Mayor Robert Gilholm

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• Interesting: lumber, mill, business, politics, public service
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63217
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawyer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saw Miller
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lumberman
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Elected Office: 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden of the County of Waterloo
• Elected Office: 1893, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor of Galt
• Retired: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Robert Gilholm was born Jan 1, 1833 on his family's farm on Cedar Creek Road out side of Galt, son of Robert Gilholm and Ann Foreman of Northumberland, England. He took over the farm after his father's death and did the threshing for other farmers in the area for a number of years. In 1867 he with George Hogg purchased a tract of forest on the Black Horse Road. They cut the timber and brought it to Roseville where it was cut into lumber. Gilholm and Hogg lumber business grew and with the purchase from Andrew Dryden of a steam saw mill operating on Harris St. in Galt. Mr. Hogg returned from the partnership in 1883 and Robert operated the mill until 1900 when he sold to P. W. Gardiner.

He owned about 75 properties in Galt, served on Galt council, as reeve, deputy reeve and mayor. He also served on Waterloo council and as warden. He was chairman of the Galt Public School Board and member of the Galt Hospital Trust and chairman of hte Board of Managers of Central Presbyterian Church. Gilholm St. in named for him.


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

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Robert Gilholm, a former mayor of Galt, was born in North Dumfries Township in 1833. His parents came from Northumberlandshire and settled on a farm near Galt in 1832.

In 1859 Gilholm and George Hogg purchased a sawmill on Harris Street, Galt, from Andrew Dryden and operated it until 1900.

In 1883 he was appointed to the town council, served as alderman for a number of years, and as mayor in 1893 and 1894. He was also on the County council and was warden in 1892. He was a Liberal.

Gilholm was one of the original members of Central Presbyterian Church and was very influential in having the 1880 church erected. He was held in high regard by all with whom he came into contact


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

Robert married Janet "Jane" Scott 27 Jun 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of William Scott and Janet Burnett) was born 13 Jan 1837, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1913, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna "Annie" McKenzie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102087
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian

Notes:

MRS. ALEXANDER MCKENZIE

This week we note with regret the sudden death, which occured on Saturday at 4 o'clock a. m., of Annie the beloved wife of Alexander McKenzie, in her 37th, year. Deceased was the eldest daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Robert Gilholm and was married about 4 years ago. Along with her husband she removed to Benicia, Cal., a suburb of San Francisco. They remained there until last July, when they returned to Canada and she has since resided with her parents. Before leaving Galt, she took a prominent part in the rnapagement of the Central Presbyterian Sunday school and was always a willing worker for all charitable purposes. She leaves a husband, and son aged 3 years and an infant three weeks old, to mourn her loss. The funeral took place from her father's residence, on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, to Mount View cemetery and was attended by a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives. The services at the house were conducted by Rev's. King, Dickson and Porteous.

The Weekly Reformer 29 Dec 1893 pg 1

Anna married Alexander McKenzie 7 Dec 1889, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alexander (son of John McKenzie and Margaret Buchanan) was born 29 Oct 1852, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1933; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jessie Allan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63055
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dressmaker
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Jessie married James Dempster Allan 14 Sep 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of James Allan and Margaret Dempster) was born 29 Jul 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jan 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 27 Jan 1943, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102089

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• Name: Johann Todd
• Name: Johanna Gilholm
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63473
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Residence:
FRENCH TOAST WITH PEARS

Three eggs, one cup milk, pepper, salt, bread, butter, pears. Beat the eggs, add milk, pepper, salt. Dip into this slices of bread, then fry them in hot butter to a delicate brown. Bring almost to boiling point enough canned pears to allow one pear to each slice of bread, lay these on the toast with a little of the juice just before taking to table.

Johann married Martin Nichol Todd 13 Jun 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Martin (son of Thomas Todd and Sibella Nichol) was born 27 Jul 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1917; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102090
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63219
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Mary Shurly
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102092
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Mary married Raymond Flint Shurly 23 Nov 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Raymond (son of Cosmos John Shurly and Elizabeth Frances Flint, son of Cosmos J. Shurly and Elizabeth Flint) was born 1864, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27638

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• Name: Margaret Gilholm Sheldon
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63056
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Margaret married Harold Edgar Sheldon 20 Sep 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harold (son of J. William Sheldon and Juliet) was born 1883, , England; died 1958; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jennie Allan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63057
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Nurse
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Service: medical missionary
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63058
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Surveyor, Canadian Pacific Railway
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Birth:
Tombstone Reads 1888

Service:
It is known, (family history), that Robert Dempster Allan served as a medical missionary in China. His wife, Euphemia "Pheme" Allan, (nee Anderson) waited for his return, became engaged upon his return. Married for only three years when Robert died.

Robert — Euphemia Anderson. Euphemia was born 1897; died 1948; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Grace Allen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63060

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• Name: Jane Isabella "Jessie" Gardiner
• Name: Jessie Allan
• Name: Jessie Allen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63061
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Jane married Harold Mcintosh Gardiner 10 Oct 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Harold (son of Peter Waters Gardiner and Mary Wallace) was born 10 Oct 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 4 Feb 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Feb 1974; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63474
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Minota Andesen Bazett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63475P
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Minota married Alfred Hugh Doveton Bazett 18 Jun 1914, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alfred was born 19 Dec 1884, Midland, Tay Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; died 1973; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63476
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Robert — Maude Marion Phin. Maude (daughter of Warden James Philip Phin, JP and Charlotte "Lottie" Roberts) was born 21 Dec 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1982; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: business, railway, insurance
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63477
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student, College
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

MARTIN MILNE TODD

1891-1963 Married: Minnie E. Clare

Martin Milne Todd was born in Galt on July 22, 1891, the son of Martin N. Todd and Joanna Gilholm. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a Bachelor of Science degree and lived in Preston for about sixteen years before returning to Galt in 1936. Mr. Todd succeeded his father as president of the Grand River Railway in 1918 and later also served as the company's secretary-treasurer. The railway was an electric rail line which originated as the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway founded by Mr. Todd's grandfather Thomas Todd. Martin Milne Todd was the third generation of his family to serve as president of the railway, following his grandfather and his father in that position. Mr. Todd was associated with the Mutual Life Assurance Co. for thirty-five years heading the company's Galt agency from 1929 to 1963. He was also associated with the Gore Mutual Insurance Company for twenty-one years, serving on the company's board of directors from 1942 to 1963 and acting as the company's vice-president. He also served as president and director of the Galt Malleable Iron Co., as vice-president and secretary of Clare Bros. Ltd. of Preston and as vice-president of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway. Mr. Todd was a charter member and president of the Preston-Hespeler Rotary Club, a director of the South Waterloo Cancer Society and an active member of the board of the Freeport Sanatorium. He died on October 20, 1963 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Sources:
1. "Biography, Martin N. Todd", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 5, 1917.
2. E.N. Coutts "History of Freeport Sanatorium", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 31, 1943.
3. Roderick Cunningham Legacy of the Gore Cunningham Enterprises, Toronto, 1989.
4. "Died in 1963", Waterloo Historical Society Journal 51, 1963.
5. Obituary Galt Evening Reporter Monday October 21, 1963.


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

Martin — Minnie Ethel Clare. Minnie (daughter of George Adam Clare, MP and Catherine Fink) was born 28 Oct 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Martin married Minnie Ethel Clare 11 Sep 1918, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Minnie died 15 Nov 1979; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jack Todd
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-212473
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Name: Allan Sheldon
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-439751

Harold — Grace Helen Baer. Grace (daughter of Jonah Steen Baer and Sulinda Stauffer) was born 9 Jul 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1982, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Harold — Betty A. Tease. Betty was born 1926; died 1977; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106158

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• Name: Marion Joan Champlin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-106160

Notes:

CHAMPLIN, Marion Joan (Bazett) - Peacefully at home on Monday, September 10, 2012, at 89 years of age. Beloved wife of the late James Champlin (Flying Officer RCAF and Commander USN). Predeceased by her brother Edward Bazett and by her daughter-in-law Caroline. Beloved mother of Elizabeth (Michael Gray), Marion (Darrel Jensen), Edward (Linda Mahler), and Minota (Laurence Austin). Dear grandmother of Dagmar (Troy Restell) and Matthew Jensen (Laurence), Kit and Alex Champlin, and Robert, Laura and Mary Austin. Esteemed "GG" of Brooklyn and Colton Restell, and Marcus, Thomas and Arthur Jensen. Centre of our universe, lover of books, music and furry friends, she was always ready to listen and a source of undying love. Sincere thanks to Vlad for the ballet afternoons which she absolutely adored and to Elizabeth for her constant care and devotion. A private family funeral service was held in the Chapel of St. James- the-Less on Friday, September 14th. Flowers gratefully declined. Condolences and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com

Marion — James Champlin. James died Bef 2012. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-439677

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-439678

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-438825

William — Betty Joan Shaw. Betty was born 11 Nov 1927; died 14 Feb 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]