Mary Ann Eagle^[1]

1827 - 1908  (80 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Eagle
  Born	24 Sep 1827	, Norfolk, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208342338
  Immigration	1835  [2]
  Name	Mary Ann Parks
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81981
  Died	4 Feb 1908	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I81981	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Eagle,   b. 20 Nov 1795, Hoe, , Norfolk, England ,   d. 11 Oct 1865, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Anne Cook,   b. 28 Oct 1790,   d. 1856, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1820	Sporle, , Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F48562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alexander Parks,   b. 1819, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1880, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1842
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Parks,   b. CALC 29 Oct 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1892, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Mary Ann Parks,   b. 30 May 1845, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Hannah Parks,   b. 16 Nov 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1918, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   4. John Wesley Parks,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1937, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   5. Alexandra Parks,   b. 17 May 1867, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1952, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   6. William Nathan Parks,   b. Sep 1849, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1927, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F21390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PARKS, MARY ANN (Nee Eagle) Another of our oldest and most respected residents, relict of the late Alexander Parks, in her 81st year. On Tuesday morning, February 4, 1908, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Hortop. She had been quite infirm for a few years but was always able to be more or less about, until some few weeks ago, when she was taken seriously ill at the home of her daughter. Born in Norfolk County in England, she came to Beverly with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eagle, when she was 11 years of age. After a time, they removed to the head of Puslinch Lake, to the farm now occupied by Marvin Eagle. Mrs. Park's mother was one of the earliest schoolteachers in these parts. She taught school in her own home. Archie McAllister was one of her pupils. Mrs. Parks remembered when Galt was so small that it could boast of nothing but a blacksmith shop, hotel and one store. After the grist mill was built at Galt, her husband would take the flour home on his back. Her nearest relatives lived in Blenheim Township and there, she would sometimes visit, taking her children on horseback, following the blazed trail through the woods. Great excitement prevailed when the macadamized road was being built to from Hamilton to Guelph. The next epoch of the kind was when the railroad was being built through Hespeler. The late A. J. Brewster, while filling a contract for railway ties, lived at her home. Her father, on one occasion, was extra late getting home, as a consequence of having to await moonlight to get home safely, for a pack of wolves were in the neighbourhood. Mother and daughter went in search of the father and the wolves passed them by, on the side that the wind protected them from detection. A panther was in the vicinity on one occasion. These are some of the thrilling stories that she was able to tell to her grandchildren. She was married to Alexander Parks on December 8, 1842 by Rev. William Meldrum. Mr. J. W. Parks is the proud possessor of their marriage license, which is properly considered an heirloom of the family. Printing was out of the question; it was neatly written with pen and ink. They settled at Puslinch Lake (at Barber's Beach), on property now owned by Mr. J. Wayper, having paid for the property with a goose and a gander. For many years, they conducted the Park's Hotel, now the property of Josh Wayper. Mrs. Parks was a member of the Methodist Church for upwards of sixty years. That she always inculcated righteous living in her family may be known by the godly walk of those, who are following in her footsteps. Since the death of her husband twenty-six years ago, Mrs. Parks made her home with her children. She was blessed with no less than forty grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Howitt predeceased her sixteen years ago. Survived by Mrs. John Blatchford, Mrs. Hannah Brown, William Parks, J. Wesley Parks and Mrs. William Hortop. The funeral took place on Wed. , Feb. 6 at 2 from the residence of her son- in-law, William Hortop and was largely attended. Interment Hespeler Cemetery. - Information from marriage certificates: Elizabeth Ann Parks married Alfred Howitt. Mary Ann Parks married John Blatchford. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Majorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Michael Brown aged 23 res Hespeler, born Ireland son of James and Catherine married 11 Mar 1863 to Hannah Parker aged 16 res Puslinch born Puslinch daughter of Alex and Mary A. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 23. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 24.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Sep 1827 - , Norfolk, England Died - 4 Feb 1908 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth