William John Reynolds

1860 - 1921  (61 years)

• Name	William John Reynolds
  Born	7 Sep 1860	Lenox, Macomb, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177082504
  Immigration	1862  [1]
  Name	W. J. Reynolds
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Railroad Station Agent
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1901	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Grand Trunk Railroad Agent
  Occupation	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Agent GTR Station
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-96828
  Died	23 Nov 1921	London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I96828	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane McRoberts,   b. 11 Jan 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Feb 1945, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Frederick Southard Reynolds,   b. 23 Feb 1886, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1911  (Age 24 years)   2. Mary Annette "Anna" Reynolds,   b. 9 Dec 1887, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1902, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 14 years)   3. Ethel May Reynolds,   b. 1 Aug 1889, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1962, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   4. David John Harold "Harold" Reynolds,   b. 7 Mar 1893, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Dec 1977, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F24960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  William John Reynolds 1903

  
  

• Notes

  Elmira as a Shipping Centre [excerpt] Had the Grand Trunk [railway] authorities ransacked the entire list of their staff of Agents, it is a question whether they would have found a more suitable and popular representative for Elmira than is Mr. W. J. Reynolds, who has held the position ever since the Waterloo-Elmira Branch was opened for traffic. To his genial accommodating manner and his straightforward and reliable method of doing business is due, to a great extent, the popularity of the Elmira station. Passengers and shippers invariably receive courteous treatment. Mr. Reynolds was born at Lennox, Mich., in a railway station. He came to Canada in 1863, with his father, who is the oldest Railway Agent on the G.T.R. He had been many years in charge of the Brampton station. Having lived in a railway station during the whole of his childhood, Mr. Reynolds, jr., was unusually well fitted for the position of Agent when he chose railway life as his profession, in the year 1877. For a considerable time he was Releiving [sic] Agent. Then he took charge of Mosborough station near Guelph. Later he went to Petersburg, where he did duty six years. When the Elmira road was opened, in 1891, he was stationed here, where he has filled his position with great acceptability to the community and, no doubt, great profit to the G.T.R. System. Enterprising Elmira Souvenir, An historical, descriptive, and illustrated Book of the Village of Elmira, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, published by George Klinck, 1903. _____________ In concluding this sketch I must not neglect to thank Mr. W. J. Reynolds, the obliging and painstaking representative of the Grand Trunk Railroad Co. here, for valuable favors rendered. Mr. Reynolds is a natural born railroad man and was born in a railroad station at Lenox, Mich., in 1865. When a small boy he came to Canada with his father, who is also an old railroad man. Mr. Reynolds came here with the rail road and has been a faithful and reliable employee of the Company ever since. Waterloo County Chronicle 27 Jan 1898, p. 1, 2, 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 16. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 14. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177082504. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 13.

  
  

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  Occupation - Railroad Station Agent - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Grand Trunk Railroad Agent - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agent GTR Station - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Nov 1921 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth