Milton Cushing Schofield

1819 - 1908  (89 years)

• Name	Milton Cushing Schofield
  Born	1819	Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	M. C. Schofield
  Residence	1859	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Surveyor
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	FC
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	P.L. Surveyor
  Possessions	1873	100 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-75163
  Died	19 Feb 1908	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: old age, influenza (3 weeks)
  Person ID	I75163	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Schofield,   b. CA 1795, of, Ontario ,   d. 21 May 1860, Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Deborah Cushing,   b. CA 1795, Of, Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario ,   d. 9 Mar 1862  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F19668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Smith,   b. 1817, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Oct 1895, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1859	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F19667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A LEEDS PIONEER. Vigorous Old Gentleman Renewing Eastern Acquaintances, Brockville Recorder, M. C. Schofield, Guelph, arrived on Saturday on a sad mission, bringing with him the remains of his wife for interment in the cemetery here. The deceased lady had been in poor health for many years, and towards the end was a great sufferer, so that to her it may be said death came as a happy release. Mr. Schofield, despite his seventy-six years, is still remarkably active, and in fact beyond a silvering of the locks and beard, looks very little older than when the writer first had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, nearly thirty years ago. Mr. Schofield is the son of the late Dr. Peter Schofield, one of the pioneer physicians of this section of country, and was born at Delta, then known as Beverly, in 1819. His grandfather, Dr. James Schofield, came to Canada in 1795, just 100 years ago, and shortly after his arrival built an iron forge at Furnace Falle (now Lyndhurst), where he manufactured the first iron made in Upper Canada. In 1828 Dr. Peter Schofield delivered an address upon temperance in the section where he lived, and at the close organized the first temperance society in Canada. M. C. Schofield left this district and I went to western Ontario in 1844, success. fully following his profession as land surveyor and civil engineer for many years, being located first at Owen Sound, then at Berlin and latterly at Guelph. In Berlin, he had for a business partner Joseph Hobson, now chief engineer of the southern division of the Grand Trunk railway, and who achieved eminence in his profession by constructing the tunnel under the St. Clair river between Sarnia and Port Huron, Before returning to Guelph Mr. Schofield will revisit the scenes of his childhood I in the neighborhood of Delta, and will also spend a day or two with Mr. Fredenburg at Westport. The Kingston Whig-Standard Kingston, Ontario, Canada Thursday, October 17, 1895 ____________ Queen Street North, West Side Gaukel's well at the corner of the hotel shed, the corner being later built up as the Bowman Block, now the Bank of Montreal. A brick warehouse belonging to the corner store of the Bowman Block. First occupants of this store were Bowman and Heins, later H. S, Huber and then by Huber and Roy. Opposite the Breithaupt leather store stood a one-story brick building, Dr. Pipe's surgery and later Dr. Wright's. A two-storey brick house lengthwise with Queen Street and with veranda on two sides, the veranda a few steps above the ground, occupied by Henry Schaefer. In 1871 Dr. Pipe lived in this house. Among other things Dr. Pipe kept bees, although he was quite afraid of them. Dr. Pipe and Henry Stroh succeeded in bringing the first Italian queen bee to this part of the country. A lane. A handsome brick house, gable roof, lengthwise with the street, the corners faced with limestone from Guelph, erected by Joseph Hobson, the surveyer, in 1860. Hobson eventually was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway and when that was merged with the Grand Trunk he became Chief Engineer of the latter Company and was among other things Chief Engineer of the Sarnia tunnel. Alexander MacPherson, editor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph, later lived in the house. The site is now occupied by the head office of the Economical Fire Insurance Company. A two-story red frame building well back from the street built probably before 1850 by Peter Eby, identified with the "Deutsche Canadier" and with the early days of the "Telegraph". Dr. Eggert, homeopath, lived in the house 1859-1860 and later John Klippert, high constable and county bailiff. One and a half story brick building at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets occupied by a Mr. Von Ebenau and wife and later for a number of years by Michael Jaehle, a blacksmith. The site is now occupied by the Daily Record building. Duke Street. A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Some time later Dr. H. S. Lackner acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto. building, colonial style, with large posts at the front carrying the projecting roof, erected in 1848-49, the Waterloo Township Hall, the land for which was donated by Frederick Gaukel. General public meetings were held in this hall, among others meetings purposing to have Berlin named as county town. After consummation of this a banquet was held in the hall, which was occasionally used for such purpose. The occasion of this particular banquet was the laying of the corner stone of the new county buildings in 1852. 100 guests were present and there were a number of patriotic toasts. Later the building was used as a printing office, the "Deutsche Canadier" and the "Telegraph" being printed there for a time. Eventually the building was remodelled and enlarged and became the Methodist Church. In 1904 the St. Matthews Lutheran congregation purchased the property and later the First English Lutheran Church, which still continues in the building. Behind the present Kitchener Public Library, occupying the site of his ornamental garden, and still standing is Dr. Scott's residence, built in 1855. Henry Rothaermel was the contractor. Dr. Scott was the first warden of the county and first reeve of Berlin. After his death the house was occupied by M. C. Schofield who married Dr. Scott's widow. Later Israel Bowman, for many years county clerk and town clerk of Berlin, acquired the property and lived there. Weber Street. On the corner the Presbyterian Church first built 1860-61 at a size of 36 ft. by 50 ft., cost $4,500 and seating 175 persons. Rev. John McMeekin was an early minister. A two-story red brick building lengthwise with Queen Street, built 1855-56, the house of H. S. Huber. Simon Roy's house, also red brick, one and one-half story high, both of these houses were set back from the street. Mr. Roy was nurseryman and florist. A one-story double house lengthwise with Queen Street. Before Ahrens Street was continued westerly across Queen Street there was on the site a two-story unpainted weather-boarded building, the house of John Dopp. frame building, similar to Dopp's, the house of Christina Bloch, a widow who lived there for many years. A frame building, similar to Dopp's, but with gable facing Queen Street, the house of August Vetter, painter and paper-hanger. A vacant lot later owned by Louis Breithaupt who built, on the corner of Margaret Avenue, a residence for Judge Lacourse. Margaret Avenue. On Margaret Avenue a short distance westerly from Queen Street was the Moxley farm with house and barn. The barn was later moved to Lexington by Henry Stroh who bought it to replace one that had been struck by lightning. On the corner of Ellen Street a brick house occupied in the early days by Rev. Mr. Savage, Methodist minister, and later by John Hoffman, Jr., a druggist. Ellen Street. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930 ___________ OLD GUELPH RESIDENT DEAD. Milton C. Schofield, an old resident af Berlin and Guelph, died Wednesday night in Guelph, of heart failure. Mr. Schofeld was born in Brockville, in 1817. He became a provincial land surveyor in 1843, and a Mason in 1845. He was a son of the late Dr. Peter Schofield, one of the earliest Master Masons that section of the country. His wife, who was a daughter of the late Dr. Scott, of Berlin, died about twelve years ago.. The Daily Telegraph Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Saturday, February 22, 1908

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Milton C. Schofield Born: Ontario Res: Berlin Age: 39 Father: Peter Mother: Deborah Cushing Born: 1820 Spouse: Catherine Scott Age: 39 born: Scotland Res: Berlin Born: 1820 Father: William Mother: Elisabeth Smith married 30 Jan 1859 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. M. C. Schofield, d. 19 Feb 1908 aged 84, retired surveyor, cause: old age, influenza (3 weeks) [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 27. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 2 Page 18. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 18 Jan 1859. 13 Jan 1859 In Berlin, on the 13th inst., by the Rev'd A. C. Geikie, M.C. Schofield, Esq., P.L.S., to Catherine Scott, widow of the late Dr. Scott, of Berlin. [We have to acknowledge the receipt of the usual bridal favors, and wish our estimable friends every happiness in the life they have so auspiciously entered upon.] [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-7 Page 3.

  
  

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  Born - 1819 - Brockville, Leeds Co., Ontario Residence - 1859 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Jan 1859 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Surveyor - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - FC - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - P.L. Surveyor - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Possessions - 1873 - 100 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age, influenza (3 weeks) - 19 Feb 1908 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth