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

Christina R. Heritage

Female 1879 - 1964  (85 years)


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  • Name Christina R. Heritage 
    Born 1 Mar 1879  Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-67255 
    Died 22 May 1964  High Springs, Alachua, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67255  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Captain George Thomas Heritage,   b. 26 Sep 1834, , Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1900, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Christina McAllister,   b. 18 May 1840, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1929, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1864  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F60092  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HERITAGE, CHRISTINA (Nee McAllister)

      On Tuesday, March 26, 1929 at 8 a. m., at her home in Bloomington, llinois, in her 89th year. Relict of Captain George Heritage. Mrs. Heritage was a native of this district, having been born in Puslinch Township and residing in that section until her marriage. Despite her very advanced age, Mrs. Heritage enjoyed excellent health all her life, retained all her faculties and every summer returned to this district to visit with relatives and friends. She was a staunch Presbyterian and proudly boasted that she had never missed a Sunday School service in her life, attending every Sunday until illness, a month or so ago, confined her to her home. She leaves four children, John of Victoria, BC; George, Christina and Mrs. Catterlin of Bloomington. Funeral on Friday at 3, from the residence of A. McLellan, 186(?) Wellington St. in Galt to Hespeler Cemetery.

      - Information from the Galt Reporter. Their daughter, Christina Heritage, of High Springs, FL, died on Wednesday morning, July 22, 1964, in her 86th year. Funeral service at the Stager-Nelson Funeral Home in Hespeler on Fri., July 24 at 3: 30. Interment Hespeler Cemetery. She had resided in Florida for many years and previously in Bloomington, Illinois, where she was born. Miss Heritage was a high school teacher, a member of the American Teachers' Association and of the Presbyterian Church. The last member of her family, survived by a niece, Mrs. Elsie Dolan of High Springs, FL, besides relatives in the Crieff area. Predeceased by brothers, John of Victoria, BC; George of Bloomington; and Mrs. Susan Catterlin.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209878701/christina-heritage.

    2. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Name: Geo Thos Heritage
      Age: 29
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
      Birthplace: England
      Res: Puslinch
      Father's Name: Thos Heritage
      Mother's Name: Susann Cross
      Spouse's Name: Christine Mcalister
      Spouse's Age: 23
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
      Spouse's Birthplace: Canada West
      Res: Puslinch
      Spouse's Father's Name: John Mcalister
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Christian Ramsey
      Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1864
      Marriage Place: Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Mar 1879 - Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 May 1964 - High Springs, Alachua, Florida, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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