George Stephens Holmwood

1828 - 1871  (42 years)

• Name	George Stephens Holmwood
  Born	8 Jul 1828	, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Free Church
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	C. Presb.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-112580
  Died	1 Jul 1871  [2]
  Buried	Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I112580	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	John Holmwood,   b. Abt 1780, Brighton, , Sussex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Brander,   b. 1825, , Scotland ,   d. 13 May 1891  (Age 66 years)
  Children	1. George Holmwood,   b. 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Clementine Holmwood,   b. 3 Mar 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1875  (Age 23 years)   3. Jessie Holmwood,   b. 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1881  (Age 28 years)   4. Emma Holmwood,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Holmwood,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Walter Holmwood,   b. 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1883  (Age 25 years)   7. William Holmwood,   b. 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary Holmwood,   b. 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1898  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F28541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Holmwood came to the township of Flamborough from Brighton, Sussex, England. In his family there was John, who lived in Flamborough; George married Margaret Brander and lived near Winterbourne ; Henry kept a hotel in Dundas ; Walter, married Mary Ann Thompson ; Robert Penfold Holmwood, who married Elizabeth Millard; Leah married Robert Britton and after his death taught school in Winterbourne, about 1850; while Jane married Wm. Mann, who then owned the land that most of Winterbourne is on; and Emma was the wife of Thomas Crooks, of Crook's Hollow, in West Flamborough. When the Crooks estate put Capt. Smith off the farm, which had for so long been his home, it was Thomas Crooks who came to live on it. The Crooks Tract, as it was called, included all the land for some distance on either side of the river road from Capt. Smith's old home, which is now the Stroh farm, up to and including part of the Millard farm. The German Company's Tract is said to have taken in from what is now the north part of the Millard . farm to the town line between the townships of Woolwich and Pilkington. After Thomas Crooks had come to live in Capt. Smith's old home, his brother in law, Walter Holmwood, came to what was then Cox's Creek and started the first store, the site of which was half way up the hill, on the north side of the creek and on the west side of the road. Having opened this store, his brother, Robert P. Holmwood, came to clerk for him and remained in Winterbourne until his death. His son, Robert Penfold Holmwood, is now living in his father's home, and this is the house that Capt. Smith built after he had to leave his first one. As a specimen of a well-built log house it is well worth examining, while the historical incidents associated with it make it still more interesting. To many this house will be better known by explaining that it is the one which is close to Holmwood's cider mill. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 4. George G. HOLMWOOD Farmer born England Church of England 30 Margret HOLMWOOD born Scotland Church of England 26 George HOLMWOOD born Canada Church of England 2 William BRANDERS Shoemaker born Scotland Church of England 24 [S417] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Presbyterian CC#4597 Internet Link. In Memory Of / Geo. S. Holmwood / Who Died July 1' 1871 / Aged 42 Years 11 Mo's. 23 D. / A Faithful Friend, A Husband Dear, A Tender Parent Lieth Here; / Great Is The Loss That We Sustain, / But Hope In Heaven To Meet Again [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 18. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 65. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 4.

  
  

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  Born - 8 Jul 1828 - , England Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presb. - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth