Mary Ann Callaway

Abt 1800 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mary Ann Callaway
  Born	Abt 1800
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Ann Lepard
  Name	Mary Ann Taylor
  Residence	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-177614
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I177614	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Lepard,   b. Abt 1795,   d. CA 1819, , India  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F51239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James Taylor,   b. CA 1795,   d. CA 1834, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F51240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Lepard and his wife were among the first who came from England to settle on the Pilkington estate. Lepard was Clerk of the Works at Weedon, or Weden, as it is also spelt. They are said to have been in comfortable circumstances in England, 'hired' a ship to convey the party to Canada; even brought out their family carriage, which they could not, for want of roads, bring any farther than Galt, and there left it. The house that Lepard built was near that now occupied by Mr. Mutrie. It is described as an odd looking structure, like three houses set down together. In the centre was a large room that was used for the transaction of business connected with the estate. It was also expected that in this room courts would be held, for, being a magistrate, the owner was generally called 'Old' Squire Lepard. Mr. Lepard had a son who died in India leaving a widow and daughter, who was Mary Ann Lepard. These, with Katie Nevitt, as she was called accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Lepard to Canada. Shortly after coming to Pilkington Mrs. Lepard, jr., whose maiden name was Callaway, went to live in Dundas. She married James Taylor, who had, a hotel in Galt. He died of the cholera in Hamilton. Mrs. Lepard, sr., died in October, 1831, and was buried on that part of the farm which, it was expected, would have been the Churchyard. Squire Lepard soon went to Dundas, where he died. Mary Ann Lepard, having gone along with her mother to live in Galt, she there met, and on April 10th, 1837, was married to Benjamin Tribe, who then came to live on Squire Lepard's farm. Benjamin Tribe died in 1848 at the age of thirty-four. Mrs. Tribe continued to live on this farm until 1879, when she went along with her son, Robert Tribe, to Muskoka and died there on May 11th, 1894, at the age of seventy-seven. In the family of Benjamin Tribe and Mary Ann Lepard there were: Robert, who was twice married, first to Mary Ann Lister, of Eramosa, then, at her death, to Margaret Gordon, daughter of the late Andrew Gordon, of Elora. They are now living at Devlin, in the Rainy River District. Thomas married Mary Kennedy and lived in Guelph; Catharine married Robert Winfield, and one daughter, Sarah Jane, died at an early age. Kate Nevitt, who was a niece of Mrs Lepard, sr., married John Hamilton, a lawyer, in Guelph, and died in the General Hospital there. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

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  Residence - - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth