J. Pekar

Family/Spouse: J.E. Norton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: D.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jennifer Pekar
2. Jacqueline Pekar

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John
• _UID: E60E8CDDEE0541DDB5F1ABBB2789CCE0D658

Jan married Elna Florence McCurdy on 14 Sep 1946. Elna (daughter of John James McCurdy and Margaret Jane "Maggie" Mather) was born on 24 Sep 1920 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 3AE2F4AFC525410DB9104429F75E98EB0599
• Census-Household Member: 1921, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
John McCurdy is listed as Irish descent

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LKJ9-XV5
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238207
• Name: Jack
• _UID: BCFC5558BA1D45A389EC52CD53C2E5C274CD
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1908, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1908, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; RR#4
• Religion: 1909; Presbyterian
• Census: 1911, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1921, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Medical):He dropped dead in his house.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKJ9-XV5

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238207

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


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Role: Household Member


Census:
John McCurdy is listed as Irish descent

John married Margaret Jane "Maggie" Mather on 30 Dec 1908 in Balderson Presbyterian Church, Balderson, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Henry "Harry" Mather and Ellen "Ella" Harvey Baird) was born on 4 May 1886 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Dec 1975 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: MJCR-TP8
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238485
• Name: Maggie
• _UID: 89ACFEEFA2C64C49B03A1B350E143ED891D7
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: Jan 1909; Presbyterian
• Census-Household Member: 1921, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MJCR-TP8

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238485

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
John McCurdy is listed as Irish descent

Died:
McCurdy, Jean (Ottawa Citizen)
Suddenly at Lanark Lodge, Perth, ON, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1975, in her 90th year. Margaret Jean Mather, beloved wife of the late John J. McCurdy; mother of Dan, Smiths Falls; Elna (Mrs. John Pekar), Trenton; and Harry, Ottawa. Resting at Young's Funeral Home, Lanark, Ontario. Friends may call Friday Dec. 26 between 2:30 and 9 pm. Funeral service at 2 pm Saturday in the chapel.

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Married:
John James McCurdy, 22, Drummond, son of John McCurdy & Agnes Crafford to Margaret J. Mather, 22, Balderson & Middleville, dau. Henry Mather & Ellen Baird, 30 Dec 1908

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• FamilySearch ID: LKJ9-XQB
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175238008
• _UID: 156407D32F05441B93C06874D28A407223AF
• Census-Household Member: 2 Apr 1871, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1901, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKJ9-XQB

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175238008

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Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

John married Agnes Crawford on 17 Dec 1879 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Agnes was born on 12 Feb 1853 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Apr 1939 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L82W-XQM
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 175237991
• Name: Crofford
• _UID: E0575BC8B1FD48CEA8AB1379C563380D6AEA
• Census-Wife of Head: 1891, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1901, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1911, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1921, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L82W-XQM

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175237991

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
John McCurdy is listed as Irish descent

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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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.