D.D. Mather

D.D. married M.J. Bukovinsky [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LYSP-B14
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45768100
• Name: Henry
• _UID: FFCA8AB762CA4211B6579935AABC47E8F912
• Census-Household Member: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Research):Harry Mather
Gender
Male
Death Date
23 Dec 2012
Obituary Date
27 Dec 2012
Newspaper Place
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spouse
Marion Dodds
Parents
Isabella (Ashby) and John C. Mather and
Children
Douglas (Nancy), Dennis (Mary Jo) and Brenda (Gary) Kirkham
Siblings
Gordon (Jean) of Toronto and the late John (Ivey) and Evelyn (Ernie) Miller; Norman and Charles Dodds; Viola (George) Allan and Myrtle (Percy) Lake

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYSP-B14

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45768100

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Living on North Street, Perth, ON

Harry married Marion Isobelle Dodds on 12 Oct 1946 in St. Paul's United Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Marion (daughter of Charles Henry Dodds and Margaret "Maggie" Wilson) was born on 1 Apr 1918 in Elm Creek, Manitoba, Canada; died on 26 Jun 1987 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KC6T-YGD
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46475430
• _UID: C4D362E450254EC09FDE9F24E7794276B829
• Census-Household Member: 1921, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC6T-YGD

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46475430

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
circa 2007
Mather:
In loving memory of a dear wife, mother, grandma and great-grandma, Marion, who passed away June27, 1987.
Gone but not forgotten, are words that ring so true. Twenty years have come and gone, but we still remember you.
The memories remain forever.
Your kind and gentle ways,
Your faith that never wavered,
Your loving heart, your songs of praise.
You are the guardian angel protecting, guiding, watching us.
We miss you and we're thankful for your lifetime of loyalty and trust. Forever in our hearts, Harry and family.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 9V3B-LWX
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45768071
• _UID: 7505B1D9DF604FDFABAC2F82B09659F810AB
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Occupation: 1916, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; (Stationary) Engineer
• Residence: 1924, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 9

Notes:

In 1905, when Scott his brother was able to plow for the family, JC went to work for his uncle Willie (Sommerville, Robertson, Robinson,?) on the 10th line of Lanark Township and Harvey McCue, one mile north of Balderson. He also cut wood on the Bathurst Line during the winter months.

In the summer of 1906, JC and three other young men went to Moose Jaw and worked for a man named Phinneas Lowe, threshing with a Ted Heath. Came home the fall of 1906, and at the age of 17, JC decided to go to northern Ontario to seek work in the shanty. Returning from the west, he stopped in Sturgeon Falls at 4 am, slept on couch in hotel until JR Booth boss woke at 7 am and asked for a job. He caught a train to Cache Bay to the Booth boarding house and headed to the shanty to meet the foreman the next morning. He was told he looked young for a shanty man but was given a team to work for the day and had 90 logs up by dinner so the boss let him stay. In February 1907 he got a letter saying Scott was ill with pneumonia so had to leave for home. When Scott got back from the western harvest, JC was hired for Gilles mill. When the mill closed in the fall he caught the local to Pembroke, then headed north to Cache Bay on Lake Nipissing to work in the Booth shanty for the winter.

After one summer in the mill, he headed to the western prairies for the next three years. In 1908 he went to Moose Jaw, SK. In 1909 he went to Reston, MB to Bullock's and stayed in the west until the spring of 1911. One winter he stayed in Winnipeg and worked at the Burns Meat packing plant and at that time studied for his Steam & Hoisting Engineers Certificate. He operated the steam threshing machine for a family named McCullough afterwards.

Harry, his father later bought Long Bill Keay's (George Ennis') and wrote to JC asking if he wanted to farm. JC farmed for a year and sold it to Allan Keays.

In the fall of 1909, with Scott, and Bill McLean, he went to Gilles' Depot where Scott had been a loader the winter before. They wanted someone in the blacksmith shop. He worked for five months as a helper, doing the nailing and said he nearly broke his back shoeing horses. He stayed with Gilles for three years until the timber limit was cleared, loading logs that were shipped by train from Rib Lake to Montreal River. In 1914, the first year of the war, Gilles did not have much work so JC returned home but got a call asking him to put a group together to put supplies at Coulonge - 110 miles upriver. He stayed with Gilles until 1916.

For three year after his marriage in 1916, he lived on a farm one mile south of Lanark village, (the Stafford place in Drummond east of the Cheese factory) where son Harry was born. In 1919 the family moved to Balderson to the [Cameron Brothers] Harold Cameron farm (father Harry owned) and farmed, with brother Bill, buying cows from his father. [Large white brick house with long lane] That fall, while cleaning a ditch JC was hit in the stomach by a scraper handle and developed a hernia. Dr. Cameron and Dr. Scott operated for the hernia on the kitchen table in the upstairs corner bedroom with a western exposure to give lots of light. That summer, Bella got a hayfork in her head while helping unload hay at Harry and Ellen's house in Hopetown. At this point they had rented a red brick house in the village.

JC and family moved to Perth and lived in a red brick house on North Street (across from Moss Motors) for 3 years. At one point he worked in the Atcheson garage doing auto repairs before returning to work for Gilles as camp clerk at a camp near Cobalt. About this time, he applied to Toronto to get his Engineer's papers. He wrote he exam in Smiths Falls for a examiner sent from Toronto. At this point he became an engineer on the steam powered 'alligator' used during the summer hauling logs across Lake Temiskaming. At the mill, JC was in charge of the yard engine, a used railway steam locomotive which drew carloads of different grades of lumber from the sorting tables to the yard where it was stored according to grade. At one point , he had to get repairs on the engine and was given a special permit to drive the engine five miles on CPR lines to the McLaughlin Lumber's machine shop in Arnprior. He was probably one of only non-CPR engineers to use the tracks! During this time he drove home to Perth on the weekends for two years. The family moved to Braeside where they lived for one year.

In 1924 they moved to a farm near Fallbrook. Harry left school to farm at age 14 as both parents were in ill health. JC underwent sergery in Feb 1933 and Bella in April 1934.

In 1936 JC bought the Fisher farm, on the north side of the 5th line of Bathurst, about 3 miles out of Perth. The house was a two story brick house but the barns were log and in poor condition. Gordon remembers hauling equipment back and forth between this and the Fallbrook property as they used one set of equipment for both farms. In 1939 JC decided to replace the log buildingd with a hipped-roof bank barn. He owned a bush lot on the Bathurst Line so that winter Harry and a hired man cut logs. On Saturday, Gordon would take a team and sleigh to the bush lot. The men used the team to skid the logs out and load the sleigh. Then Gordon would take the logs to Anderson's saw mill on the river a couple of miles west of Fallbrook. Harry and the hired man came by on their way home to do the evening chores and unloaded the logs. The resulting timber was used to build the barn. Gordon also remembers running the cement mixer when the foundations were being constructed. The farm was sold in the early 1950s.

JC also owned a farm on Hwy #7 known as the Chaplin place. Gordon thinks it was acquired as a mortgage default held by JC.

JC and Bella built a house on Clyde St. in Perth and moved to this house about 41-42. However, JC commuted from the farm, spending weekends in town until about 1945.

JC was on the Board of Directors of the Lanark County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company for many years. In 1938 or 39 he resigned his position on the Board and became treasurer of the Lanark County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company in Perth, a position he held until retirement twenty years later at age 70. Because those were years of deep snow and gas rationing, the family moved to Perth in 1943 and Harry remained on the farm for the next three years on a share basis. JC, John, and Evelyn all worked in Perth and Gordon was in high school at this time.

He was elected to municipal council as a Bathurst Township Councillor in the early 1930s, becoming Reeve about 1938. He served as Lanark County Warden in 1945.

(Research):Notes from talk with Grandpa (John Cummings) Mather:
Born at Middleville, ON, on a farm as you drive towards Rosetta. The Mather house was a large square house on the left side of the road near the end of the street as you head towards Herron Mills. His parents originally lived in the kitchen extension and built the main house at a later date. He remembered that his Grandmother would argue about anything!
He went to the Middleville school but completed grade 8 from the Lanark Continuation School to which he drove a horse and buggy in to school.
There was one telephone in the village - at the general store.
He worked with his father when young, loved to play base ball. He was pitcher and his brother Scott was catcher.
In 1906-8 he made his first trip to the west. He spent a winter in western Canada working in a meat packing plant in Winnipeg. (Mentioned a Patty Burns). He worked harvest excursions and mentioned the Bullock family at Reston, MB. Their son Clyde was close to his age. He got his engineers papers by studying at night while in Manitoba. He later got his Steam and Hoisting Engineers papers in ON as a result. He kept his licence active until 1927.He married 26 Apr 1916 and went west each year until then.
In the summer he ran an 'alligator' on timber drives. J.R. Booth was first employer. He worked in northern Quebec back of Campbell's Bay, Fort Colonge area, the Temiskiming area and south of New Lisgard. He had a high regard for Patty Dillleau. D.A. Gilles often told him "You have an idea, don't be afraid to put it down on paper."
Married in 1916 and first lived on Stafford place, at time of interview, the Lenard Munro farm (near Lanark). Past the Davidson, Hedricks, mobile park, then Stafford place. It was small with a well out back. Harry was born here. They were there about 2 years. Had 7 cows and teams of horses. He needed a hernia operation. His father had bought the McIntyre (Harold Cameron) place at Balderson. They moved in with them for a time (about 1 year). At the same time Grandma Mather (Bella) got a hay fork through her finger. (later noted as head - brain injury; Evelyn's small finger damaged in a chain)
Moved to a small red brick house at 68 North St. from a Mrs. Drew. John and Evelyn were born there. John in 1919 and Evelyn in Sept 1922. He worked for George Atcheson in his garage 1919-20. Atcheson was also a Dodge Brothers (or Ford) dealer. Then he commuted weekends for a while from Brayside.
Moved to Brayside in spring 1923. Noted that they tented for a while at Brayside. Harry started school there. (note: Lillian Grey, possibly his teacher? there). While at Brayside he drove the switching engine , 'the dinky' in the Gilles yard.
In 1924 he bought the Keyes place at Balderson and moved from Brayside. Grandpa Mather had held the mortgage and Allan Keyes defaulted so Grandpa took over the farm and the mortgage. There was a barn on the property. It was later raised and a concrete foundation poured. In 1943 the roof was changed. After Harry married he stayed on this farm.
He bought the Fisher farm on the 5th line, at time of interview the James place. At first he rented the place but then he had a hired man (Cliff Majoury) living there. It was mainly a dairy farm. Sold it circa 1952.
He became Treasurer of Lanark Mutual in 1938 after having served on the Board of Directors for a number of years. He was Councillor and Reeve of Bathurst Twp in the 1930's, Warden of Lanark Cty in 1945.

?u?From Gordon Mather December 2015
?/u?Grandpa purchased the Fisher farm in 1937 - 95 acres workable. The price - 0 down and $2000 payable in the fall from the last cheese factory milk cheque. Harry and a hired man spent the winter in the bush lot and Gordon (age 10) spent weekends drawing logs to the sawmill.
When the family moved to Perth they lived at 15 Clyde St. in the area known as Fairhome Park. The house they purchased was built after WW1.
Her doctor was Dr Wichware. Congestive heart failure.
Grandpa worked with Kirkham to restore a fixer upper behind the house after he retired from Lanark Mutural at age 70.
At one point Grandpa worked as a mechanic at the Atcheson car dealership (Chrysler).

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9V3B-LWX

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45768071

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census:
Living on North Street, Perth, ON

Occupation:
Lumber ?ll

Died:
Mather, John Cumming - At Lanark Lodge, Perth Ontario, Perth Ontario, Tuesday May 8, 1979 John Cumming Mather in his 91st year, husband of the late Isabella Ashby; dear father of Harry of Balderson; John, Perth; Evelyn (Mrs. Ernest Miller) Glen Tay; and Gordon of Rexdale; brother of William Mather of Perth. Resting at the Blair and Son Funeral Home, 15 West Gore Street, Perth. Funeral service will be conducted in the chapel on Friday May 11 at 2 pm. Interment Elmwood Cemetery. A Masonic service will be held Thursday evening at 9 pm.

John married Isobella Elsie Ashby on 26 Apr 1916 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Isobella (daughter of John Ashby and Mary Anne Clark) was born on 28 Feb 1891 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Jul 1965 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 96VW-6XS
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46789909
• Religion-Member: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• Name: Bella
• _UID: C5EF19CCE1264E68934BE6C24F782DC79785
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, Elmsley North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Domestic: Dressmaker/Seamstress/Tailor
• Census-Household Member: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 2 Dec 1914, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; seamstress
• Religion: 1916, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Isobella Ashby was a noted tailor/dressmaker/seamstress who worked for a number of families in the Lanark area. She initially trained in Perth. Her diaries provide some insight into life during the years on the Balderson farm when the family was growing up.

(Research):?u?Notes from interview with Grandpa (John Cumming) Mather.

?/u?Grandma (Bella) had a grade 3 education. When she was 12 she was babysitting for income. Her older sister, Elizabeth Ruth, a twin of Bob, died of black diptheria. Two others in the family also died of Diptheria. They lived on the Jack Anderson place (Mary Scott's Grandparents?) on the edge of Fallbrook, ON. They were Baptists (Lanark Congregation). They are buried in the Playfairville cemetery, attended St. Peter's Anglican Church and the Methodist Church later.

?u?Telephone call with Gordon Mather December 2015
?/u?About 1916 Grandma had a head injury from a hay fork. For the following year they lived with the Mather family on the Cameron farm near Balderson. Her limp was the result of brain damage arising from this accident. In the early 1930's Grandma suffered from blackouts when she would not recognize the children, Gordon and Evelyn(age 9-10). These blackouts led to a month or more in a Kingston hospital for treatment of the head injury.
After she passed away, Grandpa was surprised to learn that she still had money invested from her seamstress/tailor days and there was considerable income tax to pay on the amount. She had used war bonds and later government bonds to accumulate this money.
Grandma had three years of schooling obtained after a 2 mile walk to the nearest school. As the oldest girl in the family she left school to care for younger children. At approx age of 12 she was hired as a mother's helper by another family - a Mrs. Anderson in Falbrook. At approximately age 14 she moved to Perth where she apprenticed with Mrs. Lyons to gain her sewing skills. She worked for a number of families along the Scotch Line near Perth where she moved from household to household with her sewing machine and equipment/supplies. The Poole family was one of these families. She made clothing for men, women and children.
She would piece quilts during the summer and in the winter she would set up a quilt frame in the parlour. She frequently used her 'rag bag' for fabric for these quilts so it is probable that the woolen fabric in the quilts I remember were scraps from her days as a seamstress.

Birth:
#22005
Name:?tab? Isabella Elsie Asply
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1891
Birthplace: Elmsley North, Lanark, Ontario
Father's Name: John Asply
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Cla

Religion-Member:
Role: Member
from Evelyn Miller's notes

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/96VW-6XS

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46789909

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census:
A domestic (seamstress/dressmaker) in the home of Alfred Poole & Janet Poole

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Occupation:
Miss Belle Asby, who has been sewing in the vicinity of Fallbrook for the past two weeks has returned to Lanark and is now open for engagements in Lanark.

The Lanark Era
02 Dec 1914, Wed ? Page 1



Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head
Living on North Street, Perth, ON

Died:
MATHER Isobel Elsie - At the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, Ont., on Thursday, July 22, 1965, Isobel E. Ashby, beloved wife of John C. Mather, dear mother of Harry C. Balderson, John H. of Perth; Gordon R., Rexdale and Evelyn (Mrs Ernest Miller), Glen Tay; in her 75th year. Resting at the Blair and Son Funeral Home, 9 West Gore Street, Perth from 4 pm Saturday, July 24. Funeral service in the chapel Monday, July 26 at 2 pm. Interment Elmwood cemetery. In lieu of flowers kindly give donations to the Heart Fund.

The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
23 Jul 1965, pg.28

Obituary
Mrs. John C. Mather
Following a brief illnes of two days from cerebral apoplexy, Mrs. John C. Mather, 15 Clyde Street, died in the GWM Hospital, Perth, on July 22nd, at the age of 74 years.

Mrs Mather, the former Isobel Elsie Asby, was born at Fallbrook, Bathurst township, on February 28, 1891, where she received her early education. She was a daughter of the late John Ashby and the late Mary Ann Clark.

She attended St. Paul's United Church and was a member of the various women's organizations of the church.

She was married on April 26th, 1916, in Ashbury Methodist parsonage to John C. Mather and with her husband farmed in Drummond, Braeside and Bathurst until their retirement when they came to Perth to reside.

Together with her husband she is survived by three sons, Reeve Harry C. Mather of Bathurst Township; John H. Mather, Clerk-treasurer of the town of Perth, and Gordon R. Mather, Rexdale; one daugher, Evelyn (Mrs. Ernest Miller), Glen Tay; sister (Sarah) Mrs. Dan Nichols, Carleton Place. She was predeceased by four brothers, Robert Ashby, Russell Ashby, Archie Ashby and William Ashby and one sister Margaret.

The funeral was held from the Blair and Son funeral chapel on Monday afternoon, July 26th, to Elmwood Cemetery. Services were conducted by the Rev. Frank Spain.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, August 12, 1965, pg 7.

Notes:

Married:
also noted as 20 Apr, 1916

Other Events and Attributes:

• Address: Charles Dodds; Address:
  Scotch Line
  Perth, ON
  CAN
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 150832683
• _UID: 6C32543D02E54D6891B70DADC3BFD0E201FB
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; Canada
• Location: 1911, Grey, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; from 1911 census - 8-4W-1
• Census: 1916, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
• Census: 1921, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Farmer in vicinity of Perth

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150832683

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Charles married Margaret "Maggie" Wilson on 4 Feb 1908 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born on 4 Jul 1875 in Scotch Line, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Nov 1968 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 150835078
• _UID: B3DF4EB340C8437DA354343288EBA1B783A7
• Census-Household Member: 1911, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; Canada
• Location-Witness: 1911, Grey, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; from 1911 census - 8-4W-1
• Census-Household Member: 1916, McDonald District, Manitoba, Canada; Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150835078

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Location-Witness:
Role: Witness


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KNV4-5FT
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238425
• Name: Harry
• _UID: DFD6A76D4DAB4CD091814DCF1E52CBE82E36
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Elderslie Twp, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: Aft 1886, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1891, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
• Census: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1903, Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1908, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Census: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1911, Lanark South Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: Aft 1921, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Was christened Henry Harry. He spent his boyhood in Bruce Cty on the 4th Con of Elderslie Twp. after his mother remarried McPherson.

John was 14 and Harry was 10 when his Mother moved to Bruce Cty. as a young man, he earned his living clearing trees for farmers who had purchased forested property in the Chesley and Paisley areas of Bruce County in western Ontario.

They returned to the farm when young men and divided the land. John lived on the farm and Harry purchased a small farm at the south end of the village. Harry later sold his share of the farm to John when he moved to Bathurst around 1903.

Ed MacPherson's obituary in the Calgary Albertan of 23 Jun 1937 states "In the fall of 1883 Ed McPherson, then a lad of 17, along with his half-brother (Harry Mather) and two other young men, went west and contracted the building of the CPR roadbed." According to the Albertan, the grade they built is now the present site of Calgary.

When the work was finished on the railroad Harry Mather returned to Middleville and, according to the Perth Courier of 26 Mar 1886, he married and settled on the Stead farm near Middleville.

Harry later bought Long Bill Keay's (George Ennis') and wrote to JC asking if he wanted to farm. JC farmed for a year and sold it to Allan Keays.

?u?From Grandpa (John Cumming) Mather's recollections:?/u?
His father contracted on the western railroad, driving a team of horses pulling a scraper, to level the RR bed through western SK and Eastern AB. Indians stole several teams of horses. He walked to Long Lake, MN to the home of John Mather who lived there because winter was setting in. When he left to come home he was given two five dollar gold pieces for having worked. They were given to a 'Harry Mather' ( some connection to Georgia), who was named for his great? grandfather Mather. ( I haven't identified this individual at this time but it may be Harry Putnam Mather (RIN 1193).

He spent his boyhood in Bruce Cty on the 4th Con of Elderslie Twp. after his mother remarried McPherson.

?u?From Gordon Mather Verbal Recollection 3/29/2014?/u?
Henry's (Harry) Mather's team of horses were stolen by natives passing through the area and he and a MacPherson (or was it a Stead) trailed the horses which were shod south eventually losing the trail. They ended up in Billings MT and decided to head for his uncle's in MN as winter was setting in. They worked there and were paid in gold coins. When Harry Mather from (Maryland, Georgia?) was borned he was named after (Henry, Harry) his uncle.

On a trip to Florida, Uncle Gord, Aunt Jean and Grandpa Mather (JC Mather) were passing through ? and Grandpa when stopped for the evening made contact and as a result the trio were invited for breakfast the next morning. Grandpa, Uncle Gord and Aunt Jean were shown a gold coin, framed and mounted on the wall of his study by Harry Mather, one of Henry's gold coins. Apparently Harry had made a trip north when a boy to meet his namesake and was given the remaining coin by Henry, Harry Mather.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNV4-5FT

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238425

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Henry married Ellen "Ella" Harvey Baird on 17 Mar 1886 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Andrew Wylie Baird and Margaret "Maggie" "Mary" Scott) was born on 19 Jan 1859 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 29 Apr 1932 in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KNV4-5FF
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238403
• Name: Ella
• Name: Helen
• _UID: 05F9FC5C453F45D4AB3D54CA15FE513F9C8E
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Lanark (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1911, Lanark South Sub-Districts 1-37, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Medical):Operation 9 Jan 1932 - Surgical Gastrostomy for obstruction of larynx anad of esophagus

Birth:
Lanark Twp, Concession 2

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNV4-5FF

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238403

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Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Notes:

Married:
Henry Mather, 27, Middleville, b. Middleville, son of John & Jane Mather, to Helen Harvey Baird, 27, Lanark, b. Lanark, dau. Andrew & Margaret, 17 Mar 1886. Witness: Samuel Wilson, Lanark, Rev. James Wilson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K6QY-SQQ
• Religion: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• _UID: 4BB22A620F794B90AB78802B7054424D0D4D
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 11 Jul 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Land & Property: 23 Apr 1902, Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; building of new barn
• Census: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

The Ashby family attended St. Peter's Church (Anglican) on the 11th Line of Bathurst, where both Sarah and Maggie (Margaret) were organists at one time. It is thought that they took lessons from Miss Agnes Wallace in Fallbrook.

Birth:
Marriage record indicates 1856
18 Apr 1854 in E. Miller notes
FS indicats 17 Jul 1853

Christened:
at his home, Foster's Lake ?, witness was Mary Ann Ashby, Thomas Hudson, rector. E. Miller notes. Or was this son, John Middleton Ashby? born in 1888

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6QY-SQQ

Religion:
from Evelyn Miller's notes

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Wm 1819 & Eliz 1822
Isabella 1846; Ruth 1848; Susanna 1850; Elizabeth 1852; John 1854; Martha 1857; Harriet 1858
Thomas Ennis and family listed with William's family

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Land & Property:
Messrs. Gallagher and Ferguson are now engaged erecting a barn for Mr. Jno. Ashby.

The Lanark Era
23 Apr 1902, Wed ? Page 5

Died:
Ashby
At Fallbrook, on Tuesday, August 2nd, Mr. John Ashby, aged 72 years.

Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
13 August, 2926; pg. 8

John married Mary Anne Clark on 11 Jul 1883 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Clark and Mary Ann Gillespie) was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Brockville-Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1941 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 28 Feb 1941 in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: 9SK3-55X
• Religion-Member: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; St. Peter's Anglican Church, 11th Line
• _UID: 00ACC6209EDE4E449DD50F6DB478E5650487
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; servant
• Religion: 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 11 Jul 1883, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1 Jun 1911, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1921, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Before her marriage to John Ashby, Mary Ann had a daughter, Clara Clark, from a previous relationship.

Dates elsewhere are b. 12 aug 1857 - d 26 Feb 1941

Cemetery noted as Pinehurst C. at Playfairville

Ev Miller's notes:
My Grandma, Mary Ann, was a very strong woman both physically and mentally. I've always understood that she was a real pioneer, helped Grandpa build the two story log house which still stands and is lived in . She was a midwife and nurse to many of the neighbours, grew a most bountiful garden, loved to read books, and could do all kinds of handiwork, knitting, crocheting, etc.

(Research):Check Census 1881 to see if she worked for Samuel Bolton.

Birth:
Marriage Certificate indicates possibly 1859.

Religion-Member:
Role: Member
from Evelyn Miller's notes

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SK3-55X

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
17 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?34?tab?1827?tab?Ireland?tab?
18 Mary A Clarke Female?tab?32?tab?1829?tab?Ireland?tab?
19 James?tab?Clarke?tab?Male?tab?10?tab?1851?tab?U S of A
20 Robert Clarke?tab?Male?tab?8?tab?1853?tab?U S of A
21 John?tab? Clarke?tab?Male?tab?6?tab?1855?tab?Upper Canada
22 Mary A Clarke?tab?Female?tab?3?tab?1858?tab?Upper Canada

Neighbours - almost all labourers
Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,

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neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold,?b? Clark, ?/b?Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival

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Died:
Fallbrook
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Ashby was held on Friday from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mather, and was largely attended.Interment was made at Playfair cemetery. Mrs Ashby had reached the age of 82 and was generally quite active until recently. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved ones.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
March 6, 1941, pg. 7

Mrs John Ashby
There passed away in the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, on Wednesday morning, February 26, Mary Ann Clark, widow of the late John Ashby of Fallbrook. Deceased was an esteemed resident of the community of Fallbrook, where she was well and favorably known

The late Mrs. Ashby was in her 83rd year. She was born in Brockville, a daughter of the late James Clark and Mary A. Gillespie.

In 1883 she was united in marriage with John Ashby of Fallbrook, who predeceased her in 1926.

Deceased was the mother of twelve children, four of whom died in early childhood. A daughter, Margaret, predeceased her in 1926; also a son, William, a Great War veteran, in 1923. Surviving members are: Robert on the homestead; Archie and Russel, in Alberta; Mrs John Lake, Glen Tay; Mrs. D.C. Nichols, Carleton Place, and Mrs. John Mather of Balderson, with whom the deceased lived after her health began to fail and she needed extra attention. Surviving also are one sister, Mrs. George Cavanagh of Vancouver; twenty-six grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.

Mrs. Ashby was a member of St Peter's Anglican church at Fallbrook.

The funeral which was largely attended, was held Friday, at 10:30, from the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Mather, Balderson, assisted by Rev. Mr Dickinson of the Balderson United Church.

The pallbearers were three grandsons, Harry Mather, Lyle Nichols, Beverley Nichols, and three nephews, Arden Lake, Delbert Lake and John Ashby.

The funeral tirbutes were very beautiful, and many expressions of sympaathy were received by the bereaved family.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
March 6, 1941, pg.3

Notes:

Married:
Marriage noted as 7 Nov but seems to have been corrected.
John Ashby, 27, Bathurst, b. Bathurst, son of William & Eliza Ashby, to Mary Ann Clark, 24, Bathurst, b. Brockville, James & Mary Ann Clark, 11 Jul 1883. Witness: Samuel Bolton, Lanark.
Presbyterian Manse, Lanark.

Name:?tab?Mary Ann Clark
Age:?tab?24
Birth Year:?tab?abt 1859
Birth Place:?tab?Brockville, Ontario
Marriage Date:?tab?11 Jul 1883
Marriage Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Father:?tab?James Clark
Mother:?tab?Mary Ann Clark
Spouse:?tab?John Ashby

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 150832680
• _UID: D46447B7F5DE4E16934D7772409D43F64C2B
• Land & Property-Witness: 20 Oct 1831, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 18 NE
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion-Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence-Occupant: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; frame house/single family
• Land & Property: 1867, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; bought family farm from his father
• Census: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Census: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Farmer

(Research):Religion listed as Bretheren in 1881

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150832680

Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness
The deed to the property was obtained from the Crown "Province of Upper Canada" on 22 Mar 1826 by Alexander Kidd. In 1831 Alexander Kidd sold to Alexander Dodds for the sum of ?245. In 1867, Sarah Dodds, widow of Alexander Dodds, sold to her son Thomas Dodds. In 1902 Margaret Dodds, widow of Thomas Dodds, sold to her son Ralph Dodds Sr. In 1946 Ralph Dodds Sr. sold to his son Ralph W. Dodds. In 1961 Ralph W. Dodds, sold to his son Howard E. Dodds.
?i?from E. Miller working notes?/i?

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Census:
C1 Lot 18

Died:
On Friday, a well-known and highly respected resident of this place, Mr Thomas Dodds, passed into eternity at the early age of fifty two. His death was casused by a severe cold which he caught shortly after recovering from an attack of La Grippe, and his illness lasted scarcely a fortnight. Deceased lived all his life on the Line and always bore the reputation of being an earnest Christian man. He was a brother to Mr. M. R. Dodds of Perth and Mr. Ralph Dodds of Glen Tay. Alex and Ralph Dodds of Dakota were home attending the funeral of their father. Ralph will stay to manage the farm.

Thomas married Margarite "Margaret" Munro on 14 Nov 1862 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margarite (daughter of Peter Munroe and Margaret Tysick) was born on 7 Nov 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Apr 1914 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 151041865
• _UID: A0E91A853E7B4C2AA91AB3528268603CA57D
• Land & Property-Witness: 20 Oct 1831, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 18 NE
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1914, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Peter St

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151041865

Land & Property-Witness:
Role: Witness
The deed to the property was obtained from the Crown "Province of Upper Canada" on 22 Mar 1826 by Alexander Kidd. In 1831 Alexander Kidd sold to Alexander Dodds for the sum of ?245. In 1867, Sarah Dodds, widow of Alexander Dodds, sold to her son Thomas Dodds. In 1902 Margaret Dodds, widow of Thomas Dodds, sold to her son Ralph Dodds Sr. In 1946 Ralph Dodds Sr. sold to his son Ralph W. Dodds. In 1961 Ralph W. Dodds, sold to his son Howard E. Dodds.
?i?from E. Miller working notes?/i?

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C1 Lot 18

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Census:
Religion, Brethren

Census:
Widowed, living on Peter Street, Perth, ON

Residence:
Lived with her daughter Sarah McLennan who was also a widow.