Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary Master

Female 1820 - 1909  (89 years)


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  • Name Mary Master 
    Born 7 May 1820  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Ellis 
    Eby ID Number 00077-4674 
    Died 7 May 1909  East Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. George Cemetery, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15126  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Isaac Master,   b. 23 Jan 1787, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Clemens,   b. 27 Jul 1793, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 11 May 1809  [2
    Family ID F4065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Ellis,   b. 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1883, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 7 Apr 1841  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Master, "was born May 7th, 1820. She was married to Edward Ellis. They resided in North Dumfries where he died. Some time after his decease she moved to Toronto where she still resides. They had no issue."

      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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      ELLIS, MARY (Nee Masters)


      On May 7, h 1909 at 28 Kenilworth Crescent in East Toronto, aged 89 years, 2 days. Widow of Edward Ellis. Mrs. Ellis was well known in Hespeler and the immediate surrounding country. She and her husband moved onto their bush farm in Puslinch, now owned by John Ross, away back in the 1840's and for over forty years, experienced the hardships of pioneer life. But reverses and difficulties were met by this good lady with Christian cheerfulness, fortitude and patience, which were prominent qualities in her makeup. She was a staunch and devoted member of the Methodist Church and always did whatever lay in her powerto advance its interests, both financially and otherwise. When the Ellis Church was being built back in the 1850's on a corner of the Ellis farm, which was freely given for that purpose, she was actively giving a helping hand and boarded gratuitously several of the workmen engaged in the work on the little stone church by the Lake. The Ellis Church is a standing monument to her memory and that of other well known settlers in that locality, who have since passed to their reward. After disposing of their Puslinch home, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis lived retired for a number of years in a comfortable home near St. George. Mrs. Ellis was foster-mother of Mrs. Mills, wife of Rev. William Mills, who was pastor of the Hespeler Methodist Church back in the 1880's and is now residing in Toronto. Many of the older Hespeler citizens will remember Mrs. Ellis since that time. Self-sacrificing and charitable, hers was a life of real usefulness. On Saturday, May 8th, her body was conveyed by G. T. R. to St. George and interred beside her husband in that beautiful cemetery. A large gathering of old friends and acquaintances attended, amongst them, Mr. and Mrs. Knowles from Hespeler.

      -Daughter of Isaac Masters and Mary Clemens.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 79.

    2. [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..., 72.

    3. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Edward ELLIS, of Puslinch, to Mary MASTERS, of Waterloo. 7 Apr. 1841. Rev. FERGUSON. Wit. Abraham MASTERS and David ELLIS, Jun'r

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 May 1820 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Apr 1841 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 May 1909 - East Toronto, York Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. George Cemetery, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
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