Elizabeth Stevenson

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• Name: Elizabeth Carswell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156923

Elizabeth — Thomas Carswell. Thomas was born 1843, , Dumfrieshire, Scotland; died 21 Feb 1890, Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Glen Morris Cemetery, Glen Morris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie Carswell
• Name: Margaret "Maggie" Anderson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208591
• Residence: 1902, Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Margaret married David Anderson 26 Jun 1902, , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. David was born 11 Jun 1868, , Forfarshire, Scotland; died 1952; was buried , Glen Morris Cemetery, Glen Morris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: John Carswell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224371

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224372

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208890
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, Private Family
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Interviewer: I understand that you were involved in the United Church in Glen Morris?

Miss Carswell: Yes, I always went there. My sister played the organ there for fifty years, believe it or not. She played in 1902 and 1903 and then she went to Galt to work. Then she came home to stay with mother and they kept asking her year after year to play the church organ. She just loved it. I was in the choir at the church. My father came to Glen Morris as "precenter". We still have the tuning fork that he used.


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• Name: Bruce Carswell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224362

Robert — Janette Isabel "Isabel" Dryden. Janette (daughter of James Dryden and Isabella Fraser) was born 1913; died 2003; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179397872
• Name: Annie Fulton Murray
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-339854
• Residence: 1912, RR3, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mrs. Annie Fulton Murray died suddenly in Toronto Saturday, February 1st. Born in Glen Morris, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carswell, she was in her 88th year. From the time of her marriage until 1946 she had resided at RR 3, Ayr. She was a life-long member of Glen Morris United Church; a Life member of the United Church Women; and member of the Glen Morris Women's Institute. Surviving are her family Mrs. P. A. (Isabel) McCrea, RR 1, St. George; Mrs. L. G. (Kathleen) Weber, Toronto; and James F. Murray, RR 3, Ayr; two sisters Miss Mary and Miss Katie Carswell, Glen Morris. Also surviving are nine grandchildren. Her husband John Murray predeceased her in 1927. Funeral service was conducted by Dr. Stephen J. Mathers Tuesday February 4th, at Glen Morris United Church. Interment in Ayr cemetery. The pallbearers were Paul Murray, Mark Weber, Murray McCrea, Alan Hair, Donald Gray and Jamie Bethune.

The Ayr News Feb 13 1975 pg 5

Annie married John Murray 19 Jun 1912, Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. John (son of James Murray and Margaret Marshall) was born 31 Jul 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jul 1927, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 17 Jul 1927, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kate Carswell
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207004
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic, Private Family
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Kate's story was somewhat unusual: her father Thomas died just before she was born (1890). She was a wonderful storyteller, a writer of funny poems, and also a bit of a practical joker.


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Interview with Miss Kate Carswell conducted on 15 June 1978.

Miss Carswell now resides at the John Noble Home in Brantford. Previous to her move there she lived in Glen Morris She came from a large family and was involved in many community activities including the Women's Institute.

Interview

Interviewer: Were you born in Glen Morris?

Miss Carswell: Yes, I was born in Glen Morris in 1890. My sister and brother and I were born there. The others were born elsewhere. I was from a big family, my brothers worked for farmers and my sisters and I worked doing housework. I went to Galt in 1909, so Glen Morris was my early life.

Interviewer: Could you describe what the village was like in your early days?

Miss Carswell: it was a busy little place at one time. There was a cheese factory, a woollen mill, a saw mill, two blacksmith's shops, a wagon shop and of course a store. There was a frame store that got burned in my day. They had a tailor's shop in there with several people making mens' clothes. There was a hotel where the library is now. That's where they have the good reading books and very old books too.

Interviewer: I've heard some controversy over the spelling of the name "Glen Morris". Could you tell me something about that?

Miss Carswell: Before Glen Morris was Glen Morris it was known as Middleton and then as Dawson's Bridge. And this Glen Morris business being spelled in two words is the funny part of it. There was a gentleman who lived in Galt who wrote a book. His name was the Honorable James Young. It says in the book that he wrote that it was supposed to be spelled as one word. There was quite an argument about that. When we went to school it was always spelled as two words and you would think that if it was supposed to be spelled as one word the teachers would have made us do it that way. In later years my sister wrote to our nephew who was then in parliament to see what it was in Ottawa, so he had his secretary look it up and she found it as two words. As you know Glen Morris was named after a Mr. Morris who was a postmaster at one time and you would think that anybody's name would not be spelled with a small letter. I do have one record that supports the idea of spelling it as one word and that is in a family Bible. My grandmother had this family Bible and the date in it is 18?9. In it she had "Mrs. Carswil, Glenmorris", one word. So at one time it may have been spelled as one word, but we knew nothing about it. Mrs Hester Walker, as curator of the Tweedsmuir History asked about it and they said that it did not matter as to how it was spelled but it mattered to us.

Interviewer: So you moved to Galt and worked there?

Miss Carswell: No, I lived in Galt but my home was always in Glen Morris. I worked at a doctor's house there and I stayed there for 27 ½ years. I did a lot of things there and then I went to work at the silt mills. I rode back and forth, still living at home.

Interviewer: Could you tell me a little bit about the schools that you attended?

Miss Carswell: I know we had an inspector who came around and gave us a half day holiday once in a while. This was at the old school where the Scouts and Guides have there camp now. I don't think that, it went too higher grades than grade eight. When I passed entrance I wasn't going to go on so then I took one more year called Public School Leaving. If anyone wanted to go to High School they would have to go to Galt.

Interviewer: I understand that you were involved in the United Church in Glen Morris?

Miss Carswell: Yes, I always went there. My sister played the organ there for fifty years, believe it or not. She played in 1902 and 1903 and then she went to Galt to work. Then she came home to stay with mother and they kept asking her year after year to play the church organ. She just loved it. I was in the choir at the church. My father came to Glen Morris as "precenter". We still have the tuning fork that he used.

Interviewer: Were you involved in Women's Institute, Miss Carswell?

Miss Carswell: No, not a great deal. I was away a good bit of the time working. I was involved more with it later on though. My sister Mary and I did quite a bit of work on the Tweedsmuir Books.

Interviewer: Did you belong to any other organizations?

Miss Carswell: I was secretary of the United Church Women's Association for twelve years. I belonged to the afternoon group. Let me tell you a little story. We were up at Harknesses one afternoon for a meeting and Mrs. Moore was the guest speaker. Well she was doing her talk and all of a sudden "Katie" fell asleep. So I put in the records "that due to the lulling voice of the guest speaker the secretary went to sleep. She admits that she missed out on some of the important things for which she is truly sorry. That's right in the book. I don't think that anyone else would have put it in.

Interviewer: What was transportation like from Glen Morris to the larger centres?

Miss Carswell: There was a trolley that went from Glen Morris to Galt. In the first place it was the Grand Valley Railroad and it came up through from Paris and cut through some good farmland. Later they put the Lake Erie and Northern Railroad through the bush. The trolley consisted of one car and most people used this in the time of the Grand Valley when few people had cars.

Interviewer: What kind of entertainment was available to you when you were younger?

Miss Carswell: Well, there were strawberry socials that were held on the Manse lawn. A young gentleman would come up and take the young ladies to the table where they would eat their ice cream and strawberries or whatever and then the band from Paris would play and the couples would stroll around the lawn.

Interviewer: What about dances?

Miss Carswell: Oh yes there were dances too, but that is something I was not very good: at so I'm not a good one to talk about it with. My sister Mary was a lovely dancer. They did love to dance and there were a lot of them around. They really looked nice. They were so smooth and they would just slide over the floor.

We also had concerts. There was one time we had the church annual supper in the hall. We had to wait on each others tables. There were so many people that we had to have three sittings. They would come from all over the surrounding area. After supper they would have the program including recitations, plays and singing.

We had Christmas Concerts at school too. All the children would take part. I had a good memory and I was a fairly good poet. My mother was related to the Stevenson's and some said that we were related to Robert Louis Stevenson, so maybe I inherited his talent.

We were quite a musical family. There were four bass and the rest of us fit in and we made quite a sound. We had a good time on our own.


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• Name: Ruth Elizabeth Gray
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208592
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Ruth — Norman Edward Gray. Norman (son of Alexander McDonald Gray and Hannah Elizabeth Francis) was born 26 Nov 1899, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1985; was buried , Glen Morris Cemetery, Glen Morris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Anderson's Tire Service, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: William Anderson School for Retarded Children, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208593
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1938, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Galt Town Council
• Elected Office: 1944, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Galt Town Council
• Elected Office: 1954, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor of Galt
• Elected Office: 1957, Waterloo South Riding, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Member of Parliament

William — Jean Elizabeth Wickens. Jean (daughter of Charles Francis "Frank" Wickins and Agnes Landsborough) was born Nov 1908, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Bef 2012. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208594
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

James — Hazel Evelyn Scott. Hazel (daughter of Albert Scott and Clara Elizabeth Mary Thoman) was born 13 Jan 1912, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1994, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Glen Morris Cemetery, Glen Morris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jack Anderson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-208595
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156955

Notes:

Mary married James W. Howell and farmed near St. George. From the St. George Cemetery records:
Howell, James W., b. 27 Aug 1912, d. 22 Apr 1988, "Husband"
Howell, Mary I., b. 31 Jul 1912, d. 31 Jul 1990, "Wife"

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78911

Frank — Ethel Jean "Jean" Anderson. Ethel was born 22 Aug 1914; died 9 Jun 2000; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

David — Margaret Anne McKellar. (daughter of Archibald Angus "Angus" McKellar and Aileen Isabel McDonald) [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Don Anderson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156940