John Fleming, MPP^[1]

1819 - 1877  (57 years)

• Name	John Fleming
  Suffix	MPP
  Born	29 Jun 1819	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	John Fleming & Co. - booksellers and stationers
  		Galt-Business-Fleming,John-0001-JohnFlemingandCompany.JPG
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Merchant
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	merchant
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Free Church
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Store Keeper
  Elected Office	1869	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Warden for the County of Waterloo
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121959539
  Interesting	politics, business, brewer-distill, insurance
  Occupation	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-103918P
  Died	21 Jan 1877	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I103918	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	John Fleming,   b. 1794, of, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 27 Dec 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Janet Bennett,   b. 1795,   d. 10 Mar 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F31897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Matilda Moir,   b. Dec 1823, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 24 Mar 1917, New York City, New York, USA.  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1851	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. John Fleming,   b. 3 Apr 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1919  (Age 66 years)   2. Mary Leslie Fleming,   b. 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1931  (Age 77 years)   3. James Moir Fleming,   b. 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1934  (Age 78 years)   4. Janet Fleming,   b. 1859, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1939  (Age 80 years)   5. Margaret A. Fleming,   b. 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Jamieson Fleming,   b. 25 Sep 1864, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1933  (Age 68 years)   7. Jacqueline Maude Fleming,   b. 1867, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F26628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Fleming was one of Galt's most prominent businessmen in the 19th century. He was the son of John and Jane Fleming and came to Canada about 1835 working first in Dundas as a clerk and book keeper, coming to Galt in 1846. He partnered with Andrew Elliott in a grocery business. His partner retired in 1852 and he partnered with William Robinson. They assumed control of a distillery on the Grand River as well as a soap and potash business. After selling the businesses in 1864 he returned to the grocery and dry goods business and also partnered with Alex Elmslie in a book and stationery store. He also was one of the directors of the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Co. moving it from Brantford to Galt. He also was on Galt council, was reeve as well reeve for the County of Waterloo. In 1875 was elected member of parliament for Waterloo South. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book] ____________________________ The first great fire in Galt took place in 1851. The buildings on Main Street were then chiefly wooden, more especially on the south side where the long and handsome Granite Block now stands. The fire broke out in the store carried on by one McKinnon, and soon all that portion of the street was in flames, The fire engines were worked with a will, but they were powerless against such a mass of flame as soon arose. Messrs Peter Cook, Alex. H. Mowat, R. McKinnon, Andrew Elliott, John McVenn, Robert Wallace all well-remembered names were among those burned out on the occasion. * *The Granite Block which replaced these buildings was also destroyed by fire in 1862. The fire originated from a barrel of Naptha in Fleming & Robinson's grocery, and in consequuence of having a lighted lamp brought too close to it. It occurred about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, the 31st May, 1862, and the fire spread with unprecedented rapidity. The following shops were destroyed: Fleming & Robinson, groceries; John Fleming, books and stationery; William Frier, dry goods; John Orchard tailor and clothier; R. S. Strong, drugs and chemicals; William Kerr, boots and shoes. Besides these establishments, the buildings of Mr. Robert Wallace, and the stocks of Messrs. W. H. Job, Wm. Prest, Angus Polson, Taylor & Green, and George West, were injured by removal, or otherwise. The losses were very heavy Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose Pg. 220 ______ Died, In Galt, on Sunday, the 21st inst., at half-past twelve o'clock, p.m., John Fleming, Aged 57 years. Funeral, On Wednesday, 24th inst., at 3 o'clock, P.M., from his late residence to Galt Cemetery. Galt, January 22nd, 1877. Funeral Card

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12499-83. Roy Somerville, 24, occ. Journalist, b. Dundas, res. Same, son of James Somerville and Janette Rogers, married Janet Fleming, 24, b. Galt, res. Same, daughter of John Fleming and Mary M. Moer?, Witnessed by Benjamin Racey (?) of Walkerton and John Fleming of Galt, 1 Oct 1883 at Galt [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . John Fleming/ born at Dunfermline Scotland/ 29th June 1819/ died at Galt Ontario/ 21st Jan . 1877/ Blessed are the pure in heart/ for they shall see God/ Erected/ to the dear memory of a beloved/ husband and father/ by his sorrowing wife and children [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 30. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.23. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861. [S1204] Church Records - ON, Wentworth, Ancaster - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. John Fleming of Galt, merchant to Mary M. Moir, of Dundas 26 Jun 1851 Dundas, by license Wit. John Gartshore and Ja's Coleman [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 5 Page 52.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jun 1819 - Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Business - John Fleming & Co. - booksellers and stationers - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Jun 1851 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Store Keeper - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1869 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jan 1877 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth