Robert Ferrie, Esq.

Cal 1822 - 1860  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Robert Ferrie
  Suffix	Esq.
  Born	CALC 30 Sep 1822	, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Church	Doon Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Robert donated the site of the Doon Presbyterian Church, which was constructed in 1854.
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	miller & merchant
  	Lived with John & Elisabeth Roos.
  Church	1854	Doon Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	donated property
  Residence	1858	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Died	30 Mar 1860	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-69522
  Person ID	I69522	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Honourable Adam Ferrie,   b. 15 Apr 1777, Irvine, , Ayr, Scotland ,   d. 24 Dec 1863, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rachel Campbell,   b. 1787, , Scotland ,   d. 24 Dec 1868, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F32444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Russell Bown,   b. Abt 1827, Of, Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Jun 1858	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F21940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Doon Presbyterian Church The Minutes of the 1852 Annual Meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Canada refer to a joint charge of the congregations of Woolwich and Doon Mills in the Presbytery of Hamilton. In 1853 and 1854 Doon Mills was a charge with New Aberdeen. Formal organization of the Doon congregation was on July 9, 1853 by Rev. Dr. John Bayne of Knox's Presbyterian Church in Galt, who had held the first church service in Doon just two days before. The present church was built in 1854 on land donated by Mr. Robert Ferrie. Dedication services were held on December 31, 1854, with Rev. Bayne conducting the morning service and Rev. Duncan McRuer of Knox Presbyterian Church, Ayr preaching in the afternoon. The congregation was placed on a two-point charge with New Hope (Hespeler) on October 25, 1855 with Rev. Thomas Isaac Hodgskin as missionary. A first communion service was held on February 25, 1856. Later that year (October 16, 1856), Rev. Hodgskin was inducted as minister; he later resigned from the Presbyterian Church. (The Minutes of the 1863 Annual Meeting of the Canada Presbyterian Church recorded that effective June 24, 1862 Rev. Hodgskin was considered no longer to be a minister or member of the Church.) Rev. Malcolm McKenzie arrived in the Fall of 1861 and was ordained and inducted to the service of both churches on February 12, 1862. Rev. George Haigh became Minister to Doon, Preston and Hespeler on April 24, 1876. On March 20, 1883 Doon and Hespeler were made into a pastoral charge under Rev. Haigh and were separated from Preston, which became a Mission Station. The congregation later, in 1893, became a second charge to Preston, when Hespeler called its first full-time minister. In the same year, Rev. Herbert Francis Thomas became minister to the two-point charge of Doon and Preston. However, it was not until 1972 that Doon became independent. An ordained minister was appointed in 1976 and a manse was purchased in 1977. A new addition was constructed in 1980 and dedicated on November 9, 1980. The congregation of Doon Presbyterian Church became self-supporting as of July 1, 1982. Ten years later, another addition was completed, and officially opened and dedicated on Sunday, September 27, 1992. Ambrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011] ___________________________________ Adam Ferrie, Jr., the founder of Doon, was the first officially appointed postmaster in Preston, receiving the appointment on February 6, 1837. The post office was situated at the corner of King and Lowther Streets, where the Henning store was located. Emphasizing changing conditions through the years is the fact that when Ferrie was postmaster the office was open until 11: 00 p.m. and no holidays were permitted to the staff. Ferrie had ambitions to build mills and become an industrialist. In 1834, unable to obtain a site on the Grand River in Preston, he purchased 300 acres on which he erected a grist mill, sawmill and distillery. This developed into the community of Doon. The 1839 Doon Mills operated under the name of Adam Ferrie and Company until taken over by his brother Robert. Adam Ferrie, Jr., died in the prime of life at the age of thirty-six. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame website

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 12. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 5 Apr 1860. Robert Ferrie died 30 Mar 1860 in Hamilton, formerly of Doon, 37 yrs. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 22 Jun 1858. At Hamilton, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. T. J. Hodgskin, of Doon, Robert Ferrie, Esq., of the above city, to Harriet Russel, relict of the late Aeneas Kennedy, Esq., and daughter of the late Samuel Bown, Esq. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 4 Apr 1860. Ferrie, Robert died 30 Mar 1860 In Hamilton. Age 37y 6m. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 30 Sep 1822 - , Scotland Church - - Doon Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - miller & merchant - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Church - donated property - 1854 - Doon Presbyterian Church, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1858 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jun 1858 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Mar 1860 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth