 12 Jul 1899, , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Gillies and Martha Jane Bell) was born 2 Nov 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 7 Dec 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1955, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Jane Hall
• Name: Sarah Jane Marshall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340534
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Mrs. Sarah Jane Hall

AYR, Mrs. Sarah Jane Hall, 89, died Sunday, at the Paris nursing home. She had declined in health for two years, since she broke her hip the second time. Mrs. Hall was the former Sarah Jane Gillies and was born at Kitchener. She had made her home with her son, William G. Hall of Ayr and daughter, Mrs. C. C. Hill of Welland. She was a member of Knox United Church and was active in earlier years in church and village societies. Her second husband, Thomas H. Hall, predeceased her. Survivors are son William Hall of Ayr and son A. A. Marshall of Toronto; daughters Mrs. J. M. (Olive) Guthrie, Ayr; Mrs. C. C. (Martha) Hill, Welland and Mrs. J. M. (Daisy) Witt, Jr., New York City, a brother, William Gillies of Paris, Ont. and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The body Is resting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Guthrie until tomorrow, at 2: 30 p.m., when funeral service will be conducted by Rev. Leslie Ballentine of Galt and Rev. W. D. Goodger of Ayr. Interment will be in Ayr cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Feb 1955 pg 5

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58672
• Occupation: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; distiller
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbterian
• 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: 1893, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 31, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Died, In North Dumfries, Saturday, April 1st; at 5 o'clock, P.M., Wm. Hall, Sr., Aged 77 years, 9 months and 15 days. Funeral. On Tuesday afternoon, 4th inst., at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, Lot 31, Con. 8, North Dumfries, to New Cemetery, Ayr. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. North Dumfries, April 1st, 1893.

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William — Ellen McCallum. Ellen (daughter of McCollum and Daisy) was born Between 1819 and 1820, , Scotland; died 8 Apr 1900, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Apr 1900, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ellen Hall
• Name: Ellen McCallum
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-58673
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbterian
• 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
• Residence: 1900, North Dumfries Concession 08 Lot 31, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Died In North Dumfries, on Sabbath, April 8th, 1900, at 12.30, P.M., Ellen McCallum, Wife of the late William Hall, In her 81st year. Funeral On Tuesday, April 10th, at 2.30, P.M., from her late residence, Lot 31, Con. 8, North Dumfries, to the Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-338820
• Immigration: 1856, , Canada
• Residence: 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 4 Con 10
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Retired: 1901, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Thy Will Be Done Died In Ayr, at 4.30 O'Clock, a.m., Saturday,, March 2nd, 1907, John Gillies, Sr., In his 77th year. The Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Hall Street, on Monday, March 4, 1907, at 2.30 O'Clock p.m., to Ayr Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation^.

Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

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Death of John Gillies, Sr.

The hand of Death has again been busy in our midst, the call this time coming to John Gillies, senior, another pioneer of the district and a representative farmer who was well and favorably known over a wide section of the country. Of a strong, vigorous constitution and well preserved for a man in his 77th year the deceased had known but little sickness until a few weeks previous to the dissolution; and bore his suffering with Christian fortitude, being conscious almost to the last. He was born in K?o, Scotland, coming to Canada about the year 1856, just a little over half century ago. On his way to Hamilton he had a ticket for the ill-fated tram that ?ged into the Desjardines Canal, but fortunately missed it, following on the next train. He first settled in Galt and two years later moved to Berlin. After spending about three years in the town, he took up farming near Galt and afterwards in Blenheim, retiring to Ayr some …?... progressive farmer, a good neighbor and a prominent churchman, being a trustee in Stanley st. congregation for many years. In politics he was a staunch Reformer. In 1863 He married Jane Bell of Galt, who together with a family of five sons and one daughter, survives. The family comprises Mrs. Thos. H. Hall, and A.C. Gillies, Ayr; Thomas, John and William in South Dumfries, and Samuel in Pittsburg, Pa. The funeral on Monday afternoon to Ayr cemetery was quite largely attended, the pall bearers being Messrs. Wm. Mitchell and Geo Scott (Galt), Jesse Clemens (New Dundee), Wm. Richmond, Eph Dance, and C.K. Morton. The serves were conducted jointly by Rev. Messrs. Thomson and ?

