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• Name: Ann Coutts
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181882
• Immigration: 1842, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Immigration: 1860, , Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Ann — William John Coutts. William was born 1824, , Scotland; died Feb 1893; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Mertz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181885
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

Margaret married Francis "Frank" Mertz 11 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Francis (son of Jacob Martz and Katharine Wintemberger, son of Jacob Mertz and Katharina) was born 21 Aug 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Mar 1933, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sandy Coutts
• Residence: , British Columbia, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181886
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, New Westminster, , British Columbia, Canada; trade instructor -Pent.

Notes:

...relevant page of the 1891 census, that has info on Alexander Coutts and family. If you up the zoom on the occupation, after the bold inking of Trades Instructor is , faintly, Pent. There is also, even fainter, suggestions of an over-write in other areas of the Trades Instructor entry. There is no family lore to suggest Alexander taught in a trades school, nor do I know of any such school being in existence in New Westminster at that period of time, and I would have guessed that Blacksmithing would have been learned under a direct, indentured apprenticeship. BC Pen, at that time, likely didn't involve trades training, so I would venture to guess that Alexander didn't want it made too public, his affiliation with the Pen.

Subsequent census', in 1901 and 1911, show him to be in the same polling area as the Pen and the Insane Asylum [which were within about a mile of each other], which would make sense if his primary means of transportation were his own two feet. Unfortunately, I can't decipher the writing that gives his street address in the 1911 census. My best guess is in the neighbourhoods of Sapperton or Queen's Park, which are either side of the Pen, Asylum, and Fraser Graveyard [Graveyard actually more or less in Sapperton].

Family lore tells of Alexander being the FIRST blacksmith at BC Pen. I haven't found any documentation or other sources to confirm this, or to put a date to it.

The 1911 census shows Alexander as having worked, in 1910, at a Cannery, for 21 weeks, 60hr weeks, earning $450 total. There was a cannery, on the Fraser River, near to the Railway bridge and Patullo Bridge, New Westminster side [left bank]. This would be very near the Pen and Asylum sites. I don't know when it started or closed, but it was operating in the late 1930's when my aunt and mother worked there. It would be, I would guess, largely seasonal employment.

Family lore tells of Alexander coming to New Westminster from the U.S.A., but census data always points to the place of birth as Ontario. His wife, Annie Fraser, is consistently linked with the U.S.A., specifically, Ithaca, New York. As their marriage, in Victoria, B.C., predates the completion of the C.P.R. [transcontental Canadian Railway], it makes sense that Alexander took passage by rail, or by sea, travelling across the U.S.A., or between ports of the U.S.A. on its' east and west coasts, before arriving in New Westminster. The marriage of Annie Fraser and Alexander Coutts is recorded as being on the date of 1880/9/8, according to BCArchives vital statistics.

So, somewheres between the census of 1871, and the marriage of Alexander and Annie [Fraser] in 1880, it would appear that Alexander, son of William Coutts, a blacksmith, left Waterloo, and ended up in the wilds of British Columbia. By what path, I know not. And how A&A came to meet? I know not.

Old family photos show Alexander seated in a chair, his Annie standing beside him. They were head to head. Safe to assume, he was big, and she was tiny?


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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109527
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Mistress

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• Name: Elizabeth Malcomson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181889
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1879, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth married Alexander Malcomson 25 Feb 1879, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alexander was born 1855, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193910
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Express Office
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Excise Office
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Veternary surgeon

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109529
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Mistress
• Residence: 1900, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109530
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1889, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

William married Isabella "Bella" Glaister 20 Feb 1889, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of William Glaister and Mary Jane Petch) was born 1866, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67337
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
• Residence: 1932, 2502 Lundys Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109532
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Millinery

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67448
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dress Maker

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• Name: Rose Coutts
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181895
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian