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Pioneer - BARCLAY, James
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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BARCLAY, James.
The subject of this sketch was a son of John Barclay, and was
b. in Forfarshire, Scot. in 1837, and was there raised and educated. In
1866 he came to Canada and stopped a year in Dundas, when he came to
Guelph Tp. He came to Canada without means, but he was a young man, full of
ambition and with a determination to succeed. He found employment with farmers
at the
moderate wages then paid, and saved his money until he had accumulated
sufficient to rent a farm, stock it, and start in business for himself.
That he succeeded goes without saying, and is fully evidenced by his
splendid property in Puslinch, consisting of 150 acres on con. 6, which
is as good in buildings and cultivation as can be found anywhere, and has
all been obtained by his own efforts. He lived twelve years in Guelph
Tp. and has been in Puslinch since 1879. He m. Harriet Ann Key.
Issue: Barbara, trained nurse in Providence, R.I.; Mary, David, m.
Rabena Scott and is employed at the gas works, Guelph; William and
John, who own 640 acres in the N.W. and reside there. Jean,
private sect.; James, on the home farm; Jessie, trained nurse;
Margaret, a stenographer; Gilbert, on home farm, and Harriet, school teacher.
From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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