Peter Dewar

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Family/Spouse: Janet McEwen. Janet (daughter of Finlay McEwen and Mary McLaren) died in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine Dewar was born on 3 Oct 1831 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 5 Jun 1935 in Crystal City, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Crystal City Cemetery, Crystal City, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
2. Archibald Dewar was born on 21 Apr 1834 in Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jun 1916 in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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Archibald C Dewar
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Birth 1756 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Death 1831 in Beck, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Margaret Gow Ferguson 1770 ? 1835
Children
Jannet Dewar 1788 ? 1861
Alexander (1789-1885)
Malcolm (1793-1838)
John (1796-1890)
Patric (1799-)
Peter (1800-1839)
Duncan (1808-)
Archibald (1811-)

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Burial Place: Lanark, Ontario, Can
Notes: In Memory Of Archibald Dewar 1756-1831 And His Wife Margaret Ferguson Who brought their family to Beckwith. from Comrie,Perthshire,Scotland On The Brig Curlew in July 1818 Also Remembered Are: Son Peter (1799-1839 and His Wife Jannet McEwen Son Malcom (1793-1838) Families Buried Elswhere Are: Malcom's Wife Ann Comrie Plympton, ON. Son John (1796-1890)and His Wife Margaret Buchanan Plympton, ON. Son Alexander (1796-1890) And His Wife Jannet Kennedy Daughter Jannet (1788-1861)and Husband John McNie Perth,ON. The Quigrich Of Coigrich From The Staff of St.Fillan Archibald was the Hereditary Keeper of the Quigrich Of Coigrich, A relic of St.Fillan,which had Spiritual and Healing powers, and also Legal Entitlements.In 1314,Robert The Bruce probably used it When he drove the English from Scotland in the battle of Bannockburn. In 1487,King James III proclaimed this Dewar Family,as Keepers of the Time of King Robert The Bruys and of before".It is the filigreed silver case which enclosed the Orginal Bronze head Of St.Filian's Staff of 750 Ad.,and it was here in Beckwith 1818-1850.Son Alexander,the last keeper,sold it to the National Museum Of Scotland,on 30 Dec.1876

Archibald married Margaret Gow Ferguson. Margaret was born in 1770 in Providence, Scotland; died in 1835 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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