The Family Herald
Vol. 1 Issue 4
15 March 2004
Greetings
New Hampshire, U.S.A. Maggie died of cancer, and
was buried there. She had four children: Marjory,
Hello to all of our faithful readers. Did not want to
Floyd, Hilroy, and Alice, who was physically disabled
make the March 14th Issue as large as the February
and mute.
Annie Ullock - b. 1874. Annie married Mr. Lewis
paper, so have decided to break it up a little more. It
Clark of Lowell Massachusetts, U.S.A. The couple
makes emailing much easier for all of us.
resided there and had four children: Earle, Marjorie,
Rae, later Mrs. Silver, and Louise, later Mrs. James
Sympathy
Evan Clark.
Cecil Rae Ullock - b. 1876. Rae married 24
Sincerest sympathies are extended to the families of
December 1901 to Mr. Ben Wilson, a chicken
the late Mrs. Vimy Margaret MacInnis and Mr. W.
farmer, and resided in Chazy, New York State,
Renforth S. (Bep) Loggie, who have passed away
U.S.A. They had one daughter, Ruth, later Mrs. Glen
this month.
D. Robbins.
The daughter of the late George and Nellie (Loggie)
Jeremiah Henry Havelock Ullock - b. 1878. d. 1
Jardine, Mrs. MacInnis was the widow of the late
June 1908, aged 30 yrs. Unmarried, Harry was
Leonard MacInnis, son of the late Jack and Nina
employed in the U.S.A., and was home for his
(Taylor) MacInnis. Leonard’s brother, Leigh A. S.
father’s funeral at the time of his death. On his return
MacInnis, is the husband of Ruby Watling, daughter
to Black River for the service, he had a case of
of Mr. and Mrs. James T. D. Watling, Black River
pneumonia, and ignored the pleas by the family that
Bridge, Nana’s younger sister. Vimy was 86.
he remain inside. After spending too much time
Mr. W.R.S. Loggie was the son of the late Dr. W.S.
outdoors talking with the men who had come to pay
and Mabel G. (Gould) Loggie. Dr. W. S. was the son
their last respects to his dearly departed father, his
of the hardy Scottish entrepreneur William Stewart
pneumonia worsened. He died a week after, and
Loggie, founder of the W. S. Loggie Co. Ltd. Bep
was buried in the family plot.
was involved with the company as SecretaryAlice Ullock - b. 1879. Alice married Mr. Frederick
Treasurer upon its centennial in 1973. He was 93.
Hoyle, and resided in Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
They had one son, Frederick B. Hoyle
The Ullocks: The Next
Jr. When just young, Alice choked to
Generation
death after taking an epileptic seizure,
and was buried in the U.S.A.
Jennie D. Ullock - b. 1882. d. 17 June
Issue 4 focused heavily on the families
1883, aged 11 months. She was buried
of Thomas Ullock Sr. and Jeremiah
in the family plot.
Ullock. This Issue will detail the
Charlotte (Lottie) Ullock - b. 9 August
children and grandchildren of
1884. Lottie married Mr. John (Jack)
Jeremiah’s postmaster son, Thomas,
MacNaughton, a barrister from Black
the husband of Margery (Cameron)
River Bridge. They moved to Toronto,
Ullock, whose portrait appeared last
where Mr. MacNaughton continued his
time.
law practice. The couple had five
THOMAS ULLOCK
Fig. 1: Jeremiah Henry Havelock
sons: William, Cameron, Arnold,
b. 19 December 1848. m. 3
Ullock (1878-1908)
George and John.
June 1870. d. 25 May 1908 Josephine MacMaster Ullock - b.
aged 59 yrs.
28
February
1886.
A school teacher in Montreal,
m. MARJORIE CAMERON
Jose
married
Mr.
Dilton
Clark (1900-1967), a
b. 1851. m. 3 June 1870. m. 3 June 1870. d. 8
labourer,
at
the
very
late
age of 59 years, and lived
July 1915 – aged 74 years.
in
New
York
State,
U.S.A.
She was a former
Their Issue:
member of the Black River Lodge, the Riverside
Nettie Ullock - b. 1870. d. 25 September 1926. The
Division No. 457. The couple had no children.
eldest of the family, she worked in a mill in Lowell,
Murdock Cameron Ullock - b. 20 May 1888. d. 21
Massachusetts, U.S.A., where she died, unmarried.
January 1911. Cameron was working in the woods
Her remains were brought to Black River Bridge,
when he was struck with a tree limb, and his lung
where she was buried in the family plot.
damaged. Tuberculosis eventually set in, and that
Margaret Ullock - b. 1872. Maggie married Mr.
led to his demise shortly thereafter. He was living in
Harry Wilson, a milk farmer, and resided in Enfield,
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Black River at the time with his mother, and was
buried in the family plot.
Bessie Valentine Ullock - b. 11 December 1893. d.
24 September 1986. Unmarried, Bessie was a
stenographer by occupation, and a seamstress by
hobby. She boarded with her sister, Annie, for a
number of years, and later with Annie’s daughter
Marjorie. As an older lady, she moved to Monrovia,
California, where she died in her 93rd year.
Ruth Marjorie Ullock - b. 21 June 1894. m. 19
December 1917. d. 30 March 1980. Ruth married
Mr. James Towers Dick
Watling of Black River
Bridge. Upon the death of her
mother in 1915, Ruth became
Postmistress, and retired
from the position in 1961
after forty-six years service.
She received a medal
and special
Fig. 2: Postmistress Ruth
commendation from
Marjorie (Ullock) Watling
Her Majesty The
(1894-1980)
Queen in 1953. The
Black River Bridge Post Office had been in the same
family and the same household for seventy years.
Ruth and Jim, a farmer, labourer, and
representative on the old County Council, had ten
children: Harry, Arnold, Lorna, later Mrs. Byron R.
MacKenzie, Eldon, Byron, Ruby, later Mrs. Leigh A.
MacInnis, Christina, later Mrs. Harold F. Taylor,
Hazel, later Mrs. Calvin C. Williston, Leona, later
Mrs. James W. Fitzpatrick, and Margaret, later Mrs.
Kenneth O. Medwin.
Predeceased by her husband in 1972, Ruth
died in Black River in 1980 at the residence of her
late parents.
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Sources:
New Brunswick Death Records:
Years 1888-1920 and 1920-1952 via
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB)
New Brunswick Late Registrations of Births:
1810-1906 via PANB
The Ullock Family History:
Compiled by Michael Ullock, Vancouver
Northumberland County Census Data:
Years 1851-1891
Family Lore:
Mrs. Lorna MacKenzie & Mr. Harry Watling
W. S. Loggie (1850-1944): A Brief
Genealogy and Company History
In tribute to the late Bep Loggie, I feature a tribute to
his grandfather and the company he created, a
company that had the monopoly on almost every
industry in Northumberland County for over a
century.
The Family
Robert Loggie - Born circa 1750, Scotland. Died
prior 21 June 1814, Miramichi Settlement. Married
prior 1773, Scotland.
m. Marjory Hay - Born circa 1755, Scotland. Died
prior 1812, Miramichi Settlement.
Their Issue:
1. Alexander Loggie. b. 1 December 1773 in Bawds,
Elgin County, Scotland.
2. Margaret Loggie. b. 12 October 1775 in Bawds.
3. William Loggie. b. 24 January 1778 in Bawds.
4. Peter Loggie. b. 19 April 1780 in Bawds.
5. John Loggie. b. 1782 in Miramichi Settlement.
6. Robert Loggie. b. 1793 in
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7. George Loggie. b. 1795 in
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8. Janet Loggie. b. 1805 in
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**The eighth child, Janet, is only mentioned in
Mr. Robert Loggie’s Will.
--------------------------------------------------------------------Robert and Marjory (Hay) Loggie’s third child,
William, b.24 January 1778 in Scotland, married
Jane Urquart of Miramichi in 1804. Jane Urquart:
b.1780. William and Jane had nine children.
Their Issue:
1. Robert Loggie. b. 1805, Miramichi.
2. John Loggie. b. 1807, Miramichi.
3. Peter Loggie. b. 1809, Miramichi.
4. Mary Loggie. b. 1811, Miramichi.
5. Alexander Loggie. b. 1813, Miramichi.
6. William Loggie. b. 1814, Miramichi.
7. Marjory Loggie. b. 1816, Miramichi.
8. George Loggie. b. 1820, Miramichi.
9. Jane Loggie. b. 1823, Miramichi.
--------------------------------------------------------------------William and Jane’s eighth child, George,
b.1820, married to Annie Morrison, daughter of
Finlay Morrison of Oak Point, 11 November 1849.
Annie was born 1815, and died prior to 1860 in
Miramichi. William and Annie (Morrison) Loggie had
five children..
Their Issue:
1. William Stewart Loggie. b. 10 August 1850, Burnt
Church.
2. Jane Loggie. b. 1851 Burnt Church.
3. Finlay Morrison Loggie. b. 1852 Burnt Church.
4. Jane Urquart Loggie. b. 1854 Burnt Church.
5. Peter Loggie. b. 1856 Burnt Church.
---------------------------------------------------------------------George and Annie’s eldest child, William
Stewart Loggie-named for the minister that married
his parents and baptized him, Rev. William Stewartborn 10 August 1850, married Elspeth Burnet Kerr,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kerr of Napan, 5
November 1874. Elspeth b. 21 July 1852. d. 18
February 1927. W. S. died 13 March 1944. William
Stewart and Elspeth (Kerr) Loggie had thirteen
children:
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Their Issue:
1. Elspeth Burnet Loggie. b. 5 January 1876.
d. 18 February 1927.
2. George Morrison Bonar Loggie. b. 26 June 1877.
d. 30 March 1898.
3. James Kerr Loggie. b. 4 February 1879.
d. 25 October 1947.
4. Dr. William Stewart Loggie. b. 11 October 1880.
d. 31 August 1942.
5. Annie Morrison Loggie. b. 19 April 1882.
d. 3 March 1967.
6. Harold Nicholson Loggie. b. 10 December 1883.
d. 21 November 1940.
7. Nina Blanche Loggie. b. 21 September 1885.
d. 6 November 1885.
8. Mary Rae Loggie. b. 17 December 1886.
d. 7 December 1962.
9. Leigh Johnstone Loggie. b. 14 February 1888.
d. 19 September 1977.
10. Jean Isobel Loggie. b. 3 April 1889.
d. 25 March 1971.
11. Warren Peter Loggie. b. 29 April 1891.
d. 3 January 1984.
12. Jettie Crawford Loggie. b. 3 October 1893.
d. 8 August 1894.
13. Dorothy Crawford Loggie. b. 11 October 1896.
d. 12 April 1980.
***The family home on Wellington St., Chatham, built
in 1879 for Mr. Loggie, is now city property and
functions as the “W.S. Loggie Cultural Centre.”
The Company
After leaving the employ of J. B. Snowball in 1872,
young W.S. Loggie, a hardy Miramichi man with
head for business and a descendant of canny Scots
from Morayshire, discerned to start his own business
in Chatham, and that he did. Little did he know,
however, that over 115 years later, there would still
be a business bearing his name.
The first traces of Loggie’s business can be
seen back in the spring of 1873, when W.S. started
a dry goods store in what was then known as the
Commercial Block, a building constructed around
1839 by shipping king Joseph Cunard. The building
is still in use and is currently the location of several
small businesses.
In 1874, Loggie married Miss Elspeth B. Kerr
of Napan, and they had thirteen children, all raised
in the family home on Wellington Street, Chatham.
By the time he married, W.S. was well into his
second year of business and was doing well.
The 4 June 1874 edition of the Union
Advocate, a local newspaper, ran an advertisement
that stated that the recently opened store retailed
“an excellent variety of staple and fancy dry goods,
hats and caps, Canadian and Scotch tweeds,
groceries, provisions, hardware, cutlery, crockery,
and a large assortment of other goods which will be
offered at a fair rate.”
Things changed, though, in 1894, when the
company ran into financial troubles. However, with
the intuition for business that had been bred into
him, W.S. recovered his business, and the
determination to incorporate his company was made
a reality in November of that year.
The company was gradually expanding; branches
were opened in Shippegan, Inkerman, Caraquet,
Kouchibouquac, Tabisuntac, Hardwicke, Petit
Rocher, N.B., and many other areas along the North
Shore. From Loggie’s in Chatham alone, one could
purchase shoes, groceries, hardware, lady’s, men’s,
and children’s wear; later in the 1930’s, automobiles
were added to the list.
W.S. Loggie Co. Ltd. was not only focused on dry
goods, etc.; the company was also retailing fresh
and canned fish and blueberries, lumber products,
and also boasted a tin shop and several brick yards.
Business was not everything to W.S. Loggie,
however. He was a great family man, an active
member of the church, and was very active in all
levels of government. He was made an elder of St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in 1878, and also
administered the Sunday School program there for a
number of years.
He served on the first Chatham town council in
1896, was third mayor of the community (1900-01),
president of the Board of Trade in 1895 when it was
first founded, president of the Maritime Board of
Trade in 1900, Member of Legislative Assembly of
New Brunswick (1903-1904), and a member of the
Federal Parliament for the Miramichi riding (19041921).
When he came of age, W.S.’s son Kerr
assumed the post of General Manager. He was a
great asset to the business, and surely W.S.
appreciated Kerr’s interest in the family company.
Kerr was very much like his father, being a strong
Liberal and a member of the Temperance
movement. He was also involved in politics, being
elected Mayor of Chatham in 1925. He was also
chairman of the school board, and a one-time
President of Branch #3 Royal Canadian Legion.
In those ways Kerr was very much like W.S.,
but while his father was soft-spoken, Kerr enjoyed
nothing more than a good argument.
When War broke out in 1914, Kerr signed up
and was shipped overseas in the Second Contingent
He left his younger brother, Leigh J. Loggie, in the
capacity of General Manager. Kerr returned after the
Great War and regained his post.
Business was as usual until W.S. decided to
retire from public life in 1921. That same year, he
retired from work with the company. Of course, even
though Kerr was serving as General Manager, W.S.
was always in the background. With the death of
Mrs. Loggie in 1927, W.S. remained loyal to the
business right up until his own demise in 1944.
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W.S. left the company in the hands of Kerr,
but unfortunately, it was not a position that Kerr
would hold for long. James Kerr Loggie passed
away the 25th of October 1947. He left the
Presidency in the trust of his younger sister Rae.
Leigh served as Vice-President and General
Manager, returning home from Peace River, Alberta
where he had lived the last 31 years, running a
General store and Fur-Trading Business there.
Rae was very much like her father, being a
dedicated businesswomen and an active member of
the Church. She was a leader in the Mission Band of
St. Andrew’s United Church in Chatham for many
years.
Leigh, however, was different in many ways
from the elder Loggies. He was an avid
Conservative, a one time President of the County
Conservative Association. He enjoyed children, was
an experienced horseman, and also acquired a love
of dogs and golf.
At 1962, Mary Rae Loggie passed away and
left Leigh in control of the great Loggie Empire.
Unfortunately, by the dawn of the 1970s, Leigh was
at the helm of a vessel no longer at the head of the
fleet. W.S. Loggie Co. Ltd. was declining, lost in the
race of modernization.
One by one, branches began to close and sell
out to other companies, and although Leigh’s
nephew, W. Renforth S. Loggie, son of the late Dr.
W. Stewart Loggie, was working hard as SecretaryTreasurer, the end was eminent.
Leigh J. Loggie, the last of his family to live in
the Victorian mansion the Chatham people knew so
well, passed away of natural causes 19 September
1977. He was 88. The old house now stood pristine
but empty.
There was little left of the company, and the
president, Elspeth Berg, a niece of Leigh, sold the
house to the town of Chatham. By 1990, the
company closed up altogether, and there are no
stores or factories left bearing the name of W.S.
Loggie.
The name remains, however, etched into the
hearts of those valued employees that enjoyed their
time working for one of the most respected citizens
this area has ever known.
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I offer credit to Miss Jane Logie Webster of the
U.S.A., Mr. George and Miss Katherine Loggie of
Lower Napan, for the genealogical data. For the
company overview, the book, “The Winds of
Change,” by Gail MacMillan (Gordon Fowlie’s
daughter) and James A. Fraser’s “A History of the
W. S. Loggie Company Limited”, were of great
assistance. Both texts offer great insight into the
history of Chatham.
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N.B. As an interesting side note, Kerr was buried
alive in Europe, and was saved by Sandy
MacNaughton of Black River, to whom Kerr Loggie
showed great admiration for the remainder of his life.
My Great-Uncle John MacKenzie
I wrote the following piece for Reverend Alan
Reynolds of St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Chatham,
to be read at the funeral of my great-uncle, John
Loggie MacKenzie, who passed away in December
2002; it was one of his favourite “recollections”:
It was a cold April 19th in 1914 when my great-uncle
Johnny came into this world, or so the story goes.
His mother, Elmira, was in labour, and told her
husband, “Klondike Will” MacKenzie, to fetch the
doctor. Dr. John Bradshaw MacKenzie was the
country doctor at the time, and had gained
experienced in almost every field of medicine. He
was the nearest physician, so my great-grandfather
set out to Charlie Bremner’s, across the frozen
Napan River, to use the telephone. The times were
primitive, and, telephones were a scarce commodity.
He told he doctor that he would wait at the
corner where the Loggie Road crosses the North
Napan side road, by Campbell’s post office. On his
feet, Grampie MacKenzie wore snowshoes, and in
his hand, he carried an extra pair for the doctor,
whose early snowmobile could take him only as a far
as the corner. The snow was far too deep and soft
for horse and sleigh, and the roads had not yet been
ploughed. Even old Gen the mare could not get him
there any faster that the snowshoes he wore.
After some struggling, Grampie MacKenzie
completed the three-mile hike to the end of the road
and stopped to visit a neighbour while he waited for
the good doctor. Having always been the talkative
type, my great-grandfather decided to sit and talk to
the man a while, and before long, quite some time
had passed while they spoke of the success of the
fishing industry thus far that season.
After Grampie had been there some time, the
old man questioned him about his business there, to
which Grampie replied, “Elmira is going to have the
baby and I’m waiting for the doctor.”
The reply was heard, “The doctor went up the
road some time ago, Will.”
Yes, Grampie had missed the doctor, and left
him to wade through the drifts by himself. By the
time Dr. MacKenzie reached the house, the baby
had already been delivered by his grandmother,
Elizabeth MacKenzie, commonly and affectionately
known as “Auntie Betsy.” As the story goes, the
newborn had also become quite concerned with the
doctor’s tardiness.
When the doctor knocked, and was admitted,
he was met with a curious, “What kept ya?” from the
newborn baby, my great-uncle John.
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