Nancy Lyon Andrews

1810 - 1880  (70 years)

• Name	Nancy Lyon Andrews
  Born	1810	Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Nancy Lyon Miller
  Residence	1836	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Episcopalian
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-59696P
  Died	7 Feb 1880	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: cerebral congestion (1 week)
  Buried	Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I59696	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James Andrews,   b. CA 1780,   d. Bef 1823  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Catherine Kimball,   b. CALC Mar 1786,   d. 27 Nov 1833, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Family ID	F22295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Miller, Esq.,   b. 1811, Stamford, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Nov 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1836	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. William D. Miller,   b. 1836, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. James A. Miller,   b. 1838, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Ann Miller,   b. 4 Mar 1841, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1912, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   4. Julia Mariette Miller,   b. 5 Feb 1843, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1910, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   5. John H. Miller,   b. 1844, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Richard E. Miller,   b. 1845, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Susan Alice Miller,   b. 7 Dec 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   8. Absalom Shade MIller,   b. 1850, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F15504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  *Mr. Shade was married twice. First to Mrs. Andrews, of Canandaigua, New York Slate, who hal two children (Mr. Jamas K. Andrews and Mrs. John Miller) by a former husband. After her decease he married Isabella Jemima, sister of Mr. John Davidson, of Galt. Mr. Shade had no family by either of his marriages. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young _____________________ The village was known as Shade's Mills in its early days, and, like the Province generally, advanced very slowly at this period. By examining the illustration to be found on another page, the work of Mr. Homer Watson of Doon, some ideas of the modern Galtonian, not a little proud, perhaps, of the "Manchester of Canada," may be roughly dispelled, but some conception may be obtained of the village of Shade's Mills in the spring of 1820. Ten buildings, all told, made up the village just sixty years ago. There was (1) Shade's house and store, already described; (2) the sawmill, whose site is now occupied by the Great Western Railway bridge, and which was run-ning in the spring of 1817; (3) the Dumfries' mills, built in 1818, which commenced running the following year; (4, 5 and 6) two or three log houses and a shanty, between the mills and the dam, the latter building occupied by an easy-going adventurous half-breed, whose name has faded from the memory of the oldest inhabitant; (7) the distil-lery, which began operations in 1820; (8) a log black-smith shop carried on by one Charles Kitchen , a little south of the site of Mr. William Robinson's residence; (9) a small building near Mr. James Scott's house, which bad been originally built on cedar posts, but had after-wards been filled in with dry stones; and (10) the re-mains, at this time chiefly foundation and debris, of the old temporary mill, which, it is needless to say, was de-spised and cast aside as soon as the new, and, for that early period, superior Dumfries mills had been put into operation. There are, alas! only two solitary witnesses now left in Galt,-Mrs. John Miller,* and Mr. Alexander Buchanan,-who resided in it at this remote period, and the fingers on one hand would probably suffice to count all the survi-vors who then saw it. Despite the disadvantages, not to speak of the trials of "bush life," the time-scarred Veter-ans of those early times, look back with pleasure to the * Since these lines were written, Mrs. Miller has passed away. She died in Galt on 7th February, 1880, aged 70 years. 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

  [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Nancy S. Miller d. 7 Feb 1880 Galt, aged 69 b. Canandaigua, State of New York, cause: cerebral congestion (1 week) [S505] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican (Galt) CC#4497 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ Nancy Lyon/ wife of John Miller/ died 7th Feb. 1880/ aged 69 years/ [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 33. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 4 Page 47. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 17 Nov 1836:3. 24 Oct 1836 By Rev Arthur Palmer, John Miller Esq m. Spr. Nancy L. Andrews, both of Galt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1810 - Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA Residence - 1836 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Oct 1836 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Episcopalian - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: cerebral congestion (1 week) - 7 Feb 1880 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth