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[Welland Tribune, 8 December 1910]
Mary, wife of George Smith. died early yesterday morning, aged sixty-eight years. She was operated upon six months ago in a Buffalo hospital for cancer, and the doctors then gave her only a few days to live, but in this they were mistaken. Dropsy was the immediate cause of death. Deceased was born in Buffalo, where he parents died of cholera during the epidemic in the 40’s. She was then adopted by Philip Fahrbach of Humberstone. She is survived by a sorrowing husband, three daughters-Annie at home, Mrs. Gus Kramer and Mrs. Near of Humberstone, and three sons-Michael of Humberstone and Louie and Otto of Buffalo. At this writing funeral arrangements have not been made.
Port Colborne News
[Welland Tribune, 4 September 1900]
George Bateman, an old and highly respected resident of the town, died on Friday morning last after a long illness. Deceased was 75 years of age. He was born in England, but came to Canada early in life. H has lived in Port Colborne over twenty years. The funeral took place on Saturday at 10 o’clock in the morning; Interment in Overholt cemetery. Rev. Mr. Bonny conducted the services. A widow mourns the loss of a kind and loving husband, and the sympathy of the community is extended to her in her sad bereavement.
Superintendent of County Home for Aged and Infirm Dies in 59th Year
VAST CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Commanded by Capable Official –Made Home Grounds Fine Farming Property
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 25 April 1931]
George B. McClellan for the past fifteen years superintendent of Welland County Home for the Aged and Infirm, passed away at his home here this morning at 4 o’clock the death proving a great shock in the family and to a wide circle of friends throughout the district. Death was wholly unexpected. While it is true Mr. McClellan had been in poor health for the past two months, he was able to be a host every day. In fact he was downtown yesterday attending a meeting of the commission on Old Age Pensions. When he retired last night he was feeling as well as usual. At 2 o’clock he complained of feeling unwell and two hours later he passed away, death being due to neuralgia of the heart.
HIS WORK AT THE HOME
Mr. McClelland made of the Home, one of the best farm properties in Welland county. The fields and grounds and gardens, the barns, the stables, building and stock were always kept in such condition that for anyone versed in agriculture, a visit to the Industrial Home was always a real pleasure. He was not only a _, but also a tactful manager and his relationship with the members of the county council, with his own staff, and with the inmates of the Home was always pleasant and agreeable. In fact Mr. McClellan was able to number among his friends all with whom he came in contact with in this official capacity.
Mr. McClellan took a wide interest in the care of the unfortunate. Some years ago he was instrumental in organizing the managers of Home for the aged and infirm into an association and he was its first president. He was for five years the president of the Welland County Agricultural society and in this period due to his energy and foresight the Society had a very marked success. At the time of his death he was first Vice-President of the Niagara District Fair Board. **Rest of obituary and funeral notice is very blurry and difficult to decipher. .
The funeral of Mr. McClellan is located on page 1 and 2 of the Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune-29 April 1931.
[Welland Tribune November 17, 1943]
Fonthill, Nov. 17- The death of Edward Page occurred at his home in Pelham township early Tuesday morning in his 79th year. The deceased was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Gilbert Page and was a lifelong resident of Pelham township. The late Mr Page was connected with the Wellington and Davidson Nurseries for 60 years. He was a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters.
Besides his widow, he leaves to mourn three daughters, Mrs F. Davidson, Fonthill;Mrs Clair Singer, Pelham Corners and Miss Marion Page at home; also two sons, Charles Page of the village, and Wilfred Page now overseas.
Page- At his home in Fonthill on Tuesday, November 16, 1943, Edward Page, beloved husband of Mary Page in his 79th year. The funeral from his late home on Thursday afternoon November 18 at 2.30 o’clock. Interment at Fonthill cemetery.
[Welland Tribune November 4, 1943]
Of interest to many friends in the community was a pretty autumn wedding which took place in Plymouth Methodist church, Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, October 23rd, at 2.30 o’clock when the pastor of the church officiated at the marriage of Doris Eleeanor, daughter of Mrs Charles L. Starks, Buffalo, and the late Mr Starks and George Foster Reed of Syracuse, N.Y., son of Mr and Mrs Everett Reed of Buffalo.
The bride, given in marriage by her uncle Harold Barnhart of Sherkston, wore a white satin gown on princess lines which extended in a long train. The long sleeves tapered to points over the wrists, and a fingertip veil caught in a halo of orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of sweetheart roses and ferns.
Miss Thelma Starks, her sister’s only attendant, was lovely in a floor length gown of turqoise silk chiffon with a sweetheart neckline. She carried a bouquet of pink roses and ferns. Neal Ball of Buffalo was the best man.
A reception was held at Cugn’s restaurant for 26 guests.
The bride and groom left on a short wedding trip and on their return they will reside in Syracuse, N.Y
[Welland Tribune December 2, 1943]
Port Colborne’s oldest and one of its most highly respected citizens, Donald McGillivray, 92 died at his residence, King and Charlotte streets, at one o’clock this afternoon. A native of the town, he has lived here all his life, with the exception of one year, and had gained a large number of friends and much respect both in this district and in the adjoining section of the United States.
A well-known philanthropist in his later years, he was one of the men responsible for bringing the International Nickel Co. to the town. He was a staunch Liberal all his life, and was an active supporter of the party. He had been a member of the town council and of the parks commission, and was a member of the First Presbyterian church. One of the greatest events of his life came in 1939, when he was presented to the King and Queen at Niagara Falls.
Born in Port Colborne on January 14, 1852, he was educated in Port Colborne, and later attended Welland grammar school. He was employed for a time in marine work, on a dredge in the St Mary’s river and later attended normal school in Toronto. He came back to Port Colborne, where he worked as a clerk in a store in 1872, later establishing his own business.
The funeral will be held on Monday, December 6th, at 2.30 p.m. from his late residence, 46 Charlotte street, Port Colborne, to Overholt cemetery for interment.
A more extended obituary reference will appear in tomorrow’s Tribune.
DEATH CLAIMS TOWN’S OLDEST RESIDENT, ENDS FINE CAREER
[Welland Tribune December 4, 1943]
Funeral Rites for Donald McGillivray to be held Monday; Was in 92nd Year
Donald McGillivray, oldest resident of Port Colborne, prominent Liberal member of the Niagara Parks Commission since 1935, philanthropist and distinguished citizen died at his residence 46 Charlotte street, Port Colborne, about 1.35 p.m. yesterday in his 92nd year. Death followed an illness of some three months, but the late Mr McGillivray had been in failing health for the past few years, although until his recent illness he retained his keen mental faculties and his interest in world affairs.
The late Donald McGillivray was widely known, for his interests exceeded the boundaries of the district and province and he was known throughout Canada. He is the last of a family of five children born to the late John and Marjorie McGillivray in Port Colborne. His interests centred in Port Colborne, and with the exception of a year or so when he resided elsewhere, he has lived his long life here. Had he lived until January 14 next, he would have reached the age of 92, although he would have been celebrating his 93rd birthday. For Donald McGillivray always maintained that the day he was born was his first birthday.
Familiar Figure
Until about two years ago Donald McGillivray was a familiar figure on Port Colbornr streets despite his age, his tall, slightly stooped figure with gray-white hair could be seen any morning as he went for his morning cup of coffee and again in the afternoon as he stopped here and there through the business section to chat with friends. He was as well liked as he was widely known and had a keen and quick sense of humor. He was well read and a clever conversationalist.
The late Mr McGillivray was a life long Liberal and active in the ranks of the Liberal party for many years, being one of the chief contributors to the party in the district for many years. He was also a big contributor to First Presbyterian church and the church’s hall is named after him. He was generous to all worthy charities and, although few knew of it, was generous to a fault in assisting those in need.
In 1935 Donald McGillivray was appointed to the Niagara Parks commission and four years later when Their Majesties visited the Niagara district, he was one of those presented to them at Niagara Falls. This honor, Mr McGillivray felt was one of the highlights of his life. A year or so later he presented to the Town of Port Colborne a framed picture of his presentation to Their Majesties.
Donald McGillivray was born in Port Colborne and as a youngster had to cut wood for the woodbox that supplied the huge woodburner which furnished the heat for the McGillivray home. In the winter he went to the lake with a tub on his sled and drew drinking water from a hole chopped in the ice.
Mr McGillivray received most of his education in Port Colborne, attending school conducted by the rector of St James’ church. He attended the Welland Grammar school, now Port Colborne high school. And then composed of one room. He later attended Normal school in Toronto, playing football with the Normal school team until advised by his physician to return to Port Colborne.
Had Interesting Career
Mr McGillivray first followed the trade of carpenter and then turned to marine work. He worked as fireman of a dredge in the St Mary’s river, on the flats Canal, connecting the river with the lake. Later dredging jobs took him to Goderich and Kincardine before attending Normal school in Toronto. He returned to Port Colborne on May 24, 1872.
For a time Mr McGillivray worked as a clerk in a store in Port Colborne and then opened his own store. He sold drygoods, boots, and shoes and opened the town’s first tailor shop. He operated his business from 1878 to 1890 and then sold his business to interest himself in investments.
The late Mr McGillivray served as a member of the Port Colborne council during the years 1918 to 1920. He was one of the men who were influential in bringing International Nickel Co. To Port Colborne.
Until the last few months Mr McGillivray continued to follow current events in his newspapers and was a great reader. One of his most prized possessions was a scrap book of clippings of major political developments and other developments in the life of the Dominion and the figures associated with those developments. He was a great admirer of Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt. On his 90th birthday he was asked about the outcome of the war and, pointing to a picture of Mr Churchill said, “We’ll lick them, but it will take a long time. And here’s the man who is helping us do it.”
The late Mr McGillivray is the last of a family of five sons and daughters of John and Marjorie McGillivray. He was predeceased by a brother, John; two sisters, Mary and Catherine, and by another child of the family in infancy. His closest surviving relative is a first cousin Miss Mary McGillivray, residing in Rossshire, Sciotland. Second cousins reside in Toronto, Caledon East, Ingelwood, Petrolia, Peel Township and Little Falls, NY
The funeral will be held from the residence, 46 Charlotte street, Port Colborne, at 2.30 p.m. on Monday Dec. 6 Rev. R.T. Rutherdale minister of First Presbyterian church conducting the service, Interment will be in Overholt’s cemetery.
Former County Home Superintendent Passes
[Evening Tribune, 18 January 1965]
A former superintendent of the Welland County Home for the Aged, now Sunset Haven, Mrs. Eva McClellan died on Saturday, January 16, at the Greater Niagara General Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past four months, in her 90th year.
Born in Newbold, Worcestershire, England, she came to Canada in 1883 residing first in Niagara Falls before coming to Welland.
Her husband, the late George B.McClellan, was superintendent of the County home for the Aged and was succeeded by his wife, who had been matron on his death. Mrs. McClellan served a number of years as Superintendent before retiring in 1942. She is remembered as a touch-liked and highly respected county employee.
Previous to the McClellan’s tenure at the home, Mrs. McClellan’s father, the late John R. Hemmings, also served as superintendent.
Mr. McClellan also served as manager of the Welland County Agricultural Society which operated the annual county fair.
For the past five years, Mrs. McClellan has resided at the Eventide Home, Niagara Falls. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church in that city.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. E.C. Webb, Bessie, of St. Catharines and Mrs. Grenville Townsend, Elinor, of Niagara Falls; two grandchildren, Mrs. Paul Kozik, Ann, of St. Catharines and Judy Townsend of Niagara Falls; two great grand-children and one sister, Mrs. A.T. Krafft of Cooksville.
The late Mrs. McClellan is resting at the Morse and Son Funeral Chapel, 5917 Main St., Niagara Falls, where services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. Entombment will follow at Fonthill Mausoleum.
[Welland Tribune, 22 March 1898]
Another old resident, in the person of David Robertson, passed away on Thursday last. He was born at Kirkwell, Orkney Islands, in 1813. In 1844 he emigrated to New York, where he remained for four years, coming to Thorold in 1848. He was stone-cutter by trade, and worked here till 1866, when he left for the gold fields of British Columbia. He returned home fifteen years ago, and has resided here ever since. He leaves a widow, one daughter and three sons. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, Rev. W.A. Cook officiating. The pall-bearers were: Geo. Gray, James Weeks, Chas. Madill, Geo. Darker , Jno. H. Wilson, James Millar.
H.G. Macklem Direct Descendant of Two Pioneer Families
11 YEARS REEVE OF CHIPPAWA
[Welland Tribune, 3 August 1915]
The late Herbert Gay Macklem, who died at his residence, 112 Bedford Road, Toronto, July 29th last, was born at the Village of Chippawa, Ont., August 20th, 1857, eldest son of Jas. F and Adelaide A. Macklem, the former a descendant of James Macklem, of the earliest settlers of the Niagara district-prior to the year 1800, and the latter, the youngest daughter of the late Col. John Crysler of Crysler’s Farm, a battlefield of 1812-1814. H. G. Macklem was educated at Trinity College school. Port Hope, and subsequently resided at the village of Chippawa, representing that municipality as its reeve for eleven consecutive years, during one of which he was elected warden of the County of Welland. He removed to Toronto in 1901, where he resided until his death. He is survived by his widow, second daughter of the late Lewis Ross, formerly of Port Hope, who represented the county of Durham for eleven years in the Dominion Parliament. Two children, a son and a daughter, Herbert, manager of the Imperial Bank, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Laura; also a brother, and his aged father. Mr. Macklem was a lifelong Conservative.
Welland Tribune
3 August 1915
Died: 29 July 1915
20 August 1857-29 July 1915
Bright s disease
Father: James Francis Macklem
Mother: Annie (Adelaide) Crysler
[Welland Tribune and Telegraph, March 1925]
The funeral of the late Mrs. Catharine Boardman, (Died:14 February 1925) widow of the late Luther Boardman (Aug 1883) took place from the family home, Main street, on Monday afternoon, and was largely attended by not only relatives and friends from the village, but from several outside places. Rev. Mr. Wedderburn of the First Presbyterian church, Port Colborne, officiated at both house and gravesite, the interment being to Doan’s Ridge cemetery. Those who acted as bearers and conveyed the remains to their last resting place, among a profusion of beautiful flowers, were: Herbert Appleyard, Merritt Ramey, L.R. Snider, William Learn, Laurence_ and _ Barnhardt.
The late Mrs. Boardman was born in Humberstone Township eighty-nine years ago, and has resided in the same district all her life, and always enjoyed good health until she was attacked with a stroke of paralysis a few days ago. When quite a young woman she married William Furry and to their happy union two children were born but both passed away when quite young, Do not have the rest of the obituary.
*Lorenzo Furry spent Friday and Saturday last in Port Colborne spent the week-end in the township, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kennedy.
*Mrs. Lily Furry of Niagara Falls, Ontario, was in the village the early part of the week attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Boardman.
*Mrs. William Spence of Windsor has been spending the past few days in the village, where she was called owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Catherine Boardman, who passed away shortly after her arrival.
*Albert Bearss of Vineland and Warren Bearss of Campden were in the village this week attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Catherine Boardman.
Welland Tribune and Telegraph
19 February 1925
Died: 14 February 1925
Doan’s Cemetery
2 November 1836-14 February 1925
Paralysis
Father: Joshua Doan.
Mother: Elizabeth Dodge
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