Reeve James Phin^[1]

Cal 1801 - 1889  (~ 87 years)

• Name	James Phin
  Prefix	Reeve
  Born	CALC 19 Nov 1801	, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212599578
  Interesting	story, politics
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Gentleman
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-144825
  Died	19 Aug 1889	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I144825	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Hannah Adelphia Eden,   b. CALC 13 Jan 1802, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. 13 Jun 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Children	1. Hannah Phin,   b. 21 May 1833, near, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1915, Huntingdon, , Quebec  (Age 81 years)   2. John Phin,   b. 31 Aug 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   3. Warden James Philip Phin, JP,   b. CALC 7 Jul 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 59 years)   4. Anna Phin,   b. 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sarah Elizabeth Phin,   b. 23 Jan 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1903, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F36342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of James Phin, Esq., of Kennaquhair, Waterloo. This aged gentleman passed away on Monday last in his 88th year. For many years Mr. Phin occupied a prominent position in the active life of, this county, as an agriculturist, politician, and leader in the social improvements demanded as the years rolled by. But although living to what may be called a great age, Mr. Phin for many years was a strong man and was reluctantly compelled to relinquish his active assistance to projects which he deemed useful to the people amongst whom he lived and the Province of his adoption. For many years possessed of great wealth, he was able to indulge in the ease his health, demanded, and at the same time surrounded himself with the literature which his active mind demanded. Mr. Phin leaves two sons who are well known in this section, being prominent as farmers and also in municipal and business concerns of this and adjoining Counties. Mr. John Phin, long associated with the conservative party in this Riding, was on one occasion its standard bearer for the Provincial Legislature, and though then defeated, won the respect of all shades of the electorate and has since been foremost in promoting the welfare of the party in the Riding. Mr. James Phin, the other son, is also widely known, being a prominent member of the liberal party, and also in the municipal record of the Township in which he lives, having been its Deputy-Reeve at one time and for the last two years its Reeve. Both brothers are prominent Agriculturalists and are also Directors on the Board of the Guelph and Ontario Loan and Investment Society of Guelph. Mrs. (Sheriff) Scarfe, of Brantford, is a daughter of the gentleman whose death we now chronicle. Mr. Phin's funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon to Hespeler cemetery, and was attended by an immense concourse of his old friends and friends of the family from all sections of the Province. Galt Reporter Aug 23 1889 pg 1 ______________________ At Kennaquhair, Waterloo Township, on 19th August, James Phin, aged 87 years and 9 months. A native of Roxburghshire, Scotland. Galt Reporter Aug 23 1889 pg 1 ___________________ JAMES Phin, of Waterloo Township, resides upon a very fine farm a short distance north of Hespeler, a view of which appears among our illustrations on another page. He is the eldest son of James Phin, a native of Roxburghshire, Scotland, who spent the greater portion of his youth in the County Monaghan, Ireland, in charge of a large estate, removing to Canada in 1833...has been a Justice of the Peace for a number of years. Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsell & Co., Toronto, Ont. 1881 ______________________________ Died. At Kennaquhair, Waterloo Township, on 19th August, 1889 James Phin, Aged 87 years and 9 months, a native of Roxburghshire, Scotland. The Funeral To take place from his late residence to Hespeler Cemetery, to-morrow, Wednesday, 21st inst., at 2.30 p.m. Friends are requested to attend without further notice. Funeral Card _______________ PHIN-At Kennaquhair, Waterloo Township, on 19th August, 1889, James Phin, aged 87 years and 9 months, a native of Roxburghshire, Scotland The funeral to take place from his late residence to Hespeler Cemetery, to morrow, (Wednesday, 21st inst., at 230 pm. Friends are requested to attend without further notice. Aug 20, 1889-Guelph Mercury _________ FUNERAL OF THE LATE JAMES PHIN. - The funeral of the late James Phin took place on Wednesday afternoon and was attended by perhaps the largest concourse of people ever gathered together on a similar occcasion in Waterloo Township. Besides his old friends and neighbors, there were many from Guelph, Paslinoh, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, and other places, who had come to show their last mark of respect for one who had lived so long in the Township and held a prominent position in it. Rev. Mr. Haigh and Rev. Dr. Cornish, of Hespeler, conducted the services at the house, after which many had an opportunity of taking a last look at the placid features of the deceased. The cortege then proceeded to Hespeler, the pallbearers being Lewis Kribs and Dr. McIntyre, of that village, James Young, Galt, David Stirton, Edmund Morris, and James Innes, M. P., Guelph. On arriving at the the cemetery, cemetery, Rev. Dr. W. Williams, of Lindsay, read the burial service according to the Methodist form, after which all that was mortal of the deceased was consigned to the earth. The company then adjourned to the Methodist church, where a solemn memorial service was conducted by Rev. Dr. Williams, and old friend and formerly deceased's pastor. Aug 23, 1889-Guelph Mercury

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Aug 1889. Aug. 19, 1889 James Phin, Sr., died in Waterloo T'p., at age of 87 years. The deceased was one of the 1st settlers in this county & for years took great interest in its welfare. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 49. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 1. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 1. [S890] Funeral Card - - Waterloo Historical Society - photocopies, "funeral card of James Phin,". [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 60.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 19 Nov 1801 - , Roxburghshire, Scotland Occupation - farmer - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist Canada - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Aug 1889 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth