John Fields

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81840
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Worker
• Residence: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawyer

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"Glick's Hotel". Operated some years prior to 1854 first by Mr. Glick and later by his widow (grandmother of Abram and Charles). Later still by their mother, Catharine, who afterwards married Andreas Wehrle, father of Charlie Hespeler's wife, Lena. The Hotel was afterwards rented to George Devitt who in the years 1871-73 operated it as "The Devitt House" and in 1874, John Fields was tenant, and the name "The Fields House." Charles Glick ran it as a Temperance House, 1879-81.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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"The Queens". On a plan dated 1846 the corner lot at Queen and Guelph Road is shown as "The Tavern Lot" which suggests that there was then an hotel either in building or in operation. I am lacking in its earliest history.

Stephen Flynn kept Hotel there 1866-68; Michael Haller, 1868-71; John Fields, 1872-73; James Baker, 1874-86; then came the Waypers, father and son, and after them, Albert E. Thomson and then again by Joseph Wayper Jr. After "Josh" died the hotel was operated for a time by his widow and her second husband, Archie Smith. During the time of The Ontario Temperance Act, Mr. George D. Forbes bought the hotel and refurnished it and Henry Sachs managed it.

After Mr. Forbes died, George Thorlby rented the hotel and then it was sold to James Sutherland Cornell, by him to Joseph Krempowich who in turn sold to Samuel Sturman, the present owner.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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John Fields in 1863; Jacob Dimmick, 1866-67; J. N. Goebel, 1866; John Howard, 1866 are designated as Pedlers. That indicates that not yet having places of business they sold their wares from house to house.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

John — Margaret Sullivan. Margaret was born CALC 30 May 1839, , New York State, USA; died 14 Sep 1895; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Jane Fields was born 1850, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Joseph Fields was born CALC 31 Jul 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1871; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario.
3. Mary Louisa "Minnie" Fields was born Sep 1862, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario.
4. Fields was born 6 Oct 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Interesting: story
• 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

Notes:

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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• 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