Alexander Venton

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135254
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1864, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

"DESERTED VILLAGES" OF WATERLOO COUNTY
Kossuth
Less than three miles distant from Fisher's Mills, to the north and west, was the site of another hamlet called Kossuth, but there is now nothing left to identify the location, unless possibly 'still some garden flowers growing wild, the place to disclose'.
The diversity of nationalities represented in this settlement is indicated by the names of those who carried on their respective trades there.
Switzerland was represented by the Zyrd family who carried on the business of making sulphur matches, well remembered by folks of my own age on account of the odoriferous brimstone smell and the ease with which a block of them might be ignited. In picking a match from one of the split blocks it was rather difficult to keep the whole package from lighting. The girls employed in making these matches were often very beautiful, it is said, but the brimstone odor of their garments prompted thoughts of the place of the damned. •

John Groh, a Pennsylvania Dutchman, made clay crocks and shallow clay pansions for milk, also flower pots.
Among those of Irish extraction were Alexander Venton who was a weaver of checked cotton and flannels, and James Bradley and James McCaffery and Sons who made shoes....

Eighteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 1930

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Alexander and children are reported to have been born in Killeshandra, Cavan, Ireland, documention needed.

Alexander — Anna Ramsey. Anna was born 1806, , Cavan Co, Ireland; died 1 Mar 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48332
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. methodist
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

George married Isabella Easton 6 May 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of George Easton and Emma Chapman) was born 6 Aug 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

George married Mary Ann Hilborn 4 Apr 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Jesse Hilborn and Annie Smith) was born 4 Sep 1836, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1876; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret A. Drimmie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48333
• Residence: 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Margaret married John Drimmie 20 Nov 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of John Drimmie and Mary Willie) was born 1834, , Scotland; died 1923; was buried , Amos Presbyterian Cemetery, Egremont Township, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabella Stewart
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135258
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Isabella married Alexander S. Stewart 26 Mar 1875, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Alexander was born 14 Jul 1836, , Scotland; died 28 Apr 1916, Brigden, Moore Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie Venton
• Name: Margaret Ann "Maggie" Washburn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-145774
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Margaret married William Emery Washburn 30 Jun 1904, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of John Simcoe Washburn and Laura Louisa "Louisa" Eaton) was born 17 Mar 1874, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Hagey
• Eby ID Number: 00047-3463.500
• Birth: 30 Mar 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Emma — Nelson Hagey. Nelson (son of Jacob S. Hagey and Catherine "Cathy" Bernhardt) was born 27 Aug 1873, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1919; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92486
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1949, 29 Young St. E., Waterloo, Ontario

George — Martha Susanna Schnarr. Martha (daughter of Johannes "John" Schnarr and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Conrad) was born 2 Sep 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1984. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-225395
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Irvine — Viola Wilhelmine Huehn. Viola (daughter of Wilhelm "William" Huehn and Martha Susanna Schnarr) was born 29 Mar 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jean M. Boan
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134939

Jean — Nelson Boan. Nelson was born 9 Nov 1938; died 23 May 2011; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]