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James Sault[1]

Male 1847 - 1913  (65 years)


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  • Name James Sault 
    Born 10 Dec 1847  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1871  Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    blacksmith 
    Occupation 1881  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Blacksmith 
    Elected Office 1885  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor of Hespeler 
    Occupation 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Blacksmith 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Blacksmith 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Blacksmith, General 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Methodist 
    Died 2 Jan 1913  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Elected Office 1918  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor of Hespeler 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87081219 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-82229 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I82229  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father James Sault,   b. 24 Aug 1806, Cauldon, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1883, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Hannah "Anna" Evans,   b. 5 Dec 1813, Croxden, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1861, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F24859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Martin,   b. 16 Jun 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1920, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1871  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Jessie Sault,   b. 27 Aug 1872, Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1917, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     2. James Edwin "Edwin" Sault,   b. 29 Jun 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Alice Sault,   b. 1875, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gracie Olive Maude "Olive" Sault,   b. 4 Apr 1876, Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1918, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     5. Ruby Sarah Jane Sault,   b. 26 Oct 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. George Sault,   b. 1880, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Annie Cecile Elizabeth "Cecile" Sault,   b. 14 Sep 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     8. Edith Pearl Martin Sault,   b. 15 Apr 1883, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Margaret Elsie High "Maggie" Sault,   b. 9 Jul 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1931  (Age 45 years)
     10. Georgina Addie Sault,   b. 22 Oct 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     11. Walter Scott Sault,   b. 10 Sep 1890, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1940, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     12. Albert Earl Sault,   b. 6 Nov 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F21447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ...On the fifteenth day of February, 1865, James Sault was apprenticed William Hunter for three years, his father, also James Sault going his security in the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars. The very first job young Jim had to do when he entered his apprenticeship was to help dig the trench for the foundations for a new shop Hunter had decided to build. After Hunter moved into his new shop, then a one-storey building, which we know as "Saults" Blacksmith Shop, James P. Johnston set up business in his own place and carried on till at least 1882 and I believe much longer.

      ...James Anderson had acquired Hirsch's half interest and also the Allendorf lot at the corner on which had been erected the middle portion of the present James Sault house, to which later Mr. Sault added the stone front portion and the kitchen in the rear of the original house.

      By 1873, James Anderson had acquired the interest of Wray in the shop and so owned it and the house then on the corner. And Hirsch continued as his tenant of both until 1874 or 1875. Then James Anderson operated the shop for a year or two.

      Upon completion of his apprenticeship in 1868, James Sault worked for a while out in Puslinch and then went to Leamington where he had secured a job. On his return to Hespeler in 1876 he at first rented and later purchased the shop from James Anderson and there he continued in business until he died, January 2nd, 1913, aged 65 years, 23 days.

      And so these two men, James Anderson and James Sault, whose names "Anderson & Sault, Makers" had appeared on the back axle of hundreds of waggons and buggies; on the back bolster of hundreds of bob sleighs, started, in the same month, on their journey to Eternity.

      James Edwin Sault once told me that when he entered his father's shop as an apprentice his first job was sharpening horse shoe nails which came blunt in those days. This was done on a tiny anvil made specially for the purpose. For many years there was a small iron shoe shaped not unlike the Capital letter "D" but slightly flattened one end of the curve, nailed to the front door frame of Sault's Blacksmith Shop. This was one side of an ox shoe which had to be made in two separate sections because of the cloven hoof.

      This shoe was removed and is in possession of Miss Ruby Sault who let me examine it one day. Shortly after, I was telling Henry Sachs about the funny-looking shoe, and he said he knew all about it; because he had himself made it for John Strycker, who along with Archie D. Ferguson's Grandfather, were the last two men I recall having come to Town with a waggon drawn by oxen.


      Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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      Mr. Sault was born in Puslinch Township sixty-five years ago. When still a young man, he went to Leamington, where he worked as a blacksmith, coming to Hespeler to go into business some forty years ago and residing here ever since. He was one of Hespeler's best known citizens and until a few years ago, took a more or less active interest in the welfare of the town. He had generally enjoyed splendid health until six months ago, when he became effected with valvular heart trouble, which developed into acute Bright's disease and he finally passed away on Thursday evening. He was a life-long Liberal and a member of the Methodist Church. He leaves a widow and nine children, Mrs. George Evans of Bright; Mrs. Bruce Taylor of Indiana; Mrs. J. E. Turner of Toronto; J. Edwin of Hespeler; Jessie, Maggie, Ruby, Walter and Albert, at home. The funeral was held from his residence on Saturday to the Hespeler Cemetery and was largely attended. Rev. W. B. Smith conducted the services.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019170-05.
      William Bruce Taylor, 25, Occ. Machinist, b. Tupperville Ont., Res. Elkhart Ind. U.S.A., son of William Taylor & Rebecca Brown married Edith Pearl M. Sault, 21, b. Hespeler, Res. Hespeler, daughter of James Sault & Mary Martin, Witn: Frederick R. Taylor of Elkhart Ind. U.S.A. & Maggie E. H. Sault of Hespeler, 20 June 1905 in Hespeler

    2. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 2.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Mary Martin Born: Waterloo Age: 22 Born: abt 1849 Father: Isaac Martin Mother: Magdalena High Spouse: James Sault Age: 23 Born: abt 1848 born: Puslinch Father: James Sault Mother: Annie Evens married 11 Oct 1871 married: Waterloo, Galt

    4. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 6.

    5. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 3.

    6. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 6.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87081219/james-sault.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Dec 1847 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - blacksmith - 1871 - Leamington, Mersea Twp., Essex Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Oct 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Blacksmith - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1885 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Blacksmith - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Blacksmith - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Blacksmith, General - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jan 1913 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1918 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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