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

William Scott

Male 1802 - 1881  (79 years)


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  • Name William Scott 
    Born 1802  Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Interesting mill, story 
    Residence 1854  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-83956 
    Died 29 Aug 1881 
    Buried Harriston Cemetery, Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I83956  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Family Ann Cairns,   b. 1805,   d. 17 Dec 1872, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Scott,   b. 1836, Hawick, , Roxburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1904  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F34042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William Scott was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Parents are unknown. He was christened on August, 29, 1802. In about 1827 he married Anne Cairns. William was raised and educated in Scotland, and later learned the trade of woollen manufacturing. He eventuallly became the Manager of the then Wilson Brothers Woollen Mills. William emigrated to Canada in the spring of 1854, to Galt (now Cambridge), Waterloo County, Ontario. Anne's oldest sister Janet, her husband Andrew Dryden, and their children, had moved to the Galt region around 20 years earlier. The Scott's lived in the Galt area for three years while William carried on with the weaving trade. After three years, the family moved to Minto Township, Wellington County, where they were some of that township's earliest pioneers. Annie died Dec. 17, 1872, while William passed away on August 29, 1881. On the Canadian 1881 census, William is found to be living alone. Both William and Anne are buried at Harriston Cemetery, Minto Township, Wellington County. Their grandson, William Hood, son of their daugther Ann (Scott) Hood is buried beside them.

      William Scott (1802 - 1881) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63291315

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