Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Adam Weir

Male 1857 - 1896  (39 years)


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  • Name Adam Weir 
    Born 1857  , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1881  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Labourer 
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Foundryman 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-105012 
    Died 27 Mar 1896  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Cause: Pneumonia ( 6 days) 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I105012  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father William Weir,   b. 13 Jul 1828, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Jean Johnston,   b. 23 Aug 1839, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1915  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F17655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ADAM WEIR, son of William Weir, Elder in the congregation since 1880. Adam died while yet a young man, but not before he had revealed in himself a fine Christian spirit, thoughtful, tender, gracious; and a noble devotion to the house of his God. He was a faithful helper of the minister. He seemed to charge himself with the oversight of the congregation, and any thing affecting it he was thoroughly alive unto. Any person who had come to it as a stranger; anyone who was sick or in trouble; anyone who would be benefited by a little attention he would tell me about. And he would take pains to do that. He would wait and watch for me, and make the opportunity he sought.

      He seemed to get at the heart of truth by instinct, and he did it as if by nature, with the whole force of his being. He was the embodiment of Christian kindness, and the memory of him, as one who gave himself up to the Lord wholly is very precious. He was honored by God to be a worker in His vineyard, and he did what he could, and did it with a delight that made his face radiant, and a seriousness that made his action impressive, and a love that lifted the act out of the realm of mere routine and made it holy unto the Lord. The thought of his devout and dutiful spirit, of his redeeming the time by acting at once on the touch of God's gracious Spirit, is to us a part of our glorious heritage.

      Ebenezer: A History of the Central Presbyterian Church, Galt, Ontario, with brief sketches of some of its members who have passed on the the other side, The Rev. James A. R. Dickson

  • Sources 
    1. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 34.

    2. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link .
      In memory of/ William Weir/ 1828-1905/ Jean Johnstone his wife/ 1839-1915/ Mary P./ 1872-1890/ Adam/ 1857-1896/ Jean/ died July 6, 1939/ Weir

    3. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 87.

    4. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate.
      Adam Weir Gender: Male Age: 37 Birth Date: abt 1859 Birth Place: Wellington, Ontario Death Date: 27 Mar 1896 Death Place: Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death: Pneumonia #019696

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1857 - , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Foundryman - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Pneumonia ( 6 days) - 27 Mar 1896 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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