Family of John Robert Linder and Annie Wallace

Birth

John Robert Linder was the second child of William Linder and Charlotte Randall. From the wee Bible of his sister-in-law, Emily Walker Linder, John was born on May 13, 1865 and he was also known as Jack. The marriage of his daughter Grace records that he was born in Elmira, which is to be expected. The Census of 1871 lists John at age 5 living with the family in Elmira. In 1881 John is still at home and working as a Farm Labourer, his father having died earlier in the year.

Marriage

John Linder and Annie Wallace were wed in Waterloo on August 20, 1890. The 1891 registry of Ontario Marriages records the marriage, #011-708:

   Name:      John R Linder
   Age:       25
   Residence: Elmira
   Born:      Elmira
              B[achelor]
   Occ:       Laborer
   Parents:   William & Charlotte Linder
   Relig:     Presbyterian

   Bride:     Annie Wallace
   Age:       19
   Residence: Doon
   Born:      Brussels
              S[pinster]
   Parents:   Robert & Joan Wallace
   Relig:     Presbyterian

   Witness:   John Uttley, Waterloo
              Catherine Uttley, "
   Date:      20th August 1890
   Place:     Waterloo
   By:        Rev A E Mitchell
              L[icense]

• How interesting that John R and Catherine Uttley were witnesses to this marriage.

John lived in Galt, Ontario when on December 24, 1894, he and Anna Uttley witnessed the marriage of Mary Jane Uttley and Henry Allen Parr in Doon Ontario.

The Census in the spring of 1891 records John at age 26 employed as a Labourer with his wife Annie, age 19. In addition a son Alex, age 1 year, is listed but there is no record of this boy in the family Bible or the Ontario Birth/Death indexes. The 1901 Census reports John and Annie W. in Elmira, with four children: Willie, Ephraim, Edward and Levina B.

Deaths

   Name:       Linder, John Robert
   Place of death:  109 King St S, Waterloo
               male, Canadian, married
   Age:        58 yrs, 7 mo, 24 dys
   Occ:        Mason, five weeks
   Former Occ: Millroom, Tire Factory, 4 years
   Father:     Wm Linder, England
   Mother:     Charlott Randall, Canada
   Informant:  Edward Linder, Waterloo
   Buried:     Mount Hope Cemetery, Jan 9th 1923
   Date of Death:  Jan 7th 1923

   Medical
   Cause:      Carcinoma of oesophagus
               Carcinomas in leg & liver
               Two operations before death
   Physician:  J.M. Livingston, MD, Waterloo
   Registered: Jan 9th, 1923

John's obituary was printed in The Daily Record on Monday Jan 8, 1923, page 2:

OBITUARY -------- Mr. J. R. Linder     The death occurrect yesterday afternoon of a well known citizen of town in the person of J. R. Linder the deceased being in his 59th year. The past eight months the deceased has been confined to the house suffering with cancer and while he showed improvement at times death finally intervened. The late Mr. Linder has been a resident of town for some years [and he] followed the occupation of mason. To mourn his death there are left the sorrowing widow, three sons, William, Ephraim and Edward of town, five daughters, Mrs. J. Harris, Detroit, Mrs. T. Wettlauffer and Mrs. E. Clutterbuch, of town, and Marguerite and Edna at home. Deep sympathy is extended the bereaved in this their hour of sorrow.     The funeral will take place from his late residence 109 King street south on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock to Mt. Hope cemetery for interment.

• John's obituary and his death record says only that he was buried in Mt Hope Cemetery without including if it was Kitchener or Waterloo. There is no headstone.
• The ledger of burials at Waterloo Mt Hope Cemetery includes the name of Mr. John Linder in early 1923 with a note that he was buried in the "free" (or pauper) section

Annie survived her husband by more than 20 years. Her obituary is in the Kitchener Record of Thursday February 22, 1945, page 15:

Obituary MRS. ANNA LINDER     Mrs. Anna Linder, who resided at 48 Erb St. E., Waterloo, died yesterday noon at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 72. She was born May 27, 1872 at Haysville to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace. Her husband, John R. Linder, died 22 years ago. Mrs. Linder attended Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo.     Surviving are three sons and three daughters: William of Waterloo, Ephriam [sic] of Kitchener, Edward of North Bay, Mrs. Harris Bell [sic] of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Grace Wettlaufer and Mrs. Edna Hodgson of Kitchener. One brother, William Wallace of Hamilton, 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren also survive.     The funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Rev. John V. Mills, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Woodland Cemetery. The remains are resting at the funeral home.

• Her husband John was buried in an unmarked grave at Waterloo Mt Hope Cemetery while Annie's reports her burial will be in Woodland Cemetery in the east side of Kitchener. Annie is buried in Woodland with her daughter Grace and Grace's daughters Ruth and Rosemary.
• Annie's birthdate in the 1901 Census is given as May 24, 1871. Her obit tells us the date was May 27, 1872. Until more evidence is found, the information from 1901 will take precedence.
  • The Ontario Birth Archive lists the birth of Annie Maud Wallace on June 02, 1871 in North Norich Township, and
  • Anna Eliza Wallace was born on July 30, 1872 in Camden, and
  • an unnamed child with the surname of Wallace was born on May 26, 1872, also in Camden. The search continues.

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