John Percy

1856 - 1890  (34 years)

• Name	John Percy
  Born	1856	West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Machinist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-102734
  Died	17 Apr 1890	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: Chronic Nephritis (4 months)
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I102734	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Margaret Scott,   b. 25 May 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1914, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	16 Oct 1878	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F26375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Royal & Percy File Works, corner North and North Water Streets - The manufacture of files is an important branch of mechanical industry, it requiring skillful workmanship to produce a good file. The business conducted by Messrs. Royal & Percy has been established for the past 13 years by Mr. Royal, and has been under the present firm title for the past three years. At the present time the firm are compelled to refuse orders, having more on hand than they can conveniently fill. This shows that the work turned out by them is of a superior quality, and satisfactory in every respect. The premises occupied by them are 20x40 feet in dimensions and one story in height, where employment is furnished to seven skilled workmen. They manufacture all kinds of files by hand, thus ensuring a greater degree of perfection than would be otherwise the case. They make mill saws, round and square, flat and warding, mill double-cut and mill pointing, shoe rasps, horse rasps, etc. Mr. Royal, the senior partner, has worked at this trade nearly forty years in the leading manufactories of Canada and the United States, and personally supervises every article turned out of the works. The trade of the firm extends throughout the entire Dominion, and is constantly and steadily increasing. Mr. Royal is a native of the United States, and Mr. Percy is a Canadian by birth. Both are active, energetic and persevering business men, and are deserving of the success their untiring efforts and ability are bringing them. Industries of Canada, historical and commercial sketches, Hamilton and environs: its prominent places and people: representative merchants and manufacturers: its improvements, progress and enterprise (1886)

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 49. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [E] PERCY/ John PERCY/ died April 17th 1890/ in his 35th year/ also his wife/ Margaret SCOTT/ died April 18th 1914/ in her 55th year/ [S] Scott, Galt/ [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 017222 (1890). Name:John Percy Gender:Male Age:34 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1856 Birth Place:Canada Death Date:17 Apr 1890 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Chronic Nephitis [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 010953 (1878). Name:John Percy Age:23 Birth Year:abt 1855 Birth Place:West Flamboro Marriage Date:16 Oct 1878 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:John Percy Mother:Mary Ann Patrick Percy Spouse:Maggie Scott

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1856 - West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Oct 1878 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Chronic Nephritis (4 months) - 17 Apr 1890 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth