John Gouinlock

1789 - 1868  (79 years)

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  John Gouinlock from Cambridge Archives

  
  

• Name	John Gouinlock
  Born	22 Jun 1789	Yarrow Feus, Selkirk Co., Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	education
  Name	John Gowanlock
  Name	John Gowinlock
  Occupation	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	teacher
  Residence	1813	Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-63112
  Died	13 Sep 1868	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 5]
  Buried	Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I63112	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Walter Gouinlock,   b. 1752, , Scotland ,   d. 27 May 1833, , Scotland  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Scott,   b. 1756, , Scotland ,   d. 8 Apr 1827, , Scotland  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F56410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Colledge,   b. 1785, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1813	Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England   [4]
  Children	1. John Gouinlock,   b. 1813, , England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Ann "Ann" Gouinlock,   b. 6 Jan 1816, Hexham, , Northumberland, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Walter Gouinlock,   b. 15 Mar 1819, Newcastle upon Tyne, , Northumberland, England ,   d. 16 Jul 1881, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   4. George Gouinlock,   b. 1821, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jun 1835, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 14 years)   5. Mary Gouinlock,   b. 21 Dec 1822, Newcastle upon Tyne, , Northumberland, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Gouinlock,   b. 1831, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F35235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The men who took the most prominent part in organizing the first library in the village were: Rev. Dr. Bayne, Alexander Burnet, James Cowan, John Gowinlock, William Trotter, H. G. Barlow, James Harris, Andrew Elliott, Francis McElroy, Francis Hogg, Andrew Moscrip and Walter H. Benn. These men have long since passed away, but they all did good work in their day in laying the foundations of a progressive and moral community; to the older generation of Galtonians their names call up a crowd of memories of the days that are no more. First Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, Berlin 1913, pg 17 ____________________ The old rough-cast school-house at the head of Main Street was erected in 1832. Its first teacher was Mr. James Milroy, who removed to Iowa in 1856, and the second, Mr. William McColl, who taught until Rebellion times. With this school, however, must ever be associated the name of Mr. John Gowinlock, who was its sole teacher for many years. He was an excellent specimen of the old-fashioned dominie, before the days of County Boards and periodical examination!. His teaching was eminently practical. He knew what the birch was for, and he applied it. He frittered away no time on physiology, botany, or philosophical abstractions. He professed to teach the three R's, and he did it, and did it well. It is not a little singular, notwithstanding the immense superiority claimed for our schools of today, that many of Mr. Gowinlock's scholars compare in point of education very favourably with those turned out under our much-vaunted modern system? May the secret of this not lie in the fact, that whilst the attention of scholars in those days was strictly centered upon the essential requisites of education, their studies are now so numerous and diffuse, as to prevent that mastery of each subject, without which instruction is of little practical use, and readily passes from the memory? Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young pg 90 ________________ John Gouinlock was born in Greenhill, Scotland. He was an educator along with his brother George ran one of the leading schools in Edinburgh. He came to Canada in the late 1820`s and was Galt`s teacher as early as 1827. He had a log home on Blair Road about two miles from Galt. In 1832 a roughcast schoolhouse was built at the intersection of Wellington and Main streets. He left a lasting impression on his students and applied a strict discipline in the school freely using the strap. He was one of the first members of the Galt Subscription and Circulating Library in 1836. He resigned from teaching at the school in 1845 and died in Brantford. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

  
  

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  [S530] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Pioneer Pergola (formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian) CC#4488 Internet Link. Gone home/ John Gouinlock/ Died/ Sept 13 1868/ aged 80 yrs/ Also/ Hannah/ his wife/ died Sep 30 1858/ aged 72 yrs/ Also George their son/ Died/ June 10 1835/ AE 13 yrs [S2190] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1864-1950. Name:John Govinlock Gender:Male Birth Date:22 Jun 1789 Birth Place:, Yarrow, Selkirk, Scotland Father:Walter Govinlock Mother:Elizabeth Scott FHL Film Number:1067929 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91179192/john-gouinlock. [S1803] zzEngland, Marriages, 1538-1973, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01854-2, System Origin: England-EASy, GS Film number: 1514547, Reference ID: item 1 p 4. John Gouinlock married Hannah Colledge 13 Feb 1813 Bishop- Wearmouth, Durham, England [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 24 Aug 1870. Gouinlock, John died 13 Sep 1868 Formerly a teacher in Galt; aged 80 years and 2 months. Buried in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Galt September 15, 1868. Taught in Galt "in the old rough-cast School House at the head of Main St., over 20 years ago."

  
  

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  Born - 22 Jun 1789 - Yarrow Feus, Selkirk Co., Scotland Occupation - teacher - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1813 - Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England Married - 13 Feb 1813 - Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham, England Died - 13 Sep 1868 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth