_Edward BILLING _____+
| (1753 - 1828) m 1783
_William BILLING ____|
| (1795 - 1875) m 1840|
| |_Mary LEAN __________+
| m 1783
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|--Cholwill BILLING
| (1848 - 1927)
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|_Eliza PEARDON ______|
(1825 - 1903) m 1840|
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_Oliton Cushman FOOTE _+
| (1765 - 1852)
_Hunn Beach FOOTE ___|
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| |_Catherine BULL _______+
| (1779 - 1850)
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|--Robert Anron FOOTE
| (1826 - ....)
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|_Sarah ______________|
(1803 - ....) |
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_Joe FUENTES ________________|
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|--Jason FUENTES
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| _Russell E. SCHMACHTENBERGER _+
| | (1924 - 1959) m 1947
|_Christine SCHMACHTENBERGER _|
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|_Rita A. CRISTELLI ___________+
(1929 - 2000) m 1947
_Allen GARRISON _____
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_Allen Kenneth GARRISON _|
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| |_Cathryn E. GLASS ___+
| (1906 - ....)
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|--David GARRISON
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|_Sharon STOKES __________|
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_John GARROD ________|
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|--John Robert GARROD
| (1848 - 1935)
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|_Susan BALAN ________|
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GARROD, JOHN ROB
Year of Record: 1872 Source Reference: page 458
Comments: Elgin County - marriage
Event Description: Marriage Registrations; Office of the Registrar General; (RG 80-5); Archives of Ontario, Toronto: microfilm group MS932, reel 8, unit 80-5-0-26, volume 25
John Robert GARROD, 25, England, St. Thomas, carpenter, s/o John & Susan
married Harriett AUSTIN, 25, England, St. Thomas, d/o Thomas & Jane
Wit: Henry DONALDSON & Allenta WALLACE both of St. Thomas on 06 June 1873 at St. Thomas
Reg# 002979, John Robert GARROD, 45, England, St. Thomas, widower, builder, s/o John GARROD & Susan BALAN(?)
married Agnes Lyons, 29, County Down Ireland, St. Thomas, d/o Thomas LYONS & Mary Jane BROWN
Wit: George BILLINGS & Jane GARROD both of St. Thomas on 01 November 1892 at St. Thomas
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_William MCGREGOR ___|
| (1831 - 1915) |
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|--John Robert MCGREGOR
| (1863 - 1928)
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|_Jennett ____________|
(1835 - 1911) |
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St. Thomas Man Meets His Death in Crash Near the Welland Junction
FIREMAN IS INJURED
Passengers Escape With Shaking Up; Signals Misunderstood
Wabash passenger train No.6, sideswiping C.N.R. freight train No. 3455, five and one-half miles east of Welland, near Robins, at 1:35 a.m. Wednesday resulted in the death of Engineer John R. McGregor, Yarwood street, St. Thomas, and minor injuries to Fireman John Tolmie, 159 Balaclava street, St. Thomas. The C.N.R. freight train out of Fort Erie with 78 freight cars, attempted to get in a side-track which was only supposed to hold about 60 cars, so that about 14 cars could not be accommodated and stood foul of the main line. Warning signals were posted, officials say, but it is believed that Engineer McGregor misunderstoon or failed because of fog to see the signals and sideswiped the freight. The engine struck a big steel car containing coal and was thrown on its side in the ditch while the baggage car was also derailed. No passenger coaches were derailed. The lives of a hundred or more passengers were imperilled but all escaped with a few scratches. All suffered from shock.
Stuck to His Post - Engineer McGregor remained at his post when the crash occurred and the locomotive went into the ditch and when found he was immersed in about five feet of water, having been scalded to death. Fireman John Tolmie, according to reports, was putting in a fire at the time, standing mid way between the tender and the engine and was thrown clear of the engine and escaped with a severe shaking up. At his home Wednesday morning Mrs. Tolmie reported that her husband was resting easily, although suffering considerably from shock.
Will Investigate - When interviewed Superintendent H.W.Matthews reported that an investigation was to be held immediately to ascertain the cause of the wreck, but he believed that the deceased had misunderstood the signals and hadn't stopped in time to prevent a collision...
Niagara Falls, Ont. Oct. 10 (Can. Press)
John McGregor, engineer, was killed, and several passengers injured today in a collision between a Wabash passenger train and a freight car near Stevensville, eighteen miles from here. The injured people were taken to Buffalo.
The freight train was on a siding but it is understood the rear end had not cleared the main line and the passenger train ploughed through.
The passenger train was bound from Detroit to Buffalo and most of the passengers were in their berths at the time of the accident. Scenes of indescribable confusion followed in the darkness.
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...The remains of Mr. McGregor are being brought to the city were recovered with difficulty as the cab of the engine was full of escaping steam and water. It was sometime before his body was located and hauled from the boiling water after which a jury was immediately empannelled to probe his death. The crew of both trains acted quickly but had no chance to save Mr. McGregor.
Local officials rushed to the scene of the Wabash wreck with the auxiliary from here. O.W. Duff, assistant-superintendent; D.Britt, road foreman of engines; Division Engineer William E. Mellor and General Car Foreman James Farley accompanied the ausiliary. Master Mechanic J.N. Robertson left for the scene Wednesday afternoon.
"The wreck itself was not serious," Mr. Matthews said. "There will be little property damage, if any, but it was certainly a sad affair and cost the life of one of our most valued pilots." Mr. McGregor was rated as one of the best locomotive engineers on the line getting his train to its destination virtually on scheduled time if there was a possible chance.
John R. McGregor Was Head of Wabash B of L.E. Division; A Lover of Roses
John R. McGregor, who met death in the wreck of a Wabash train at Robbins, west of Welland Junction at two o'clock Wednesday morning, was one of the oldest and best-known railwaymen in St. Thomas, having spent his entire life in the service. He was in his 65th year.
Born at Guelph on September 4, 1864, of parents who were both born in Scotland, he was only eleven years old when he was taken to Niagara Falls, Ont. There he lived until he was twenty years old, then came to St. Thomas and has resided here ever since. He has thus wokred out of St. Thomas for the past forty-four years, rising from a humble position on th railway to be one of the most responsible and trusted engineers on the Wabash system. At the time of his death he was the chief of the local Wabash division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a director of the Wabash Air Brake School. He was a member of St. Thomas Lodge, No. 44, A.F. and A.M. and an adherent of Alma street Presbyterian church.
Ardent Horticulurist - Mr. McGregor was a man of many fine qualities ever ready to help a comrade, and although the call of duty gave him little time for social work, he had high ideals. What leisure time was available to him he devoted almost entirely to his garden, which was one of the show places of St. Thomas, and did his full share to justify the claim of St. Thomas to being "The Flower City." Mr. McGregor specialized in roses, and his garden at his home, 23 Yarwood street, was visited by a great many people in and out of town throughout the season.
Mourning his untimely death are his widwo, formerly Mary Watson; one son, William R.R., who lives at River Bank, California; two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Galloway, Sarnia, and Miss Margaret, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. Josh Jepson and Mrs. John Crawford, Niagara Falls. He will also be sincerely mourned by a host of friends on the railroad and in the city.
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The funeral arrangements ahve not been completed, but interment will take place at Fairview cemetery in Niagara Falls.
3057-92 (Elgin Co): John McGREGOR, 28, locomotive engineer, Guelph, St. Thomas, s/o William & Janet, married Mary Ann WATSON, 25, Scotland, St. Thomas, d/o Alex & Mary, witn: John STANFORD & Janet STRAUBURY, both of St. Thomas, 28 May 1892 at St. Thomas
_Simon SNIDER ____________
| (1810 - 1890) m 1841
_Martin SNIDER ______|
| (1842 - ....) |
| |_Salome SCHMACHTENBERGER _+
| (1817 - 1892) m 1841
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|--Rosetta SNIDER
| (1873 - ....)
| __________________________
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|_Mary Joann KRING ___|
(1847 - ....) |
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