The Ayr News Mar 7 1907 pg 3

John married Martha Jane Bell 2 Jan 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Martha (daughter of Samuel Bell and Jane Covey) was born 20 Oct 1837, , Down Co., Ireland; died 24 Jun 1915, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Bell
• Name: Martha Jane Gillies
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-338821
• Immigration: 1856
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Residence: 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115657
• Occupation: 1854, Jedburgh Mills, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; miller

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The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: ....John Hall (afterwards of Ayr)...pg 92

John Hall and David Shiel were employed by Mr. Shade in the Distillery for a considerable time, but the latter, at least, had removed to his farm in West Dumfries, before the cholera broke out. pg 96...

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

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Interestingly, considering its present size, the village of Ayr began as three distinct communities, including Nithvale in the West (Piper Street), Jedburgh in the East (Main Street), and Mudge's Mill in the centre (Stanley/Northumberland Streets). The first settlement occured in 1824 when Abel Mudge built a sawmill at the corner of Cedar Creek and the Nith River (now the site of the Watson factory). Soon after, John Hall built a small flour mill and distillery to the East of Mudge's Mill and named the settlement Jedburgh. At the same time, a smaller settlement (Nithvale) was founded to the West of Mudge's Mill where a small sawmill opened along the Nith. ....John Hall, the patriarch of his family, came to this area in the early 1830's and purchased a seventy-five acre parcel of land that included the area now flooded by the Jedburgh pond. Hall was most likely attracted to this area by the prospect of water power provided by Cedar Creek. By 1850, Hall had developed several industries including a distillery, a grist mill, and a sawmill, all using water power provided by the damming of the creek. As you can see from the bridge which straddles the original dam, the formation of a millpond is a dramatic undertaking. Although now rigidly controlled by the Grand River Conservation Authority, changing water levels used to play havoc with the operation of the mill. A sudden flood caused by the excess runoff could, in seconds, wash away implements in the mill race that took years to build while a drought could bring work to a grinding halt. This unpredictability of water power was an important incitement for industries to convert to electrical power as soon as it became available and affordable. This said, Watson's Manufacturing utilized water power along with other power sources up to 1960. A later stop on the tour recognizes the opposite end of the creek, known as Watson's pond. Together, they constitute what is known as "Millponds.

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A-1-39 John Hall: Letters of Administration to the Estate of John Hall the elder, of Jedburgh Mills, in the Township of North Dumfries, Miller, granted the twelvth of August, 1854. John B. Hall, now of the same place, Miller, after giving proof that said John Hall the elder is head, having died on or about the 25^th July, next foregoing, and that he died intestate; And that said John B. Hall having given Bond by himself, and William Hall, of the Township of North Dumfries, Yeoman and Robert Hall of the Village of Ayr, in the same Township, Carpenter, as his sureties, the said John B. Hall himself into the fun of $3000, he said two sureties, each into the final sum of £1500. Inventory rendered of the personal Estate of the said deceased being of the amount of £2739/11/3

Granted 12 August 1854 to John B. Hall
Inventory £2739/11/3 Bond assigned 20 September 1862

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

John — Margaret Fail. Margaret was born Between 1777 and 1778, , Scotland; died 25 Apr 1861, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Hall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115706

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141666

— Daisy. Daisy was born 1776, , Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Daisy McCollum
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-141665
• Residence: 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbterian

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In 1852 Daisy lived with Ellen McCallum and her husband William Hall in Galt

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144260

Thomas — Agnes Wheelins. Agnes was born Abt 1801, Of, Roxburgshire, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Agnes Gillies
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144284

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144285

Samuel — Jane Covey. Jane was born Abt 1807, of, Down Co., Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Bell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144286