John Charles Caldwell^[1]

1852 - 1926  (73 years)

• Name	John Charles Caldwell
  Born	25 Jun 1852	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Central Hotel
  Name	John C. Caldwell
  Name	John Colwell
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Presbyterian
  Occupation	1871	Egremont Township, Grey Co., Ontario   [6]
  	store keeper
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Hotel Proprietor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-61008
  Died	1 May 1926	Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I61008	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas "Tom" Colwell,   b. 1824, Lackan, Townland, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 5 Oct 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Jessie McDuffy,   b. 1816, , Scotland ,   d. 15 Feb 1883, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F228346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Thomas Caldwell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jessie McDuffy,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F287160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Cress,   b. 26 Jun 1868, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jun 1891	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. William Caldwell,   b. 29 Apr 1892, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F15966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Julia Cleugh Neill,   b. 21 Dec 1853, , Dundee, Scotland ,   d. 4 Jul 1889  (Age 35 years)
  Children	1. Alonzo Caldwell,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Annbella Caldwell,   b. 1 May 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas James "James" Caldwell,   b. 1 Sep 1887, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F26363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John was proprietor of the Central Hotel. In 1900 town council had made all verandah and other projections illegal. He refused to remove it and town authorities arrived to demolish it. He tried fighting them off with a water hose and failed. The hotel's verandah was removed he later moved to Hamilton where he died in 1926. Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [snippet from original text in book] __________________ The Central Hotel John C. Caldwell, proprietor. This hostelry is located midway up Main Street, and is one of the original "stopping places" of "ye olden time," and yet no better or more comfortable quarters can the weary traveller find. Centrally situated, bright and homelike in all its appointments, furnished as it is with every modern improvement, the Central is "Voted" all right Jubilee Souvenir of Galt, 1897

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011751-91. John Charles Caldwell, 37, occ. Hotel Keeper, b. Ayr, res. Galt, widower, s/o Thomas Caldwell & Jessie McDuffy married Elisabeth Cress, 24, b. Hanover, res. Elmira, d/o Christopher Cress & Charlotte Conrad, witn Walter Gow of Galt & Catharina Conrad of Elmira, 16 June 1891 in Hawkesville. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-4 Page 4. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 47. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 2 Page 5. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 7. [S2430] Census - Canada - 1871, Census, Canada, Ontario, Grey, Egremont twp Div 3 pg 38. John Calwell, 22, b. Ontario, store keeper Jessie 45 b. Scotland Jessie is probably mother of John

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jun 1852 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Central Hotel - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - store keeper - 1871 - Egremont Township, Grey Co., Ontario Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Jun 1891 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hotel Proprietor - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 May 1926 - Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth