Major Robert Campbell

1828 - 1898  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Campbell
  Prefix	Major
  Born	1828  [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238157
  Residence	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-343428
  Died	16 Dec 1898	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I343428	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Campbell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F249245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Eliza "Eliza" Smith,   b. 2 Mar 1838, Margate , Prince Edward Island ,   d. 9 Oct 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1878
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F249277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Campbell., Robert. ---Major Robert Campbell and Robert Campbell, Captain. While our sketch has to do only with the late Major Robert Campbell and his uncle, Captain Robert Campbell, it would appear that Lieut. Walter Campbell, of the 37th Regiment, who died in 1857, was the head of the family on their arrival in Wilmot in 1840. They located on the farm in East Zorra now owned by the Jno. Bonner Estate. Captain Robt, Campbell lived and died a bachelor, but the late Major was married in 1878 to Margaret Eliza Smith. The Campbells were a family of strong military instincts and possessed a high sense of honour and chivalry and dispensed a princely hospitality at their handsome residence, East Zorra. Major Robert Campbell died at New Hamburg in 1898 and Captain Robert Campbell in 1888. 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S320] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - St. James Anglican CC#4571 Internet Link. C/ In/ memory of/ Robert CAMPBELL/ who died/ Dec. 16, 1898,/ Age 69 years/ The winter of trouble is past,/ The storms of affliction are o'er,/ The struggles are ended at last,/ And sorrow and death are no more/ In/ memory of/ Margaret E. SMITH/ beloved wife of/ Robert CAMPBELL/ Died Oct. 9, 1908/ Aged 70 years/ The Father in his wisdom called,/ The boon his love had given,/ And though on earth the body lies,/ The soul is safe in Heaven/ CAMPBELL/ J. Gadsby., Stratford/ [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203238157.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Dec 1898 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth