William Robert McClelland

1864 - 1938  (74 years)

• Name	William Robert McClelland
  Birth	4 Feb 1864	Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1901	Niagara, Niagara, ONT ; age 37, born Feb 4, 1864 in ONT, general machinist
  Census	1911	Niagara, Lincoln, ONT ; age 47, born Feb 1864 in ONT, retail grocer
  Census	1921	Niagara, Lincoln, ONT ; age 45, born ONT, grocery merchant, parents born IRE/IRE
  Death	4 Jul 1938	Niagara, Lincoln, ONT
  Burial	6 Jul 1938	Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ONT
  Person ID	I1862	Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	William McClelland
  Mother	Mary Davey
  Family ID	F2980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Lebar Cudaback,   b. 24 Mar 1875, Youngstown, Niagara, NY
  Marriage	20 Aug 1893	Niagara Falls, Niagara, ONT
  Notes	from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 24 Aug 1893 (fultonhistory.com) AN ELOPEMENT Youngstown Social Circles Receive a Surpise in the Marriage of a Belle on Sunday Evening. WEDDED IN NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. YOUNGSTOWN, Aug. 24.-[Special.]-An elopement has caused considerable gossip among the inhabitants of this burg. Miss Nellie Cadaback, daughter of Capt. Harvey Cudaback and wife, was married on Sunday evening, August 20, to William R. McClelland, of Niagara, Ont. The young couple left this village Sunday eveniug and drove to Niagara. Falls, Ont., where the ceremony was performed in Christ church by the Rev. Richard Harrison, rector of St. Mathias church in Toronto. The young lady in question is a society belle and it is understood was engaged to a young gentleman in New York city. Tbe marriage was to have occurred next month, but it now appears that Canada will receive the handsome young lady. Mr. McClelland is a popular young man in Niagara, where he conducts a large grocery store. The happy couple willmake their home in that town.
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2013

  
  

• Notes

  from "A History of Ontario: its resources and development" by Alexander Fraser, 1907 WILLIAM ROBERT McCLELLAND William Robert McClelland, a general merchant at Niagara-on-the-Lake, was here born in the 4th of February, 1863. His father, William W. McClelland, was a native of the north of Ireland, born in the county of Armagh and in 1852 he crossed the briny deep to Canada, settling at Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he opened a general store. He has since been associated with mercantile interests, and although seventy-four years of age he is still active in the management and conduct of the business. He represented the west ward as councillor for twenty-five years. In early manhood he wedded Mary A. Davey, the daughter of James Davey of Cornwall, born in the Province of Quebec. One son of the family , Fred, H. McClelland, born at Niagara-on-the-Lake, is employed in his father's store. A sister, Mary Maude McClelland, was also born at Niagara-on-the-Lake. William R. McClelland, whose name introduces this record, attended the public schools and the York Academy, also the high school at Niagara-on-the-Lake. His mental discipline and training well qualified him for the onerous duties in later life, and after leaving school he was employed for ten years as accountant in his father's store. He then went to Chicago, where he spent two years as a salesman in the store of Neeban & Iciban of Japan. On the expiration of that period he returned to Niagara-on-the-Lake and took full charge of his father's business. Mr. McClelland married Miss Nellie La Barre Cudaback, a daughter of Captain Harvey Cudaback of Yongetown. For six terms he filled the office of town councillor and did effective service in this position. In politics he is a Reformer. He belongs to the Methodist Church and is a charter member of the Niagara Historical Society, being deeply interested in historical research. He belongs to Masonic lodge, No. 2, to Niagara chapter, No. 55, and to Knight Templar commandery, while of the Ancient Order of United Workmen he is also a past master.