James Wyllie

1795 - 1857  (62 years)

• Name	James Wyllie
  Born	1795	, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Manufacturer
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Misfortune	1857	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	fell off bridge in pond
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-231552
  Died	20 Dec 1857	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I231552	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Janet Watt,   b. 1805, , Scotland ,   d. 3 Dec 1862, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1827	Kilwinning, , AYR, Scotland
  Children	1. Mary Wyllie,   b. 1830, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James B. Wyllie,   b. Sep 1832, , Scotland ,   d. 22 Jul 1866  (Age ~ 33 years)   3. John Wyllie,   b. 1836, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jul 1887, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)   4. Margaret Wyllie,   b. 1840, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. George G. Wyllie,   b. 1841, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Agnes Wyllie,   b. 1844, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1876, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F39734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The macadamizing of the Dundas and Waterloo road, which was commenced during 1837, served also to increase the business of the place. This much-needed work was undertaken by the Provincial Government, the following gentlemen being appointed Commissioners to carry it out : Messrs. George Clemens and Adam Ferrie, Waterloo; Thomas Rich and James K. Andrews, Galt; Adam Ainslie and John Cornell, Beverly;* and Andrew Todd Kerby and Peter Bamberger, Flamboro' and Dundas. Several persons in Galt obtained contracts for sections of the road Messrs. John Young and William Trotter (father of Messrs. William and James Trotter), were joint contractors for three miles of the work immediately below Rockton, and the three-quarters of a mile nearest Preston; Robert Wyllie (afterwards of Ayr), James Wyllie and Norman Ramsay, had the intervening section between the latter and the tollgate, one mile east of Galt; and James Welch, now farming near Strasburg, and Robert Henshelwood, had the mile between the toll-gate and Galt. This undertaking afforded employment to a large number of men, and its completion gave the quietus forever to the terrors of Beverly swamp, and greatly advanced the prosperity of the entire district through which it passes. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.28. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 23 Dec 1857. James Wyllie died 20 Dec 1857 Found dead in pond near Dickson's Mills. Accident; fell off bridge.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1795 - , Scotland Married - 10 Mar 1827 - Kilwinning, , Ayr, Scotland Occupation - Manufacturer - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - fell off bridge in pond - 1857 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Dec 1857 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth