John JEFFREY
1844 - 1890 (46 years)-
Name John JEFFREY Born 14 Feb 1844 Cobourg, Ontario 
[1] Gender Male Died 4 Mar 1890 Owen Sound, Ontario [1, 2] Buried 7 Mar 1890 Cobourg Union Cemetery, Cobourg, Ontario [3, 4] Person ID I6 John Cowan Family Tree Last Modified 11 Mar 2020
Father Honourable Andrew JEFFREY
b. 17 Feb 1800, Foulden, Scotland
d. 27 Jul 1863, Cobourg, Ontario (Age 63 years) Mother Janet HALL
b. 21 May 1808, Clackmannan, Scotland
d. 10 Oct 1851, Cobourg, Ontario (Age 43 years) Married 18 Feb 1828 Cobourg, Ontario, Canada [1] Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary SUTHERLAND
b. 19 Aug 1846, Cobourg, Ontario
d. 4 May 1924, Toronto (Age 77 years) [1] Married 24 Oct 1866 Port Burwell, Ontario [1] Children 1. Janet Maud JEFFREY
b. 6 Jun 1867
d. 4 May 1939, Toronto (Age 71 years)2. Alexander Hall JEFFREY
b. 8 May 1869
d. 11 Apr 1942, Toronto, Ontario (Age 72 years)3. Mary Ethelwyn JEFFREY
b. 14 Dec 1873
d. 21 Mar 1952, Montreal (Age 78 years)4. John Russell JEFFREY
b. 15 Nov 1874
d. 10 Feb 1960, Toronto (Age 85 years)5. Daughter JEFFREY
b. 11 May 1879
d. 12 May 1879 (Age 0 years)6. Douglas Sutherland JEFFREY
b. 13 Sep 1880
d. 26 Aug 1881 (Age 0 years)7. Fraser JEFFREY
b. 23 Jan 1884, Cobourg, Ontario
d. 24 Mar 1960, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Age 76 years)8. Jessie Belle JEFFREY
b. 22 Jul 1885, Cobourg, Ontario
d. Abt 1975, Toronto (Age 89 years)Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Businesses
1873 he was in business in Cobourg with FJ Hall as Jeffrey& Co (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-D).
1874 he was issuing marriage licenses at his hardware store (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-E).
1875 News article describes him as "one of our most successful (hardware) merchants." (in Cobourg) (Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-F)
1883 "Jeffrey & MacNachtan" hardware was operating on King Street (see History published in 1937 - Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21. Note that Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 27b states Jeffrey sold in 1881 and spelling was slightly different.)
Business Manager of the Polson Iron Works in Owen Sound at the time of his sudden death. Funeral was at the CPR station in Owen Sound.
He visited and signed the guest book of sister Janet (Jessie) Jeffrey (see Janet Jeffrey Libary Item 4 Page 3). Another copy of his death notice is in this book.
William Campbell's files say marriage was Aug 24th, not Oct 24th 1866
1875 Cobourg newspaper reports he was building "a fine new mansion on Ontario Street" (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-F). This is now 110 Ontario Street, a private residence. It was known for a while as Ilahee Lodge. He sold it to William R. Ridell in 1877 See also Library Item 7. https://townofcobourg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=983947c13df94ff69563e8c2378c0eab%20
He commissioned the building of a 43 foot steam yacht ('Fairy') in about 1880 to be operated by Frank Polson. See Library/John Jeffrey/Item
1871 Census shows the John Jeffrey household(see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 28 P2)
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Sources - [S3] John Jeffrey Bible, Mary Sutherland, Library/John Jeffrey/2-John Jeffrey Bible. (Reliability: 2).
- [S14] Two Articles re John Jeffrey and Mary Hutchison, Page 1, Col 1 (Reliability: 2), 1 Nov 2017.
Report of sudden death after 18 months of living in Owen Sound. Widely respected in Owen Sound. 8 day illness started with influenza leading to lung inflammation. - [S4] Cobourg Union Cemetery, Lot 26-7-B (Reliability: 3).
West end, south of the back road, facing the river - [S109] Cobourg Union Cemetery, M Cabardos, Superintendent, (Computer record of interments), Library/Misc Stuff/1a. (Reliability: 3), 8 May 2019.
- [S3] John Jeffrey Bible, Mary Sutherland, Library/John Jeffrey/2-John Jeffrey Bible. (Reliability: 2).