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CHESTER DEMARE
[Welland Tribune, 28 January 1898]
In the death of Chester Demare at Port Dalhousie on Sunday last, passed away one who was intimately associated with the early history of the town of Welland-one of the last remaining links between the present and the period of settlement and building up of this section.
Mr. Demare was a native of the United States, settling here during the canal-building period. For a time he was foreman for Eli Meade, a well-known contractor, and afterward and for many years had charge of the carpenter work on his section of the Welland canal. He was a skilled and competent master-workman, and possessed an unsullied reputation for honor and integrity. Truly his word was as good as his bond. For many years he lived in the house on what is now occupied as a market clerk’s office and butcher shop. His wife, a daughter of the late Lewis Buchner, Crowland, predeceased him years ago. Of their children two sons survive: Jacob G. Demare, canal foreman, Port Dalhousie; and Elisha Demare of St. Thomas, Ont. Mr. Demare’s last years were passed at the residence of his son at Port Dalhousie, where he enjoyed every care and attention. The cause of death was cancer-rare in one so advanced in years-his age being 82 years. For the last few months he was a great sufferer that that most distressing and relentless of all human ills. The funeral was private.
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