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

Alpheus Smith

Male 1801 - 1842  (41 years)


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  • Name Alpheus Smith 
    Born 1801  of, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-112474 
    Died 10 Jan 1842  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I112474  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Captain Thomas Smith,   b. 14 Nov 1767, , Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Weaver,   b. 20 Aug 1778, of, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F12721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Weaver,   b. 1800, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Mary "Polly" Smith,   b. 1828, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1901, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Willard C. Smith,   b. 18 Jan 1831, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1862  (Age 31 years)
     3. Elvira Smith,   b. 1833, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1856  (Age 23 years)
     4. Alpheus Smith,   b. 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F28499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • High up on the hill, on the east side of the road and north of Cox's Creek at Winterbourne, there is a log house on the same site as a former one. It was here, at the home of Alpheus Smith, that the prayer meeting was being held, on a Sunday evening, during which Alpheus Smith's father, the old captain fell to the floor unconscious and remained in that state until the following Sunday when he died. Alpheus Smith married Ann Weaver, from Ancaster, and it was their daughter Mary, or Polly, a life long resident of Winterbourne, who told me the story of Captain Smith, which she alone could tell, and that but three weeks before her death.1a

      The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  • Sources 
    1. [S417] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Presbyterian CC#4597 Internet Link.
      In Memory Of / Alpheus Smith / Who Died / Jan'y. 10th 1842 / Aged 40 Years / [Verse Illegible] /

    2. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 4.

    3. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 67.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1801 - of, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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