Andrew Jackson

1858 - 1878  (19 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson
  Born	31 Oct 1858	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of Scotland
  Christened	17 Mar 1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188210049
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	C. Presb.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-93566
  Died	22 May 1878	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: Accidentally Drowned
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I93566	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Jackson,   b. 17 Nov 1829, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 31 Jul 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Ellen Murray,   b. 16 Jul 1837, , Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Jan 1903, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	13 Aug 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F16090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SAD ACCIDENT AT GALT A Pleasure Steamboat Goes Over The Mill Dam -- 8 Drowned May 23, Galt. --The little steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA, which had been placed on the Grand River, and which on Monday last commenced its trips for the season on Blain's Dam, to all appearance was perfectly safe for the business required of it, and the calamity which has overtaken it was totally unlooked for. Last evening about eight o'clock a party of some fifteen young men and two young women embarked on the vessel for a sail up the river. As the boat was crossing the dam something appeared to go wrong with the rudder, and the head of the boat could not be turned sufficiently up the stream to enable it to counteract the effects of the current caused by the flow over the dam. The west side of the dam was reached without mishap, however, but the point where the boat would have touched being rough and rocky, an order was given to reverse the engine, which was done. The boat again getting out into the stream, an effort was made to turn the bow up the stream but again it seemed as if the rudder would not work, and when at last it did, it unfortunately was turned the wrong way, and the boat headed directly for the fall, and before those on board could realize their position the steamer drifted broadside to the fall, and in a moment went crashing over into the boiling water beneath. Before it took it's final leap, however, two of it's occupants, John and William Ovens, jumped into the water, and the latter, in an almost miraculous manner, managed to obtain a foothold on the very edge and to resist the current until he reached the shore. His brother John was not so fortunate, being carried over the faIl, but he was event ually taken out of the river some distance below in an insensible condition. Of those who went over with the boat, eight were lost, the rest having in various ways managed to reach shore. Both of the young women were saved, one, Miss Landreth, having had an escape that was perfectly miraculous, she floated down the stream until she struck the western pier of the upper bridge, against which the water pressed her so tightly that parties were enabled to get ropes and rescue her. The following is a complete list of the drowned:- Jas. Montgomery (engineer and owner), Edward Wren, Andrew Jackson; John Fraser; Frederick Cane; H. J. Jaffray (of the Galt reporter); Thomas Elliott and David Scott. The body of Mr. H. J. Jaffray was taken out of the water within a short time of the accident, but the most unremitting exertions on the part of the medical men present failed to restore life. It is the general impression, that when the boat went over the fall he must have been struck and stunned. Efforts to recovers of the bodies were made during the night but without success. This morning the boat was turned over where she lay below the falls, t being supposed that some of the bodies must be entangled in the wreck, but none were discovered. The dam is about ten or twelve feet high, with about a foot of water flowing over the fall. The depth of water above the fall is from fifteen to eighteen feet.1a Meaford Monitor Friday, May 31, 1878

  
  

• Sources

  [S575] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - United Presbyterian. Andrew Jackson Born 31 Oct 1858 Waterloo Rd Near Galt Parents William Jackson & Helen Murray baptized 17 Mar 1861 [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 55. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 10 Page 73. [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [W] William JACKSON/ born Paisley Scotland 1830 died in Kitchener 1921/ Ellen MURRAY wife of/ William JACKSON/ died Jan. 9, 1903 - in her 65th year/ Andrew JACKSON/ born Oct. 31, 1858/ drowned in boat accident Grand/ River Galt May 22, 1878/ aged 19 years 6 mos. & 22 dys./ Robert Lee JACKSON/ born 1860 died 1931/ [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 014808 (1878). Name:Andrew Jackson Gender:Male Age:19 Birth Date:abt 1859 Birth Place:North Dumfries Death Date:27 May 1878 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Accidentally Ahormed [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. William Jackson Birth Place: Paisley, Scotland Residence: North Dumfries Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830 Father Name: Andreas Mother Name: Janet Lee Spouse Name: Ellen Murray Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Spouse Birth Place: Roxborough, Scotland Spouse residence: North Dumfries Spouse Father Name: David Spouse Mother Name: Ellen Stoddard Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1858 Marriage County: Waterloo [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 72.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Oct 1858 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 17 Mar 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presb. - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Accidentally Drowned - 22 May 1878 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth