David Douglas Wilson

1839 - 1925  (85 years)

• Name	David Douglas Wilson
  Born	2 Jun 1839	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1859	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Teacher
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Free Church
  Occupation	1891	Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  	egg dealer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-250507
  Died	23 Feb 1925	, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I250507	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Wilson,   b. Abt 1810,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret,   b. Abt 1810, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F33767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Richardson,   b. CALC 30 Jun 1836, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1885, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1859	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F44628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  David Douglas Wilson The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success by Example (Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Bradley Garretson & Co., 1891)

  
  

• Notes

  DAVID DOUGLAS WILSON, Seaforth, Ont., was born June 2nd, 1839, in North Dumfries, Waterloo County. He received his education at the public schools and Galt Grammar School. He obtained a first-class certificate and taught his old school in North Dumfries for five years. In 1865 his eyesight failing him, he engaged in the egg business, which has now reached gigantic proportions, shipping something like a million and a half dozen per year to New York, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal, Liverpool and London. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder for twenty-three years, and Sunday School Superintendent ever since the church at Seaforth was organized. He was reeve of the town for fifteen years, but declined re-election in 1891. He belongs to the Masonic Brotherhood, also to the Royal Templars of Temperance. He was married in 1859 to Helen Richardson, of Waterloo, grand-daughter of Tibbie Shiel, of St. Mary's Cottage, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Mrs. Wilson died in 1885, leaving seven children. He was married again in 1891 to Annie Duthie, of Jarvis, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success by Example (Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Bradley Garretson & Co., 1891)

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Helen Richardson b. Canada res: Waterloo Age: 23 born abt 1836 father: Thomas mother: Christian Anderson married David Dang Age:: 20 born abt 1839 b. Canada Spouse res: North Dumfries married 16 Dec 1859 county: Waterloo [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 78.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jun 1839 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1859 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Dec 1859 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - egg dealer - 1891 - Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Feb 1925 - , York Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth