William Hunter

1836 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William Hunter
  Born	1836	, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Blacksmith
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	N. C. Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-139895
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I139895	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Jannet,   b. 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. William Hunter,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James Hunter,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F34811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1859, John Johnstone built a stone Blacksmith shop where Wettlaufer's store is now and his younger brother, James P. Johnston, worked with him there, After John died in 1862 his executors rented the shop to William Hunter for the one year, 1863. In the year 1864 and for at least a part of 1865, Hunter's Landlord was James P. Johnston to whom use of the property had gone under John's will. Of the land Robert Forbes bought from Carl Wiffler, he sold the west part to William Hunter and the east part he reserved, as a pencilled memo on deed 445 says, "for a store". It was on this reserved parcel that Edward Roos later built his livery barn. On the fifteenth day of February, 1865, James Sault was apprenticed William Hunter for three years, his father, also James Sault going his security in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars. The very first job young Jim had to do when he entered his apprenticeship was to help dig the trench for the foundations for a new shop Hunter had decided to build. After Hunter moved into his new shop, then a one-storey building, which we know as "Saults" Blacksmith Shop, James P. Johnston set up business in his own place and carried on till at least 1882 and I believe much longer. William Hunter died in 1868 or 69 and in the latter year, Wray and Hirsch became tenants of the shop Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 40.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1836 - , Scotland Occupation - Blacksmith - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - N. C. Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth