Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Robert Malcolm[1]

Male 1816 - 1903  (86 years)


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  • Name Robert Malcolm 
    Born 31 Jan 1816  Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Christened 11 Feb 1816  Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189043118 
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    Immigration 1847  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation 1851  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Chairmaker 
    Residence 1851  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1860  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1861  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Clerk in Store 
    Residence 1861  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Church of Scotland 
    Occupation 1867  Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    merchant 
    Occupation 1878  Lucknow, Kinloss Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    merchant 
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Furniture Manufacturer 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Presbyterian 
    Retired 1901  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-66089 
    Died 22 Jan 1903  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Cause: Old Age 
    Buried Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I66089  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Andrew Malcolm,   b. Abt 1790, of, Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Christian Neilson,   b. Abt 1790, of, Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F39460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Gordon,   b. 9 Sep 1840, , Down Co., Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1919, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 14 Aug 1867  Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 12
    Children 
     1. John Ferguson Malcolm,   b. 6 Oct 1868, Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1940  (Age 71 years)
     2. Gordon S. Malcolm,   b. 24 Aug 1870, Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1942  (Age 71 years)
     3. Maggie Malcom,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Christina Malcom,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lena Malcolm,   b. 27 Aug 1876, , Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. William James Malcolm,   b. 16 Sep 1878, Lucknow, Kinloss Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F17259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eleanora Guthrie,   b. 10 Mar 1820, Stonehaven, Kincardineshie, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1841  Barony, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Children 
     1. Andrew Malcolm,   b. 31 May 1844, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1921, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. George G. Malcolm,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Robert G. Malcolm,   b. 12 Jun 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1912, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     4. Thomas Dyce Malcolm,   b. 13 Dec 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1910, Port Arthur, Thunderbay District, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F20509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Jane Ann McLeish,   b. 1823, , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1865, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1860  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F26608  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MR. ROBERT MALCOLM. In the history of St. Andrew's Church Mr. Malcolm was a prominent figure. He was one of the most active workers, always at the front in some department of service, giving such assistance as to help it on. For a long time he occupied the Precentors desk, leading the singing with fine voice and nicely attuned ear. He was for a longer time Secretary of the Board of Managers, keeping neat and accurate records of their proceedings, and again he was chosen for the high and responsible office of Eldership, and thus the seal of the church's approval was put upon him as a sincere, Christian man. In reading the old church minutes one thing is very remarkable, namely, the excellent spirit he shows. He is so much there that we can feel his presence and mark his temper, and above all, his unselfishness. He is a man in whom the true Christian disposition is discernible without any effort to find it. A kind-hearted man, a fatherly man, a pleasant, genial man, steadfast and true, ever looking on the bright side of things.

      Having the true Scotch spirit in him, he was always a great man for his own church, regular in his attendance on the services, and seeking by every proper means to advance its interests. No half-hearted work was his. He gave himself wholly to whatever he did.

      He was away from Galt for a number of years, and when he came back he identified himself with the Central Presbyterian Church, and in it he showed the same spirit and the same active interest that had marked his previous career. He was always in his place on the Lord's day, listening as for life and appreciating the word preached. He heard to some purpose. He took it home to himself to live by, to be his strength, his comfort, his joy. The Word of God was precious to him.

      He had a great concern for the welfare of the church, and looked after strangers, giving them a cordial welcome, encouraging them to attendance upon the means of grace. He cheered the heart of his pastor by many a kindly word. He was helpful in many ways. His was a sterling character.

      He was a man who was diligent in business. No one ever saw him idling about. He was always busy. I should say that he exceedingly disliked doing nothing. He was able to attend to his business up to the last, for he was only a day or two ill when he was called home. But he was ready to enter in and be forever with the Lord.

      His memory as a zealous, faithful, self- forgetting, humble Christian man remains to us as a precious heritage.

      Ebenezer: A History of the Centrall Presbyterian Church, Galt, Ontario, with brief sketches of some of its members who have passed on the the other side, The Rev. James A. R. Dickson pg 278

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 17 Jan 1860.
      In Galt, on the evening on Tuesday the 10th instant, Elenora, wife of Mr. Robert Malcolm, and sixth daughter of Captain Crathic, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, aged 39 years and 10 months

    2. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-10 Page 6.

    3. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Robert Malcolm Birth Place: Scotland RESIDENCE: Galt Age: 43 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817 Father Name: Andrew Mother Name: Christ. Nelson Spouse Name: Jane McLeish Spouse's Age: 37 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823 Spouse Birth Place: Rhode Island Spouse Residence: Dumfries Township Spouse Father Name: Geoge A. Spouse Mother Name: Mary Erskine Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1860 Marriage County: Waterloo

    4. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.44.

    5. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 5 Page 61.

    6. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 75.

    7. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link.
      In memory of/ Robert MALCOLM/ died Jan. 22nd 1903/ in his 86th year/ native of/ Stirling-shire Scotland/ his wife/ Mary GORDON/ died Jun 23rd 1919/ in her 80th year/ native of/ County Down Ireland/ MALCOLM

    8. [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, Parish registers for Killearn, 1694-1854 Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Killearn (Stirling) Film 1041948.

    9. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 21 Aug 1867.
      Malcom, Robert married 14 Aug 1867 to Mary Gordon At Stratford, by Rev. Professor George, St. Andrew's Church. Groom, merchant of Kincardine; bride, of Galt.

    10. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 1829 (1878), William James Malcolm.
      Wm James Malcolm Date of Birth: 16 Sep 1878 born Lucknow, Gender: Male Birth County: Bruce Father's Name: Robert Malcolm (merchant) Mother's Name: Mary Gordon

    11. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 027089 (1903).
      Name:Robert Malcolm Gender:Male Age:86 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1817 Birth Place:Scotland Death Date:22 Jan 1903 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Old Age

    12. [S35] Vit - ON, Perth - Marriage Register of Perth County 1858-1869.
      Name: Andrew [should read Robert] Malcolm
      Sex: Male
      Age: 48
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1819
      Birthplace: Scotland
      Father's Name: Andrew
      Mother's Name: Christina
      Spouse's Name: Mary Gordon
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 30
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
      Spouse's Birthplace: Ireland
      Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 14 Aug 1867
      Event Place: Perth, Ontario, Canada

    13. [S2181] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.
      Name:Robert Malcolm
      Gender:Male
      Marriage Date:30 Apr 1841
      Marriage Place:Barony,Lanark,Scotland
      Spouse:Eleanora Guthrie
      FHL Film Number:0994189-0994191, 1041481, 0994188

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jan 1816 - Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 11 Feb 1816 - Killearn, , Stirling, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Apr 1841 - Barony, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1847 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Chairmaker - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Nov 1860 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clerk in Store - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of Scotland - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1867 - Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Aug 1867 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Furniture Manufacturer - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Old Age - 22 Jan 1903 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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