Death Records - 1883
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County of Wellington, Deaths - 1883 FHC film # 1853241
Agnes, about 6 weeks,born Erin Township. Informant Henry Heath, farmer, Erin. Being an
illegitimate child; no surname given. Registration number 017824. Died 28 Feb 1883. As written on the
certificate.
ALLAN, Robt., 70 years, farmer, born Ireland, general debility of 3 months; Presbyterian. Informant
Henry Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017792. Died 20 Mar 1882.
BORLAND, Mrs., wife of John Borland, 53 years, born Scotland, soft cancer of 3 months; Presbyterian.
Informant Peter Bernsie ?, Lot 10 Con 10, Erin. Registration number 017798. Died 11 Mar 1883. Dr
McNaughton, Erin.
BRODDY, Maria, 44 years 3 months 13 days, married woman, born Ontario, congestion of the lung for
4 weeks; Methodist Church of Canada. Informant Rev. Isaac Crane, Meth. Minister, Vill. of Erin.
Registration number 017983. Died 21 Jan 1883. Dr. McNaughton.
BURT, Geo. Cranfield, 54 years, farmer, born Canada, a wasting away; Disciple. Informant James
Lediard, clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017826. Died 3 Nov 1883. Dr Groves, Fergus.
CAMPBELL, Lena, 87 years, born Ireland; old age; Presbyterian. Informant A. Dunbar, farmer, Erin.
Registration number 017802. Died 22 Feb 1883.
CHISHOLM, James, 24 years, farmer, born Tp Esquesing Co. Halton, typhoid fever of four weeks;
Presbyterian. Informant Robt. Fowlie, clergyman, Erin. Registration number 017829. Died 22 Oct
1883. Dr. Todd, Georgetown.
CHISHOLM, John E., 26 yrs, teacher, born Esquesing, consumption; Presbyterian. Informant A.
Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017803. Died 22 Feb 1883. Dr McKinnon.
CRIBBS, Catherine, 84 years, born Pennsylvania, U.S. Natural death; Disciple. Registration number
017799. Died 4 Mar 1883.
CUTTING, Martha Elmira, 6 years, born Erin, emaciation of 5 years. Informant James Lediard,
clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017810. Died 27 Apr 1883. Dr McKinnon, Hillsburg.
CUTTING, William, 75 years, farmer, born England, general debility of 2 years; C of E. Informant
Henry Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017794. Died 23 Dec 1882.
DILTS, Clarence Roy, 27 days, born Vill of Erin, inflammation. Informant Sylvester Dilts, printer &
publisher, Village of Erin. Parents Methodist. Registration number 017906. Died 12 Oct 1883. Dr.
McNaughton.
FITZGERALD, Annie, 7 years, shoemaker's daughter, born Hillsburg (Canada), cause not given.
Informant James Lediard, clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017819. Died 2 Sep 1883. Dr
McKinnon.
GREEN, Catherine, 36 years, labourer's wife, born Canada, inflammation of bowels for one week;
Presbyterian. Informant James Green, husband of deceased, Hillsburg. Registration number 017828.
Died 29 Oct 1883. Drs, McKinnon & McNaughton.
HARPER, Hannah, 83 years, born Co Antrim Ireland, congestion of chest for five weeks; Presbyterian.
Informant Robert Harper. Registration number 017830. Died 10 Oct 1883. Dr. McKinnon, Hillsburg.
HILTS, John W., 8 months, born Erin, teething. Informant A. Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration
number 017804. Died 5 Apr 1882. Dr McNaughton.
HOW, William, 88 years, merchant, born Kent, England, old age. Informant James Lediard, clergyman,
Hillsburg. Registration number 017833. Died 6 Dec 1883. Dr. McKinnon.
ISMOND, William Joseph, 14 months, farmer's son, born Township of Erin. Informant John D. Leeke,
clergyman. Registration number 017800. Died 19 Mar 1883.
JOHNSTON, male, about six weeks, farmer's child, born Erin. Informant William Millican,
clergyman. Registration number 017811. Died 5 May 1883. Dr McKinnon, Hillsburg.
KIRK, John, 60 years, innkeeper, born England, dropsy; C of E. Informant Dr. McKinnon, Hillsburg.
Registration number 017821. Died 8 Oct 1883. Dr McKinnon, Hillsburg.
LANG, Bethia, 27 years, farmer's wife, born Caledon, heart disease; Presbyterian. Informant A.
Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017805. Died 26 Jan 1883. Dr McKinnon.
LAUGHLIAN, Rachel, 73 years, born Canada, dropsy; Disciple. Informant Hugh Reid, Clergyman,
Erin. Registration number 017797. Died 24 Jan 1883. Dr McNaughton.
LEITCH, John, 73 years, farmer, born Argyleshire, Scotland, disease of heart Ð suddenly; Disciple of
Christ. Informant James Lediard. Registration number 017831. Died 25 Nov 1883. Dr. McNaughton.
LITTLE, Ann, 56 years, widow, born Montreal, asthma 15 years; Disciple. Informant Rev. Jas.
Lediard, Disciple Preacher, Hillsburg. Registration number 017984. Died 1 Mar 1883. Dr.
McNaughton.
McALISTER, Janet, wife of John McAlister, Lot 28 Con 11, Erin, 65 years, labourer's wife, born
Scotland, chronic disease of liver for 3 years; Presbyterian. Informant Mrs. Rawcliffe, daughter of
deceased. Registration number 017827. Died 9 Nov 1883. Dr McNaughton, Erin.
McEACHERN, Maggie, 19 years, farmer's daughter, born Erin. Enlargement of liver, one month;
Presbyterian. Informant Robt' Fowlie, Clergyman, Erin. Registration number 017790. Died 28 Jan
1883, Dr Robinson.
McKENZIE, Mrs. Stephen, 37 years, innkeeper's wife, born Scotland, phthisis of two years; Disciple.
Informant Dr.McKinnon, Hillsburg. Registration number 017814. Died 4 Aug 1883. Dr McKinnon.
McLEAN, Margaretina, 3 months 13 dys, farmer's daughter, born Erin Twp. Informant A. D. McLean,
farmer, Erin. Registration number 017832. Died 10 Sep 1883. Dr. McNaughton.
McLELLAN, Julia, 59 years, widow, born Scotland, enlargement of the spleen; Disciple. Informant Charles
McLellan, clerk, Village of Erin. Registration number 017985. Died 6 Apr 1883. Drs, McNaughton &
McKinnon.
MOORHEAD, James, 60 years, farmer, born Ireland, chronic disease of stomach for four years;
Presbyterian. Informant Robt Fowlie, clergman, Erin. Registration number 017796. Died 11 Feb 1883.
Dr McNaughton, Erin.
MURRAY, Sarah, about 40 years, born Ontario. Excessive drinking and exposure. Found dead. Dr.
York, Coroner, Hillsburg. Note: Cause of death as given above, is the verdict of the Coroner's Jury.
Registration number 017787. Died 3 Jan 1883.
NURSE, Mrs, Mary Ann, 84 years, farmer's wife, born England, congestion of lungs; C of E.
Informant F. C. Piper, clergyman, Erin. Registration number 017807. Died 26 Mar 1883. Dr
McNaughton, Erin..
PAISLEY, Ann, 62 years, farmer's wife, born Ireland, Methodist. Informant Geo Clarke, clergyman ,
of Georgetown. Registration number 017801. Died 29 Mar 1883. Dr Freeman.
PAISLEY, Joseph, 33 years, farmer, born Erin, consumption, Methodist. Informant John D. Leek,
Clergyman. Registration number 017786. Died 28 Dec 1882. Dr McKinnon.
PARRY, Henry, 24 years, labourer, born Streetsville, Ont., suffocated by smoke and gas; Baptist.
Informant Alex R. Best, clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017823. Died 13 Oct 1883.
PATTON, Susan, 26 years, labour's wife, born Canada, typhoid pneumonia of four weeks; C of E.
Informant Dr. McKinnon, Hillsburg. Registration number 017815. Died 18 Aug 1883. Dr McKinnon.
PETERSON, Hans, 72 years, labourer, born Denmark, apoplexy of 3 days. Informant Geo Abb,
clergyman. Registration number 017825. Died 31 Oct 1883. Dr W. H. Lowry.
RENNIA, Eliza, 63 years, farmer's wife, born Ireland, abscess on thigh for 2 months; Presbyterian.
Informant Henry Dunbar, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017793. Died 11 Dec 1882. Dr McKinnon,
Guelph.
ROBERTSON, Allan Joseph, 16 months, farmer's son, born Erin, inflammation of lungs of one month.
Informant James Lediard, clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017809. Died 7 Apr 1883. Dr
McKinnon, Hillsburg.
ROBINSON, Jane, 36 years, farmer's wife, born Twp. of Erin, puerperal convulsions of 4 days;
Presbyterian. Informant W. H. Lowry, MD. Registration number 017816. Died 13 Aug 1883. Dr
Lowry.
RODGERS, Francis, 14 years, mason's son, born Village of Hillsburg, Ont., brain fever, 1 day; C of E.
Informant William Rodgers, father of deceased, Hillsburg.
Registration number 017791. Died 1 Jan 1883. Drs McKinnon & McNaughton.
RYDER, Caroline L., 38 years, farmer's wife, born Canada, puerperal fever of eleven days;
Congregationalist. Registration number 017808. Died 9 Mar 1883. Dr Morrow.
SHINGLER, Lucretia Mable, 1 year 8 months 23 days, born Town of Orangeville, whooping cough;
Methodist. Informant John Shingler, Village of Erin. Registration number 017908. Died 1 Dec 1883.
SMITH, John, 86 years, farmer, born United States, old age; Congregationalist. Informant D. W.
Smith, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017812. Died 6 Jun 1883.
SMITH, Sarah A., 14 years, farmer's daughter, born Township of Caledon, typhoid fever of two
months. Informant Alex Smith, farmer, Lot 10 Con 9 Erin.
Registration number 017785. Died 17 Dec 1882. Dr Robinson.
SWACKHAMMER, Pheobie, 76 years, farmer's wife, born Canada, apoplexy for four hours.
Congregationalist. Registration number 017789. No date given 1882-1883. Dr Lowry.
TALBOT, David Alex, one month, born Erin Tp. Ont, cause not known Ð 3 days. Informant Thos.
Talbot, farmer, Erin. Registration number 017795. Died 6 Feb 1883. Dr Dryden.
THOMPSON, Thos. Alex, 3 months 23 days, born Twp of Erin, loss of blood - 5 days. Informant Geo
Abbs, clergyman. Registration number 017817. Died 1 Sep 1883. Dr Freeman.
WATTS, Martha, 35 years, machinist's wife, born Erin, Ont., diphtheria of 10 days, Methodist.
Informant Alfred Watts, husband of deceased, Lot 23, Con 10 Tp. of Erin.
Registration number 017788. Died 29 Dec 1882. Dr Mckinnon.
WEBSTER, Henry Bolton, 73 years, farmer, born United States, apoplexy; Methodist. Informant
George Abb, clergyman. Registration number 017813. Died 25 Jun 1883. Dr McNaughton.
WHEELER, Rebecca, 85 years, born England, old age; Disciple. Informant Albert Hamilton, Lot 25
Con 8, Erin. Registration number 017820. Died 7 Oct 1883. Dr McKinnon.
WHITE, Edward, 85 years, farmer, born Scotland, dropsy; Disciple. Informant James Lediard,
clergyman, Hillsburg. Registration number 017818. Died 17 Aug 1883. Dr McNaughton.
WHITE, Mary, 27 years, farmer's daughter, born Garafraxa. Decline, one year; Presbyterian.
Informant John White, father of deceased, Lot 30 Con 9 Erin. Registration number 017806. Died 27
Mar 1883. Dr. McNaughton, Erin.
WHITE, Susan, 19 years, farmer's daughter, born Erin Township, spasm of heart Ð suddenly;
Presbyterian. Informant Dr. McNaughton. Registration number 017822. Died 18 Oct 1883. Dr
McNaughton.
WOOD, Wm Herbert, 10 years & 5 months, born Village of Erin, chill fever; Presbyterian. Informant
Rev. Robert Fowlie, Pres. Minister. Registration number 017907. Died 8 Dec 1883. Dr. McNaughton.