Margaret A. "Maggie" Brydon

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• Name: Maggie Brydon
• Name: Margaret A. "Maggie" Brewster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84148
• Immigration: 1847, , Canada
• Immigration: 1847, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1936, Galt St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

BREWSTER, MARGARET (Nee Brydon)

Mrs. A. J. Brewster, one of Hespeler's oldest and most highly esteemed residents, on the afternoon of July 10, 1936, at her home on Galt Street, in her 94^th year, following an illness of some duration. She was the daughter of the late David Brydon and Janet Glendinning of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, born in 1843. She came to Canada with her parents as a little girl and settled on the farm recently owned by the late John Rahman, on the back road to Galt in 1847. About 1868, she married Andrew Brewster, who came to Canada from Jefferson County, New York State. He predeceased her in 1903. Surviving are Miss Violet, Miss Sadie, Willis and Winfield, at home; W. J. Brewster of Hespeler and Mrs. W. J. Keeler of Winnipeg. One brother, James Brydon, lives in Gravenhurst. The funeral took place on Sunday at 2: 30 (private).

A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

Margaret married William Andrew Jackson Brewster 16 Feb 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of William Brewster and Sarah) was born 13 Nov 1836, , Jefferson Co., New York; died 4 Mar 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-310698
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Name: Clara Lillian Pady
• Name: Lillian Brewster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126525

Clara married Rev. William John Pady 1 Nov 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of William John Pady and Elizabeth Skinner) was born 1866, London, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84149
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Spinner
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

David married Mary Elizabeth Kannapin 10 Aug 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Carl Kannapin and Wilhelmine Gasentzer) was born 25 Mar 1873, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

David — ?. ? was born Abt 1869; died Bef 1911. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jessie Brewster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84150
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher Public School
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher, Public School
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126530

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84151
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wool Works
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84152
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?

Willis married Lillian Maud "Lilly" Jackson 30 Jul 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lillian was born 8 Jun 1881, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Universal Lightning Rod Company
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84153
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Town Cterk, Office
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Winfield Brewster in 1900 read aloud the proclamation that incorporated Hespeler as a town. His father had done the same in 1858 when Hespeler became a village. He operated the Hespeler Fuel Co. and wrote 5 books on the history of Hespeler and the area.


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

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The First Automobile owned here was a steam runabout which Jack Farnsworth bought in Brooklyn in September, 1906, and of which he and Charles Phillip Grill and I owned each an undivided one-third share.


Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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When we were closing the office on the evening of November 25th, 1952, I noticed Reginald Prior coming out of the Post Office and called him over and when he came, asked him if he would mind locking the door for me which he kindly did, and then, turning to me he asked what was the big idea and my reply was that some day he would come to know. Now to redeem that promise.

My Father opened the old office at the corner of Queen and Adam Streets on November 25th, 1877, and so, Reggie, when you did me that favor you were locking up Brewster's office after 75 years on Queen Street. And How glad I am it was you and not the Bailiff!

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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Winfield Brewster entered into the political life of Hespeler when, in 1900, he was asked to read the proclamation which incorporated Hespeler as a town. In doing so he followed in the footsteps of his father, Andrew Jackson Brewster, who performed this duty in 1858 when Hespeler was incorporated as a village. Winfield followed his father in many endeavours. In 1898, he entered the conveyancing and insurance business started by his father in 1877. He was known as one of Hespeler's leading citizens and was instrumental in building up an "outstanding" Patriotic Fund during World War I. He was his father's successor as Hespeler Town Clerk and Treasurer of the Hespeler Public School Board when the elder Mr Brewster died in 1903. Mr Brewster was a Captain in the 29th Waterloo Militia and was a one third owner of the first automobile in Hespeler, a steam runabout purchased in Brooklyn, New York in 1906. Mr Brewster was the primary organizer of both the 1906 and the 1926 Old Boys Reunion and was consulted frequently by the organizers of the 1947 Homecoming. Mr Brewster was the Honorary President of the Hespeler Horticultural Society, operated the Hespeler Fuel Co., and, at one time, headed the Universal Lightning Rod Co. He was also the author of six small books on the history of Hespeler and area. They include "La Rue de Commerce; Queen St. Hespeler, Ontario", "The Floodgate: Random Writings of Our Ain Folk", "Pine-Bush Genealogy", "Hespeler Yarns", "Lot Six in the Third of Waterloo" and "J. Hespeler, New Hope C.W.". Winfield Brewster died 2 Nov 1962 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery.

Cambridge Hall of Fame. (2019). Cambridge.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2019, from https://www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/cambridge-hall-of-fame.aspx

Winfield — Hazel Leota Kribs. Hazel (daughter of Louis Pannabaker Kribs and Elizabeth A. "Millie" Cliff) was born 25 Jan 1884, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1973, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lenora Keeler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84154
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk

Lenora married William James Keeler 24 Feb 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of John H. Keeler and Susan Louisa Egleston) was born 7 Apr 1881, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215217

Notes:

In Hespeler, on Friday, Sept. 3rd, at 11:L30 p.m., Hilda, infant daughter of A. J. and Maggie Brewster, aged 9 months and 13 days,.

Galt Reporter Sep 20 1886 pg 8

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118932

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In Hespeler, on Thursday, 28th inst., at 4:55 a.m., Maude Leslie, infant daughter of A. J. and Maggie Brewster, aged 6 months and 17 days.

Galt Reporter Jul 29 1887 pg 8

Jean — Dick Waghorne. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: A. J. Brewster
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223054
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223055
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

He married Esta Young. He had three children - Robert, Charles, David.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-223057
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian