Henry McCrum

1787 - 1843  (56 years)

• Name	Henry McCrum
  Born	1787	Of, New York State   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1834	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	clerk
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-388169
  Died	11 May 1843  [1]
  Buried	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I388169	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Children	1. Henry McCrum,   b. 1819, , New York State, USA ,   d. 12 May 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   2. Julia McCrum,   b. 1822, , New York State, USA ,   d. 22 Aug 1844  (Age 22 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F262449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: - Messrs. William Stewart, minister; James Strang, minister; Thomas Rich, builder; Thos. G. Chapman, builder; Andrew Malcom, cabinet-maker; Joseph Purvis, blacksmith; John Legge, shoemaker; Alonzo Bliss, chairmaker: Paul G. Huffman, chair maker; James Welch, farmer; Samuel Hogg, clerk; John Hall (afterwards of Ayr); Thomas Turley, (with Shade; William Shepherd, carpenter; Henry McCrum, clerk; William Kay, waggon maker; John Cheeseman, carpenter; H. G. Barlow, innkeeper; Jarvis Barraclough, miller; Robert Cranston, farmer; James K. Andrews, merchant ; James Fargus, merchant; James Smith, saddler; Archibald Hunter, blacksmith; John Veitch, plasterer ; James Harris, brewer; Augustus Harris, brewer; David Shiel, farmer; John Warnock, miller; James C. Longan, tailor; Andrew Goodell, teamster; John Garrison, fiddler; Robert Turnbull, tailor; Joseph Simmonds, wool carder; Matthew Palmer, workman; William Wyllie Wilkinson, pail maker; John Davison, butcher* and Andrew Scott, machinist. Besides these gentlemen there had been recently added to the population three others, who afterwards became closely associated with its history : these were, Dr. Robert Miller, Walter H. Benn, and Alex. Burnett. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

  
  

• Sources

  [S2598] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican Cemetery Internet Link. [South] In/ memory of/ Henry McGRUM Sen./ who died/ May 11th 1843/ aged 56 years/ [West] In/ memory of/ Henry McGRUM who died/ May 12th 1879/ aged 60 years/ also/ Marion BATTERS/ his wife/ born March 21st 1822/ died February 9th 1903/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1787 - Of, New York State Occupation - clerk - 1834 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth