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Thurtell and Related Families
Notes for George Davie THURTELL
George Davie Thurtell and his descendants were listed with limited
information in the 1963 Thurtell Family History and the History of the
Thurtell Family done by Susan Persia Thurtell about 1968.
He is listed in the 1871 Ontario Census Index -
File//Wellington/Wellington 82 - Line 104, age 27, born in Ontario,
religion: Church of England, paternal ethnic origin: English, farmer,
District 033, Subdistrict B, Division 2, page 2800 of census.
Much of the information about George Davie Thurtell and his descendants
was received in 1997 from Charlotte Mackie.
The Halton Local History internet index (http://spartan.
hhpl.on.ca/localhistory/forms.htm) shows the death notice for George
David (error on middle name) Thurtell appeared in the "Acton Free Press"
on February 6, 1908, on page 2, column 1.
A brochure prepared by Charlotte V. Mackie, of Guelph, Ontario, "Benjamin
Thurtell and Descendants" for the "Woodlawn Cemetery Self Guided Memorial
Walking Tour," Woodlawn Cemetery, 762 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario,
Canada N1H 3Z1, shows that George Davie Thurtell was educated in
Dorchester, England. It shows that he and his wife, Fanny Cecilia
Harland, "lived at Westholme, the old West End homestead, and upon the
death of his uncle, James Davie, George & Fanny with their family of
three children, Guy, Mary & Leonard, moved into town, having purchased
'Maplewood' on Dublin Street. The Thurtell sale day was on Apr. 13,
1886, and the farm was rented to Alfred Watson, a relative. 'In
disposition, Mr. Thurtell was very retiring, and averse to anything like
publicity or public life. In politics he was Conservative, and he was a
member of and staunch adherent of the Church of England. Strictly
upright and honourable, Mr. Thurtell was at the same time liberal and
generous, entirely without ostentation, often sending his gifts and
charities anonymously. Years of ill health were borne by him with much
patience and cheerfulness.' He died of heart disease at home on February
3rd, 1908, at 64 yrs of age. The survivors were Guy Thurtell living on
the homestead, Mary Davie 'Daisy' Sharpe of Jamaica, an elder brother
Francis Thurtell of Traverse City, Mich. and a sister, Harriett Thurtell
of Hamilton."
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