Margaret Gerrie^[1]

1820 - 1909  (89 years)

• Name	Margaret Gerrie
  Born	14 Feb 1820	, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1836	, Canada   [3]
  Name	Margaret Burnett
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Naturalization	1841  [3]
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	B. T.
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29039
  Died	20 Nov 1909  [8, 10]
  Buried	Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 10]
  Person ID	I29039	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William Gerrie,   b. 1776, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Mar 1861  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Clementina Stewart,   b. 1776, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Mar 1855  (Age 79 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1799	Leslie, , Aberdeen, Scotland   [11]
  Family ID	F7750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Burnett,   b. 1817, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Jun 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1840	Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. William A. Burnett,   b. 10 Sep 1841, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jun 1928, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   2. John S. Burnett,   b. 11 May 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1920, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   3. Mary Ann Burnett,   b. 6 Sep 1844, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1913, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. Isabella Burnett,   b. 2 Jan 1845, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1928  (Age 82 years)   5. Elizabeth Burnett,   b. CALC 19 Nov 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 3 years)   6. James Burnett,   b. 1847, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1931  (Age 84 years)   7. Adam Burnett,   b. 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Margaret Burnett,   b. CALC 12 Apr 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1862  (Age ~ 7 years)   9. Samuel Burnett,   b. 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Elizabeth Burnett,   b. 25 Sep 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Sep 1943, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 84 years)   11. Robert A. Burnett,   b. CALC 5 Sep 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 20 years)   12. Robert Burnett,   b. 6 Oct 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F7649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the questionaire sent by the Presbytery of Guelph concerning the history of the church, a question was asked as to when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was first dispensed to the congregation. I applied to Mrs. Samuel Burnett, an old member of the congregation at the time, but since gone home, and was disappointed to receive the reply that she could not remember, but after talking about some other things, she said 'Mr. Gardiner, of Fergus, married us and remained'. I eagerly caught at the statement, and said 'that is just what I want, when were you married,' and after a little consideration she said in the fall of 1840. So the congregation must have been organized at that time. She told a rather interesting story concerning the same Mr. Gardiner. They were brought up in the same neighborhood and knew each other in Scotland, and when about to emigrate her father, Mr. Wm. Gerrie, chose a certain vessel to cross the ocean, but was told it was slow boat and so changed to another. When they reached Hamilton about the summer of 1836 they went to church on Sabbath and were astonished to find the preacher was Mr. Gardiner. He had taken the so-called slow boat and got there before them. He was the first minister of St. Andrew's Church, Fergus, but only lived a few years, and is buried behind that church under a flat stone. Mrs. Burnett also gave me another interesting item. The feeling ran very high between the two parties at the disruption. Previous to this the church building had been used by all denominations - the Methodist and English church had occasional services in it. But after the disruption the Free church party were excluded from the church. The preacher sent to preach and organize them was the Rev. Mr., afterwards Dr. Smellie, of Fergus, successor to Mr. Gardiner. When he came to the church the door was locked and an entrance refused. Mr. Bemis then kept hotel across the road from the church, and he kindly invited the congregation to occupy his lawn, and Mr. Smellie had as his pulpit the porch in front of the hotel, the people standing or sitting on the grass. His text was Ezek. 37: 1-10, the passage about the 'dry bones.' I mentioned the matter to my good friend, Rev. J.A. Mullan, and thought he would be interested in it, but received the dry reply 'Yes he was always preaching about the dry bones.' I found I had touched a tender spot and said no more1a 1aA Few Notes on the Early History of Chalmers' Church, Winterbourne" by Rev. A. M. Hamilton, M. A.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11708-85. Samuel Burnett, 29, occ. Farmer, b. Woolwich, res. Same, son of Samuel Burnett and Margaret Gerrie, Married Annie Wollis, 23, b. Woolwich, res. Same, daughter of Edmund Wollis and Jane MacKie, Wittness(es) - George Mitchell and Elizabeth Wollis, both of Woolwich, 16 Sept 1885 at Woolwich [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 4. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 12. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 13. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 65. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 36. [S417] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Presbyterian CC#4597 Internet Link. [Monument Off Base, Partly In Ground] In/ Memory Of/ Samuel Burnett/ Who Died/ June 1, 1897/ Aged 80 Yrs./ -/ Native Of Aberdeen-Shire/ Scotland/ In/ Memory Of/ Marg. Gerrie/ Wife Of/ Samuel Burnett/ Who Died/ Nov. 20, 1909/ Aged 89 Yrs./ [Verse Taken From 1983-4 Recording] Asleep In Jesus, Blessed Sleep/ From Which None Ever Wake To Weep;/ A Calm And Undisturbed Repose,/ Unbroken By The Lust Of Foes/" [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages by Rev'd A. Gardiner, St. Andrew's Church Fergus, Nichol, County of Waterloo #1. Samuel BURNETT, of Woolwich, to Margaret GERRIE, of Waterloo. 5 Nov. 1840. Rev. GARDINER. Wit. James BURNET and John GERRIE, both of Woolwich. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124846688/margaret-burnett. [S2181] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910. Name:William Herrygery Gender:Male Marriage Date:14 Jul 1799 Marriage Place:Leslie, Aberdeen, Scotland Spouse:Clementina Stuart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Feb 1820 - , Scotland Immigration - 1836 - , Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Nov 1840 - Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - B. T. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth