Matthew R. "Matt" Weir

1865 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	Matthew R. "Matt" Weir
  Born	9 Sep 1865	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-182145
  Died	22 Sep 1939	near, Macleod, , Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I182145	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	David Weir,   b. 24 Oct 1829, , Ireland ,   d. 29 Dec 1899, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Christina Richmond,   b. 2 May 1832,   d. 23 Jun 1899, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F50389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  M. R. Weir, Pioneer, Is Called Was Taken Ill With Pneumonia While Looking After Canada Farm Interests; Funeral Here Matt R. Weir, pioneer of Emmet county, died at the home of his son near Macleod, Alberta, Canada, Friday morning [September 22, 1939]. Mr. Weir had gone to that place to look after his land interests there and was taken ill with pneumonia. There are three sons farming near Macleod, Rex, Lloyd and Alfred. The Weirs had lived there for a number of years but returned to the home farm north west of Estherville and resumed farming there several years ago. The sons remained in Canada and one, Harold, famrs the home place with his parents. A daughter, Effie, also lives at home. There are three other daughters, Mrs. William Wood, Estherville, Mrs. Fern Alexander, Macleod and Mrs. Karl Regensdorf, Seattle, Wash. Mr. Weir is survived by the above children, his widow and three brothers, George and Henry of Dunnell and Val of Portland, Oregon. Funeral services will be held in Estherville Presbyterian church at 2: 30 p.m. Thursday and burial will be made in Oak Hill cemetery. Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, September 26, 1939

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, Matthew R. "Matt" Weir (1865 - 1939) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53844251.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Sep 1865 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Sep 1939 - near, Macleod, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth