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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Birth

Matches 1 to 37 of 37

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID 
1 Deans, Thomas  10 Jan 1840North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
2 Welsh, Jane  14 Feb 1842North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2249
3 Brydon, Robert Armstrong  25 Dec 1844North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1485
4 Brydon, John  11 Feb 1848North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1486
5 Deans, Helen  1849North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4917
6 Bryden, Robert  19 Nov 1849North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2243
7 Brydon, James Young  25 Dec 1849North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1487
8 Brydon, Mary  10 Feb 1850North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2292
9 Deans, Robert  Jan 1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4918
10 Brydon, Helen Mary  1 Jul 1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1489
11 Algie, Janet  1853North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1239
12 Brydon, Janet  20 Feb 1853North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2290
13 Brydon, William  27 Aug 1854North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1488
14 Brydon, Walter  9 May 1856North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1451
15 Brydon, John M.  25 Mar 1858North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2251
16 Brydon, George  10 Jul 1858North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1452
17 Lake, Andrew P.  27 Apr 1859North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2521
18 Brydon, Robert B.  1 Apr 1870North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1494
19 Brydon, Ellen Jane  26 Jan 1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2190
20 Brydon, Janet Common  23 May 1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1578
21 Brydon, Isabella  13 Aug 1871North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1495
22 Brydon, Margaret Armstrong  13 Nov 1872North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1498
23 Hunter, John Alexander  22 Dec 1872North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1572
24 Brydon, Jessie  15 Apr 1873North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2192
25 Brydon, Margaret Armstrong  11 Aug 1873North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1598
26 Brydon, William John  20 Apr 1875North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2193
27 Brydon, Andrew Slater  2 Jul 1876North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1457
28 Brydon, Thomas  15 Feb 1878North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2194
29 Bryden, Catherine Mary  20 Feb 1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2240
30 Brydon, Agnes Euphemia  8 Aug 1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2476
31 Brydon, Walter Peter  8 Aug 1881North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2195
32 Bryden, Robert Williamson  14 Sep 1885North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2242
33 Brydon, Annie  8 Oct 1885North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2207
34 Sheard, Margaret Marshall  16 Sep 1892North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I6887
35 Sheard, Nettie May Meldrum  1 Mar 1895North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I6888
36 Bryden, Arthur Glenholme  5 Feb 1909North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2277
37 Bryden, Gordon Vance  7 Apr 1912North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I7767

Died

Matches 1 to 20 of 20

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Died    Person ID 
1 Brydon, Janet  16 Feb 1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4265
2 Brydon, Robert  10 Sep 1853North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2357
3 Brydon, Janet  5 Apr 1854North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3689
4 Brydon, John  21 Dec 1857North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3094
5 Young, Janet  28 Apr 1858North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2358
6 Brydon, Margaret  15 Jul 1860North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1152
7 Brydon, Robert  3 Nov 1866North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1484
8 Hogarth, Andrew  4 Apr 1874North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2237
9 Tillie, Francis  26 Sep 1874North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1051
10 Bryden, John  22 Oct 1879North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3386
11 Brydon, William  16 Oct 1885North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2356
12 Sheard, George  27 Apr 1894North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I6889
13 Taylor, Mary  21 Feb 1899North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I5486
14 Marshall, Margaret  22 Dec 1900North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I8284
15 Sheard, Margaret Marshall  22 Dec 1900North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I6887
16 Williamson, Catherine  7 Dec 1901North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4910
17 Common, Janet  31 Jan 1904North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2259
18 Deans, Thomas  7 Oct 1917North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
19 Bryden, Robert  18 Nov 1920North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2243
20 Reid, Margaret  22 May 1934North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3410

Occupation

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Occupation    Person ID 
1 McLaren, Duncan  1867North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2293

Residence

Matches 1 to 40 of 156

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Residence    Person ID 
1 Brydon, William  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2356
2 Amos, Agnes  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3498
3 Amos, Alexander  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3690
4 Amos, George B.  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I8254
5 Amos, John  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I8256
6 Amos, William  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3688
7 Brydon, Agnes  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2236
8 Brydon, Janet  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3689
9 Hogarth, Andrew  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2237
10 Hogarth, Andrew  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2980
11 Marshall, Margaret  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I8284
12 Scott, Janet  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1052
13 Tillie, Francis  1851North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1051
14 Oliver, Mary  1858North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2289
15 Algie, Agnes  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1181
16 Algie, Elizabeth  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1238
17 Algie, Dr. James  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1166
18 Algie, Janet  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1239
19 Algie, Matthew  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1171
20 Algie, Matthew Jr.  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1175
21 Algie, Robert  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1177
22 Algie, William Wallace  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1189
23 Brydon, Agnes  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2236
24 Brydon, Janet  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2290
25 Brydon, John M.  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2251
26 Brydon, Margaret  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2359
27 Brydon, Mary  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2292
28 Brydon, William  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2356
29 Common, Janet  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2259
30 Coulthard, Jane Lyme  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I3495
31 Deans, Helen  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4917
32 Deans, James  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4264
33 Deans, Margaret  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4916
34 Deans, Mary  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4268
35 Deans, Robert  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4918
36 Deans, Thomas  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4266
37 Deans, Walter  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I4272
38 Fisher, Jean  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I9032
39 Hodge, James  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I1588
40 Hogarth, Andrew  1861North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada I2980

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Married

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

   Family    Married    Family ID 
1 McLaren / Brydon  21 May 1873North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada F760
2 Wray / Brydon  4 Dec 1894North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada F729
3 Bryden / Rodd  20 Feb 1908North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada F1179


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