Henry Aldous^[1]

1828 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Aldous
  Born	CA 1828	of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-63188
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I63188	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Laura Ann Barraclough,   b. 1828, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1862  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This locality appears to have always had a weakness for theatricals, for an organization under the modest title of the "Galt Thespian Amateurs" was effected during the summer of 1843, and broke out into open performance towards the fall months. The chief Thespians were Messrs John Dodds, James Allen, John Scott, Dominick Ramore, Henry Smith, James Smith, Archibald Buchanan, Wm. Snow, Wm. Hearle, Jesse Thornton, Henry Aldous, and Washington Wood. These gentlemen took the different characters in the plays, Mr. John McAuslan acted as prompter, and the orchestra, and a capital one it was, was composed of Messrs. Glennie, Pembroke, and Wilsden, who will be remembered by those with good memories, as most excellent musicians. The Thespians played in the old Firemen's Hall, and invariably to crowded houses. Among the plays they presented were : The Castle Spectre, with Strap, the Cobbler, as an after-piece; next came The Mountaineers, with the farce of The Devil among the Crockery, the very name of which threw the garcons of the village into a state of excited interest; and then followed The Secret Panel, The scenery was well painted. Mr. Glennie, who had accommodated the pioneer company six or seven years before, furnished a library, grove, and kitchen scene. The drop curtain was painted by one Telfer, and was an elaborate affair, consisting of a well executed picture of Edinburgh Castle, with a dragoon on a black charger in the foreground, below the towering castle walls.... 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

  [S505] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican (Galt) CC#4497 Internet Link . Laura Ann/ wife of/ Henry Aldous/ daughter of the late John Barraclough/ died/ Feb. 11, 1863/ aged 33 years/ Yet again we hope to meet thee/ when the day of life is fled/ Then in heaven with joy to greet thee/ Where no farewell tear is shed

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1828 - of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth