John Archibald McPherson

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137000
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

John — Florence Wilkinson. Florence was born CALC 12 Jan 1843, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63158

— . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Archie McPherson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137006
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Archibald — Jennie Cowan "Jean" Menzies. Jennie (daughter of Joseph Menzies and Isabella McKillop) was born 6 Sep 1871, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jul 1928; was buried , Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, San Mateo, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195933
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

And there was the story of the time Uncle Neil, the prankster of the family, raced the girls to the hayloft to see who would put down the first forkful of hay. My mother, always the tom-boy, got there first of course. With a mighty heave on the fork, she, fork and hay, all careened together to the stable below. On the way down, the fork somehow hit her nose and it bled profusely. The older ones took her behind the barn, comforted her and warned her by threats of worse to come, that she must on no account tell what had happened. Apparently she did not tell, for, though the family realized her nose was swollen from a bump, no greater thought was taken at the time. But often they would wonder whatever had happened to Katie's nose, "It used to be so pretty and now it was so crooked." It was not until years after her marriage that an operation convinced the Doctors of what she had long suspected; the nose had been broken.

Alexander married Margaret "Maggie" Amos 28 Feb 1900, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born 1 Mar 1875, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 1976; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Grace Christina Baird
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137043
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Occupation: 1909, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; teacher
• Misfortune: 1931, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; killed by car

Grace married John "Jack" Baird 20 Sep 1909, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Robert Baird and Christina Ledgerwood) was born 15 Jul 1862, Dreghorn, , Ayr, Scotland; died 26 Dec 1922, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-392870
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Mary E. Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74618
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Mary married Thomas W. Taylor 24 Jun 1896, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Thomas (son of Andrew Taylor and Margaret Scott) was born 11 Oct 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1948; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137044
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195936
• Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63157
• Retired: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195937
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140691
• Residence: 1931, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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BAIRD - Neal Alexander at his residence on Saturday, February 4^th, 1989. Neal Alexander Baird of 9 Westgate Court, Cambridge in his 79^th year. Beloved brother of Mrs. Mary Taylor of Hamilton and R. James Baird of B.C. Mr. Baird is predeceased by his half brother Jack Baird Craig and also by his half sister Tina Baird. Mr. Baird was formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the Highland Light Infantry and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Galt Branch 121. A private service was held today at the Corbett Funeral Home Chapel, 95 Dundas Street, Cambridge. Cremation followed.

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Memorial service to honor HLI officer - By Roy Francis - Special to the Reporter - Well-deserved honor will be paid Thursday to the late Lt.-Col. Neil A. Baird, a wartime officer in the First Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. A memorial service will be held under the auspices of Lt.-Col. Robert Bielek, commanding officer of the local Highland Fusiliers of Canada militia regiment. It will be held at the Galt Armoury at 8 p.m. Rev. Gordon Griggs, padre of Galt Legion Branch 121, will be in charge of the service. Members of the HLI of C Association, the Highland Fusiliers and Branch 121 are invited to attend, along with other special guests. Col. Baird, 78 at the time of his death early in February, was a descendant of General Sir David Baird, of the old 74^th Highlanders in the 1700s. The unit later became the famed Highland Light Infantry, City of Glasgow Regiment. A quiet, thoughtful man of well-lettered dignity, Col. Baird always revealed a modest competence in relationships with others. Born in August 1910, he attended Galt Collegiate Institute. Then in 1929 he got involved in industrial engineering at Dominion Woollens and Worsteds Ltd. in Hespeler. In October 1935, he joined the HLI's militia unit in Galt. His advance was rapid, and Capt. Baird was the adjutant of the HLI unit when it was mobilized for active duty overseas in June 1940, and began training in Stratford. Along with the late Col. J.A. McIntosh and Regimental Sgt. Major Austin Hadfield, he was credited with making the HLI a formidable and well-drilled regiment. One of his greatest abilities was his organizational talent, a vital necessity in dealing with 1,100 men. In Britain, Capt. Baird attended the Military Staff College at Camberley in 1942. He was at headquarters First Canadian Corps, then South Eastern Command, then to First Canadian Army headquarters, all in England. He was posted to Allied Forces headquarters in Algiers, then to the Mediterranean Theatre in Italy. Later, Col. Baird served at National Defence headquarters in Ottawa, and at the Canadian Military headquarters in London, England. At the end of hostilities in the Second War, he returned to sales at Dominion Woollens until 1953, and then worked for six years at Canadian Cottons Ltd., Hamilton. Between 1959 and 1970, he handled statistical quality control at Harvey Woods Ltd., Woodstock. A private funeral was held at the Corbett Funeral Home, Dundas Street, with cremation following services.

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• Name: Mary Florence Taylor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151347

Mary — Albert Taylor. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-155027

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• Name: Florence Wilkinson Moore
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74621
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1926, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1986, , California, USA

Florence married Lea Bevan Moore 28 Dec 1926, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lea (son of William John Moore and Elizabeth Guyatt) was born 30 Jan 1900, Binbrook Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; died 15 Oct 1970, Tracy, San Joaquin, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70882

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• Honoured: Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
• Interesting: life story, author, public service
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195932
• Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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ANDREW W. TAYLOR

1907-1986 Married: Verna Marie Babcock - 1942

Andrew Winton Taylor was born at Woodside Farm on the East River Road, just south of Cambridge. He represented the fourth generation to be raised on the farm first settled by his ancestors in 1819. He received his education at Riverside Public School, Central Public School in Galt and the Galt Collegiate Institute. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College, in Guelph, in 1931. Mr. Taylor was president of the of the Waterloo Historical Society in 1961 and 1962, was a member of the Society's publications committee from 1946 to 1962 and contributed numerous articles to the Society's annual journal. He served on the executive of the Ontario Historical Society first as first vice-president in 1960 and 1961 and then as president in 1962. He was also editor of the newsletter of the Ontario Historical Society's museum section and was chairman of the museum section from 1956 to 1958. Mr. Taylor was the assessor, tax collector and building inspector in North Dumfries Township from 1960 to 1965. He was president of both the Central Dumfries Farmers' Club, in 1940 and 1941, and of the Soil and Crop Improvement Association of Waterloo County. Mr. Taylor was also secretary of the Waterloo County Federation of Agriculture for five years and secretary treasurer of the Central Dumfries Co-operators Association for thirty-three years. Mr. Taylor also served as chairman of the historical committee for the 1954 International Plowing Match and was the first Vice-President and a director of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation when it was organized on December 8, 1954. Mr. Taylor later also served as president of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation and played a prominent role in the creation and development of the Doon Pioneer Village now Doon Heritage Crossroads, serving as the facility's administrator until 1960. Mr. Taylor is probably best remembered for his three books, Banners Unfurled, a history of First United Church in Galt, published in 1949, Our Yesterdays, a history of North Dumfries township, published in 1952 and Our Todays and Yesterdays, a 1967 update of his North Dumfries history. Mr. Taylor died on November 16, 1986 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Sources:
1. James Barrie "Andrew Winton Taylor, Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 74, 1986.
2. Jennie F. Cowan "History at the International Plowing Match", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 42, 1954.
3. Dr. Louis C. Jones "Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 47, 1959.
4. Obituaries Cambridge Reporter Monday November 17, 1986.
5. "The Ontario Pioneer Community, an outdoor museum", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 45, 1957.
6. "The Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 42, 1954.
7. Andrew Taylor Our Todays and Yesterdays North Dumfries and Ayr Centennial Committee Galt 1970.
8. A.W. Taylor Quits Pioneer Village", Galt Evening Reporter Thursday March 3, 1960.
9. "Two local men named to regional hall of fame", Cambridge Reporter Thursday May 19, 1988.
10. "WHS Salutes Andrew Winton Taylor", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 53, June 1965.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

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One of Waterloo County's best known historians, Andrew Winton Taylor of RR 5. Cambridge, died over the weekend. A sufferer of Alzheimer's disease, Mr. Taylor, 78, wandered away from his home Saturday and was discovered by searchers 16 hours later in a nearby field. A son of the late Thomas Taylor and Mary McPherson, he was born in North Dumfries Township and lived all his life on the farm settled 160 years ago by his pioneer great-grandfather Thomas Taylor. Mr. Taylor's interest in local history led him to write two histories of North Dumfries - Our Yesterdays in 1957 and Our Todays and Yesterdays in 1967. He was the president of the Waterloo County Historical Society in the mid 1950's and helped found Doon Pioneer Village. He was inducted into the county hall of fame. He served as township building inspector and tax collector for 12 years prior to retirement. Surviving are his wife, the former Verna Babcock; four sons Thomas of Toronto, Neil and Alexander of Cambridge, and William of Edmonton; a sister Florence Moore of California; and two grandchildren. Rested at the Little Funeral Home, Galt, where service was held Tuesday. Interment in Mount View Cemetery.


The Ayr News 19 Nov 1986 pg 13

Andrew — Verna Marie Babcock. Verna (daughter of Albert James Babcock and Eliza Gertrude Armstrong) was born Feb 1906, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]