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John Flynn

Male 1856 - 1937  (81 years)


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  • Name John Flynn 
    Born 28 Jan 1856  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gardener 
    Occupation 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Saddler 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Harness Maker 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Salesman, Coal Yard 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Catholic 
    Elected Office 1913  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor of Hespeler 
    Interesting politics, business, life story 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-82554P 
    Died 17 Apr 1937  [5] 
    Buried St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I82554  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Farrell Flynn,   b. 1810, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary Early,   b. 1813, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F29876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary McTearnen,   b. 3 Mar 1862, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1958  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1886  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. James Stanislaus Flynn,   b. 17 Nov 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1965, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Frank J. Flynn,   b. 14 May 1890, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Leo Patrick Flynn,   b. 17 Jul 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1955  (Age 62 years)
     4. Bernard Hugh Flynn,   b. 23 Apr 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1975, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. Winnifred Marie Flynn,   b. 4 Sep 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Edward M. Flynn,   b. 7 Dec 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1958  (Age 59 years)
     7. Mary Flynn,   b. 9 Jan 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Lorette M. Flynn,   b. Dec 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Patrick J. Flynn,   b. Mar 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1978, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F21513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Flynn lived in Hespeler his whole life learned the harness trade from George Martin. About 1907 he opened a coal and wood business that he operated until his death in 1927. He was member of the town council and also a member of the Separate School Board.


      Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

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      George Martin started in 1863 and with some time out, continued until 1886. His shop was a frame building set in back a bit from the sidewalk, on the south side of the street on the lot where he afterwards built the "Schaumburg Block". East of this shop in my day was the Johnston Blacksmith Shop, west the Beattie Store which Tommy Rife built. In 1863, a man named Gottfried Marklienermeier was employed here as a Saddler.

      In 1870, Joseph Baltzer; in 1879, Oliver Baker, and in 1882, Charles W. Spark worked for George Martin, Oliver Baker as an apprentice. John Flynn learned the trade with Martin, and some time after graduation moved to Ethel, Ontario, where John Cober, A. W. Panabaker and Henry Warner had gone as Waggon makers years before. After a time at Ethel, Mr. Flynn returned to Hespeler in 1886 and bought Martin out. He continued until about the turn of the century when he sold to one of his apprentices, Hughie Moran who in turn sold to Silas H. Brock. When Mr. Flynn sold out he went with M. F. Cray who at about the beginning of the century had opened a coal business here. John continued as his manager several years and then bought him out.


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

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 7.

    2. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 28.

    3. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 29.

    4. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 19.

    5. [S576] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - St. Mary of the Visitation Roman Catholic CC#6307.
      I.H.S./ John Flynn/ Born Jan. 28, 1856/ Died Apr. 17, 1937/ His wife/ Mary McTearnen/ Born Mar. 3, 1862/ Died Nob. 6, 1958/ R.I.P./ Flynn

    6. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 2.

    7. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.

    8. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 108.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jan 1856 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Nov 1886 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gardener - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Saddler - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Harness Maker - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Salesman, Coal Yard - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Catholic - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1913 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Mary Of The Visitation Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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