Notes:

Buried:
Brown granite monument with pair of blue jays & a bull dog.

Family/Spouse: Helen Margaret GOUDIE. Helen was born on 9 Jun 1924 in Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Sep 2017 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Steven William GERRIE was born on 9 Jun 1952 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 10 Sep 2009 in Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery.

Notes:

Billie is the son of Peter W. Gerrie & Mary Felker.

Buried:
Fergus. Monument New B 1 - 3.

William married Florence Jeanette LILLIE on 16 Mar 1921 in Wellington Co., Ontario. Florence was born on 2 Mar 1903 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 8 May 1982 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Belsyde Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Florence is the daughter of Janet Borthwick & Joseph J Lillie.

Birth:


Buried:
Monument New B - 1- 3; Fergus

Notes:

Peter is the son of Margaret & George W Gerrie, both born Scotland.

Mary Felker married Peter Gerrie, a brother of Margaret (Spiers?), Mrs. John Cook.
Their family included George & Bill Gerrie of Fergus, and others.
Ref: Tweedsmuir History, Bellwood, Garafara Twp., Wellington Co. - - -

Died:
- moved around a bit.

Buried:
Grey pilar Monument

Peter married Mary FELKER, .8 on 2 Mar 1881 in Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Mary (daughter of Francis ELIAS FELKER, .1 and Margaret MARY SPEARS) was born in Jul 1857 in Belwood, Garafraxa West Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; died on 29 Apr 1924 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in McKee Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary.8 is the daughter of Margaret MARY Spears & Francis Elias Felker.

. Ontario Marriage Certificate 012204-81 (Wellington Co.)
Peter Gerrie, 28, Farmer, Scotland, West Garafraxa, s/o Margaret & George W. Gerrie,
married Mary Felker, 23, West Garafraxa, West Garafraxa,
d/o Francis E. Felker & Margaret Felker,
Witn.: William Gerrie, Elizabeth Black both of West Garafraxa, March 2, 1881, at West Garafraxa

. Mary Felker, was the half-sister of the four Black children. She married Peter Gerrie of 5th Line of W Gara, Lot 9.
Felker Family History, compiled by Mrs. T J. Hutchinson, MaRCH 23, 1981:

. Photo: David Black Family of W. Garafraxa, Mary Felker, back row right. Mrs. Pete Gerrie who lived near Fergus. &
Grandmother Margaret Spears Felker, 2nd row 2nd from right, i.e. the older female.

. Mary Felker of W half Lot 16, Con 7, 6th Line, W. Gara. Peter & Mary seemed to move around a bit but later lived on the Harvey Davies farm, in the old log house where Dr. Abraham Groves performed his first appendix operation.

. Mary Felker married Peter W Gerrie of the Shands area. They are buried in McKeen's cemetery. Mary & Peter became the parents of George, David, Mabel, Violet, Billie & Wallace.

. Mary Felker the half-sister [ of the 4 Black children David, John & Nancy & Wm. J. Black], married Peter Gerrier of the 5th Line of W. Gara, Lot 9.
Peter was a brother of Mrs. John Cook;
Mary's family were Twins George & David
. Geo. married Annie Lang of Fergus;
. David married Annie Sanderson;

. Twins Mabel & boy who died - Mabel, Mrs Geo. Weatherston;
Violet who married Charles Leybourne;
William who married Florence Lillie; &
Wallace who lived in Erin Village & died in Erin years ago.

. c 1890 - Mary & Peter Gerrie's grandchildren:Bill & Florence live in Fergus: Tom, Joe & Wilma, Mrs Glen Actison. Ken is in Oakville. Marjorie, Mrs John Keeswatter is in Waterloo.
Ref: Wellington Co. Museum & Archives.
Photo: members of David Black family of West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County with key to names: back row left to right: Jennie Black, Mrs. Jas. Mason (Mrs. Frank Vallery), John Black of Grand Valley, Nancy Black (Mrs. Dave Armstrong of Mimosa), Wm. J. Black (of Amaranth Township), Mary Felker (Mrs. Pete Gerrie who lived near Fergus), centre row: Annie Black (Mrs. Jack Gilkison of Harriston), Grandpa David Black (born Puslinch Township), Grandma Margaret Spears (Felker) Black, Lizzie Black (Mrs. Bill Spears of Gorrie), front row seated: Laura Black (Mrs. Ben Allen of Grand Valley) note - all were born in West Garafraxa Twp. except Laura Black
Ref: Wellington Co. Archives & Museum, Ontario. - - -

Birth:
Lot 6W, Con 5

Died:
Aged in her 68th year.

Notes:

. 1851 Census Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., p. 47,
Lewis Folker is 56, Meth, born US 1796, living in Log house
with wife Mary, 54, b. 1797
Mariah, age 23 b. about 1828
Martha, age 17
Elias, age 20
Abraham, 18
Nearby are sons John & William with their families.

. 1858 Mar 1- April Letters remaining in the Grafraxa Post Office: John Fokes, Elias Fulker, Geo. Skine Post Master.
Ref: British Constitution Newspaper.

. About 1870 Elias Felker died of what was then called Blood Flux, something resembling Typhoid Fever, we presume. A son had died in childhood when a limb of a tree had fallen on him in the bush. - - -

Died:
COD: Bloody flux, Typhoid Fever. Aged 28y.

Buried:
Monument S14-13. Recombinant monument cracked in 3 pieces, with willow tree.

Francis married Margaret MARY SPEARS on 1 Jul 1857 in Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Margaret was born on 20 Feb 1835 in Lucknow, Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 9 Feb 1908 in Amaranth Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario; was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret's made name was Spears. She came from Lucknow, to which area her parents had travelled by wagon, across country from Bond Head. She was a niece of Mrs. Bosomworth of Elora (who trained the girls as dressmakers.
Great-grandmother Spears may have been a Sharp. Because of this relationship, Margaret Spears came to Elora to learn dress making from a Miss or Mrs. Bosomwith. Wm. Spears was her brother.

From this 2nd marriage for both Mr & Mrs. David Black, 4 more children were born: David Henry, Twins John & Nancy & William James Black.

. 1890 - Photo: members of David Black family of West Garafraxa Township, Wellington County with key to names: back row left to right: Jennie Black, Mrs. Jas. Mason (Mrs. Frank Vallery), John Black of Grand Valley, Nancy Black (Mrs. Dave Armstrong of Mimosa), Wm. J. Black (of Amaranth Township), Mary Felker (Mrs. Pete Gerrie who lived near Fergus), centre row: Annie Black (Mrs. Jack Gilkison of Harriston), Grandpa David Black (born Puslinch Township), Grandma Margaret Spears (Felker) Black, Lizzie Black (Mrs. Bill Spears of Gorrie), front row seated: Laura Black (Mrs. Ben Allen of Grand Valley) note - all were born in West Garafraxa Twp. except Laura Black
Ref: Wellington Co. Archives & Museum, Ontario. - - -- - -

Died:
W L8, C9; COD arteriosclerosis.