John Lockie^{[1, 2]}

1797 - 1843  (46 years)

• Name	John Lockie
  Born	1797	, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1828	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-73303
  Died	7 Mar 1843	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I73303	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Jane Milroy,   b. 1800, , Scotland ,   d. 9 Sep 1889, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Janet Lockie,   b. 1835, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1917, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   2. Thomas Lockie,   b. 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1890  (Age 52 years)   3. John Lockie,   b. 12 Apr 1842, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jul 1917, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   4. Jane Lockie,   b. 7 Jun 1843, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jan 1929, , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F19438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Guelph road gave employment to many of the settlers, and, enabled them to earn a little ready money, which was a very scarce commodity in those days. Not a few ox teams from Dumfries found employment in opening the road to, and clearing the site of the proposed village of Guelph, and among those who helped to "slash" out the timber along the line of road-which extended about sixteen miles through the bush--were Stephen Moffat, George Telfer and John Lockie, well-known Dumfries names.* By this enterprise, and others equally worthy of commendation, Mr. Galt became the founder of Guelph, and gave a much needed impetus to the settlement and development of the country. *How immeasurably the circumstances and comforts of the commu-nity have improved since the days when this road was constructed, may be known from the fact, that Mr. Moffatt and other workmen employed upon it, sometimes had to eat the fattest of pork, raw; their bread was baked in the hot ashes of their camp fires-the quality of which, therefore, needs no remark-and they drank, at their meals, hemlock tea! To make up for such fare-we suppose-a barrel of whiskey, with a tin cup attached, always stood at the roadside, and each workman or passerby was allowed to partake ad libitum. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose Pg. 50

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Thomas Lockie Born: Dumfries Res: Dumfries Age: 28 Father: John Mother: Jane Milroy Born: 1839 Spouse: Jane Wight Age: 28 born: Scotland Res: Beverly Township Born: 1839 Father: Adam Mother: Ellen Elliott married 1 Oct 1867 married: Galt [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Lockie Birth Place: Dumfries Residence: Dumfries Age: 24 Father Name: John Mother Name: Jane Milroy Spouse Name: Annie Scott Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse Birth Place: Scotland Spouse residence: Dumfries Spouse Father Name: Alexander Spouse Mother Name: Annie Seal? Marriage Date: 25 May 1865 Marriage County: Waterloo [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [SW] John LOCKE Sr./ died/ 7th March 1843/ aged 45 years/ also/ Jane MULROY/ his wife/ died 9th Sept. 1889/ aged 89 years/ Natives of Scotland [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3 Page 46.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1797 - , Scotland Residence - 1828 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Mar 1843 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth