Richard Hewit Knowles

1844 - 1937  (92 years)

• Name	Richard Hewit Knowles
  Born	25 Feb 1844	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	education
  Residence	1877	318 Guelph Ave, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Teacher
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Teacher & Farmer
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Public School Teacher
  Residence	1937	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-83102
  Died	1937
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I83102	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Letitia Hartley,   b. 13 Oct 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Apr 1878  [3]
  Children	1. Hartley Robert Knowles,   b. 14 Mar 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F21640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  R.H. KNOWLES 1843-1937 Married: Mary L. Hartley Richard H. Knowles was born in Marden, Guelph township in 1843, the son of Robert Knowles, one of the pioneer settlers in that area. He attended Marden public school and entered Guelph Grammar School, later Guelph Collegiate Institute, in 1856. From 1859 to 1863 he worked on the family farm and in 1864 worked as a sailor on the Great Lakes. In 1865 he returned to the Guelph Collegiate and obtained the first of three County Board Certificates. He began teaching in 1866 in Dickie School near Puslinch Lake. In 1873 he received his second class Provincial Teaching Certificate and in 1876 moved to Wrigley School and in 1877 moved to Hespeler where he became principal of the Hespeler Public School. He resigned that position on December 21, 1900 and early in 1901 was appointed licence inspector for South Waterloo. He died in 1937 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery. Source:Hespeler Incorporation Number Galt Reporter January 1, 1901. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 5. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 21. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 42.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Feb 1844 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1877 - 318 Guelph Ave, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher & Farmer - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Public School Teacher - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1937 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth