Ventry R. Conway^[1]

1856 - 1941  (85 years)

• Name	Ventry R. Conway
  Born	6 Apr 1856	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	V. R. Conway
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Teacher
  Occupation	1886	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	druggist
  Eby ID Number	00075-4629.1
  Died	5 Nov 1941	Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I11602	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Conway,   b. 1820, , Ireland ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 50 years)
  Mother	Anna Dumas,   b. 1825, , Ireland ,   d. 1876  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F29787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline "Carrie" Martin,   b. 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jun 1886	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F3259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ventry R. Conway (brother of John Dumas Conway), recently graduated as a druggist, decided to set up business in Hespeler and in 1881 built the present Phin Building, which was insured through our office on December 9th of that year. Before the building was ready for occupancy another Druggist, Mr. George K. C. McGregor had opened a store across the street about where Gordon Schmidt now has his shoe repair shop, which he continued some years. He was the father of Dr. McGregor, head of McGregor Clinic in Hamilton who was born here. In view of this rather unexpected development, Ventry Conway decided that as two druggists were too many in this small Village, he would try somewhere else and he went to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he carried on a drug business successfully for a long, long time. Meantime, Dr. Robert McIntyre had taken in as a partner, Dr. Levi Clemens, and they rented the Conway store and had their office in it and ran a drug store in connection with their practise, which in those days was not at all uncommon. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 70. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 5. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 22. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 5. [S2034] Michigan Death Certificates 1921-1952, GS Film number: 1973022 Digital Folder Number: 005240274 Image Number: 03103. Name: Ventry R Conway Event Type: Death Event Date: 05 Nov 1941 Event Place: Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 85 Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 06 Apr 1856 Birthplace: Hamilton, Canada Birth Year (Estimated): 1856 Father's Name: John Conway Mother's Name: Anna Dumas [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011886-86. Ventry Conway, 30, Druggist, b. Hamilton, res. Sault Ste. Marie, son of Edward and Annie married Carrie Martin, 25, res. Waterloo Twp, b. Waterloo Twp, daughter of John and Sarah, Witnessed by: John D. Conway and M (Illeg) L. Irving both of Hespeler, 16 June 1886 in Waterloo Twp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Apr 1856 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - druggist - 1886 - Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Jun 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Nov 1941 - Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth