Robert Campbell: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Robert Campbell was born 1801, , Scotland; died 14 Oct 1888, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223779
Residence: 1888, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

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Died At his residence in East Zorra, on Sunday, October 14th, 1888, Robert Campbell Aged 86 Years. The Funeral will leave his late residence, On Tuesday the 16th inst. at 2 o'clock P.M. for the St. James Cemetery in Wilmot. Friends and Acquaintances please accept this intimation.

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Campbell., Robert. ---Major Robert Campbell and Robert Campbell, Captain. While our sketch has to do only with the late Major Robert Campbell and his uncle, Captain Robert Campbell, it would appear that Lieut. Walter Campbell, of the 37th Regiment, who died in 1857, was the head of the family on their arrival in Wilmot in 1840. They located on the farm in East Zorra now owned by the Jno. Bonner Estate. Captain Robt, Campbell lived and died a bachelor, but the late Major was married in 1878 to Margaret Eliza Smith. The Campbells were a family of strong military instincts and possessed a high sense of honour and chivalry and dispensed a princely hospitality at their handsome residence, East Zorra. Major Robert Campbell died at New Hamburg in 1898 and Captain Robert Campbell in 1888.

Church of England, An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Canada by Charles James Fox, Sep 1913