Edgerton Green Greer |
Edgerton Green Greer<br>Nick name: Egey Greer<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: May 20 1859 - Albion twp., Peel County, Ontario, Canada<br>Marriage: Spouse: Mary Jane McLennan - Sep 29 1886 - Manse, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada<br>Residence: 1871 - Saugeen, Bruce, Ontario, Canada<br>Residence: 1881 - Saugeen, Bruce, Ontario, Canada<br>Residence: Mar 31 1901 - Alberta, The Territories, Canada<br>Residence: 1916 - Alberta, Canada<br>Death: Aug 18 1941 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>Burial: Aug 1941 - Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<br>Parents: Thomas Greer, Ellen Maria Greer (born McDonald)<br>Wife: Mary Jane Greer (born McLennan)<br>Children: Ethel Maude Greer, Albert Francis Greer, George Greer, Laura Helen Greer, Florence Irene Greer<br>Siblings: Mary Ann Leeder (born Greer), Margaret Jane Greer, George McDonald Greer, Thomas David Greer, William John Greer, Christopher Whitton Greer, Francis James Greer, Ellen Maria Standish (born Greer), Jemima Susanna Jarrett (born Greer), Johanna Harriet C. Bryce (born Greer), Albert Alexander Joseph Greer<br> Additional information: LifeSketch:May 20, 1859 - Edgerton Green Greer was born in Albion twp., Peel County, Ontario, Canada======ale - 39 - born 1822 - born in the U.S. - Married - Religion B. MethodistJane - Female - 17 - born 1844 - born in Upper Canada (Ontario) - Single - Religion W. Methodistethodist - Religion B. Methodistio) - Single - Religion B. Methodistnada (Ontario) - Single - Religion B. Methodist - born in Ireland - Religion Wesleyan Methodist - Irish origin - Farmer - Marriedeorge M. - Male - 25 - born in Ontario - Religion Wesleyan Methodist - Irish origin - FarmerEER, Francis - Male - 18 - born in Ontario - Religion Wesleyan Methodist - Irish origin - FarmerON PAGE 22 Joanna - Female - 7 - born in Ontario - Religion Wesleyan Methodist - Irish originst 14, 1876 - Edgerton's father, Thomas David Greer, died in Saugeen twp., Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada - Page 22sh origin - FarmerER Joanna - Female - 17 - born in Ontario - Religion C. Presbyterian - Irish originorn in the United States - Religion C. Presbyterian - Scotch origin6 - Edgerton "Egey" Green Greer was married in Manse, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada to Mary Jane McLennan - daughter of John Angus McLennan and Sarah Ann Mawhinney. Canadian Census - Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada - Taken on April 6, 1891 - Page 2ethodist - Farmer - Employer - Can read & writemale - 22 - Married - Wife - b. Ontario - fb Scotland - mb Ireland - Baptist - Can read & writeptisttral Alberta District, Northwest Territories, Canada - No date listed - Page 5REER Mary - Female - White - Head - Married - b. 18 March 1869 - 32 - b. Ontario - Scotch origin - Methodist origin - Methodista - Irish origin - Methodist3 Dec 1900 - __ - b. Alberta - Irish origin - Methodist- Alberta Province, Calgary District No. 1, Page 2 - Domicile 18 - Family 19n - road making to this census as "Green" and Edgerton's first name was also incorrectly listed in the Index as "Cariton" however a look at the actual census record makes it very clear that Edgerton's name was actually written as "Greer Egerton Green".Robinson - five of whom were employed in the work of road work.d - Male - Single - 56 - b. Ontario - Methodist - Canadian - English - Speak English - Does not speak French - Does not speak any other languages - Can read - Can write (He lived by himself)=============istrict, Alberta Province - Page 7 - Domicile 75 - Family 82=========died at Calgary in 1941. He was married in 1886 to Mary Jane McLennan, who was born in Ontario and died at Vancouver, B.C., in 1938. They had five children. Mr. Greer first worked for the C.P.R., and later was in the construction business.Creek Historical Society, of Millarville, Alberta (1976) teamsters, building the C.P.R. When the railroad was completed E. G. Greer went back to Ontario, married and returned to the Calgary are in 1887. By then his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Standish, had taken up a place just south of Calgary. Greer homesteaded about six miles south of Midnapore. Then owing to extremely dry conditions he went North to the Innisfail district for a few years.winter of 1913 or 14 on the Gray-Donald place. He wintered his teams on straw stacks. In his later years he worked for the Stockland Municipal District building many of it's roads. He lived on the Frank Standish place in the early 1930's, and retired to Calgary where he died in 1941.Edgerton Green Greer, age 82, of 535 Thirteenth avenue east, a resident of Calgary district since 1882, died Sunday in hospital following a brief illness.rt Elgin, Ontario, to come west and help in the construction work of the railroad through Calgary.f the Old Timer's Association of Alberta. For a number of years he was engaged as a road contractor. son, George of Calgary. above was compiled by and submitted here by Kelly Robert Greer
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