George Oliver

1807 - 1898  (91 years)

• Name	George Oliver
  Born	1807	, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Free Church
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Presbyterian
  Residence	1868	West Main St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	C. Presb.
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  House of Industry and Refuge	1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-189555
  Died	25 Jun 1898	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  	Cause: Dropsy
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I189555	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. 1825, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F246624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1871 - George Oliver is staying with Catharine Turnbull. ________________________ Funerals usually took place from the home of the deceased or of a family member or friend. Occasionally they took place from a train station when the body was sent from a distant site. The first indication of a professional funeral in this collection is that of George Oliver who was buried from Grove's Undertaking Establishment on Main St., Galt in 1898. Funeral Parlor funerals apparently didn't become common until the late 1930's. GLEANINGS FROM FUNERAL INVITATION CARDS, Norma Huber - Branch Notes Vol. 28 No. 2. Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society __________________________ In Memoriam Died, In Berlin, on Saturday morning, June 25th, George Oliver, In his 90th year. The Funeral Will take place from Grove's Undertaking Establishment, Main St., Galt, on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., to Mount View Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Galt, June 25th, 1898. Funeral Cards

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 4. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 6 Page 48. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 6. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 98. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 12 No. 364 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 1289. George Oliver Died: 25 Jun 1898 Aged 91 Cause: Dropsy Taken to Galt [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ George OLIVER/ who died/ June 25' 1898/ aged 90 years

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1807 - , Scotland Occupation - Laborer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - West Main St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presb. - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Dropsy - 25 Jun 1898 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth