James Pollock

1809 - 1880  (70 years)

• Name	James Pollock
  Born	18 Dec 1809	Leith, , Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Surveyor
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Surveyor
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of Scotland
  Occupation	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Surveyor
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of Scotland
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-103888
  Died	9 Sep 1880	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  	Cause: Cancer of Tongue (1 year)
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I103888	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Susan McMartin,   b. 1822, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Oct 1908  (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. James Pollock,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Duncan McMartin Pollock,   b. 6 Mar 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 10 years)   3. Robert Pollock,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F26623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH OF MR. JAMES POLLACK, P.L.S. We have before referred to the serious illness from which this gentleman was suffering, and knew that although at times apparently a little better, there was no hope of the disease being conquered. On Wednesday, bleeding from the cancerous affection of the throat again set in, and despite all that could be done by medical skill, continued so severely that death ensued at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning. Deceased was born in Leith, Scotland, on the 18th December, 1809, and emigrated to this country some time about 1842. For a few ears he taught school in Lower Canada, but being possessed of an excellent mathematical education, he abandoned school teaching for surveying, and having duly passed in the year 1849 he came to Galt, where he was since continuously resided. Of a very quiet disposition, Mr. Pollock took but little interest in municipal or political affairs. Widely known and very much respected, he enjoyed the respect of the members of the community in which he had spent so many years of his life. Deceased was married twice, his son James, a very clever young man, leaving Galt about the commencement of the American was, and strangely, since that time, noting has been heard of him. His second marriage to the lady who now survives him resulted in the birth of three children, one of whom died in infancy, another being drowned in Blain's dam while attending the Collegiate Institute, leaving only the one son surviving. The funeral will take place today (Friday) from his late residence, west Main Street, to Galt Cemetery. Galt Reporter Sep 10 1880 pg 1 _____________________ New Aberdeen In 1851 Davidson commissioned James Pollock to survey the village, but no copies of this map have been located.

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 26. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.37. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 5 Page 53. [S793] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), "Death of Mr. James Pollack, P. L. S.," 10 Sep 1880, p. 1. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. James Pollock/ died 1880/ aged 71 yrs/ Susan McMartin/ his wife/ died Oct. 21, 1908/ in her 89th yr/ Duncan McMartin/ their son/ died 1872/ aged 10 yr's/ POLLOCK/ [Veterans cross] [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 016499 (1880). Name:James Pollock Gender:Male Age:71 Birth Date:abt 1809 Birth Place:Leith, Scotland Death Date:1880 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Cancer of The Tongers

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Dec 1809 - Leith, , Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Surveyor - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Surveyor - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Surveyor - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cancer of Tongue (1 year) - 9 Sep 1880 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth