James George Stewart Syme

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1933, Friday January 6, The Almonte Gazette front page
Prominent Ramsay Farmer Dies While Driving Homeward
James Syme of Appleton Succumbs In His Cutter Wednesday Afternoon
His many friends in the Almonte district were deeply shocked, Wednesday evening, to learn of the sudden death in the afternoon of Mr James G. Syme of Appleton. Mr Syme was one of the best known farmers in this part of Lanark County having been a member of Ramsay Council for upwards of 28 years and having served his township as Reeve on the County Council of Lanark. Death came suddenly while Mr and Mrs Syme were driving to their home near Appleton after visiting his niece, Miss Kate Syme, of Blakeney, since Monday of this week of this week. While driving along the 11th line of Ramsay in his cutter, using the side of the road where enough snow and ice remained to make sleighing, the cutter upset, at a point between the homes of James Finlayson and Wm Neilson. The horse started back in the direction of Almonte and was stopped by Hubert Fee of Appleton who was driving home in an automobile. A motorist going in the direction of Almonte, drove Mr Syme back to the cutter. Mr Syme thanked him for the ride and seemed to be none the worse for the shaking up he sustained. He drove back to where Mrs Syme was waiting, with Mr Fee following in his car. It was decided that Mrs Syme would ride home with Mr Fee and that Mr Syme would drive ahead of them. He had barely started when the two in the car noticed him slump over in the seat of his cutter. He passed away without speaking again. Had he lived Mr Syme would have been 75 years old this Thursday. He and Mrs Syme celebrated their golden wedding last spring. Although going about as usual he had not been in the best of health lately but none of his friends had the slightest idea death was so close at hand. It is thought the shock of being thrown from the cutter may have brought on the seizure that proved fatal. Left to mourn him are his widow, formerly Miss Jessie Lockhart of Almonte, two sons, Hubert of Appleton and Peter in the West and one daughter Irene, a nurse in Receiving Hospital, Detroit. Mrs Ed James of Almonte, is a niece and Messrs Jack and Albert Syme are nephews. Mr Syme was one of the most popular residents of this section and his passing came as a great shock to his many friends. He was a familiar figure in Almonte and will be greatly missed by the people here. He had a kindly affable manner and preserved a cheerful outlook on life that made him a desirable man to meet. A more extended account of his life will be printed in the next issue of The Gazette. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.

1933, Friday January 13, The Almonte Gazette page 4
News of Almonte And District
Funeral of Mr James G. Syme
The funeral of Mr James G. Syme was held Saturday afternoon from his late residence, 11th line of Ramsay, to the Auld Kirk Cemetery. Mr Syme died suddenly while driving home the preceding Wednesday. He would have been 76 years of age on January 5th, the day after sudden death. Friends from all parts of the local district and from Smiths Falls, Lanark, Perth, Merrickville, Munster, Carleton Place and Stittsville assembled at the home to pay a last tribute to one who had served his community well as a neighbour and as a public servant. Services were conducted at the house and cemetery by members of Alpha Lodge I.O.O.F., Almonte, of which deceased was a member and by Rev Mr Foote of Carleton Place and Rev Mr McLellan of Almonte. The pallbearers were: Messrs James Symington Jr., Allie Horton, Ed Dowdall, Jas E. Turner, George H. Doucett and Oliver Dezell. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Jessie Lockhart of Almonte and by two sons and one daughter, namely, Peter T. of Viking, Alta, who was unable to get home for the funeral; Hubert at home and Miss Marion Irene of Detroit. He was the last of a family of twelve to pass away. Those who predeceased him were: Isabella Syme, Mrs Clementine Tosh, Mrs Jane Rose, Mrs Ann Woodward, Mrs Jessie Laws, Mrs Agnes Drynan, Mrs Kate McIntyre, Mrs Mary Graham, Miss Flora Syme, Mr Jno Syme and Mr Peter T. Syme. Among the floral offerings received were:-- wreaths, the family, Mr and Mrs T.A. Thompson, Village of Appleton, Alpha Lodge, Almonte: Ramsay Council, Mr and Mrs P.T. Syme, Viking, Alta; Mr L. Persman, Detroit, Miss Kate Syme, Blakeney, Mrs E.A. Beach, Carleton Place and School Section No 11, Ramsay. Mr Syme served his township for 28 years as a councillor and never missed a meeting during all that time which constitutes an unique record. He was reeve for four years and for a long time acted as chairman of the Conservative Association of Ramsay.

James married Jessie Jane Lockhart on 29 Mar 1882 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jessie (daughter of Hugh Samuel Lockhart and Marion Gemmill Fumerton) was born on 5 Jul 1858 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 31 Oct 1858 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Sep 1949 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Sep 1949 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Thompson Syme was born on 19 Mar 1883 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Sep 1964 in Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
2. Marion Irene Syme was born on 15 May 1894; and died.
3. Hubert Aberdeen Syme was born on 10 May 1897 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Jun 1981 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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1896, Friday April 17, The Almonte Gazette page 4
DEATHS
In Ramsay, April 13th, Peter Thompson Syme, in his 96th year.

1896, Friday April 17, The Almonte Gazette page 8
Death of a Ramsay Pioneer and a Nonagenarian
Mr Peter T. Syme, of the 10th line of Ramsay, one of the early settlers of the township and one of its oldest citizens, passed away on Monday evening last, in his 96th year. The venerable gentleman had the use of all his faculties to a wonderful extant almost to the last. He enjoyed splendid health until June of last year, when he suffered from two strokes of paralysis; and some months ago a gangrenous trouble of the foot set in. The aged frame wore away by degrees till Monday, when he quietly fell into the sleep that knows no waking this side of the grave. The late Peter Thompson Syme was born in Boagles, Scotland, in June, 1800. When a boy he learned the trade of a carpenter in the old land. In 1833 he came to Canada. He married Jessie McLaren in Montreal on his arrival from Scotland, and they settled in Ramsay the same year, taking the farm on the tenth line now owned by Lieut-Col Gemmill and occupied by Mr John McPhail. After remaining there for some years Mr Syme purchased the present homestead, and lived there the balance of his long life. Mrs Syme died twenty-nine years ago. Eleven children were born to them, ten of whom survive, viz., Miss Isabella and Peter T. Syme, on the homestead; Mrs John Drynan, Almonte; Mrs A. Rose, Mrs Jas. Woodward, Mrs James Laws and Mrs John McIntyre, of Vernon Centre, N.Y.; Mrs Andrew Graham and James G. Syme, of Ramsay; and John Syme, of Fitzroy. Deceased was a good farmer, and succeeded in amassing a fair share of this world's goods. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and in politics a pronounced Reformer. He never sought public office of any kind. The remains were interred in the eighth line cemetery this (Thursday) afternoon, when a large number were present to pay the final tribute to respect to one who was for over sixty years identified with the affairs of this neighbourhood.

Buried:
Plots B90 to B119 Stone 274
Peter T. Syme died Apr 13, 1896 age 96 years.

Peter married Jessie McLaren in 1833 in Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada. Jessie (daughter of Thomas McLaren and Catherine) was born in 1813 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 24 Mar 1867 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1867 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Plots B90 to B119 Stone 273
Jessie wife of Peter Syme died Mar 24, 1867 age 54 years. (broken stone)

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John married Jean Thomson on 7 Aug 1791 in Trinity, Gask, Perthshire, Scotland. Jean (daughter of Peter Thomson and Jean Miller) was born on 24 Nov 1767 in Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland; was christened in Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1850 in Boghall, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Catherine in 1812. Catherine was born in 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Peter married Jean Miller on 25 Nov 1753 in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. Jean was born in 1740 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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