Margaret Carson

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• Name: Margaret Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76348
• Residence: 1851, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

Margaret married William Morton 1837, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec. William was born 1811, , Fermanagh, Ireland; died 1 Jun 1879, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eleanor "Ellen" Flynn
• Name: Ellen Morton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132823
• Residence: 1851, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1862, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

On February 20th, Ellen Morton widow of the late John Flynn passed over in her 86th year at home of her grand daughter Mrs G. L. Woods of Beulah The call was looked for and near friends summoned for parting words Deceased had been a resident of this district over 40 years the family coming west from Shakepere, Ont. in the big migration of '81 homesteading a mile west of Birtle, where Wm Flynn still resides

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in St George's Church and interment made in the family plot in Birtle cemetery. Three sons John of Calgary, Jas of Brandon and Wm of Birtle with three sons-in-law T. C. Green and J. M. Orr, of Beulah, and Robt Whitelaw, of Birtle, were pall bearers Floral tributes were unique and appropriate.

Besides the three sons and three daughters present, son Richard in Minneapolis and brothers Samuel Alfied Morton, of Birtle, mourn the passing of a faithful loving mother and sister. All we Birtle oldtimers will miss her kindly hand clasp and cheery greeting

Birtle Eye-Witness 26 Feb 1924

Eleanor married John Flynn 8 Apr 1862, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. John was born CALC 28 Jan 1838, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 1909, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Birtle Cemetery, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40749
• Residence: 1851, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1866; Physcian and Surgeon - Doctor
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physician - Doctor - Dr. and Surgeon
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; H, Doctor
• Occupation: 1892, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Doctor

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DEATH OF DR. MORTON.

Wellesley's Oldest Medical Practitioner Passes Away on Monday Morning.

Dr Wm Morton, one of the oldest and most successful medical practitioners in Waterloo County passed away on Monday morning at his home in Wellesley in his 58th year. He settled in Wellesley some thirty-one years ago and enjoyed a very large practice for many years. He was a man of broad and liberal views and enjoyed in a marked degree the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He filled the position of postmaster for the last fifteen or eighteen years, Medical Health Officer of Wellesley Township, and was an active and influential member of the High School Board. Four children survive him, three grown-up daughters and one son, fourteen years of age. One of the daughters is married to Dr. Glaister who has been associated with his father-in-law in his practice for the past three or four years. The funeral will take place (to-day) Thursday.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 19 Jan 1899, p. 4
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The site of Wellesley was first occupied by John Smith, a squatter, in 1847. He came in some time prior to the survey. When the post office was established in 1851 it was called Smithville, but the following year the name was changed to Wellesley. William Brown was the first postmaster. Smith was followed by such noted pioneers as Christian Boshart, Charles Ottmann and John Zoeger. The latter was the first merchant and hotel keeper. The building he occupied is the one now owned by Dr William Morton, who uses it for a drug store, post office and private residence.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 14 Jul 1898, p. 8

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High School Board.

A meeting of the Berlin High School Board was held last Thursday afternoon. All the members were present, Very little business was done. The treasurer's financial statement was re- ceived and pronunced satisfactory. A resolution of condolence with respect as follows:

to the death of Dr. Morton was passed

"That this Board sincerely regrets the death of our late co-worker, Dr. Morton, who during his connection with the Board always manifested a deep interest in the welfare of the High School, and the Board will greatly miss his presence from all meetings, and the Secretary is hereby instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to the family of the deceased,"

Waterloo County Chronicle (186303), 26 Jan 1899, p. 3

William married Ellen Maria Rutherford 8 Jan 1869, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of William Rutherford and Mary Jane Freeborn) was born 31 Jul 1849, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 Sep 1895, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-344557
• Residence: 1852, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

Richard — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132834
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

John — Lilly Ann Catherine Hilliard. Lilly (daughter of Thomas L. Hilliard and Catharine Lillian Sauder) was born 13 Dec 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132845
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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After weeks of suffering, Mrs Robert Whitelaw passed to the Great Beyond at St Marys hospital Saturday morning. Every possible care was given her by her family connection and friends with whom she associated during her long residence here.

Deceased came west from Shakespere. Ont, with her parents Mr and Mrs John Flynn, in spring of 1881, to their homestead two miles west of Birtle. All her 55 years since was spent in this district. She took an active part in all that makes community life happy.

Surviving are, her daughter Mrs E. Bonner, sisters Mrs T. Green at Beulah and Mrs Orr at Binscarth, brothers John Flynn at Calgary, Wm at Birtle, James in Winnipeg and an uncle, Samuel Morton at Birtle. Her husband, Robert Whitelaw died in 1932. Three brothers and two sisters predeceased her.

Funeral service was held by Dr J. E. Lane in the United Church yesterday afternoon and what was mortal, laid to rest in the family plot in Birtle cemetery.

Birtle Eye-Witness 1936

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132856
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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Mrs J. T. Green who has long been a resident of Birtle and Beulah districts passed away on January 10th at the home of her daughter Mrs Alex Woods at Binscarth after a short illness. The funeral service was held in St. George's Church in Birtle with Rev. B. O. Whitfield in charge and burial was in the family plot in Birtle Cemetery. Many old-timers and others attending attested the esteem in which Mrs Green was held by all. The casket was borne by Geo. Armstrong and G. J. Heyhoe of Beulah, A. Sawyer and R. Smith of Birtle and Jas. Orr and J. H. Cornell of Binscarth.

Mrs Green was born at Shakespeare, Ontario, in 1867, nee Agnes Josephine Flynn, and came to Birtle in 1881 with her parents Mr and Mrs John Flynn. In 1890 she married John Thomas Green, who came from Durham England, Birtle and Beulah districts had been their home since. Mr Green died a year ago.

There are four children surviving Mrs A. B. Woods, Binscarth. Mrs G. L. Woods and Mrs Fred Green of Beulab, and Ted Green at Aylsham, Sask., also a sister Mrs Eva Orr of Binscarth and a brother William Flynn of Birtie.

Birtle Eye-Witness 20 Jan 1948

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132867
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225602
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Ch. of England

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• Name: Grace Lilian Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40709

Grace married Dr. William Glaister 25 Dec 1895, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of John Glaister and Isabella McWilliams) was born 30 Jun 1866, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1948; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-108541

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• Name: Louise Morton
• Name: Mary Louise Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-108542
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Mary married Dr. William Glaister 7 Mar 1905, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. William (son of John Glaister and Isabella McWilliams) was born 30 Jun 1866, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1948; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-210649
• Occupation: 1919, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; forester

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-320700
• Residence: 1894, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

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Wellesley

Mr. Louis Morton of Brooklyn, nephew of Dr. Morton died last Wednesday and was laid in his last resting place on Friday. He was buried in the cemetery on the other side of New Hamburg and the remains were accompanied by a number of his old school mates from here. He was 24 years old....

Waterloo County Chronicle, 5 Apr 1894, p. 1

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• Interesting: military, war, misfortune, life story
• Name: H. L. W. (Jerry) Flynn
• Name: Jerry Laurice Flynn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-355209
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Captain, 32nd Battalion
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #2779665
• Misfortune: 1918; killed in war

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Jerry H.L.W. Flynn

It was morning on September 12, 1918 when a Waterloo mother received two pieces of mail '96 a letter from her son, a pilot fighting overseas in the Great War, and a telegram from the secretary of the Canadian Air Force. One can only wonder which letter Mrs. Lilly Flynn opened first. The letter from her 19-year-old son, Captain Jerry Flynn, was dated August 13 and he wrote of being in good health. The telegram from Ottawa told Mrs. Flynn that her son was reported missing on September 3.

The story of Jerry Flynn is but one story of the losses that Waterloo families suffered in the Great War between 1914 and 1918. Jerry Flynn was one of sixteen Waterloo soldiers who died.....


It would be much later that newsreaders in Waterloo would learn of the agony "Little Jerry's" squadron would express the day he went tumbling down in flames after being shot by one of a dozen Fokkers. In 1967, the Waterloo Chronicle published an account by Captain Bogart Rogers of the moment Flynn's comrades learned the "pet of the squadron" had lost his life:

On that day the whole outfit blew up like a toy balloon. A kid
named John Trussler, grabbed his champagne glass, hurled it the
length of the mess, leaped to his feet and started a vivid impression
of a lunatic . . . he swore and cursed and cried. He cursed God
and the Germans. He cursed the war and the army. He cursed his
parents because he was born.

He told Little Jerry Flynn who he knew was sitting in the room
listening to him, who was sitting right there in that chair that he
didn't have to worry. They couldn't get away with it.
His comrades tried to stop his cursing and raving and finally
pulled him down into a chair. He hid his head in his hands and
sobbed horribly. Half of the others were sobbing. The rest were
trying to quieten things down but feeling no better themselves.

Waterloo Public Library https://www.wpl.ca/sites/default/files/waterloo_150/flynn_jerry.pdf

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23527
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23528

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• Name: Helen Isabel Dobson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-47011
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Helen — John McKenzie Dobson. John was born 5 Aug 1898, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1987; was buried , St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Honoured: Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario; Deborah Glaister Line, Wellesley Township, Ontario named in her honor
• Military: WW2 - Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain
• Name: Deborah Louise Hannay
• Name: Dr. Debbie Glaister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164879
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Deborah Glaister was born in Wellesley Township in 1906 into a medical family. Her father's high expectations and diagnostic skills influenced her greatly to choose medicine over the more traditional role of nursing.

Glaister graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1932 and did post-graduate work in England. In 1936 she returned to Wellesley, Ontario to assist her ailing father with his medical practice. For several years, Dr. Debbie, as she was known, took on a busy rural caseload and she was Wellesley Township's first female physician. Her deep compassion and professionalism made her very popular with her patients.

In 1943 the recently married Glaister-Hannay joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps where she qualified as Captain. After the war Glaister-Hannay had a full medical practice as Kitchener's first female specialist. She later joined Freeport Hospital, eventually becoming the hospital's chief of staff.

In 1999, Wellesley Township honoured its first female doctor by naming a road Deborah Glaister Line.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

Deborah — John Hannay. John was born 1905; died 1990; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]