Rev. Isaac Sours^[1]

1803 - 1852  (48 years)

• Name	Isaac Sours
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	5 Nov 1803	, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Christened	23 Sep 1804	Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ephrata Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Correspondence	1836	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
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  Obituary	1840	New Connexion Methodist Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	lay minister
  Name	Isaac Sauer
  Name	Isaac Sauers
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Manufacturer
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29934
  Died	16 Aug 1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I29934	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Sauers,   b. 6 Mar 1775, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Mar 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Kolb,   b. CALC 12 Sep 1774, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Feb 1841, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Family ID	F414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann McQuire,   b. 1807, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Nov 1888, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Hannah Maria Sauers,   b. 1831, Flamboro West Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Dec 1886, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F17821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  New Connexion Methodist Church Early services were held in an upper room of a building erected in 1840 by Isaac Sours (or Sauer) on the east side of Water Street South, just south of the future location of South Water Street Baptist Church. Although not an ordained minister, Mr. Sours preached to this Methodist New Connexion group. Some years later he built a small stone chapel on the north side of Dickson Street, just west of Ainslie Street, which he gave to the congregation. Mr. Sours died on August 16, 1852 in his 50th year and was buried in Mount View Cemetery in Galt. The congregation continued on without a leader until Rev. James McAllister became minister in 1856. Of interest: Mr. Sours' name has been spelled Sours, Sowers, Sauer, and Sauers. The cemetery stone is recorded as Sours and his widow was referred to as Mrs. Sours. Churchmen in Waterloo Township referred to him as Rev. Sauer. The New Connexion Church on the north side of Dickson Street between Ainslie and North Water Streets is shown on Pollock's 1867 Map of Galt. The Minutes of the 46th Annual Conference of the Methodist New Connexion Church of Canada in May, 1874 recorded that the Galt Mission, with David Smyth of Galt as preacher, had 1 Chapel, 1 parsonage, a Sunday School, and a congregation of 160. In 1874 the New Connexion and Wesleyan Methodists joined to form the Methodist Church in Canada. The Galt Methodist New Connexion Church is reported to have been sold c.1880.. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose ____________________________ Isaac Sauers, "was married and resided in the town of Galt where he died, leaving a family of one child, named Hannah. She was married to Isaac Whiting." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _____________________ Isaac Sours died in Galt, the 16th inst., in his 50th year; survived by his wife. Galt Reporter Christian Guardian 25 Aug 1852 pg 182 ____________________ After the Dumfries Mills had been running for some time, Mr. Dickson, who found that his lands required all his attention, endeavoured to sell them to Mr. Shade. The latter was unwilling to purchase unless a guarantee was given for a specified number of years, that no lands would be sold in the village by Mr. Dickson for mills, stores, or other businesses which would enter into competition with his (Mr. Shade's) occupations. It is under-stood this condition was ultimately agreed to; at any rate, Mr. Shade purchased the mills, two hundred acres of land, covering what is now the most valuable part of the town on the west side of the river, and an additional hundred acres in the township. The deed was not obtained for these properties by Mr. Shade, until the 11th August, 1838, and in that document, the consideration money is stated to have been £2,500. In deeding the 200 acres to Mr. Shade, Mr. Dickson made the following reservations : (1) One lot to Dr. Robert Miller, corner west of Water and north of Main Street. (2) One acre to James Taylor, north of Main and east of Water Street. (3) One lot to Adam Ainslie, north of Main and east of Ainslie Street. (4) One lot to Isaac Sours, adjoining Ainslie's lot. (5) The school-house lot, corner of Church and Main Street. (6) The market-house lot on Dickson Street. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose Pg. 47

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 221. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Sacred/ to the memory of/ Isaac Sours/ a native of Pennsylvania/ & for 20 years/ a resident of Galt/ who died/ Aug. 16, 1852 in his/ 50th year/ blessed are the dead that die/ in the Lord from henceforth;/ Yea, saith the spirit, that they/ may rest from their labours: and/ their works do follow them/ Rev 14.13 / [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.27. [S94] News - ON, Wellington, Elora - The Elora Backwoods Man (1852-1858) Index, 26 Aug 1852. Died at Galt, Monday afternoon 16 th inst, after a painful illness of Dropsical affliction. Mr. Isaac Sours in the 50th year of his age [S3028] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013. NameIsaac Sauer Baptism Age0 Event TypeBaptism Birth Date5 Nov 1803 Baptism Date23 Sep 1804 Baptism PlaceEphrata Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA DenominationLutheran Organization NameBergstrasse Lutheran FatherJacob Sauer MotherElisab Sauer [S1000] News - Christian Guardian - Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1851-1860, Death Notice - 25 Aug 1852.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Nov 1803 - , Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence - 1836 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Aug 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth