Robert Penfold Holmwood

1826 - 1893  (67 years)

• Name	Robert Penfold Holmwood
  Born	1826	, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1852	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Was staying with Thomas and Emma Crooks in Woolwich Twp.
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	E. N. C.
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	W. Methodist
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48811
  Died	1 Apr 1893  [1]
  Buried	Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I48811	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Holmwood,   b. Abt 1780, Brighton, , Sussex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Millard,   b. 6 Oct 1837, , USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1902  (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Robert Holmwood,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert P. Holmwood,   b. 28 Aug 1854, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1926, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F12736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Holmwood came to the township of Flamborough from Brighton, Sussex, England. In his family there was John, who lived in Flamborough; George married Margaret Brander and lived near Winterbourne ; Henry kept a hotel in Dundas ; Walter, married Mary Ann Thompson ; Robert Penfold Holmwood, who married Elizabeth Millard; Leah married Robert Britton and after his death taught school in Winterbourne, about 1850; while Jane married Wm. Mann, who then owned the land that most of Winterbourne is on; and Emma was the wife of Thomas Crooks, of Crook's Hollow, in West Flamborough. When the Crooks estate put Capt. Smith off the farm, which had for so long been his home, it was Thomas Crooks who came to live on it. The Crooks Tract, as it was called, included all the land for some distance on either side of the river road from Capt. Smith's old home, which is now the Stroh farm, up to and including part of the Millard farm. The German Company's Tract is said to have taken in from what is now the north part of the Millard . farm to the town line between the townships of Woolwich and Pilkington. After Thomas Crooks had come to live in Capt. Smith's old home, his brother in law, Walter Holmwood, came to what was then Cox's Creek and started the first store, the site of which was half way up the hill, on the north side of the creek and on the west side of the road. Having opened this store, his brother, Robert P. Holmwood, came to clerk for him and remained in Winterbourne until his death. His son, Robert Penfold Holmwood, is now living in his father's home, and this is the house that Capt. Smith built after he had to leave his first one. As a specimen of a well-built log house it is well worth examining, while the historical incidents associated with it make it still more interesting. To many this house will be better known by explaining that it is the one which is close to Holmwood's cider mill. The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

  
  

• Sources

  [S429] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist CC#4587 Internet Link. Holmwod Front: Robert P Holmwood/ died Apr.1, 1893, in his 67 year/ His wife Elizabeth Millard/ died Mar.28, 1902 in her 68 year/ Meet us in Heaven/ Back: Peter Gherr & wife Sarah/ also three children/ John, Catherine, & Christopher/ God is love [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 1 Pg 1. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 1. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 52. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 72.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1826 - , England Residence - 1852 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. N. C. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - W. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth