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John Waldie

Birth	:	22 Apr 1833 Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death	:	12 Jun 1907 Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial	:	Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington, Halton Regional Municipality, Canada
Coordinate	:	43.3176689, -79.8148880
Inscription	:	John Waldie, born in Hawick, Scotland April 22nd 1833, died at Toronto, Canada June 12th 1907 God's finger touched him and he slept Mary Ann Thompson, his wife, died January 22nd 1889, aged 43 years Sarah Jarvis, his
Description	:	"John Waldie was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1887 election to represent the riding of Halton. He was re-elected in 1888 and defeated in the elections of 1891 and 1896" - Wikipedia --------------------------------- "In 1885, Toronto entrepreneur John Waldie arrived to buy the Kean, Fowlie and the Power Lumber mills along with hundreds of square miles of timber rights, bush camps, schooners, tugboats, warehouses, and yard engines. All holdings were incorporated under the banner of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company (1886). (The McDermott... Read More	"John Waldie was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1887 election to represent the riding of Halton. He was re-elected in 1888 and defeated in the elections of 1891 and 1896" - Wikipedia --------------------------------- "In 1885, Toronto entrepreneur John Waldie arrived to buy the Kean, Fowlie and the Power Lumber mills along with hundreds of square miles of timber rights, bush camps, schooners, tugboats, warehouses, and yard engines. All holdings were incorporated under the banner of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company (1886). (The McDermott mill was acquired about 1900.) Log booms were towed to the mills from as far away as Blind River on the north shore. Sawn lumber was loaded on to barges, schooners, steamboats or railcars for shipment. The piling yards started at the former Power Lumber site and stretched to Park Street on the east side of town. Coldwater Fair Parade through downtown Victoria Harbour When Waldie died in 1907, the Company was producing 200,000 board-feet per day and was the 2nd largest of its type in Canada. The town was growing rapidly, with the building of more housing for Company workers, a Company store, 3 churches, 2 hotels, a library, a school, a weekly newspaper, 2 movie houses, a blacksmith, a livery stable, and several independent retailers. Workers flowed in from Ontario, Quebec the US., and Europe." (- https://taytownshipheritage.wordpress.com/victoria-harbour) Information provided by Patricia Jackson

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Where is John Waldie's memorial?
John Waldie's memorial is located at: Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington, Halton Regional Municipality, Canada.
When did John Waldie death?
John Waldie death on 12 Jun 1907 in Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Where are the coordinates of the John Waldie's memorial?
Latitude: 43.3176689
Longitude: -79.8148880

Family Members:

Spouse

Mary Ann Thompson Waldie

(1841 - 1884)

Sarah Jarvis Waldie

(1856 - 1918)

Children

John Edward Waldie

(1868 - 1894)

Lieutenant Walter Scott Waldie

(1879 - 1919)

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