George Dill

1847 - 1885  (38 years)

• Name	George Dill
  Born	1847	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152258906
  Name	George Diehl
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35465
  Died	2 Apr 1885	Frog Lake, Cold Lake Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  Buried	Frog Lake National Historic Site Cemetery, Frog Lake, Cold Lake Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  Person ID	I35465	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Heinrich "Henry" Diehl,   b. 1811, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 59 years)
  Mother	Marie Anne "Mary" Roos,   b. 29 Sep 1820, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 1 Apr 1900, Bracebridge, Macaulay Twp., Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F9384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Dill-George-001-FindAGrave.jpeg

  
  

• Notes

  George Dill was born in the Village of Preston, in the County of Waterloo, Ont., and was at the time of his death about 38 years of age. At the age of about 17 years, he joined his brother, who was then trading for furs at Lake Nipissing, in 1864. In 1867 his brother left Nipissing, leaving him the business, which he continued for a few years, when he left that place and located on a farm on Bauchere Lake in the Upper Ottawa River. In 1872 he went to Bracebridge, Muskoka, where his brother, Mr. J. W. Dill, the present member for the Local Legislature, had taken up his residence and was doing business. After a short time, he set up business as a general store at Huntsville, where he remained until 1880; he then took a situation in a hardware store in the Village of Bracebridge. While living in Huntsville, he was married to Rachel Melissa Cassleman, of that place. They had a family of two children, who are now living somewhere in Eastern Canada. In 1882, at the time of the Manitoba boom, he went to see that country, and engaged with a Dominion Land Surveyor, retiring to Bracebridge again in the winter following, remaining till spring 1883, he again went to the North-West, and again engaged with a Surveyor; his object was to secure a good location and settle down to farming, but his inclination led him to trading again, and after speculating until the fall of 1884, he left Battleford for Frog Lake. He was the only trader in the Frog Lake district, and was well respected by the community generally. ~ Published in "Two months in the camp of Big Bear : the life and adventures of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney" Parkdale [Ont.] : Times, 1885 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152258906/george_dill

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 10. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 18.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1847 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth