Daniel Tye^{[1, 2]}

1793 - 1874  (81 years)

• Name	Daniel Tye
  Born	26 Jan 1793	Sibton, , Suffolk, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  	Daniel Tye, born in Suffolk, England, obtained 300 acres of land in Wilmot Township in 1837. After clearing five acres, he moved to Long Island, New York. His family joined him there while he managed a farm for one year. In 1839 they went to Haysville, Waterloo County in a covered wagon, arriving in 1840. He was one of the first importers of Devon cattle, Southdown sheep and Essex hogs. He was also the first exhibitor from Wilmot at the Provincial Exhibitions, securing prizes for his Devons at London, Cobourg, Brantford and Kingston. Tye was elected second vice-president of the Waterloo Agricultural Society when it was organized in 1852 and was a delegate to the annual meeting of the Upper Canada Agricultural Board at Cobourg in 1855. He was an active supporter of St. James Anglican Church, Huron Road, built in 1842, interested in public affairs and was a strong Conservative.1a 1aWaterloo Region Hall of Fame
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Yeoman
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Anglican
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34325
  Died	23 Oct 1874	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 7]
  	Cause: old age (ill 5 weeks)
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I34325	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Anne Belle Marlton,   b. 1794, , England ,   d. 30 Dec 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1817	Bury St Edmunds, , Suffolk, England   [10]
  Children	1. Mary Tye,   b. 28 Jan 1819, Carshalton, Surrey, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1895, South Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States  (Age 76 years)   2. Henry Daniel Tye,   b. 1824, Carshalton, Surrey, England ,   d. 11 Feb 1892, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   3. Annie Elizabeth Tye,   b. 9 Oct 1825, Weybridge, , Surrey, England ,   d. 21 Mar 1892, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   4. Lucy Tye,   b. 16 May 1827, Mitcham, , Surrey, England ,   d. 15 Mar 1903, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   5. Robert Clayton Tye,   b. 27 May 1829, Carshalton, Surrey, England ,   d. 15 May 1915, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   6. Francis Edward "Frank" Tye,   b. 3 May 1831, Weybridge, , Surrey, England ,   d. 3 Oct 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)   7. Maria Sophia "Minnie" Tye,   b. 18 Apr 1834, Weybridge, , Surrey, England ,   d. 25 Jan 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Daniel Tye from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Notes

  Tye, Daniel. - Was born at Suffolk, England, on January 26th, 1793. He was one of a family of five, two sons and three daughters, viz: William, Daniel and Mrs. Dove, Mrs. Cavell and Lucy, unmarried. His wife, Anna Belle, was a daughter of Colonel Marlton, of the 60th Rifles. In 1837, he with a daughter, Mary, and Miss Rumball, an old friend of the family and sister of Mrs. Fenner, whose son, Henry, afterwards married a daughter of our subject, sailed for America, leaving the rest of the family in London, and who followed him in about a year, stopping at Newtown, Long Island. Daniel Tye had in the meantime gone on to Canada and taken up the farm now owned by Charles D. Brown, Nith Grove, and cleared five acres before returning to Long Island, where he worked the Fenner farm for a year and where they all had their share of fever and ague. In 1839 all started for Canada, father, mother and children. Robert C, Henry D., Frank and the four daughters, afterwards Mrs. [Mary] Fenner, Mrs. [Annie] John Sydney Smith, Mrs. [Minnie] (Dr.) O'Connor and Mrs. [Lucy] Harrison. A span of horses and a covered wagon were the means of transport, (the heavier goods going by canal boat up the Hudson to Troy.) The party then journeyed to Oswego, and went by boat to Queenston, driving to Hamilton, where part of the winter was spent. In February, 1840, they set out for Haysville with a load of goods, Henry driving with Annie, Lucy and Robert as passengers, arriving at their destination and putting up at Everatt's hotel, where they remained for a few days while the log house on Nith Grove was being got ready and into which they immediately moved. Henry D. Tye returned to Hamilton in the sleighs for another load of household goods and the rest of the family, but the snow all disappearing in February, they had to return in the covered wagon and a little way the other side of Ford's Tavern on their return the wagon slipped over the hill and upset. The family escaped injury, but the wagon was damaged beyond recovery. As Henry was the oldest the hardest work fell to him and he helped to chop and log a good part of the land. He was only 16 years old when he came, but looked 21. After he became of age he was clerking for John Sydney Smith for a few years. He wanted to start a nursery and bought five acres from his father (Daniel) on the Skelly farm where the orchard is now, but the land was too heavy, so he sold it back to his father and bought five acres back of Thomas Somerville's store and then he bought the Clayton farm and moved the nursery to it and sold 80 acres to R. C. Tye. Henry D. Tye and Mary both received good boarding school education, but the rest of us had to pick up the little education we got as best we could. There were not any schools when we came to the country and we had too much work to do at home if there had been. I have copied the foregoing almost word for word from an old memorandum prepared by Mr. R. C. Tye, of Stratford and kindly loaned by Mrs. Henry Tye Walker, as it gives the best account of the life of a pioneer that I have yet seen, as it was not written for publication. To return to our subject, Mr. Daniel Tye continued his farming operations, taking up 300 acres of land. He took an interest in public matters, being a strong Conservative. He was an enterprising man and was one of the first importers of Devon cattle, Southdown sheep and Essex hogs and won many prizes at the Provincial Shows of those days. He was a steady and consistent supporter of St. James Church. He died on October 23rd, 1874 in his 82nd year. Mr. R. C. Tye, of Stratford, is the only surviving member of the family. Mr. Wm. F. Tye, the eminent Civil Engineer, is a grandson. Church of England, An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Canada by Charles James Fox, Sep 1913

  
  

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  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Robert Clayton Tye Born: England Age: 72 Father: Daniel Tye Mother: Isabel Marlton Born: abt 1829 Spouse: Harriet Bruntt Age: 51 born: Prescott Father: Rind Bruntt Mother: Harriet Brey married 27 Jun 1901 [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Maria Sophia Tye - O'Connor - 4 Feb 1881, pg 8. [S320] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - St. James Anglican CC#4571 Internet Link. To the memory of/ Daniel Tye/ born Jan. 26, 1793/ died/ October 23, 1874/ We know that when the soul unclothed/ shall from the body fly/ Twill animate a finer frame/ with life that cannot die./ [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Daniel Tye Death Date: 23 Oct 1874 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1793 Birth Location: County Suffolk,Eng [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 10. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 33. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Oct 1874. Died 22 Oct 1874 In Wilmot, Daniel Tye died at 82 years of age. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 5 page 25. [S320] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - St. James Anglican CC#4571 Internet Link. To the memory of/ Daniel TYE/ born Jan. 26, 1793/ died/ October 23, 1874/ We know that when the soul unclothed/ shall from the body fly/ Twill animate a finer frame/ with life that cannot die [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, Bishop's transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1560-1853 Church of England. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Film: 0951463.

  
  

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  Born - 26 Jan 1793 - Sibton, , Suffolk, England Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Waterloo Region Hall of Fame - - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Sep 1817 - Bury St Edmunds, , Suffolk, England Residence - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Yeoman - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age (ill 5 weeks) - 23 Oct 1874 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth