Edmund Wollis^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1823 - 1906  (83 years)

• Name	Edmund Wollis
  Born	27 Jan 1823	Barnoldby-Beck, Lincolnshire, England   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126529891
  Immigration	1844	, Canada
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	E. N. C.
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Ch. of England
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-117703
  Died	26 Nov 1906	Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I117703	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Jane MacKie,   b. 4 Jun 1833, Auchterless, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 19 Apr 1913, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Aug 1855	, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Margaret Wollis,   b. 6 Jun 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1923, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   2. Mary Wollis,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1900, Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)   3. George Wollis,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Annie Wollis,   b. 14 Oct 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Aug 1936  (Age 74 years)   5. Edmund Wollis,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wollis,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1951  (Age 86 years)   7. John Wollis,   b. 11 Sep 1869, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 86 years)   8. Jane "Jennie" Wollis,   b. Feb 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Sarah Wollis,   b. 1873, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F29578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Wollis-Edmund-001-wifeJaneMacKie-AncestryPublicMemberTree.JPG Edmund Wollis and Jane MacKie - brownhoward42 originally shared this on 19 Apr 2016 to Ancestry Public Member Trees

  
  

• Notes

  Edmund Wollis was born at Barnoldby-Beck, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, on January 27th, 1823. In the year 1844 he came to Canada and for about two years worked in the townships of Darlington and Pickering. One morning in the spring time of 1846 he landed in Elora and then walked to Winterbourne to see the land in Waterloo County, of which he had heard. The river road through the long woods was only chopped out to about half its proper width, the logs forming the corduroy road were floating about in the many swamps, while, from the James Ross farm at the 'big bend' to the 'big ridge,' a distance of more than three miles, was without a clearing on either side of the road. Mr. Wollis soon took up his farm on the east side of the river road, at the 'little ridge.' To the south of him was Thomas Adsett's farm, while across the road from Adset, on the west,. was Richard Moreill and opposite to Mr. Wollis was, a little later, Stephen Webster. Each of these made clearings on the corners of their farms adjoining, so, that, as Mr. Wollis says, "they soon let daylight in." Mr. Wollis was married in August, 1855, to Jane Mackie, whose parents had come to Winterbourne, from Aberdeenshire, in October, 1837. Of their family: Margaret married John Elsley and lives near Mt. Forest; Mary died in September, 1900; George married Esther Gillies, near Mt. Forest; Annie married Samuel Burnett, lives near Listowel; Edmund married Alice Kirkness and lives near Mt. Forest; Elizabeth married William Glennie, lives in Eramosa, and Sarah, living with her parents, who, a few years ago, retired and now live in their comfortable home on the Elora and Salem road. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11708-85. Samuel Burnett, 29, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Same, son of Samuel Burnett and Margaret Gerrie, Married Annie Wollis, 23, b. Woolwich, res. Same, daughter of Edmund Wollis and Jane MacKie, Wittness(es) - George Mitchell and Elizabeth Wollis, both of Woolwich, 16 Sept 1885 at Woolwich [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11031-77. John Elsley, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Arthur Twp, S/O William & Ann Married Margaret Wollis, 21, b. Woolwich, res. Woolwich, D/O Edmund & Jane, Witn William G. Elsley & Mary Wollis Of Woolwich, 5 July 1877 In Woolwich. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011801-91. John A. Glennie, 30, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich Twp., res. same, s/o George Glennie & Ann Adamson, married Jennie Wollis (Wallis?), 20, b. Woolwich Twp., res. same, d/o Edmund Wollis & Jane McKay, witn: Alexander Glennie & Sarah Wollis, both of Woolwich Twp., 30 Sept. 1891 at Woolwich [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012516-95. John Wollis, 26, occ. Yeoman, b. St. Jacobs, res. Woolwich Township, son of Edmond Wollis and Jane Mackay married Nellie Hamilton, 24, b. Woolwich Township, res. Woolwich Township, daughter of Thomas Hamilton and Ellen Pollock, Witness(es): Albert Hamilton of Woolwich and Bessie Fovert (?) of Guelph, 10 October 1895 at The Residence of Mrs. Thomas Hamilton in Woolwich. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 29. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 23. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 68. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 30.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jan 1823 - Barnoldby-Beck, Lincolnshire, England Immigration - 1844 - , Canada Married - Aug 1855 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. N. C. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Ch. of England - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Nov 1906 - Salem, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth