McGregor

(submitted by Lewis Edmond McGregor)

In 1840 Archibald McGregor arrived in Warwick Twp. from Ireland. He took up residence on the west ½ of Lot 20, Con. 1 NER. He arrived with two daughters and two sons. It is believed his wife had died in Ireland. The second son Archibald never married. Eliza Ann married Shalto Galloway of Adelaide Twp. and Lucinda Francis married Daniel Kewley of Port Huron.

Archibald’s eldest son Thomas married Ann Merritt, who also was born in Ireland, and immigrated to London in 1855. They raised a family of six sons and three daughters, one other son and one daughter dying young. Thomas inherited the farm from his father. It was sold in 1902.

Their fifth born, Robert Edmund (Ed) McGregor (1872–), was born at the farm residence. Ed married Mary Jane Williamson (1877–), who was the daughter of James Williamson and Caroline Minielly. The Williamsons lived on Lot 2, Con. 5 SER.

Ed and Mary Jane were married in 1896 and moved to Enniskillen Twp. Here they raised five sons and two daughters. In 1927 Ed and his son Clarence Edmund Leslie (Clare) opened a Chrysler dealership in Forest.

Clare married Viola Elizabeth Lewis (1930–), daughter of Fredrick Lewis and Annie Ingram. They raised three sons and three daughters. They lived in Forest until 1935 when they moved to the east ½ of Lot 10, Con. 6 NER Warwick, now known as Hickory Creek Line. In 1937 they purchased the east ½ of Lot 10, Con. 7 NER, where the family moved in 1942, after the house was remodelled. Clare rented another 400 acres in the area. They raised livestock and cash crop. They moved back to Forest in 1947 and the farm was later sold.

Clare and Viola were the parents of Lewis (Lew) McGregor, who married Warwick native Elda Goodhand, daughter of Carroll Goodhand and Marguerite Stephenson.

Mary Jane (Williamson) and husband Robert Edmund (Ed) McGregor, 1896. Courtesy L McGregor.

Chapter 24 of 25 - McGregor Family

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