1. | John Stewart was born on 11 Mar 1787 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 15 Mar 1787 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Alexander Stewart and Isabel Scott); died on 31 Jan 1854 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; was buried in 1854 in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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Biography
Posted 20 May 2015 by BarbaraCarsonJardine
http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html
On 24th October 1818, the Richmond Military Settlement Office allocated Concession 8, Lot 27 to John Stewart of Blair Atholl and his family. It is recorded that he had two children under 12 and one child aged between 12 and 17 (presumably John Robertson).
Duncan Campbell, the Town Clerk for Beckwith Township, compiled a census of the household heads and their families on 4th June 1820. John Stewart is recorded as having a wife and a female child with him. An unmarried John Robertson also appears in the census. A similar census carried out two years later shows that John and Helen now had a son, in addition to their daughter. Once again an unmarried John Robertson is listed. The Assessor's List compiled by Richard Finlay in 1841 includes John Stewart (C8, L27). In 1852 a John Stewart, farmer on C8, L29 is given as aged 66 years and having a house built of logs with 7 inhabitants. John died intestate in 1854 and the heirs-at-law filed a quit claim deed in favour of their brother John, the youngest son of John Stewart senior.
Both John and Helen are buried in the Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith. His stone reads "John Stewart, native of Perthshire Scotland, died January 31st 1854 aged 67 years". His wife's stone reads "In memory of Helen, wife of John Stewart, died September 7th 1872 aged 82 years".
Their daughter, Isabella, married her first cousin, Neil Stewart, whose parents had lived at Balchapel in Borenich, Blair Atholl. The two witnesses were John Scott and James Stewart (Neil's neighbour and uncle).
NameBornMarriedDateResidenceDiedIsabellaMar 4 1818,
ScotlandNeil StewartMar 13 1840Beckwith,
Lanark Co.h. Apr 28 1904
w. Apr 15 1900Alexander1820,
CanadaAnn McLarenApr 3 1847Parry Soundh. Apr 23 1894
w.ElizabethDec 22 1823,
CanadaThomas Simpson.Goulburn twp
Carleton Co.h. May 22 1895
w. Jan 13 1904NeilDec 8 1825
Canada1. Isabella Cram
2. Ellen Toshack.Ashtonh. Sep 3 1888
1w. Apr 17 1879Ellen1829
CanadaArchibald Dewarc1855.h. 1916
w. 1867Janet (Jessie)1831
CanadaJames Conn.Ashtonh. 1879
w. Jun 8 1898John LamontJul 27 1833
CanadaCatherine Kennedy.Deloraine,
Manitobah. Aug 26 1917
w. 1895
(notes by Bill Mains: Thomas Simpson had a son, John, who married a Feming at Ashton. Catherine Kennedy was the grand-daughter of Duncan McDiarmid who settled lot 5 NE, Concession 5, Beckwith)
John married Helen Lamont on 16 Mar 1817 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Helen was born on 9 May 1789 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 7 Sep 1872 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 10 Sep 1872 in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Isabella Stewart was born on 4 Mar 1818 in Perthshire, Scotland; died on 15 Apr 1900 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 17 Apr 1900 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Alexander Stewart was born in 1820 in Scotland; died on 23 Apr 1894 in Ontario, Canada.
- Elizabeth Stewart was born on 27 Dec 1821 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 13 Jan 1904 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Jan 1904 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Neil Stewart was born on 8 Dec 1825 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; was christened on 28 May 1826; died on 3 Sep 1888 in Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Ellen Stewart was born in 1829 in Lanark County, Canada West; died in 1867 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Janet "Jessie" Stewart was born in 1831 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jun 1898 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- John Lamont Stewart, Jr. was born on 27 Jul 1833 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Aug 1917 in Deloraine, Southwestern Census Division, Manitoba, Canada.
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