Henry Monteith (abt. 1852 - 1937)

Born about 1 Dec 1852 in Downie, Perth, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 5 Oct 1937 at about age 84 in Lot 7, Con 8, Downie Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Harry farmed in the Gore of Downie Township.

When he first started on his own in 1877, ownership of Lot 8, Concession 9 passed to him from his father; however, he and his brother, John Nelson, then exchanged properties and Harry moved to Lot 8, Concession 7.^[1]

After about ten years of farming, Harry married his first cousin, Margaret Monteith. They had a child in April of 1890. Tragically, Margaret and the child both died. Soon after that, Harry moved a couple of lots south along the Embro Road to Lot 7, Concession 8. Indeed, his funeral was held in the house there.^[2]

As was common at the time, Harry worked with his neighbours. In his diary records next door neighbour, Tom Loghrin , noted that Harry helped him with many things such as: shearing sheep, hewing logs, dehorning cattle, laying oil cloth in the new house, building cabinets and castrating pigs. Tom went to Harry's to fill silo and for threshing bees.^[3]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Dean Robinson (ed.), Memories of Downie, Vol. 1 (Downie Township History Book Committee, 2002), p. 520.
2. ↑ Ibid, p. 481.
3. ↑ Thomas Francis Loghrin, The Diaries of Thomas Alexander Loghrin, 1895, 1900 to 1934, A Synopsis (2018), an unpublished family record.

Sources

• Information from the Monteith Family Tree which, at one time, was available online. A book, Monteiths and Monteith Descendants: A Compilation of Memories, Memorabilia and Research by J. Ernest Monteith includes this information.
• Jane A. Robertson, Sketch of Our Pioneer Ancestors, Aug. 1, 1924, an unpublished family record.
• Henry Monteith, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937... accessed on familysearch.org
• Henry Monteith, Find A Grave, Memorial #133476671