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Robert Strong[1, 2]

Male 1826 - 1913  (86 years)


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  • Name Robert Strong 
    Born 18 Oct 1826  , Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188831266 
    Immigration 1850  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1851  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1851  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Church of England 
    Occupation 1881  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Retired 1901  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-461550 
    Died 1913  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried Grace Anglican Church, Cemetery, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I461550  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John Strong,   b. 1799, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1886, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Eliza White,   b. 1802, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1829  [6] 
    Family ID F27911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosanna Francey,   b. 29 Dec 1839, , Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1908, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1869  , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John James Strong,   b. 14 Jul 1870, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Eliza Jane Strong,   b. 3 Feb 1875, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F288084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • johnRobert Strong.

      Here is as clever an Irishman as ever crossed the briny deep to take up his abode in the New World. He was born in the North of Ireland, Octobe 17, 1826, and came to Canada in 1856 landing first at Quebec. From that port he went to Cobourg by boat. At the latter place he worked about three months and then took the stage for Rice Lake. He was on a prospecting tour to found a home of his own and finally reached the neighborhood where he now resides, two miles and a half west of Crosshill, where he took up 100 acres of bush land. He has helped to make the wilderness blossom as the rose, and at present owns one of the best farms in this section. His estate now comprises 200 acres, he having several years ago acquired an additional hundred acres adjoining This season he produced about 4,000 bushels of grain. He goes extensively into hog raising for the market and at the present writing has over one hundred, from those ready for the market to the suckling pig. Now in the seventy-second year of his age he is still hale and hearty and works from daylight until dark with the rest of his family.

      Mr. Strong was married about thirty years ago to Miss Rose Ann, daughter of the late John Franzay. She was born in the province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1838 and came to this country with her parents when she was about two years of age. They have a family consisting of two children, a son and daughter. John James, the son, is living at the old homestead and is working the farm with the father. He has a wife and three children and is an enterprising and promising young farmer. The daughter, Eliza Jane single and living at home.

      H. N.

      Waterloo County Chronicle, 8 Dec 1898, p. 8

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      DEATH OF ROBT.STRONG

      The death took place on Thursday of Mr. Robert Strong at the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. A. Snider near Bloomingdale at the advanced age of 86 years, 4 months and 5 days.

      The late Robert Strong was born in Ireland and came to Canada at the age of about 23 years, settling near Crosshill.

      In 1868 he was married to Miss Rose Francey, who also came from Ireland. Mr. Strong took up farming near Crosshill until three years ago when he moved to Bloomingdale and made his home with his daughter. It will be interesting to note that in 1858 when the late Mr. Strong passed through Berlin and Waterloo on his journey to Crosshill, the latter town could boast of only a few small buildings, the country being sparsely settled at that time.

      A family of two children survive, namely John J. Strong and Mrs. P. A. Snider of Bloomingdale. Also two sisters, Miss Strong of Millbank and Mrs. Geo. McKee of Attwood.

      The funeral took place on Sunday morning at nine o'clock from the residence of Mr. P. A. Snider near Bloomingdale to the Grace Church and cemetery at Millbank where service and interment took place.

      The Chronicle Telegraph 27 Feb 1913, p. 5

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012122-94.
      John James Strong, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Wellesley Twp, res. Wellesley Twp, son of Robert Strong and Rosanna Francey married Mary Christina Berlet, 21, b. Wellesley Twp, res. Wellesley Twp, daughter of Adam Berlet and Sophia Liphardt, Witn Jacob Berlet and Eliza Strong of Wellesley, 5 June 1894 in Wellesley.

    2. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 021715-10.
      Peter Alba Snider, 44, occ. Farmer, res. of Waterloo Twp, Son of Jacob S. & Magdalena Married Eliza Jane Strong, 35, res. of Wellesley Twp, Single, daughter of Robert Strong & Rosanna Francey, Witn: Marjorie Stephens & I.C. Dumford (Durnford?) Both of Waterloo, 23 November 1910 In Waterloo

    3. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-4 Page 10.

    4. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 4 Page 38.

    5. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 2a, Pg 49.

    6. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 3 Page 6.

    7. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 3 Page 3.

    8. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Robert Strong, 40, farmer Wellesley, b. Ireland s/o John & Elizabeth married Rose Ann Francey, 25, res. Wellesley, b. Ireland d/o James and Isabella 12 aug 1869

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188831266.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Oct 1826 - , Donegal, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1850 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1851 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1851 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Aug 1869 - , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1913 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Grace Anglican Church, Cemetery, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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