Andrew Landreth

1850 - 1904  (53 years)

• Name	Andrew Landreth
  Born	29 May 1850	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204320185
  Occupation	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Christian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-127921
  Died	17 Jan 1904  [2]
  Buried	Lauder Cemetery, Lauder, , Manitoba, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I127921	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Agnes "Aggie" Anderson,   b. 27 May 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1917  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Jennet D. Landreth,   b. 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Anderson Landreth,   b. 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1957  (Age 78 years)   3. George James Landreth,   b. Mar 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1969  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F32613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Andrew Landreth was born in the Dickie Settlement, four miles west of Galt, Ontario May 28, 1850, son of George Landreth and Janet Douglas who came to Canada in 1831 from Edinburgh, Roxboroughshire, Scotland. In 1877 he married Agnes Anderson who was born May 27, 1849 at Ayr, Ontario, daughter of Walter and Mary Anderson. Andrew had read the glowing reports from the west country and, in the spring of 1881, he went out on the C.P.R., getting off at Oak Lake where he spent several weeks looking around. He liked what he saw and returned east with a great desire to make a move but, as he had a family of several small children, he was persuaded to remain in the east. However, in 1891, a friend found there was land to buy in the Hartney area and, in April, 1891, Andrew and his son, George, loaded a car of settler's effects and headed west. They stopped at Hartney and drove out to the E 30-5-24 which Andrew purchased from Joe Lister. A few weeks later Mrs. Landreth and seven children arrived in Hartney and drove out to the farm in a wagon. The family lived in a log and sod shack until a new house was built. When they moved into the house the shack was used to house their two horses and a cow. In 1897 Mr. Landreth bought the SE 31-5-24 from Mr. Lister. On this land there was a small house which was moved up beside the Landreth house and combined with it to form the house that exists today. Mr. Landreth died January 17, 1904 and is buried in the Lauder cemetery. The family continued to operate the farm except for the years 1912 to 1915 when they moved to town and rented the farm to George Knox. They lived in the Carson house on lot 20 block 5 which, at that time, was owned by Mr. Logan. Mrs. Landreth died on the farm October 24, 1917. There were eight children in the Landreth family Janette, Mary, - George, Esther, Annie, twins Anderson and Jean, and Cameron. From "Landreth History"

  
  

• Sources

  [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, North Div. 2 Page 50. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204320185.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 May 1850 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth