John Small

1866 - 1931  (64 years)

• Name	John Small
  Born	28 May 1866	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Church Membership	Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	Abt 1912	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	builder
  Elected Office	1920	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	councillor - Elmira
  Residence	1931	Hampton St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-48883
  Died	26 Mar 1931	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I48883	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	David Small,   b. 11 Oct 1815, , Scotland ,   d. 10 Mar 1907, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Mary Williamson,   b. 23 May 1830, Saddell, , Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 25 Mar 1917, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Jan 1856	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F12755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Adam,   b. 17 Feb 1873, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1961, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1907	Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F41406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of Councillor John Small Passes Away Suddenly At His Home Here Shortly After Midnight Last Night The news of the death of Mr. John Small, Town Councillor which took place suddenly at his home on Hampton Street, Elmira, shortly after midnight last night from pneumonia, came as a shock to his relatives and to his numerous friends here. While Mr. Small has not been in the best of health for some years, not since an attack of the flu in 1918, yet he was able to conduct his work and fulfil his duties as a member of the Town Council and take an active interest in Church and in any matter that was of benefit to the town. On Tuesday he seemed to have taken a cold and that night pneumonia developed and notwithstanding that everything possible was done by his physician and nurses, he passed peacefully away at 12: 15 this (Thursday) morning. The late Mr. Small, who was in the 65th yearof his age, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Small. He was born on a farm in the Township of Wellesley, near Macton, on the town line between Waterloo and Wellington Counties. Here he resided until his marriage in 1907 to Susanna Adam, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Adam of the same neighborhoood. Mr. and Mrs. Small continued to reside at the Small homestead for several years and about twenty years ago came to Elmira. Mr. Small took up the occupation of builder and during the intervening years between his coming to Elmira and the present time he erected and disposed of quite a number of residences of the better class. Eleven years ago Mr. Small was elected a member of the Elmira Town Council and has continued to be a member of the Board since that time. During the years of office as a member of the Council he was one of its most active members and his work in overseeing the street paving, the beautification of the cemetery and other permanent improvements throughout the town will remain as a memory to his services. He had been most consistent and painstaking in the discharge of his duties as a member of the Board of Works of the Town Council. Mr. Small has also been an Elder of Gale Presbyterian Church for many years besides being Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Management, and he will be greatly missed by the congregation, who came to depend upon him to look after much of the detail work of the Church Board. The late Mr. Small leaves no family and besides his widow, who has the sincere sympahy of the community in her sorrow, there are three sisters and two brothers left to mourn his demise. The sisters and brothers are as follows: Mrs. J. McLaughlin of Palmerston; James Fannie, Elizabeth A. (Mrs. J. McMillan) and Grace, all of Galt and David of Marden. A sister, Catherine of Virden, Man., predeceased him about ten years ago. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from his late residence at 30 Hampton Street where the funeral service will be conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Mayson H. Sewell, B.D. Internment will be in the Elmira cemetery. Elmira Signet 2 Apr 1931

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-3 Page 1. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 2 Page 3. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 3A, Pg. 21. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Death of Councillor John Small - 2 Apr 1931. [S110] Church Records - ON, Waterloo Co., Cambridge - First United. David Small, Yeoman of Galt, Married Mary Williamson of North Dumfries , Witn: Alex Addison & James Potter, Both of North Dumfries , 24 Jan 1856 By License In Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 May 1866 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Church Membership - - Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Jun 1907 - Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - builder - Abt 1912 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Elmira - 1920 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1931 - Hampton St., Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pneumonia - 26 Mar 1931 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth