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James Alfred Dewar

Male 1869 - 1933  (63 years)


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  1. 1.  James Alfred Dewar was born on 13 Oct 1869 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Archibald Dewar and Jessie Scott); died on 27 Feb 1933 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 1 Mar 1933 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208389010
    • _FGRAVE: 208389010

    James married Rachel Elizabeth Simpson on 6 Jan 1909 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. Rachel (daughter of James Harvey Simpson and Maria Ford) was born on 31 Aug 1875 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Jun 1969 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name: Rachel Elizabeth Simpson
    Age: 33
    Birth Year: 1876
    Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1909
    Marriage Place: Carleton, Ontario, Canada
    Father?tab?James Simpson
    Mother?tab?Maria Ford
    Spouse?tab?James Alfred Dewar

    Children:
    1. Margaret Jean Maria Dewar was born on 21 Sep 1919; died on 22 Mar 2001; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Archibald Dewar was born on 21 Apr 1834 in Ontario, Canada (son of Peter Dewar and Janet McEwen); died on 11 Jun 1916 in Mosa Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208388700
    • _FGRAVE: 208388700
    • _FSFTID: L2PB-RGQ
    • _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2PB-RGQ

    Archibald married Jessie Scott on 8 Jan 1869 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jessie (daughter of Alex Scott and Elizabeth "Bessie" McDiarmid) was born in 1836 in Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Apr 1926 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jessie Scott was born in 1836 in Ontario, Canada (daughter of Alex Scott and Elizabeth "Bessie" McDiarmid); died on 8 Apr 1926 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Janet Scott
    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208388716
    • _FGRAVE: 208388716

    Children:
    1. Albert William Dewar was born in 1869 in Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Mar 1902 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 1. James Alfred Dewar was born on 13 Oct 1869 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1933 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 1 Mar 1933 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Dewar was born in 1799 (son of Archibald C. Dewar and Margaret Gow Ferguson); died in 1839 in Canada West, British Colonial America; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146047656
    • _FGRAVE: 146047656

    Peter married 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]


  2. 5.  Janet McEwen (daughter of Finlay McEwen and Mary McLaren); died in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146047800
    • _FGRAVE: 146047800

    Children:
    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. 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.

  3. 6.  Alex Scott

    Alex married Elizabeth "Bessie" McDiarmid. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth "Bessie" McDiarmid
    Children:
    1. 3. Jessie Scott was born in 1836 in Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Apr 1926 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Archibald C. Dewar was born in 1756 in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1831 in Lanark County, Canada West; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117270610
    • _FGRAVE: 117270610

    Notes:

    Died:
    Archibald C Dewar
    View relationship to me
    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-)

    Kennedy+Cemetery
    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]


  2. 9.  Margaret Gow Ferguson 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117271087
    • _FGRAVE: 117271087

    Children:
    1. Jannet Dewar was born in 1788 in Scotland; died on 29 Mar 1861 in Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Malcolm Dewar was born in 1793; died in 1838 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Alexander Dewar was born in 1796 in Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 18 Apr 1890 in Plympton Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Plympton Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John Dewar was born in 1796; was christened on 20 Mar 1796 in Comrie, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 4 Feb 1890; was buried in South Plymton Presbyterian Cemetery, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Peter Dewar was born in 1799; died in 1839 in Canada West, British Colonial America; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Finlay McEwen was born in 1778 in Perthshire, Scotland; died on 6 Oct 1868 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1868 in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137891299
    • _FGRAVE: 137891299

    Finlay married Mary McLaren on 16 Nov 1801 in Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1777 in Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 4 Apr 1861 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary McLaren was born in 1777 in Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 4 Apr 1861 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137891398
    • _FGRAVE: 137891398

    Children:
    1. Kathrin "Kate" McEwen was born on 8 Jul 1802 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1889 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West.
    2. John McEwen was born in 1806 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 6 Jul 1806 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 30 Mar 1877 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Ewen Hugh McEwen was born in 1809 in Dalvaich, Scotland; died in 1886 in Franktown, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Janet McEwen died in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kennedy Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Alexander McEwen was born in 1811 in Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Feb 1811 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Jun 1886 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. James McEwen was born on 20 Jan 1813 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1898; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Peter McEwen was born in 1817 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jan 1818 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1818.



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