Robert Campbell

1801 - 1888  (87 years)

• Name	Robert Campbell
  Born	1801	, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1888	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-223779
  Died	14 Oct 1888	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I223779	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Campbell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F63704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died At his residence in East Zorra, on Sunday, October 14th, 1888, Robert Campbell Aged 86 Years. The Funeral will leave his late residence, On Tuesday the 16th inst. at 2 o'clock P.M. for the St. James Cemetery in Wilmot. Friends and Acquaintances please accept this intimation. Funeral Card ___________ Campbell., Robert. ---Major Robert Campbell and Robert Campbell, Captain. While our sketch has to do only with the late Major Robert Campbell and his uncle, Captain Robert Campbell, it would appear that Lieut. Walter Campbell, of the 37th Regiment, who died in 1857, was the head of the family on their arrival in Wilmot in 1840. They located on the farm in East Zorra now owned by the Jno. Bonner Estate. Captain Robt, Campbell lived and died a bachelor, but the late Major was married in 1878 to Margaret Eliza Smith. The Campbells were a family of strong military instincts and possessed a high sense of honour and chivalry and dispensed a princely hospitality at their handsome residence, East Zorra. Major Robert Campbell died at New Hamburg in 1898 and Captain Robert Campbell in 1888. Church of England, An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Canada by Charles James Fox, Sep 1913

  
  

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  Born - 1801 - , Scotland Residence - 1888 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Oct 1888 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth