Thomas Lockhart

1833 - 1913  (79 years)

• Name	Thomas Lockhart
  Born	26 Sep 1833	, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-170243
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-170243
  Died	19 Apr 1913
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I170243	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Ellen Comrie,   b. CALC 15 Sep 1833, Otonabee, Peterborough Co., Ontario ,   d. 2 Nov 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1855
  Children	1. Dr. Robert James Lockhart,   b. 16 Apr 1857, Newtonville, Durham Co., Ontario ,   d. 20 Oct 1914, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F49510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Thomas Lockhart born in Durham County, Ontario on 26 September 1833, son of Andrew Lockhart and Anne Sharpe, he left home at the age of 19 years and alternately farmed and taught school until 1875 when he took employment as a station agent with the Whitby, Port Perry & Haliburton Railway (later absorbed into the Grand Trunk Railway). He arrived in Manitoba in January 1882 and settled at Brandon where he lived for a year before taking up a homestead west of Souris, leaving his family in Brandon. He alternated between his farm and his Brandon home over the next several years. He was elected one of Brandon's first alderman, in 1882. Two years later, he was appointed city assessor. In June 1897 he was appointed county court clerk at Souris and, two years later, became police magistrate of Souris. He also served on the Brandon School Board. He married Ellen Comrie of Otonabee, Ontario on 5 January 1855. They had five children: Andrew Duncan Lockhart, Robert James Lockhart, Janet M. Lockhart, Thomas Albert Lockhart, and William David Edgar Lockhart. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/lockhart_t.shtml Thomas Lockhart born in Durham County, Ontario on 26 September 1833, son of Andrew Lockhart and Anne Sharpe, he left home at the age of 19 years and alternately farmed and taught school until 1875 when he took employment as a station agent with the Whitby, Port Perry & Haliburton Railway (later absorbed into the Grand Trunk Railway). He arrived in Manitoba in January 1882 and settled at Brandon where he lived for a year before taking up a homestead west of Souris, leaving his family in Brandon. He alternated between his farm and his Brandon home over the next several years. He was elected one of Brandon's first alderman, in 1882. Two years later, he was appointed city assessor. In June 1897 he was appointed county court clerk at Souris and, two years later, became police magistrate of Souris. He also served on the Brandon School Board. He married Ellen Comrie of Otonabee, Ontario on 5 January 1855. They had five children: Andrew Duncan Lockhart, Robert James Lockhart, Janet M. Lockhart, Thomas Albert Lockhart, and William David Edgar Lockhart. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/lockhart_t.shtml

  
  

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  Born - 26 Sep 1833 - , Durham Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth