William Henry Job

1821 - 1894  (73 years)

• Name	William Henry Job
  Born	21 Mar 1821	, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Wm. H. Job Co.
  		1861 Tremaine's Map
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231475631
  Name	W. H. Job
  Occupation	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-253961
  Died	8 Jun 1894
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I253961	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Job,   b. CA 1790,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F45495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bovell Conliffe,   b. 4 May 1815, Barbados ,   d. 3 Jun 1878, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Dr. Charles Conliffe Job,   b. 1845, , England ,   d. 11 Feb 1895, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)   2. Henry Holmes Job,   b. 1849, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Dec 1905  (Age 56 years)   3. Edward Job,   b. 15 Dec 1852, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F228831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The first great fire in Galt took place in 1851. The buildings on Main Street were then chiefly wooden, more especially on the south side where the long and handsome Granite Block now stands. The fire broke out in the store carried on by one McKinnon, and soon all that portion of the street was in flames, The fire engines were worked with a will, but they were powerless against such a mass of flame as soon arose. Messrs Peter Cook, Alex. H. Mowat, R. McKinnon, Andrew Elliott, John McVenn, Robert Wallace all well-remembered names were among those burned out on the occasion. * *The Granite Block which replaced these buildings was abo destroyed by fire in 1862. The fire originated from a barrel of Naptha in Fleming A Robinson's grocery, and in consequuence of having a lighted lamp brought too close to it. It occurred about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, the 31st May, 1862, and the fire spread with unprecedented rapidity. The following shops were destroyed: Fleming & Robinson, groceries; John Fleming, books and stationery; William Frier, dry goods; John Orchard tailor and clothier; R. S. Strong, drugs and chemicals; William Kerr, boots and shoes. Besides these establishments, the buildings of Mr. Robert Wallace, and the stocks of Messrs. W. H. Job, Wm. Prest, Angus Polson, Taylor & Green, and George West, were injured by removal, or otherwise. The losses were very heavy Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose Pg. 220

  
  

• Sources

  [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 2 Page 31.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Mar 1821 - , England Business - Wm. H. Job Co. - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth