Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Hugh McGinnis

Male 1860 - 1915  (55 years)


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  • Name Hugh McGinnis 
    Born 21 Feb 1860  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218365261 
    Occupation 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Woolen Mill Worker 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Weaver 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Barber, Shop 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-82247 
    Died 7 Nov 1915  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I82247  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Hugh McGinnis,   b. 1817, , County Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Jane Kehoe,   b. 1810, Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Family ID F34665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Tremain,   b. 8 Aug 1864, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1947  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ambro McGinnis,   b. 21 Mar 1893, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lionel McGinnis,   b. 24 Mar 1896, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F21449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MCGINNIS, HUGH

      At his home on Queen St. in Hespeler, on Sunday, November 7, 1915 at 5 a. m. , following a short illness with pneumonia as a result of a complication of diseases, in his 58th year. Born in Puslinch, he had resided in Hespeler and vicinity nearly all his life. For many years an employee of the R. Forbes Co. but for the past ten years, he had conducted a barber shop and devoted a great deal of time to the purchase and training of horses for racing. He was a good judge of horses. For many years, he bought turnips in this vicinity for a large firm of provision dealers in Pittsburg. Survived by his widow; one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Menger of Galt; a son, Lionel, at home; also two brothers and four sisters, James in Toronto; John in Berlin; Mrs. Douglas Fields and Mrs. Robert Fields in Toronto; Mrs. Albert Smith in Detroit; ?ne and Ellen, married and living in Michigan and Cleveland. Funeral from his residence at 10 on Wednesday to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, where Rev. Father Meyer conducted requiem high mass and thence, to the Roman Catholic Cemetery for interment. Pallbearers: John Flynn, J. Drayton, J. Doyle, J. H. McTearnen, W. Coughlin and J. McGinnis.

      -Information from the death certificate: Son of Hugh McGinnis and Jane Kehoe. Informant - Lionel McGinnis of Hespeler.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 2.

    2. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 5.

    3. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 18.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Feb 1860 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Weaver - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Barber, Shop - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Nov 1915 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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