Agnes (McNeil) Adair (abt. 1816 - 1846)

Born about 1816 in Draswalt, Scotland

Wife of Alexander Adair — married before 1843 in Ontario

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1846 at about age 30 in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario

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Biography

Agnes married Alexander Adair.

She died in 1846 and is buried in Pioneer Pergola cemetery.

Her headstone inscription: "In memory of/ Agnes/ wife of Alex'r Adair/ She was a native of/ Draswalt, Scotland/ She died April 14th 1846/ in her 30th year/ Her intelligence and piety, and uniformly/ excellent deportment, procured her/ esteem whilst she lived, and caused/ much and sincere lamenation on/ account of her early death/ Also in memory of/ Agnes Adair/ who died April 26th 1846/ aged 6 months" ^[1]

Pioneer Pergola St. Anrew's cemetery is a rectangular pergola built by the Waterloo Chapter of the I.O.D.E. in 1907 to salvage and preserve some of the stones from the old St.Andrew's Cemetery (on the site) and from the United Presbyterian Cemetery on High Hill (now Centennial Park). They were being neglected and broken by vandalism. The best of the stones were used to inlay both sides of the walls, inside and out, the pillars and the floor, as well as both sides of the two open ends. The roof is formed of openwork rustic beams.

Other stones from these cemeteries were moved to Mountview Cemetery. Some were left buried on High Hill to be uncovered years later and carted off by passers-by to be used as paving stones, garden enhancers or even, in one case, as a soldering table.

The original recording was done in 1984 by Janet Eberhardt and Norma Huber. In the fall of 1994, the City of Cambridge had the pergola dismantled and completely rebuilt. The stones were cleaned and replaced in their original position, except for one from the inner west wall (that of Ronald Wilkinson) which obviously was further broken and ended up in a muddle of pieces on the floor beneath its original position. Most of the stones on the walls look well-preserved and surprisingly legible for their age. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91094448/agnes-adair
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2387702/pergola-pioneer-cemetery