Mary Master

1820 - 1909  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Master
  Born	7 May 1820	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Ellis
  Eby ID Number	00077-4674
  Died	7 May 1909	East Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Buried	St. George Cemetery, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I15126	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Master,   b. 23 Jan 1787, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Jun 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Clemens,   b. 27 Jul 1793, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 May 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (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 ,   d. 24 Nov 1883, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1841	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _____________________ 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

  [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. [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. [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

  Born - 7 May 1820 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Apr 1841 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 May 1909 - East Toronto, York Co., Ontario Buried - - St. George Cemetery, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth