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James Alexander Dewar

Family: son of Duncan Dewar and Catherine McGillawee
Born 1896
Died: 1983, Mar 28
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council Councillor 1947-1950, 1957, 1959-1961; Deputy Reeve 1962-65, 1966-67
Years on County Council: 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Address: 48 Henry St, Wellesley
Occupation: ?Farmer
Spouse: Ella Mae Freeborn
Children: James; Robert; Margaret; Elizabeth (m. Murray White); Catherine (m. Kenneth Pasmore)
Notes:
  • "In 1843-44 the McKees, Dewars, Trusslers and others came into the bush and small clearings began to appear to the north of the Scottish Settlement on the North Easthope boundary" (WHS1967 55:49)
Sources: WHS1967 55:49; obituary Elmira Independent 30/3/1983 p10
Photo: Linwood Tweedsmuir

This information is excerpted from: "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," researched and complied by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster. (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. It is reproduced by permission of Dr. Bloomfield.  The full text of the book can be seen here.  ​