Philip Hamilton Wedderburn (1868 - abt. 1936)

Born 7 May 1868 in Seven Fountains, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Grace (Keeling) Wedderburn — married 24 Feb 1892 in Kimberley, Cape Colony, South Africa

Husband of Laura Louise (Keeling) Wedderburn — married 1930 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Descendants

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Biography

Philip Hamilton Wedderburn was born on May 7, 1868 in Seven Fountains, South Africa, and was christened on 31 May 1868. He married Elizabeth G. (nee Keeting), and the couple had four children: Ethel Grace (Mrs. John Beattie) (1893-1964), Lorimer Hamilton (1897-1917), Constance May (1903-1908), and Iris Amm (1907-1988). In August, 1907, the family emigrated to Canada from Durban, South Africa. Philip's brother George and his family joined them. They spent their first year in Canada in Winnipeg, and the following spring George and his family returned to South Africa. In 1908, Philip got a homestead seven miles north of Redcliff, Alberta. He worked for Tom Bell to learn the skills of farming. Philip was very active in the community, forming a cooperative in 1907 with seven other farmers. They purchased a threshing machine. He was a trustee and secretary-treasurer of Harvest Vale School District, and he was also active in the United Farmers of Alberta in the 1920's. In 1921, Philip and Elizabeth moved to Redcliff, where Philip worked for the Brick and Coal. In the 1920's he was employed by the government to head rabbit drives throughout southern Alberta. Later, Philip and Elizabeth moved to Edmonton, where Philip was employed by the government in the Debt Adjustment Department. Lorimer Hamilton Wedderburn was killed in World War II on Vimy Ridge in 1917, and Iris moved to the United States, where she died in 1988. Philip Hamilton Wedderburn passed away in 1937;Elizabeth G. Wedderburn passed away in 1929. Ethel Grace married John Beattie on January 24, 1912. John came from Chambly, Quebec, to the Bowell area in 1903, at the age of 17. Ethel and John met at a social gathering at the Ellis Ranch. Ethel and John's wedding was the first wedding in Bowell. The Beattie's settled four miles northeast of Bowell and they had three daughters: Eva (1913), Mildred (1914-1991), and Ruth (1919-1938). They attended the Harvest Vale School. Mildred married George Parks, from Tees, Alberta, in 1936, and they had two daughters! : Aileen and Bernice. In 1934, Eva married Tom Rutherford of Redcliff, Alberta. Tom and Eva had two daughters: Kay and Carol. Tom passed away in December, 1977. Carol (nee Rutherford) married Reginald Porter in 1960. They had two children: Hal and Mark. Reginald worked as a parts salesman at Gardner Motors, and Carol worked as a teacher at Margaret Wooding School in Redcliff. The couple is now retired and lives at 561- 14 St. NE, in Medicine Hat. Their son, Hal, passed away in August, 1985.

Sources

• www.1820settlers.co.uk

[McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 28 Mar 2016]

• "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-SYPK : 28 June 2022), Philip Hamilton Wedderburn, 1892.

• "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y9BK-J?cc=2520237 : 7 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

• "https://albertaonrecord.ca/%3Bactor/browse?subquery=lorimer+hamilton+wedderburn