James Anderson^[1]

1828 - 1913  (~ 84 years)

• Name	James Anderson
  Born	Jul 1828	, Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1860	, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1860	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Elected Office	1869	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  Occupation	1871	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	-------
  Elected Office	1875	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167322253
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Waggon Maker
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Income
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24729
  Died	31 Jan 1913
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I24729	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Anderson,   b. Abt 1805, Of, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary,   b. Abt 1805, Of, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Hoffman,   b. 28 Apr 1840, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1860	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Anna Mary Anderson,   b. 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thomas John Anderson,   b. 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Martha L. Anderson,   b. 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. James M. Anderson,   b. 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lucinda Anderson,   b. 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jennie E. Anderson,   b. 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1905, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)   7. Mary Anderson,   b. 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Margaret Priscilla Anderson,   b. Dec 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Sarah E. Anderson,   b. 2 Feb 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1958, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   10. George M. Anderson,   b. Sep 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Jane E. Anderson,   b. 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F6238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  James Anderson image from 1901 Hespeler Souvenir

  
  

• Notes

  James Anderson was born in the north of Ireland in 1828, served four years in the Irish Constabulary between the ages of 18 and 22, learned the carriage making trade in Ireland where his father and two brothers were joiners (Carpenters) and then he came to Caledonia, Ontario, where he worked at his trade for some time. In the old days, Blacksmiths, Waggon Makers, Saw Millers and others, like the farmers, hired help for so much a month (or week) and board. When J. N. Cober was running his carriage shop in Puslinch, six men employed by him, boarded in his house. On the River Road south from Breslau almost across the road from the Joseph B. Hagey farm a man named Ryan ran a blacksmith shop with a wood shop in connection. His employees, I have no doubt, boarded at his house. Needing a wood worker, he contacted in some way, James Anderson, who came to work for him probably around 1860. Mr. Anderson married Hannah Ryan and their first child was born in 1862. Anderson's name does not appear as owner or tenant nor on the Statute Labour list in Hespeler until 1866 in which year he is shown as tenant of a house owned by Louis Englehart on Queen East and as owner of a quarter of an acre of land on Cooper Street assessed for $300.00. That means there must have been a building on the land, for, in those days vacant lots were more apt to be priced at $300.00 a dozen than apiece! Highly improbable, I should say, that Hannah, then a girl around 20 would have met her future husband as far afield as Caledonia. More likely she was at home helping with the house work and Jimmie met her there. As 1 reconstruct it, Anderson, while still working for Ryan, heard that Wiffler was dead and that his shop was for sale and he came here and bought it in 1865 or early 1866. In any event he carried on business there until 1886 when he sold out to Aaron Groh and retired. He died January 31st, 1913; His wife, on December 28th, 1907, aged 67 years, 8 months. I have it from the family that Mr. Anderson worked at the waggon making trade for 26 years which would mean that he came to Ryan in 1860, give or take a bit. Among the men employed in that shop in the times of Charles Wiffler and James Anderson may be mentioned David Fields, 1862-64; Thomas Trimble, 1864; Henry Shoemaker, 1866; Jonathan Mager (Brother of Mrs. Solomon Keifer), 1867-74; Dilman Kraft, 1868; Wellington Morne, 1870, and William Parks who learned his trade with Anderson. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016270-00. David Norman PANABAKER, 26, book keeper, Waterloo Twp, Hespeler, s/o David PANABAKER & Leah WARNER married Sara E. ANDERSON, 26, Hespeler, Hespeler, d/o James ANDERSON & Hannah HOFFMAN, witn: Neil A. PANABAKER & Jennie ANDERSON both of Hespeler, 17 October 1900 in Hespeler [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. James Anderson Born: Ireland Res: Preston Age: 24 Father: John Mother: Mary Born: 1836 Spouse: Anne Huffman Age: 21 born: Waterloo Res: Waterloo Born: 1839 Father: Christian Mother: Ann married 25 Dec 1860 [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 10. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 15. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 16. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 9.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Jul 1828 - , Ireland Immigration - 1860 - , Canada Residence - 1860 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Dec 1860 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1869 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ------- - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1875 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Waggon Maker - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth