Elizabeth Smith of Barrie (1834-1912)

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Elizabeth Smith, b. 11 October 1834 in Canada, d. 8 July 1912 in Barrie, Ontario
         Father: Thomas Smith, b. 1800
           Mother: Eliza James (married 24 May 1827 in Toronto, Canada)

Elizabeth Cundle (Smith)

   Elizabeth Smith became the eldest child of Thomas after the death of her sister, Ann, in 1832.  Thomas had a very strong connection with the village of Barrie and likely knew the Cundle family who were pioneers in the area.  His youngest daughter, Mary, is  listed in the  1861 census  as  "born in Barrie".  He had moved back to live  with the Cundle family for the 1881 census and died there in 1888. 

   Tragedy harried the Cundle family.  Thomas and Sidney died of Typhoid Fever at an early age.  Richard also died before his mother.  Thomas Sr. died after an illness that lingered on and Elizabeth Jr. suffered from a debilitating liver condition. I have not discovered any grand children, however the McCarthy's reportedly had a child.  I have no information on William.
      The Cundle family was wealthy.  Richard Smith Cundle's will  (Cundle wills) lists six separate properties left to his mother and valued at $16,550 which in today's money would be in excess of a million. The Cundles sold their home in Barrie to the Brown family in 1889 however members of the family continued to live in the town for many years.  The marriage of Elizabeth Maria is recorded in Barrie in 1894 and all members of the family including Elizabeth senior are buried in the Barrie Cemetery.

Spouse: Thomas Cundle, b. 1823, d. 19 May 1892 in Barrie, Ontario

Thomas Cundle

              Married in Barrie, Ontario.

Children and Grandchildren:
Richard Smith Cundle, b. 1856 in Barrie, Ontario
Thomas Smith Cundle, b. 1860 in Barrie, Ontario, d. 23 February 1885 in Barrie, Ontario
Sidney Edwin Cundle, b. 1864 in Barrie, Ontario, d. 4 December 1883 in Barrie, Ontario
Archibald Charles Cundle, b. 29 March 1868 in Barrie, Ontario d. 4 November 1925
Elizabeth Maria Cundle, b. 28 August 1870 in Barrie, Ontario, m. Thomas A. McCarthy, d. 18 September 1922 in Barrie, Ontario

Elizabeth Maria Cundle

William Ardagh Cundle, b. 1874 in Barrie m. Gertrude Russel, 1905;  lived in USA

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Cundles: A Pleasant Village

In the 1800s, the road north ofrom the town of Barrie was a dirt road, full of potholes in the summer and huge snowdrifts in the winter.  About a half-mile from the start of Bayfield Street you came to the top of a steep hill, and just before the hill, was the village of Cundles.  This small community began near the present Ferris Lande and ended at Cundles Road. It was made up mostly of a collection of small frame cottages fronting on both sides of the road and part-way up Ferris Lane.  p. 367 History of Vespra Township

Cundle School House

   In 1885, Thomas Cundle donated the land and material to construct the first school, S.S. No. 1, Vespra, on the southeast corner of Cundles and Bayfield Streets.  It was a typical one

room, red brick school house and served to educate the children from the community, until 1957.

The Cundle Home in Barrie

 

  On October 30, 1868, Thomas Cundle purchased the E 1/2, Lot 20, Conc. 5, Vespra, from May Radenhurst of Toronto and started construction of his home.  Being a prominent lumberman, he availed himself of the choicest of white pine from the present site of Camp Borden to build this house.  The bricks came from Freek's Brick Yard on St. Vincent Street.  The house was a centre-hall plan, and had 14 rooms,  and six fireplaces. A large veranda flanked the house on the south, east, and north sides.  The well was hand-dug to a depth of 120 feet and, as it was hardpan all the way, no cribbing was required.  The water was pumped by a windmill, mounted on the roof of the large brick woodshed on the back of the house.

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