Margaret "Maggie" Fleming

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• Name: Margaret "Maggie" Chalmers
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56841
• Residence: 1857, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Margaret married John Chalmers 10 Apr 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John was born 31 Aug 1820, East Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland; died 2 Jan 1892, Poole, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead, Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary McRuer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-339769

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McRUER, Mary At Toronto, on Monday, July 22, Mary McRuer, beloved wife of' the late John McRuer and mother of Mrs. S. Hannant and J. C. McRuer, K.C.

Funeral from her late residence, 79 Gothic Avenue, West Toronto, on Wednesday, 2 p.m. Interment Ayr Cemetery, arriving for burial service about 4: 15 p.m. (Daylight Saving Time).

The Ayr News Jul 25 1940 pg 6

Mary married John McRuer 4 Dec 1883, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of John McRuer and Janet Drew) was born CALC 16 Mar 1851, Lachute, Argenteuil Co., Quebec; died 28 Jun 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 Jul 1935, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-163929
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer Farm
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1945, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Chalmers, Alexander

WELLESLEY Feb. 5. - Alexander Chalmers, 78 of Wellesley, died suddenly, at Topping, on Saturday, while waiting for his nephew to take him to visit his brother, at the Stratford Hospital. He was born in Mornington Twp., on Jan. 28, 1867. His parents were the late John Chalmers and Margaret Fleming. He was a member of the United Church in Wellesley. Surviving are his wife Jennie Hostettler, one son Alec of Bronte; four brothers, William of Mornington, David of Wellelsey, John of Fergus and P. H. Chalmers of Toronto. Funeral service will be held at 2: 30 p.m., Tuesday afternoon, at his late residence, with burial in Rushes Cemetery. Rev. David Forsyth of Waterloo will officiate. The remains are resting at the home.

Kitchener Daily Record 5 Feb 1945 pg 11

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Dies Suddenly at Roadside Awaiting Ride

Striken Saturday afternoon while waiting on the roadside at Topping for a motorist to take him on a visit to his brother, William, who is a patient in Stratford General Hospital, Alexander Chalmers, of Wellesley, toppled over and died instantly. Born in Mornington Township 78 years ago, son of the late John Chalmers and Margaret Fleming, the late Alexander Chalmers for a number of years farmed near Millbank before retiring to Wellesley. He was a member of the Wellesley United Church. His wife, Jennie Hostetler, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hostetler, survives him, besides one son, Alexander Jr., of Bronte, and four brothers. Funeral services were held at his late residence in Wellesley on Tuesday Afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, with internment following in the Rush Cemetery. Rev. D. Forsythe of Waterloo officiated.

New Hamburg Independent, February 9, 1945

Alexander married Jennie Hostetler 17 Sep 1912, Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Jennie (daughter of Henry Hostetler and Hannah Thompson) was born 23 Aug 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49995
• Occupation: 1898, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

David — Catherine McMillan. Catherine (daughter of Hugh McMillan and Ellen McDougall) was born 28 Dec 1876, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-51741
• Occupation: 1901, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1902, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Peter married Susan Etta Hammond 24 Dec 1902, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susan (daughter of James F. Hammond and Mary McLean) was born 15 Dec 1877, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Oct 1966; was buried , Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340758

John married Elizabeth Norma Bullock 16 Feb 1909, Peel Co., Ontario. Elizabeth was born 1884; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Fleming Hannant
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-339983

Margaret married Solomon Hannant 11 Dec 1926, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Solomon was born 18 Nov 1890, Halton Co., Ontario; died 1975; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-339575

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J. C. McRuer Ayr Native

James Chalmers McRuer, one of the most distinguished figures in Ontario legal history. died of a heart attack on Sunday in Toronto. He was 95

Two weeks earlier, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario had attended the unveiling of a bust in his honour at Osgoode Hall.

Mr. McRuer, who conducted a one-man royal commission into civil rights in Ontario in 1964, also was chairman of the Ontario Law Reform Commission from 1964 to 1966 and vice-chairman from 1967 to 1977.

A staunch Liberal, he was appointed to the bench during Mackenzie King's tenure as prime minister, becoming a judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal In December, 1945, he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, trial division.

But it was a Conservative premier of Ontario - John Robarts \emdash who, in 1964, chose him to conduct what Mr. McRuer described as "the most important royal commission appointed in my time."

The civil-rights commission was designed to sweep away the dark clouds of Ontario's so-called police-state bill, introduced and withdrawn, after a public outcry, by the Robarts government. The job of the commission, whose broad terms of reference included the administration of justice in Ontario, was to study whether provincial laws and regulations had im-pinged on citizens' rights.

In 1935, Mr. McRuer was chief council for a royal commission on textiles; in 1938, he was a member of royal commission on the penal system of Canada; in 1954, he was appointed chairman of a royal commission on the law relating to criminal sexual psycopaths; and, in 1956, he became chairman ofa royal commission on insanity as defence in capital cases.

An advocate of treating dangerous drivers as common criminals, he made a controversial ruling in December, 1958. quashing a conviction on the grounds that reckless driving should he prosecuted under federal statues. not the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.

Born in 1890, Mr. McRuer began his legal career in 1913 after attending the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and Laval University.

He served as a lieutenant in the First World War.

Mr. McRuer was born on the McRuer family farm, townline, RR 3, Ayr, a son of the late John McRuer and Mary Chalmers. Beloved husband of Robena Dow and of the late Mary Dow. He is survived by his children Mary Louise Gaby, Katherine Rea McIntyre, John Dow McRuer, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held at Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor Street West, Toronto at 2: 30 p.m. today (Wed.) Interment will be at Ayr Cemetery from the chapel at 2: 30 p.m. Thursday.


The Ayr News Oct 9 1985 pg 11

James — Robena Mary Dow. Robena was born 23 Nov 1903, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 Dec 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Dec 1992, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

James married Mary Rowena Dow 27 Sep 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 21 Dec 1894, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died 1966; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Helen Gertrude Forrest
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-305201
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Helen — William Alexander Forrest. William (son of James Forrest and Tryphena Coutts) was born 19 Oct 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead, Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-49998
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Farm
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-305203
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-163995
• Residence: 1911, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-340222

John — Marion Maxine MacGregor. Marion was born 16 Apr 1927; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]