John Fields

1833 - 1901  (68 years)

• Name	John Fields
  Born	23 Feb 1833	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1871	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Factory Worker
  Residence	1871	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Sawyer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81840
  Died	6 Aug 1901
  Buried	St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario
  Person ID	I81840	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Fields,   b. 1810, , England ,   d. 31 Jan 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Ellen Hunter McKersie,   b. CALC 1 Jul 1812, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Feb 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F6478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Sullivan,   b. CALC 30 May 1839, , New York State, USA ,   d. 14 Sep 1895  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Children	1. Jane Fields,   b. 1850, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joseph Fields,   b. CALC 31 Jul 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jan 1871  (Age ~ 10 years)   3. Mary Louisa "Minnie" Fields,   b. Sep 1862, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Oct 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)   4. Fields,   b. 6 Oct 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F228570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Glick's Hotel". Operated some years prior to 1854 first by Mr. Glick and later by his widow (grandmother of Abram and Charles). Later still by their mother, Catharine, who afterwards married Andreas Wehrle, father of Charlie Hespeler's wife, Lena. The Hotel was afterwards rented to George Devitt who in the years 1871-73 operated it as "The Devitt House" and in 1874, John Fields was tenant, and the name "The Fields House." Charles Glick ran it as a Temperance House, 1879-81. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ___________________________ "The Queens". On a plan dated 1846 the corner lot at Queen and Guelph Road is shown as "The Tavern Lot" which suggests that there was then an hotel either in building or in operation. I am lacking in its earliest history. Stephen Flynn kept Hotel there 1866-68; Michael Haller, 1868-71; John Fields, 1872-73; James Baker, 1874-86; then came the Waypers, father and son, and after them, Albert E. Thomson and then again by Joseph Wayper Jr. After "Josh" died the hotel was operated for a time by his widow and her second husband, Archie Smith. During the time of The Ontario Temperance Act, Mr. George D. Forbes bought the hotel and refurnished it and Henry Sachs managed it. After Mr. Forbes died, George Thorlby rented the hotel and then it was sold to James Sutherland Cornell, by him to Joseph Krempowich who in turn sold to Samuel Sturman, the present owner. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 _____________________ John Fields in 1863; Jacob Dimmick, 1866-67; J. N. Goebel, 1866; John Howard, 1866 are designated as Pedlers. That indicates that not yet having places of business they sold their wares from house to house. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 21. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 3. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 19. [S2771] aaaHespeler 1871, Sect. 1 Page 29.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Feb 1833 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Factory Worker - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Sawyer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth