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Pioneer - MELDRUM, REV. William
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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MELDRUM, REV. William
(d.), was b. in Scot., 1806. He was a graduate of Aberdeen University. In 1839
he emigrated from Inverness, Scot., to Canada, coming to Puslinch in response
to a call to minister to the Presbyterian church, which had just been
established, he being the first resident Presbyterian minister in the township
of Puslinch. There had been 100 acres reserved for church and school purposes
on which a small log church had been built. Soon after Mr. Meldrum came to
Puslinch, he purchased the right of a squatter to 100 acres of land on lot 33,
con. 8, and there set. The late Mr. Meldrum was a man of strong personality, as
well as being very zealous and active. These qualities made him not only an
important factor in the establishment of the Presbyterian church in Puslinch
but also in the secular affaires of the pioneer settlement. In 1845 he m. Ann
McLean, dau. of Peter McLean. Mr. Meldrum remained in Puslinch until 1852, when
he received a call to Vaughan, York Co., where he remained five years. He then
became the Presbyterian minister in West Zorra, where he remained until 1871,
when he retired to Morriston, and in 1879 moved to his homestead near that
village. He d. in 1889, at the ripe age of 83 years. His widow survives him,
and lives at Morriston. Issue: Dr. Norman W., graduate of Toronto University,
medical branch, who is now practising at Ayr, Ont.; Mrs. (Rev.) James Stewart,
Dr. Peter G., also graduate of the Toronto University, medical branch, and
Edinburgh, and practising at Whitby, Ont.; Mrs. Alex Marshall, Mich.; Miss Anna
P., in Toronto; Dr. John A., Belmont, Ont.; Mrs. C. A. Lemen, in Detroit;
George J., Elizabeth, and Alexander D., B.A., barrister in Sudbury.
George J., m. Gertrude, dau. of Robert Watt, of Kincardine. Issue: Anna G. and Elma L. He owns the Meldrum homestead in Puslinch, known as "Melbank, " which contains 100 acres, and on which he resides, He also owns 100 acres in the Gore of Puslinch, lot 33. In politics he is a Liberal, and has always taken an active interest in political matters, and has been President of the Township Liberal Association. He was Councillor four years, and elected Reeve of Puslinch Tp. in 1905, which he later resigned, and was appointed Township Clerk. He is also Secretary of the Puslinch Agr. Society. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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