Jarvis Barraclough

1783 - 1845  (62 years)

• Name	Jarvis Barraclough
  Born	1783  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1834	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	miller
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-388385
  Died	6 Sep 1845  [1]
  Buried	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I388385	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Laura Ann,   b. 1789,   d. 26 Mar 1848  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F262530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  he spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: - Messrs. William Stewart, minister; James Strang, minister; Thomas Rich, builder; Thos. G. Chapman, builder; Andrew Malcom, cabinet-maker; Joseph Purvis, blacksmith; John Legge, shoemaker; Alonzo Bliss, chairmaker: Paul G. Huffman, chair maker; James Welch, farmer; Samuel Hogg, clerk; John Hall (afterwards of Ayr); Thomas Turley, (with Shade; William Shepherd, carpenter; Henry McCrum, clerk; William Kay, waggon maker; John Cheeseman, carpenter; H. G. Barlow, innkeeper; Jarvis Barraclough, miller; Robert Cranston, farmer; James K. Andrews, merchant ; James Fargus, merchant; James Smith, saddler; Archibald Hunter, blacksmith; John Veitch, plasterer ; James Harris, brewer; Augustus Harris, brewer; David Shiel, farmer; John Warnock, miller; James C. Longan, tailor; Andrew Goodell, teamster; John Garrison, fiddler; Robert Turnbull, tailor; Joseph Simmonds, wool carder; Matthew Palmer, workman; William Wyllie Wilkinson, pail maker; John Davison, butcher* and Andrew Scott, machinist. Besides these gentlemen there had been recently added to the population three others, who afterwards became closely associated with its history : these were, Dr. Robert Miller, Walter H. Benn, and Alex. Burnett. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

  
  

• Sources

  [S2598] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican Cemetery Internet Link. In memory of/ Jarvis BARRACLOUGH/ who died/ Sept'r 6, 1845/ aged 62 years/ also/ Laura/ wife of/ Jarvis BARRACLOUGH/ who died/ Mar. 26, 1848/ aged 59 years/

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - miller - 1834 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth