Hiram James "Jamie" Smith

Family/Spouse: Mildred Depointe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hugh Leslie Smith died in in Died in infancy.

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The Late George A. Smith
George A. Smith, one of Parham's most prominent residents, and a man known throughout the entire district, who died on July 4th in Belleville, was born in Westbrook in 1864, a son of the late James Smith, being the eldest of a family of eleven children. He has been a resident of Parham for the past thirty-five years. He was county constable, township clerk and treasurer, having been clerk for twenty-five years and only missing two meetings during that time. He was also in the fire insurance business and a prominent buyer of cheese and pulpwood.
Mr. Smith was a Methodist in religion and the funeral took place Sunday at 10 a.m., from the Methodist church to Parham cemetery under the auspices of the Oddfellows and the Orange lodge, the Rev. Mr. Moyse officiating. He is survived by his wife and eight children, Mina and George, Parham; Myrtle, Odessa; Gordon and Jamie, Smith's Falls; Ellen, Calabogie; Harold, Webster, N.Y.; Iva, Belleville, and two sisters, Annie and Eliza, Verona, and five brothers, Frank, Odessa; William, Kingston; Alonzo, British Columbia; Overton and Victor, North Dakota.
Many floral offerings were received from friends.
[Source: From the Scrapbook of Mrs. Madeline Howes (Wagar)]

FRONTENAC CHEESE BOARD
Regrets Death of G. A. Smith - Sales - On Thursday
The late George A. Smith, of Parham, for many years a member and buyer of the Frontenac Cheese Board, was remembered by his associates at the meeting of the board on Thursday afternoon. On motion of L. W. Murphy and Reeve Hamilton, the secretary, William Pillar, was instructed to send a letter of condolence to his bereaved family. The late Mr. Smith attended a meeting of the board two weeks ago, and though complaining of illness then, his death came as a shock to the board members.
[Source: From the Scrapbook of Mrs. Madeline Howes (Wagar)]

At the general hospital here this morning, Mr. George A. Smith of Parham, Frontenac County passed away. Deceased was 59 years of age and was one of the prominent residents of Frontenac County, having been for 25 years Clerk of Hinchinbrooke township. By occupation he was a cheese buyer and insurance agent. Mr. Smith was in religion a Methodist. he was a member of the Mayflower Lodge, I.O.O.F. No. 297, of Parham and a member of Tichborne Orange Lodge. A widow, four sons and four daughters survive. The sons are George A. Jr., of Parham, Harold of Webster, N.Y., Gordon and Jamie of Smith's Falls. The daughters are Mrs. T. E. Wager of Parham, Mrs. S. Ball, of Odessa, Mrs. W. R. Wager of Calabogie and Miss Ivy [sic] of Belleville. The body, after being prepared for burial by the Belleville Burial Company was shipped to Parham for interment.
[Source: From the Scrapbook of Mrs. Madeline Howes (Wagar)]

George married Susannah Minerva Wagar on 25 Dec 1888 in Central Frontenac Township, Ontario, Canada. Susannah was born in 1867 in Wagarville, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Sep 1953 in Parham, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Hinchinbrooke Township, Ontario

James married Elizabeth "Elinor" Gates on 29 Dec 1863 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John Henry Gates and Caroline Eliza Jane Bryan) was born on 3 Oct 1842 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Jul 1916; was buried in 1916 in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Gates , Yeoman, was born in Canada West 1804. West included the area around Kingston,Canada. The City of Kingston, Canada surrounds the old Fort Frontenac which was originally built by the French in 1673. The British captured Fort Frontenac in 1758 and formally took possession of the area in 1760. The area immediately surrounding Kingston was included in the County of Frontenac.
About 12 miles from the Fort a small settlement known as Westbrook was formed. Approximately 1 mile from the settlement was the homestead of John Gate and Caroline Eliza Bryan. This homestead is shown on a map of the area which reflects the ownership of the land in 1878. In addition, the census of Westbrook, Ontario Canada for 1851 states as Follows : John Gates, yeoman , born Canada West, age 48, living in a one story log house. His wife Caroline Elizaa Bryan age 40, the children were : William age 20 , John Henery age 18, Eliza J. age 16, Lydiiaa A. age 14, James age 12, Ellen age 10, Ann Maria age 8 ,and George age 8.
Although little is known about John Gates, other then he was a farmer , the Directory of Ontario for 1871 states that John Gates of Westbrook was the Justice of the Peace. Some members of the Gates family { Family of John Gates } are buried in the Methodist Church yard in the village of Catarqui, which is about one mile from the village of Westbrook Ontario Canada.
John Gates homestead originally consisted of 100 acres. He added to this by purchasing 50 acres across the road, and 75 acres down the road { which he purchased in George Okill Stuart Gates name his youngest son } and 150 acres in the vicinity which he gave William Finley Gates his eldest son.
At this point of time little is known about the background of John Gates andd Caroline Eliza Bryan . However , some interesting assumptions and information has been gathered concerning the period when their parents lived in Canada. As previously stated , the British took over the area around Kingston in 1760. In 1784 the first group of Loyalists arrived in the Kingston area from the United States. In 1785 the second group of Loyalists arrived. Included in this group was the first Anglican Minister whose name was John Okill Stuart. Recall that the youngest son of John and Caroline Gates was named George Okill Stuart Gates. If George Okill Stuart Gates wasnt named after the Anglican Minister, it is a strange coincidence. It would appear that the ancestors of John Gates and Caroline Eliza Bryan might have been a part of the Loyalist Group that arrived in Kingston at that time.

Died:
Inflammation of the lungs 9 days

John married Caroline Eliza Jane Bryan on 2 Aug 1830 in St George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of William Bryan and Margaret Kendrick) was born on 19 Jul 1812 in Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1889 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]