Our Family's Journey Through Time
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.
Matches 1 to 37 of 37
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | ||
1 | Deans, Thomas | 10 Jan 1840 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4266 |
2 | Welsh, Jane | 14 Feb 1842 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2249 |
3 | Brydon, Robert Armstrong | 25 Dec 1844 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1485 |
4 | Brydon, John | 11 Feb 1848 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1486 |
5 | Deans, Helen | 1849 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4917 |
6 | Bryden, Robert | 19 Nov 1849 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2243 |
7 | Brydon, James Young | 25 Dec 1849 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1487 |
8 | Brydon, Mary | 10 Feb 1850 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2292 |
9 | Deans, Robert | Jan 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4918 |
10 | Brydon, Helen Mary | 1 Jul 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1489 |
11 | Algie, Janet | 1853 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1239 |
12 | Brydon, Janet | 20 Feb 1853 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2290 |
13 | Brydon, William | 27 Aug 1854 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1488 |
14 | Brydon, Walter | 9 May 1856 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1451 |
15 | Brydon, John M. | 25 Mar 1858 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2251 |
16 | Brydon, George | 10 Jul 1858 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1452 |
17 | Lake, Andrew P. | 27 Apr 1859 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2521 |
18 | Brydon, Robert B. | 1 Apr 1870 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1494 |
19 | Brydon, Ellen Jane | 26 Jan 1871 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2190 |
20 | Brydon, Janet Common | 23 May 1871 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1578 |
21 | Brydon, Isabella | 13 Aug 1871 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1495 |
22 | Brydon, Margaret Armstrong | 13 Nov 1872 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1498 |
23 | Hunter, John Alexander | 22 Dec 1872 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1572 |
24 | Brydon, Jessie | 15 Apr 1873 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2192 |
25 | Brydon, Margaret Armstrong | 11 Aug 1873 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1598 |
26 | Brydon, William John | 20 Apr 1875 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2193 |
27 | Brydon, Andrew Slater | 2 Jul 1876 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1457 |
28 | Brydon, Thomas | 15 Feb 1878 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2194 |
29 | Bryden, Catherine Mary | 20 Feb 1881 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2240 |
30 | Brydon, Agnes Euphemia | 8 Aug 1881 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2476 |
31 | Brydon, Walter Peter | 8 Aug 1881 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2195 |
32 | Bryden, Robert Williamson | 14 Sep 1885 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2242 |
33 | Brydon, Annie | 8 Oct 1885 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2207 |
34 | Sheard, Margaret Marshall | 16 Sep 1892 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I6887 |
35 | Sheard, Nettie May Meldrum | 1 Mar 1895 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I6888 |
36 | Bryden, Arthur Glenholme | 5 Feb 1909 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2277 |
37 | Bryden, Gordon Vance | 7 Apr 1912 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I7767 |
Matches 1 to 20 of 20
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Died | Person ID | ||
1 | Brydon, Janet | 16 Feb 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4265 |
2 | Brydon, Robert | 10 Sep 1853 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2357 |
3 | Brydon, Janet | 5 Apr 1854 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3689 |
4 | Brydon, John | 21 Dec 1857 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3094 |
5 | Young, Janet | 28 Apr 1858 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2358 |
6 | Brydon, Margaret | 15 Jul 1860 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1152 |
7 | Brydon, Robert | 3 Nov 1866 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1484 |
8 | Hogarth, Andrew | 4 Apr 1874 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2237 |
9 | Tillie, Francis | 26 Sep 1874 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1051 |
10 | Bryden, John | 22 Oct 1879 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3386 |
11 | Brydon, William | 16 Oct 1885 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2356 |
12 | Sheard, George | 27 Apr 1894 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I6889 |
13 | Taylor, Mary | 21 Feb 1899 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I5486 |
14 | Marshall, Margaret | 22 Dec 1900 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I8284 |
15 | Sheard, Margaret Marshall | 22 Dec 1900 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I6887 |
16 | Williamson, Catherine | 7 Dec 1901 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4910 |
17 | Common, Janet | 31 Jan 1904 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2259 |
18 | Deans, Thomas | 7 Oct 1917 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4266 |
19 | Bryden, Robert | 18 Nov 1920 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2243 |
20 | Reid, Margaret | 22 May 1934 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3410 |
Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Occupation | Person ID | ||
1 | McLaren, Duncan | 1867 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2293 |
Matches 1 to 40 of 156
Last Name, Given Name(s) | Residence | Person ID | ||
1 | Brydon, William | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2356 | |
2 | Amos, Agnes | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3498 |
3 | Amos, Alexander | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3690 |
4 | Amos, George B. | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I8254 |
5 | Amos, John | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I8256 |
6 | Amos, William | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3688 |
7 | Brydon, Agnes | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2236 |
8 | Brydon, Janet | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3689 |
9 | Hogarth, Andrew | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2237 |
10 | Hogarth, Andrew | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2980 |
11 | Marshall, Margaret | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I8284 |
12 | Scott, Janet | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1052 |
13 | Tillie, Francis | 1851 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1051 |
14 | Oliver, Mary | 1858 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2289 |
15 | Algie, Agnes | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1181 |
16 | Algie, Elizabeth | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1238 |
17 | Algie, Dr. James | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1166 |
18 | Algie, Janet | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1239 |
19 | Algie, Matthew | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1171 |
20 | Algie, Matthew Jr. | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1175 |
21 | Algie, Robert | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1177 |
22 | Algie, William Wallace | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1189 |
23 | Brydon, Agnes | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2236 |
24 | Brydon, Janet | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2290 |
25 | Brydon, John M. | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2251 |
26 | Brydon, Margaret | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2359 |
27 | Brydon, Mary | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2292 |
28 | Brydon, William | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2356 |
29 | Common, Janet | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2259 |
30 | Coulthard, Jane Lyme | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I3495 |
31 | Deans, Helen | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4917 |
32 | Deans, James | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4264 |
33 | Deans, Margaret | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4916 |
34 | Deans, Mary | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4268 |
35 | Deans, Robert | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4918 |
36 | Deans, Thomas | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4266 |
37 | Deans, Walter | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I4272 |
38 | Fisher, Jean | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I9032 |
39 | Hodge, James | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I1588 |
40 | Hogarth, Andrew | 1861 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | I2980 |
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Family | Married | Family ID | ||
1 | McLaren / Brydon | 21 May 1873 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | F760 |
2 | Wray / Brydon | 4 Dec 1894 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | F729 |
3 | Bryden / Rodd | 20 Feb 1908 | North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada | F1179 |