Person Page - 2099

Roy Temple Brinton Marsh^1,2,3

• Father*: James Marsh² b. 1 Mar 1819, d. 31 May 1888
• Mother*: Cithera Caroline West² b. 1847, d. c 1860

• Birth*: 19 July 1876; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#008875: Name: Roy Temple Brinton Marsh; Parents: James Marsh & Cithera Caroline West; Inf.: James Marsh, Grocer, Tenton, father; Reg'd.: Aug 21, 1876; Phys.: Dr. H. W. Day; Reg'r.: Jub. Simmons (Ontario Birth Registration, #008875-1876, ancestry.com)
  Date 1877 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.^2,4

• Census*: April 1881; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1881 Census: see James Marsh²

Charity Terrill^1,2,3

• Father*: Esli Terrill Sr. b. 2 Sep 1800, d. 14 Apr 1888
• Mother*: Hannah Brock b. 11 Apr 1809, d. 1874

• Birth*: April 1830; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date Apr 1830 per Memorial - Age 44 yrs. 11 mo. at death Mar 20 1875. Date 1830 & location U.C. per Death Reg'n. per Death Reg'n. of Cithera Caroline West - 2nd wife.. Date 1829 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^2,4,5
• Marriage*: before 1853; Canada West; per Death Reg'n. of Cithera Caroline West - 2nd wife.; Principal=James Marsh²
• Death*: 20 March 1875; Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#009791: Name: Charity Marsh; Age: 45 yrs.; Born: U.C.; Status: Merchant's wife; Cause: diahria, 10 days; Inf. & Phys.: Dr. J. Workman; Reg'd.: Apr 3 1975; Rel.: Quaker; Reg'r.: ?? Radcliffe; Remarks: died in asylum for insane (Ontario Death Registration, #009791-1875, ancestry.com)
  Note: This would appear to be James Marsh's first wife???⁶
• Burial*: 23 March 1875; Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) Charity; Wife of; James; Marsh; Died; Mar 20, 1875; Age: 45 yrs. 11 M. (Wooler Friends Cemetery, July 3, 2004)⁵

• Census*: 1851; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 22 at 1851 Census: see Eslie Terrill⁴
• Married Name: circa 1855; Marsh²

Harriet L. "Hattie" McMaster^1,2,3,4

• Father*: Frank McMaster² b. c 1835
• Mother*: Harriet ?² b. c 1835

• Birth*: 12 May 1864; Kingston, Frontenac Co., Canada West; Date 1864 per Memorial. Date May 12 1865 & location Ont. urban per 1901 Census. Date 1864 & location Kingston per marriage reg'n.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: 9 October 1881; Rawdon Twp., Stirling, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004365: Groom: Elsie Terrill Marsh; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Trenton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Merchant; Parents: James & Charity Marsh; Bride: Helly McMaster; Age: 17; Res.: Trenton; Born: Kingston; Status: spinster; Parents: Frank & Harriet McMaster; Wit.: James S. Cronk & Jennie Willson, Trenton; Date: Oct 9 1881; Place: Stirling; Rel.: CE; Performed by: Rev. Thomas Godden (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004365-1881, ancestry.com); Principal=Eslie Terrill Marsh⁵
• Death*: 1948; Ontario; Date 1948 per Memorial.⁴
• Burial*: 1948; Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (See Exhibit) MARSH; Eslie T. Marsh; 1856 - 1924; Harriet L. His Wife; 1864 - 1948; Helena Adelia; Daughter; 1884 - 1888 (Wooler Friends Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Apr 28 2007)⁴

• Residence*: 9 October 1881; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Trenton per marriage reg'n.²
• Married Name: 9 October 1881; Marsh²
• Residence: 10 September 1889; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Lewis Elgin Nix & Anastacia (McMaster) Frasier.²
• Census*: April 1901; 11 S. Henry St., Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 35 at 1901 Census: see Eslie Marsh³

Frank McMaster¹

• Birth*: circa 1835; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Anastacia (McMaster) Frasier & Lewis Elgin Nix. per mariage reg'n. of daughter Helly (McMaster) Marsh.¹
• Marriage*: before 1857; Canada West; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Anastacia (McMaster) Frasier & Lewis Elgin Nix. per mariage reg'n. of daughter Helly (McMaster) Marsh.; Principal=Harriet ?¹

Harriet ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1835; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Anastacia (McMaster) Frasier & Lewis Elgin Nix. per mariage reg'n. of daughter Helly (McMaster) Marsh.¹
• Marriage*: before 1857; Canada West; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Anastacia (McMaster) Frasier & Lewis Elgin Nix. per mariage reg'n. of daughter Helly (McMaster) Marsh.; Principal=Frank McMaster¹

• Married Name: before 1857; McMaster¹

Jane Marsh¹

• Father*: Samuel Marsh¹ b. 10 Feb 1804
• Mother*: Tamar Richardson¹ b. 1807

• Birth*: 1838; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1838 & location Cda. per 1850 Census.¹

• Census*: 21 October 1850; Shabbona Twp., Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 12 at 1850 Census: see Samuel Marsh¹

George Marsh¹

• Father*: Charles Wesley Marsh¹ b. 22 Mar 1834, d. 9 Nov 1918
• Mother*: Frances Wait¹ b. 1842, d. c 1866

• Birth*: 1861; Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1861 & location Illinois per 1870 & 1880 Census.¹

• Census: 31 August 1870; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 9 at 1870 Census: see Charles Wesley Marsh¹
• Census*: 11 June 1880; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 19 at 1880 Census: see Wesley Marsh¹

Mary Marsh¹

• Father*: Charles Wesley Marsh¹ b. 22 Mar 1834, d. 9 Nov 1918
• Mother*: Frances Wait¹ b. 1842, d. c 1866

• Birth*: 1863; Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1863 & location Illinois per 1870 & 1880 Census.¹

• Census: 31 August 1870; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 7 at 1870 Census: see Charles Wesley Marsh¹
• Census*: 11 June 1880; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 17 at 1880 Census: see Wesley Marsh¹

Fannie Marsh¹

• Father*: Charles Wesley Marsh¹ b. 22 Mar 1834, d. 9 Nov 1918
• Mother*: Frances Wait¹ b. 1842, d. c 1866

• Birth*: 1865; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1865 & location Illinois per 1880 Census.¹

• Census: 31 August 1870; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 5 a t1870 Census: see Charles Welsey Marsh¹
• Census*: 11 June 1880; Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 15 at 1880 Census: see Welsey Marsh¹

Sarah Alma Marsh^1,2

• Father*: William Wallace Marsh² b. 15 Apr 1836, d. 12 May 1918
• Mother*: Mary Jane Brown² b. 1851, d. 1891

• Birth*: May 1877; Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date May 1877 & location Illinois per 1880 & 1900 Census.²

• Census: 8 June 1880; Sycamore Twp., Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 3 at 1880 Census: see William Wallace Marsh²
• Census*: 12 June 1900; Sycamore Twp., Dekalb, Dekalb Co., Illinois; Age 23 at 1900 Census: see William Wallace Marsh²

William W. Marsh¹

• Father*: William Wallace Marsh¹ b. 15 Apr 1836, d. 12 May 1918
• Mother*: Mary Jane Brown¹ b. 1851, d. 1891

• Birth*: 1876; Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Date 1876 & location Illinois per 1880 Census.¹

• Census*: 8 June 1880; Sycamore Twp., Dekalb Co., Illinois, U.S.A.; Age 5 at 1880 Census: see William Wallace Marsh¹

Elizabeth A. Marsh^1,2,3,4

• Father*: George Singleton Marsh² b. 29 Dec 1811, d. 13 Jan 1889
• Mother*: Mary Ann Elrod² b. Jul 1820, d. 29 Feb 1864

• Birth*: 1840; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Date 1839 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1841 & location UC per 1861 Census. Date 1840 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^2,3,4
• Marriage*: circa 1857; Canada West; per family tree of ChrisNewton6772 on ancestry.ca, Apr 10 2022.; Principal=George Coon⁵
• Death*: before 1880; George Coon is a widower per 1880 US Fed Census.⁶

• Census*: March 1852; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 11 at 1851 Census: see George S. Marsh²
• Married Name: circa 1857; Coon⁵
• Census: April 1861; Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 20 at 1861 Census: see George Coon³
• Census: April 1871; Brighton, Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 29 at 1871 Census: see George Coon⁴

Milton Hamlin Bland¹

• Birth*: circa 1900; per email from Amy Bland, Mar 22, 2007.¹
• Marriage*: before 1935; per email from Amy Bland, Mar 22, 2007.; Principal=? ?¹

? ?¹

• Birth*: circa 1900; per email from Amy Bland, Mar 22, 2007.¹
• Marriage*: before 1935; per email from Amy Bland, Mar 22, 2007.; Principal=Milton Hamlin Bland¹

• Married Name: before 1935; Bland¹

Charles Allen Weaver^1,2,3

• Father*: John Weaver² b. 1832, d. 6 Jun 1868
• Mother*: Elizabeth "Betsy" Young² b. 12 Apr 1840, d. 28 May 1913

• Birth*: 1864; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1861 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1864 & location Ont. per 1871 Census. Date 1861 & location Trenton per marr. reg'n.^2,4,3
• Marriage*: 28 December 1892; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#004911: Groom: Charles Allen Weaver; Age: 31; Res. & Born: Trenton; Status: bachelor; Occ.: Commercial traveller; Parents: John Weaver & Elizabeth Young; Bride: Minnie Flindall; Age: 26; Res. & Born: Trenton; Status: spinster; Parents: Reuben Flindall & Helen McFall; Wit.: May Booker & Robert ??, Trenton; Date: Dec 28 1893; Place: Trenton; Rel.: Pres. & CE; Performed by: F. W. Armstrong; Reg'r.: Geo. Gordon, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #004911-1892, ancestry.com); Principal=Minnie Flindall⁵

• Census*: April 1871; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1871 Census: see Elizabeth Weaver (mother)²
• Census: April 1881; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1881 Census: see Elizabeth Weaver (mother)⁴
• Residence*: 28 December 1892; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Trenton per marr. reg'n.³

Alexander Weddell^1,2,3

• Father*: Robert Weddell Sr.³ b. 21 Sep 1821, d. 3 May 1898
• Mother*: Mary Girdwood³ b. 3 Mar 1821, d. 16 Dec 1890

• Birth*: 24 January 1864; Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Date 1864 per CemSearch. Date Jan 24 1864 & location Scotland per 1901 Census. Date 1865 & location Scotland per 1881 Census. Date 1864 & location Edinburgh per 1871 Scotland Census. Date 1868 & location Scotland per marriage reg'n. - Lydia McLellan. Date 1864 per marriage reg'n. per Death Reg'n. of wife Bessie (Waldron) Waddell.^2,3,4,5,6,7
• Marriage*: 6 September 1897; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#006781: Groom: Alexander Weddell; Age: 29; Res.: Trenton; Born: Scotland; Status: bachelor; Occ.: engineer; Parents: Robert Weddell, Sr. & Mary Girdwood; Lydia McLellan; Age: 22; Res.: Trenton; Born: Ont.; Status: spinster; Parents: Samuel McLellan & Mary J. ?Marc?; Wit.: Robert Weddell & Mary McLellan, Trenton; Date: Sep 6 1897; Rel.: Pres.; Performed by: Rev. Wm. ?McWilliams?; Reg'd.: Sep 16 1897; Reg'r.: Geo. H. Gordon, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #006781-1897, ancestry.ca) per 1901 Census.; Principal=Lydia McLellan^4,8
• Marriage*: 15 June 1910; Sidney Twp., Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#012313: Groom: Alexander Weddell; Age: 46; Res.: Trenton; Rel.: Pres.; Occ.: Mechanical Engineer; Parents: Robert Weddell, Mechanical Engineer & Mary Guidwood; Bride: Mary Elizabeth Waldron; Age: 45; Res.Sidney Twp.; Rel.: Pres.; Status: spinster; Parents: Robert Waldron (deceased), yeoman & Margaret Young; Wit.: Robert & Jessie Waldron, Trenton; Date: Jun 15 1910; Place: Sidney Twp.; Performed by: Rev. Thomas Wilkins, Trenton (Ontario Marriage Registration, #012313-1910, ancestry.com)
  per Death Reg'n. of Bessie (Waldron) Waddell.; Principal=Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Waldron^2,9
• Death*: 1938; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Date 1938 per CemSearch.⁷
• Burial*: 1938; St. George's Anglican Cemetery, Trenton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Alexander Weddell; Born: 1864; Died: 1938; Age: 74y; ID: TRTSTG408; Other names: Weddell, Berssie [Waldron] (1864-1929), Weddell, Lydia [McLellan] (1875-1908), Weddell, Mary Girdwood (1901-1922); Cemetery: St. George's Anglican Cemetery, Conc A, Lot 7, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co. (Town of Trenton), Sec D Row 14 Plot 5; Note: Husband of (1) Lydia McLellan, (2) Bessie Waldron, <3?> Ellen "Nellie" Clarke (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=TRTSTG408%5E0)⁷

• Census: 1871; 59 A Leith Wynd, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 7 at 1871 Scotland Census: see Robert Weddell⁶
• Immigration*: 1873; Ontario; Immigration 1873 per 1901 Census for sister Janet (Weddell) Duff.⁴
• Census: April 1881; Trenton, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1881 Census: see Robert Weddell Sr.⁵
• Residence: 6 October 1884; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Witness at marriage of Daniel Duff & Janet Weddell.³
• Residence: 6 September 1897; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence Trenton per marriage reg'n. - Lydia McLellan.³
• Residence: 5 May 1898; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Informant for Death Reg'n. of his father Robert Weddell, Sr.²
• Census*: April 1901; 10 E. Division St., Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Age 37 at 1901 Census: Weddell, Alexander, 37, b. Scotland Jan 24 1864, Scot., Immig. 1873, Pres., Machinist, married; Lydia, 24, b. Ont. u. Nov 12 1876, Scot., Pres., married; Alexander Mc., 2, b. Ont. u. Jun 14 1898, son; Mary, - ; b. Ont. u. mar 24 1891, daughter (1901 Census Online: Trenton Village, dist. 72, sub-dist. c-4, pg. 2, line 17 - 10 E. Division St.)⁴
• Residence*: 15 June 1910; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Residence per marriage reg'n.³

Robert Weddell Sr.^1,2,3,4,5

• Birth*: 21 September 1821; Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Date Sep 21 1821 per Memorial. Date 1821 & location Edinburgh, Scotland per FindaGrave. Date 1821 & location Edinburgh, Scotland per Death Reg'n. Date 1822 & location SCotland per 1881 Census. Date 1822 & location Edinburgh per 1871 Census. Date 1822 & location Edinburgh per 1861 Scotland Census. Date 1825 & location Edinburgh, Midothian, Scotland per 1851 Census. per marriage reg'n. of son Alexander Weddell.^{2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
• Marriage*: 1 August 1846; Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; per marriage reg'n. of son Alexander Weddell. Date Aug 1 1846 & location Edinburgh, Scotland per family tree of Fay Carmichael on ancestry.ca, May 23 2022.; Principal=Mary Girdwood^2,10
• Death*: 3 May 1898; Division St., Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Death Reg'n.#... : Name: Robert Weddell, Sr.; Date: May 3 1898; Age: 77; Res.: Division St., Trenton; Occ.: mechinist; Born: Edinburgh, Scotland; Cause: stomach cancer; Phys.: J.S. ?Shierrie?; Rel.: ?Wesley M.?; Inf.: Alexander W. Weddell; Reg'd.: May 5 1898; Reg'r.: ?Geo. H. Gordon? (Ontario Death Registration, #097950-1898, ancestry.ca) Date May 3 1898 per Memorial. Date May 3 1898 & location Trenton per FindaGrave.^3,8,11
• Burial*: 5 May 1898; Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., Carrying Place, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Mary; The; Beloved Wife of; Robert Weddell Sr.; Born Mar. 3, 1821; Died Dec. 16, 1890; Robert Weddell; Born Sept. 21, 1821; Died May 3, 1898 (Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., image from CemSearch, May 22 2022)
  FindaGrave: Name: Robert Weddell Sr.; BIRTH: 1821, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland; DEATH: 3 May 1898 (aged 76–77), Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Carrying Place Cemetery, Carrying Place, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 113580971 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113580971/robert-weddell?_gl=1*1t00p54*_ga*MTM2OTMxODYxNS4xNjM1ODgwODE4*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1NTc1NDY5OC4xMDYuMS4xNjU1NzU0NzE4LjQw)
  CemSearch: Name: Robert Weddell Sr.; Born: Sep 2 1821; Died: May 3 1898; Age: 76y 7m; ID: CRYPLCCP196; Other names: Weddell, Jessie [Young] (1852-1890), Weddell, Mary [Girdwood] (1821-1890), Weddell, Robert (1850-1919), Weddell, Robert G. (1880-1960), Weddell, Woneita [Snell] (1885-1942); Cemetery: Carrying Place Cemetery, Conc C, Lot 9, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Carrying Place Village; Note: Husband of Mary (?) ; Father of Robert; GrandFather of Robert G. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CRYPLCCP0196%5E2)^3,12,8

• Census: 1851; Arthur St., Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 26 at 1851 Scotland Census: Weddle, Robert, 26, b. Edinburgh, Midlotian, engine driver married; Mary, 28, b. Edinburgh, Midlothian, married; Agness, 3; Robert 1 (1851 Scotland Census: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Arthur St., ED 5 Page 9 HH 40, line 15 MF CSSCT1851_185, anccestry.ca)⁵
• Census: 1861; West Port 118, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 39 at 1861 Scotland Census: Weddel, Robert, 39, b. Edinburgh, engineer fitter, married; Mary, 38, b. Edinburgh, married; Agnes, 13; Robert, 11 (Mo?); Andrew, 8; Janet, 9m?; Mowat, Margaret, 19, boarder (1861 Scotland Census: Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Port 118, St. George, Edinburgh St. Cuthberts, 12, 23, line 3, MF CSSCT1861_124, ancestry.ca)⁶
• Census: 1871; 59 A Leith Wynd, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 49 at 1871 Scotland Census: Weddell, Robert, 49, b. Edinburgh, engine fitter, married; Mary Giovina, 48, b. Edinburgh, married; Agnes, 22, b. Edinburgh, dau., single; Andrew, 19, b. Edinburgh, son, single; Janet, 12; Alexander, 7 (1871 Scotland Census: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Canongate, 59 A Leith (stone buildings), ED 67 HH 60 Line 21 MF CSSCT1871_161, ancestry.ca)⁷
• Immigration*: 1873; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Immigration 1873 per 1901 Census for dau. Janet (Weddell) Duff.¹³
• Residence: 1874; Trenton Bridge and Engine Works, Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; Per the directory text in 1888, the company has been in Trenton 14 years, putting origins at 1874.
• Note: 1875; Trenton Bridge and Engine Works, Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; The Directory text in 1888 says there was a big fire in 1875, from which they rebuilt.
• Residence: 1877; Division St., Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Weddell, Robert, jun., Division" & "Weddell, Robert, sen., Division" per Canada City and Area Directories, Trenton, 1877, pg. 70 of 121, ancestryu.ca.¹⁴
• Residence*: 1880; East Division St., Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "Weddell, Robert, sen., foundryman, E. Division" & "Weddell, Robert, Jr., foundtryman, E. Division" Canada City & Area Directories, Hastings Co., Trenton, pg 426 (pg 226 of 270, ancestry.ca)¹⁴
• Census*: April 1881; Trenton, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 59 at 1881 Census: Weddell, Robert Sr., 59, b. Scotland, Scot., C., Pres., Engineer, married; Mary G., 56, b. Scotland, Scot., C. Pres., married; Janett, 19, b. Scotland, Scot., C. Pres., single; Alexander, 16 (1881 Census: Trenton, Hastings West Co., dist. 121, sub-dist. B-1, pg. 11, line 14 - ancestry.ca) (Note: Robert Weddell Jr. is above.)⁴
• Note: 17 September 1886; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "This firm also submitted a bid to construct three steel road bridges over the canal at a cost of $5900 each. However, the contract went instead to Robert Weddell and the Trenton Bridge and Engine Works who offered to build three composite timber and iron structures at $6739 each. In making this decision, John Page, the Chief Engineer of the Department of Railways and Canals stated that a timber structure would be more durable and could be repaired more easily by local work men. While this may have been a consideration, the real reason seems to have been Weddell's prominent position in the area and his close association with local politicians. For in mid August when it was learned that Weddell had applied for the work, the Reeve and Municipal Council of Brighton, along with the Trenton Town Council, wrote to the Minister of Railways and Canals to endorse his tender. Most important however, was Weddell's Conservative connections in the region. According to E. Cochrane, the Conservative member for Northumberland East, in a letter to John Pope, "Anything that can be done to give R. Weddell of Trenton the contract for the superstructures on the bridges on the Murray Canal will be a great benefit to our party in the Riding as he is a man that will do anything that he can to assist us." No doubt this settled the matter fairly quickly, and Weddell's contract with the Department was signed on September 17, 1886." the Powles Report, page 28 & 29.¹⁵
• Note*: 1888; Trenton Bridge and Engine Works, Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "TRENTON BRIDGE AND ENGINE WORKS, Robert Weddell, Proprietor. Among the well-known industries of Canada is that of the Trenton Bridge and Engine Works, which are located at Trenton. This business was established here 14 years ago by Mr. Robert Weddell, and from a comparatively small beginning has grown to its present extensive proportions. This has been due in a great measure to the push, energy and ability of the proprietor, as well as to the excellent quality of the work done, which has gained a high reputation throughout the country. The plant located in Trenton consists of a boiler shop, blacksmith shop, foundry, machine shop, engine house and bridge building establishment. The works are fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery and appliances. The firm manufacture steel and iron bridges of every description, which have been universally adopted by many counties, railroads, municipalities and the Department of Railways and Canals throughout the Dominion. They also manufacture turntables, iron piers and roofs, stationary and marine engines and boilers, dredges, tugs, steamboats, excavators and contractors' supplies of all kinds, while a specialty is made of girder and structural work. A large staff of skilled practical workmen are employed throughout the year under able and practical management. When the works were burned down in 1875, they were immediately rebuilt on a much larger scale owing to the increasing business, and so it has been from that time forward, improvements and additions have been constantly made. Owing to the excellent position which the Trenton Bridge and Engine Works occupy for shipping facilities, cheap rates enable them to compete successfully with any other concern in Canada. They have the advantage of being on one of the best shipping points on the Grand Trunk Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as being at the head of the Bay of Quinte and entrance to the Murray and Trent Valley Canals. The Trenton works are conducted by Mr. Robert Weddell, manager and proprietor, and Mr. J. D. Evans, engineer." from Trenton Directory, page 284, not show a year. (http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/BelPL/BelPL002436616pf_0152.pdf)
  Note: Calculating that this directory was done in 1888 or maybe early 1889 - there is no date that I can see. Looking at the events listed here, we can see things in 1888 already happened and things in 1889 are anticipated. Also, if we go back 14 years from 1888, we come to 1874 as the year that Robert Weddell established the business in Trenton. The big fire in 1875 was very soon afterward, but, as it says here, caused them to rebuild, bigger and better. (Dan Buchanan, June 20 2022)
• Note: 19 May 1888; Trenton, Hastings Co., Ontario; "A Trenton paper which ardently supports the fad and is violently opposed to the N. P., gives the following testimony to the great benefits which the protective policy has conferred upon the town in which it is published: WEDDELL BRIDGE AND MACHINEWORKS, The Weddell Bridge and Machine Words is one of the flourishing institutions of Trenton. Starting some 12 years ago, it was burned down once. Since rebuilding it has quadrupled its capacity for work, the latest ordered tool being a steam hammer. Its first important start was in connection with the Central Ontario Railway and Iron mines and then the Murray Canal and Bridge building. The proprietor, Mr. Robert Weddell, employs inside the works, between 30 and 40 hands who have to work over time to keep up with the orders under contract, and a large gang of men outside putting up finished work. He pays out from $1,200 to $1,500 a month and has turned out the last three months between thirty and forty thousand dollars' worth of work. The orders on hand will tax their energies till next fall. Besides general machinery, millers' contracts and repairing they have constructed the following bridges:
  Three composite bridges on the Murray Canal for the Dominion Gov., three on the Trent Valley Canal, oneat Carlton Place 12 ft. wide, 240 ft. span, one of the finest in the Dominion; two on Little Nation river 150 ft. span steel bridges, roadway and sidewalk. A steel bridge at Marmora 125 ft. span, and have a contract for a bridge at Port Robertson 204 ft. span, 4000 ft. of piling, structure and superstructure. We are please to be able to make this statement as an evidence of the growth of Trenton and its suitability for the location of a large manufacturing establishment." Source: The link to this was sent to me via email on March 21,2023 by Amanda Hill, Archivist at the Hastings County Archives, referred to by Richard Hughes. Amanda's email is: Hello Dick and Dan, There is a mention of Weddell in relation to dredging in 1890, but that was in Belleville: https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-weekly-september-1890/page/n15/mode/2up?q=weddell
  There is an Intelligencer article in May 1888 about his company in Trenton, but it seems to be more concerned with building bridges than dredging: https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-may-1888/page/n63/mode/2up?q=%22robert+weddell%22
  This is confirmed in an article of 23 August 1888 about the progress of the canal: https://archive.org/details/intelligencer-august-1888/page/n65/mode/2up?q=%22robert+weddell%22
  Hope that helps! Amanda Hill, Archivist. Q2023-03.36" enter here by Dan Buchanan, March 22 2023.
  
  
• Residence: 23 August 1888; The Murray Canal Works, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; "The road bridges, two of which are completed, swing on a huge central pier protected on either side by other piers, and are built by Mr. Robert Weddell, Jr., at this bridge works at Trenton; and bear out in their beauty and strength the great reputation which Mr. Weddell has earned by the quality of his work of being one of the foremost bridge builders in Canada. The railroad bridge, a fine structure, reflecting great credit on the builders, the Dominion Bridge Company of Hamilton, is also built of steel and swings in the same manner as the road bridges." from a newspaper article by "Canalis" in the Belleville Intelligencer, Aug 23 1888. (Belleville Newspaper Microfilm Archives: Daily Intelligencer Mar. 1, 1888 - Apr. 9, 1889, MR No. 46, OCR of original page image.)
  Note: Robert Weddell, Jr. was 38 at this time, so probably directly involved in the operations of building the superstructures of the road bridges for the Murray Canal. His father was 66 at this time, still owner of the company and probably involved at a management level. The only documents I have seen do not specify Sr. or Jr., so I assume Sr. at this time. (Dan Buchanan, Aug 17 2023)

Mary Girdwood^1,2,3,4,5

• Birth*: 3 March 1821; Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scoltland; Date Mar 3 1821 per Memorial & CemSearch. Date 1825 & location Scotland per 1881 Census. Date 1823 & location Edinburgh per 1871 Census. Date 1823 & location Edinburgh per 1861 Scotland Census. Date 1823 & location Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland per 1851 Census. per marriage reg'n. of son Alexander Weddell.^{2,6,3,5,7,8,9}
• Marriage*: 1 August 1846; Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; per marriage reg'n. of son Alexander Weddell. Date Aug 1 1846 & location Edinburgh, Scotland per family tree of Fay Carmichael on ancestry.ca, May 23 2022.; Principal=Robert Weddell Sr.^2,10
• Death*: 16 December 1890; Ontario; Date Dec 16 1890 per Memorial & CemSearch.^6,3
• Burial*: 18 December 1890; Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., Carrying Place, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Memorial: (see Exhibit) Mary; The; Beloved Wife of; Robert Weddell Sr.; Born Mar. 3, 1821; Died Dec. 16, 1890; Robert Weddell; Born Sept. 21, 1821; Died May 3, 1898 (Carrying Place Cemetery, Murray Twp., image from CemSearch, May 22 2022)
  CemSearch: Name: Mary Weddell; Maiden: Girdwood; Born: Mar 3 1821; Died: Dec 16 1890; Age: 69y 9m; ID: CRYPLCCP196; Other names: Weddell, Jessie [Young] (1852-1890), Weddell, Robert Sr. (1821-1898), Weddell, Robert (1850-1919), Weddell, Robert G. (1880-1960), Weddell, Woneita [Snell] (1885-1942); Cemetery: Carrying Place Cemetery, Conc C, Lot 9, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Carrying Place Village; Note: Wife of Robert Weddell, Sr. and Mother of Robert (1850-1919) and Grandmother of Robt. G. (1880-1960) (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CRYPLCCP0196%5E3)^6,3

• Married Name: 1 August 1846; Weddell²
• Census: 1851; Arthur St., St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 28 at 1851 Scotland Census: see Robert Weddell⁷
• Census: 1861; West Port 118, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 38 at 1861 Scotland Census: see Robert Weddell¹¹
• Census: 1871; 59 A Leith Wynd, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Age 48 at 1871 Scotland Census: see Robert Weddell⁹
• Census*: April 1881; Trenton, Hastings West Co., Ontario; Age 56 at 1881 Census: see Robert Weddell, Sr.⁵

Mary Ann ?¹

• Birth*: 1823; Ireland; Date 1823 & location Ireland per 1851 Census.¹
• Marriage*: before 1846; Canada West; per 1851 Census.; Principal=Charles Marsh¹

• Married Name: before 1846; Marsh¹
• Census*: 1851; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 28 at 1851 Census: see Charles Marsh¹

Charles Marsh¹

• Father*: Charles Marsh¹ b. 1817
• Mother*: Mary Ann ?¹ b. 1823

• Birth*: 1847; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1847 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹

• Census*: 1851; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 4 at 1851 Census: see Charles Marsh¹