John Warrington

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• Residence: 1914, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

William married Jessie Violet Trotter on 4 Nov 1914 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jessie (daughter of Alexander Trotter and Jessie Magee) was born in 1892 in Glasgow (Central District), Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1914, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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18 Jan 1892 ? 74 Brown Street, Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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On Wednesday last a quiet wedding took place in St. Andrew's manse, Perth, when Mr. Wm. Warrington of Fallbrook and Miss Jessie Trotter of Prestonvale were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, Rev. A.H. Scott performing the ceremony. The bride was attired in a pretty costume of sage blye silk with white lace bertha and hat to match.

Miss Betty Loughlan of Perth, the bridesmaid wore a dress of sky blue silk. The groom's supporter through the trying ordeal" was Mr. George Arbutnot of Prestonvale. After the ceremony the wedding party repaired to the Revere House, where dinner was served in a style for which that well known hostelry is famed. The Era joins in wishing Mr. and Mres. Warrington a long and happy wedded life.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
13 Nov 1914, pg 1.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136317865
• Land & Property: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 11 Lot 16
• Residence: Pratt's Corners,
• _UID: 4A00686301574D3BAE67A946F62FD6574B32
• 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
• Residence: 1902, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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Died:
D At Wilbur as a result of a mine accident, Mr. John Warrington, of Pratt's Crs. Burial on Friday last at Playfair cemetery. He leaves a wife and eight children. Aged 48 years. May 20th.

Killed at Wilbur
The dangers of the mine have again been brought to our notice in the death of Mr. John Warrington of Pratt's Corners. He was an employee at the Wilbur Iron Mine underground and had wrought theire for many years under the Caldwell firm when they operated a decade ago. Jack was a skilful miner and his advice was often sought as sto methods of working. It was while instruxting a boy how to work at a certain job that he was stricken down. The roof and walls required scaling. Jack was in the act of hammering when a mass of ore weighting about fifty pounds became dislodged and fell with fearful velocity and effect a dstance of twenty feet, cleaving the poor fellow's head and killing him instantly. A swift and terrible fate for one who had been so bright, kind and honest. He was a miner whose rugged exterior enclosed the mind and heart of one of nature's noblemen. Good humor constantly bubbled to the surface and one felt all was right with the world under such a genial canopy. The funeral took place at Playfair on Friday at 2 o'clock, Rev. T.L. Aborn officiating. Mr. Warrington leaves a wife and eight children.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
27 May 1908, pg. 1

Name:?tab?John George Warrington
Gender:?tab?Male
Age:?tab?50
Birth Date:?tab?abt 1858
Birth Place:?tab?Bathurst, Ontario
Death Date:?tab?20 May 1908
Death Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Religion:?tab?Episcopal
Cause of Death:?tab?Killed by falling rock?b?
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https://www.ghosttowns.com/canada/ontario/wilbur.html
Wilbur was founded on its iron ore deposits. The first iron mine was opened nearby in 1880 by the Caldwell family. They also operated a steam sawmill. The Kingston and Pembroke Railway (later called the Kick and Push Railway) arrived at Wilbur in 1884 with a spur run to the mine. The post office was then opened that same year. Wilbur was 'the' success story of the Kick and Pull since it produced 125,000 tonnes of ore from 1886-1900. By late 1880 the population was at about 250 with a church, school, carpenter, blacksmith and shoemaker. With the closure of the mine in 1911 the town went bust. The post office finally closed in 1913. Driving in to Wilbur these days it is quite easy to imagine where homes and fields would have existed. Though there are only 3 homes still occupied, the area has not been totally reclaimed by the forest like some of the other Canadian Shield ghost towns.

https://www.mindat.org/loc-244646.html
see also
https://www.ghosttownpix.com/ontario/towns/wilbur.html

he arrival of the railway in the mid nineteenth century, led to a huge boom in Ontario's mining industry. Now that cheap, quick transportation was actually available, mining in remote and formerly inaccessible areas finally became economical. In 1881, the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, known as the KPR and later as the 'kick and push', arrived in eastern Ontario ready to tackle the rugged hills.

The mining companies established small communities around areas that were thought to contain rich deposits. Although most of the yields ended up being quite modest, the Wilbur Mine turned out to be an exception. Wilbur stood out as the success story on the old K & P, producing 125,000 tons of iron ore between 1886 and 1900.

Boyd Caldwell along with his sons William and Thomas first established the iron mines at Wilbur on January 5, 1880. After working them for about a year, they leased a portion to the Bethlehem Iron and Manufacturing Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who carried out the bulk of the mining. The vein was considered to be of the very best magnetic ore. It varied in width from 10 to 30 feet and was assayed by a Professor Chapman at 65 per cent metallic iron. In addition to mines, the Caldwells also operated a steam sawmill, that provided employment to 50 men.

The K & P finally arrived in Wilbur in 1884. A spur was run from the main line directly to Lot 4, Concession 12 in Lavant Township, where the mines were located. The small community became official when Tom Caldwell opened a post office in 1884 named Wilbur Station. By 1886, the mines were being run by Kingston & Pembroke Iron Mines with Daniel Wiggins as the supervisor.

By the late 1880s, Wilbur had grown beyond a simple mining community to a sizeable village of about 250 people. It contained a Union church, a school and a number of tradesmen including James Kelly, a carpenter, Daniel Tait, a blacksmith and Robert Wait, a shoemaker. Tom Caldwell closed the post office in 1890 but otherwise things carried on. Residents had to travel to nearby Lavant Station until 1901 when the Richardson family reopened the post office under the name of Wilbur.

The Wilbur mine operated until 1911. Since almost everyone in town worked for the mine, the community was abandoned after the mine shut down. The post office closed in 1913 and recent floods have obliterated almost all traces of the community. However, if you travel along the old KPR rail bed, you'll find signs of Wilbur coming back to haunt you. The railway station sign, a building thought to be the rail station and a humorous sign post announcing your arrival in Wilbur still remain.

John married Roseanna Park on 18 Sep 1883 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Roseanna (daughter of John Park and Janet "Jennie" Conroy) was born on 21 Nov 1860 in Poland, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Feb 1914; was buried in Pinehurst Cemetery, Playfairville, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136317892
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• Census-Household Member: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Died:
Warrington - In Bathurst, on Thursday Feb. 5th, Rosanna Park, relict of the late John Warrington, aged54 years.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
11 Feb 1914, pg. 1

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Alexander married Jessie Magee. Jessie was born in 1870; died in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136317791
• Land & Property: Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 11 Lot 16
• Name: John Longley Warrington
• Residence: Portland, Bastard Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada
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• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Died:
The late John Warrington, whose death in Bathurst on the 28th ult., was chronicled last week, wa born in Cavan, Ireland, in 1825, and came to Canada with his parents when 12 years of age. The settled on a farm at Portland. When a young man, Mr. Warrington came to Fallbrook where he met and married Sarah Erwin. Eight children blessed the union - James and William, Fallbrook; Robert, Copper Cliff; Mrs. William Watt, Fallbrook; Mrs. Miller Robinson, St. Thomas, ND. John was killed Wilber mine, a year ago. Alice and Annie, died in infancy.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
11 Aug 1909. pg. 1

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?b?Lanark Era 4 Aug 1909?/b?
D In Bathurst, Wed. July 28th, John Warrington, aged 84 years. His sons are; William and James. John was killed in the Wilbur Iron Mine a few years ago.

?b?Lanark Era 11 Aug 1909?/b?
D Obituary; John Warrington; (see above) Bom in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1825, he came with parents at the age of twelve years to a farm near Portland. When a young man, he came to Fallbrook, where he married Sara Irwin. They had family of eight; John, and William, Fallbrook; Robert, Copper Cliff; Mrs. William Watt, Fallbrook; Mrs. Miller Robinson, St. Thomas, ND; Alice, and Annie, died in infancy and John was killed in the mine, a year ago.

John married Sarah Irwin. Sarah was born in 1824 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Oct 1902 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Playfairville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 136318682
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• 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
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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?b?Lanark Era, 5 Nov 1902?/b?
D In Bathurst, Friday, Oct. 31", Sara Erwin, wife of Mr. John Warrington, aged 75 years. Born in Bathurst of Irish parentage, she leaves a family of six; John & James, in Bathurst; William, at Blainnore, Alta.; Mrs. Wm. Watt, Bathurst; and Mrs. Miller Robinson, in Dakota. Burial in P1ayfair cemetery.

Mrs. John Warrington

Mrs John Warrington, a well known lady of Bathurst, aged 75 years, died at the home of her son Robert, 11th line Bathurst, last Friday. she had been ailing for three months back , cancer of the stonach the trouble. As the disease progresssed the old woman became more feeble, and as there was no possibility of recovery death came as a relief to her suffering. Mrs Warrington was of Irish extraction, her parents having come over from the Old Land in thee pioneer days. She was born in Bathurst and always lived there. Her maiden name was Sarah Irwin. In the heyday of her youth she met and married Mr. Warrington and to the unipn came a family of six children. John and James live on farms adjoining the homestead, where mother passed away and now occupied by Robert; William is at Blairmore, Alta; Mrs. Wm. Watt, in Bathurst; and Mrs Miller Robinson, in Dakota. Mr. Warrington, husband of deceased, survives his wife.

Funerall took place on Sunday to Playfair Cemetery and the ceremony was conducted by Rev. C.A. Heaven, M.A.

The Lanark Era
Lanark, Ontario, Canada ? Wednesday, November 05, 1902

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45581128
• _UID: D6B6D315A8064D938E17A0BD2050FA45B31F
• Census: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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John married Janet "Jennie" Conroy. Janet (daughter of Edward John Conroy and Rose Ann Shields) was born in 1836 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1921; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46601689
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• Census-Household Member: 1861, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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