North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada



 


Notes:
The history of North Dumfries is closely tied to that of the old City of Galt, now part of the City of Cambridge, Ontario. Galt was founded on the east bank of the Grand River by Absalom Shade on behalf of William Dickson of Niagara (Dickson was originally from Dumfries in Scotland. This new Town was located in the heart of Dumfries Township in the Gore District.



What is now North Dumfries originally formed the north half of Dumfries Township, hence the current name. With the introduction of the county system in the mid-nineteenth century, Dumfries was split between the new Waterloo and Brant Counties. The remaining southern half of the old Dumfries Township is now South Dumfries in Brant County. At about the same time Dumfries Township was divided, the City of Galt was extracted from it as an autonomous municipality within the new Waterloo County. Though the two municipalities (Galt & North Dumfries) were now technically separated from one another, their histories are tightly interwoven as the township nearly envelopes what was then Galt.



See this webpage: http://www.northdumfries.ca/en/ourcommunity/History.asp?_mid_=22035

The township's easternmost section (around the village of Clyde) was originally part of Wentworth County (now the city of Hamilton); it was transferred to Waterloo Region in the 1970s.

County/Shire : Latitude: 43.309191099856854, Longitude: -80.38421630859375


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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
61 Brydon, William  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2356
62 Brydon, William  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2356
63 Brydon, William John  1891North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2193
64 Common, Janet  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2259
65 Common, Janet  1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2259
66 Coulthard, Jane Lyme  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3495
67 Deans, Helen  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4917
68 Deans, Helen  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4917
69 Deans, James  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4264
70 Deans, James  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4264
71 Deans, Margaret  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4916
72 Deans, Mary  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4268
73 Deans, Robert  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4918
74 Deans, Thomas  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
75 Deans, Thomas  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
76 Deans, Thomas  1901North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
77 Deans, Walter  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4272
78 Fisher, Jean  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I9032
79 Fisher, Jean  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I9032
80 Hodge, James  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1588
81 Hogarth, Andrew  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2237
82 Hogarth, Andrew  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2980
83 Hogarth, Andrew  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2237
84 Hogarth, Andrew  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2980
85 Hogarth, Andrew  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2237
86 Hogarth, Andrew  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2980
87 Hogg, George  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1154
88 Hogg, George  1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1154
89 Hogg, George  1891North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1154
90 Hogg, George  1901North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1154
91 Hogg, James Smith  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1155
92 Hogg, James Smith  1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1155
93 Hogg, James Smith  1891North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1155
94 Hunter, John  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3494
95 Hunter, John Alexander  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1508
96 Lake, Andrew P.  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2521
97 Lake, Andrew P.  1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2521
98 Lake, Andrew P.  1891North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2521
99 Lake, Andrew P.  1901North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2521
100 Lake, James Sr.  1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I5485

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