Francis Walker Beattie

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• Interesting: pioneer, story
• Name: Frank Beattie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52728
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Occupation: 1873, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; waggon maker
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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BEATTIE, FRANCIS WALKER

Member of Old Puslinch Township Family Passes

Was Born Eight Miles South of Guelph in 1850 - Parents Were Pioneers

A native of Puslinch, a resident of the Blair district for over sixty years, quietly, at his home, on Wednesday at about 6 p.m., [March 29, 1933], in his 84th year. He had been in declining health for the past year. He had always taken a keen interest in the village of Blair. The eldest son of William Beattie and Isabelle Walker, who came to this country from Scotland, he was born in 1850 on the east side of the Brock Road in Puslinch, some eight miles south of Guelph. The family lived on different farms throughout Puslinch until Mr. Beattie was 20 years old, when his father purchased a farm in the Dickie Settlement. The village of Blair was then known as Shinglebridge, later Carlisle, which soon changed to Blair. Until the age of 25, Mr. Beattie was engaged in work on the farm. In 1875, he married Janet, daughter of Alexander Fleming and Jeannie Cockburn, pioneer settlers of Puslinch Township and settled on a farm on the outskirts of Blair. A considerable part of the land was then uncleared. With a team of horses and a yoke of oxen, he cleared the fields of stumps, using them to make fences, one or two of which are still giving service. About 1895, he turned his attentions to the development of a celery farm, building greenhouses and employing a large staff of men, his products soon becoming famous throughout the district. In 1912, he retired from farming, an avocation he had followed all his life except for a time, when he worked as a wagonmaker in the wagon shop in Blair, which at the time employed thirteen hands. He always took a keen interest in all moral questions and in religion was a faithful Presbyterian. For over forty years, he had been interested in the welfare of the Blair Union Sunday School and served for some nineteen years as the teacher of the Bible Class. Mr. Beattie was the only remaining member of his family who still resided in Ontario, the others being in California, with the exception of one sister, who lives in Vancouver. He is survived by his widow, Janet Fleming and children: Jean, Lillian and Jessie, at home; Mrs. Victor Peterson of Hamilton; William of Preston; and Alexander of Blair. Many paid tribute to one of Blair's grand old men at the funeral which was held from his residence on Sat., Apr. 1 at 2: 30 to Blair Cemetery. Rev. M. Geiger of St. Paul's United Church and Rev. Walter Patterson of Knox Presbyterian Church officiated. There were many floral tributes. Pallbearers: Aaron Hilborn of Galt; Joseph Hilborn of Preston; R. H. Dickson, E. T. Grasett, J. Bradley and Mr. McEwen of Blair.

Francis married Janet "Jessie" "Cissie" Fleming 3 Mar 1875, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of Alexander "Sandy" Fleming and Jeannie Cockburn) was born 13 Dec 1854, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1945, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 55 Lowther St., S., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421653
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son

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PRESTON- The funeral for William Cockburn Beattie, 87 of 255 Lowther St. S., Preston who died Thursday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church here Entombment will be in Mountview Mausoleum, Galt. The body is at the T. Little and Son Funeral Home, Galt.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Feb 1964, Fri Page 21

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BEATTIE, William Cockburn, 255 Lowther St. S., Preston, passed away at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Galt, today in his 88th year. Surviving are his wife, the former Naomi Detwiler, one son, Francis F. Beattie of Ancaster: two daughters, Mrs. Carman (Elizabeth) Treen of Hamilton and Mrs. Ira (Ruth) Good of Winnipeg; two sisters. Jessie and Lilly Beattie, both of Hamilton; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Friends will be received at T. Little and Son Funeral Home at 49 Grand Ave. N.. Galt Time and place of service will be announced tomorrow.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Feb 1964, Thu Page 19

William married Naomi Detweiler 24 Aug 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Naomi (daughter of Aaron B. Detwiler and Elizabeth S. Detweiler) was born 29 Jan 1880, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-21120
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1920, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Alexander married Elizabeth Burns Nesbitt 29 Dec 1920, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Nesbitt and Jane Eliza Eccles) was born Mar 1880, , Monaghan Co., Ireland; died Oct 1951; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Rebecca Nesbitt 1 Jan 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Nesbitt and Jane Eliza Eccles) was born 31 Aug 1881, Monaghan Co., Ireland; died 12 Sep 1917, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jeannie Beattie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52733
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant at home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dietitian
• Residence: 1921, 12 Foundry St. N. [now 20 Ontario St. N.] , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52730

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52734
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant at home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dietrition
• Residence: 1921, 12 Foundry St. N. [now 20 Ontario St. N.] , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Frankie Beattie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52731

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• Interesting: honoured, author, story
• Website: author and teacher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-52732
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Casher, Tea Room
• Residence: 1921, 12 Foundry St. N. [now 20 Ontario St. N.] , Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Jessie L. Beattie, a noted Canadian author, was born at Blair, Ontario, and two of her twenty books, Along the Way and A Season Past, recall life in the pioneer home and village in which she grew up. Educated at Tassie Hall, Galt, the University of Buffalo and the University of Toronto, she taught school, spent six years in library work, two years in corrective educational work with the provincial government, one-and-a-half years as Director of Recreation, Community Welfare Council, and conducted a private school in Blair for four years.

Beattie has written and produced several plays but is best known for her novels, biographies, books on travel, short stories and poetry. Strength for the Bridge is a deeply researched novel treating sympathetically the plight of the Japanese in Canada during World War II. In spite of poor health and eventual loss of her sight, Beattie continued writing through the years and received wide acclaim for her breadth of vision and the quality of her literary accomplishments.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

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City of Cambridge, Ontario Hall of Fame

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203024
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1926, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Home Duties

Edith married Charles Victor Peters 9 Oct 1926, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of Charles Peters and Hattie Potts) was born 1904, , Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54760
• Residence: 1964, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-120295

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Jesus called a Little Child." Died In Hespeler, on Friday, January 3rd, 1908, at 3 o'clock a.m., John Detweiler Beattie Infant son of William and Naomi Beattie, Aged 8 months and 22 days. "For of such is the kingdom of Heaven." Funeral Will take place from the residence of his parents, Walker St., where services will be held, on Sunday, January 5th, at 2 o'clock p.m., to Hespeler Cemetery for interment. Funeral Private.

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