Annie Laura "Agnes" Hamilton

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• Name: Agnes Hamilton
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Annie married James Arthur E. McDowell on 20 Apr 1903 in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. James was born on 12 Feb 1872 in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; died on 17 May 1963 in White Fox, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in May 1963 in McCord Cemetery, McCord, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Married in the Baptist Church, Clarendon Twp, Pontiac County, Queec.

1. Effie Louella McDowell was born on 5 Aug 1907 in Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada; died in 1982 in White Fox, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Mabel Hill Cemetery, Nipawin, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2. Kenneth Aldon McDowell was born on 1 Nov 1912 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; died on 10 May 1977 in Essondale, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in 1977 in Hillside Cemetery, Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

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James married Elizabeth "Eliza" Whelen on 17 May 1876 in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Whelen and Mary A. Brownlee) was born on 10 Oct 1849 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1922 in Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried on 8 Feb 1922 in Prospect Cemetery, Mankota, Assiniboia Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Eliza Whelen
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• Alt. Birth: 2 May 1848, Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; as recorded in find a grave

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription
In Loving Memory Of
Beloved Wife Of
James Hamilton
73 Years, 9 Mos. & 4 Days
Asleep In Jesus

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• Alt. Birth: 1788, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Alt. Christening: 9 Apr 1788, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Location: 1821, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; settlement allocation on West Lot 12, Con 11,

Notes:

(Research):Clarendon, Quebec

Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario.

Its settlements include Clarendon, North Clarendon, Charteris, Lawn, Murrell, Radford, Sand Bay, Starks Corners, and Yarm. The town of Shawville is surrounded by, but not part of, Clarendon.[4]

Largely cleared of forests, Clarendon is a predominantly agricultural municipality, with an elevation of 167 meters (548 ft) above sea level. The only notable lake is Green Lake, which is surrounded by cottages.

?b?History of shawville and Clarendon Township?/b?
The township was first surveyed in 1792 and appears on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795.[4] Settlement did not occur until 1825 when James Prendergast, a retired British Army Officer, was commissioned by the government to lead this task. From that year until 1827, free land was granted, resulting in a wave of settlers, starting with 15 settlers near the township's centre (now Shawville). But Prendergast, originally from religiously-divided Ireland, stipulated that settlers only be Protestants in order to avoid similar religious strife. As a result, Clarendon (and Shawville) is known as the heartland of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in western Quebec.[5]

Between 1827 and 1835, Prendergast was responsible for establishing the first four schools and bringing in its teachers. He also built a water-driven sawmill and grist mill at his home along the Ottawa River.[5]

In 1833, the Township of Clarendon was officially established. It was named after Clarendon Park, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England (where Henry II had convened peers and bishops to formulate the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164). In 1837, the post office opened.[6]
From then on and into the 1840s, when the timber industry started to prosper, a second wave of settlement occurred, doubling the population of Clarendon between 1840 and 1850.[5]

In 1855, the Township Municipality of Clarendon was created. This style was reformed to Municipality of Clarendon on October 11, 2003.

Birth:
HAMILTON
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER HAMILTON/MARY EDGAR FR184 (FR184)
M
29/12/1787
588/
20 4
Dalrymple

William Hamilton
in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
ource Citation
Place: Quebec, Canada; Year: 1821; Page Number: 23

Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.

Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Name:?tab?William Hamilton
Age:?tab?34
Birth Year:?tab?abt 1787
Arrival year:?tab?1821
Arrival Place:?tab?Quebec, Canada
Primary Immigrant:?tab?Hamilton, William
Source Publication Code:?tab?6106.61
Annotation:?tab?This record was recorded without a source code.
Source Bibliography:?tab?Source unknown.
Household Members:?tab?
Name?tab?Relation
William Hamilton?tab?

Christened:
HAMILTON
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER HAMILTON/MARY EDGAR FR184 (FR184)
M
29/12/1787
588/
20 4
Dalrymple

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https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBM/WO121/121031855
Record Transcription:
Chelsea Pensioners Discharge Documents 1760-1887
First name(s) William
Last name Hamilton
Birth year 1788
Birth town Glasgow
Birth county Lanarkshire
Birth country Scotland
Service number -
Regiment Highland Light Infantry - 71St & 74Th Foot
Attestation year 1807
Attestation date ? ? 1807
Attestation corps Highland Light Infantry - 71st & 74th Foot
Discharge date ? ? 1811
Discharge corps Highland Light Infantry - 71st & 74th Foot
Document type Discharge
Archive
The National Archives
Series Wo 121 - Chelsea: Pensioners' Discharge Documents 1760-1887
Reference WO 121
Box 0115
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory Regimental & Service Records
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland

From ancestry record
Name: William Hamilton
Discharge Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1788
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lemark
Discharge Date: 13 Aug 1811
Regiment: 1st Bn 71st Regiment of Foot
Rank: Private

William married Margaret Duncan about 1829. Margaret (daughter of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford) was born on 19 Apr 1804 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Apr 1804 in Low Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 20 Jul 1864 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
• Alt. Birth: 1806, Scotland; as reported on 1851 Canada East Census

Notes:

Research information provided by Nancy Dale Conroy as draft material from upcoming book.

WILLIAM HAMILTON (1788-1854)
Some family trees on ancestry suggest he arrived in Clarendon about 1821. In the second
Prendergast report, he has settled on Lot 15, Range 7 and has cleared 5 acres and part of the
road. This confirms to some extent that he was in the area at least a few years before the land
was allocated by Prendergast. As of 1833, he appears to have acquired another piece of land,
lot 14, Range 7. This is confirmed by the 1842 census as by then he has 300 acres of land.
From a couple of thin files at the Archives, the Gravelle notes suggest that he was born in 1787,
not 1788. It also says he comes from Glasgow and is a carpenter. Gravelle also says he is an
ex-soldier. In the 1842 Census, William is also identified as a carpenter, with a wife and six
children. They are Agnes, 1829, John, 1831, William 1835, Robert 1837, George 1838, James
1841. It appears that his next child, Jessie is born in 1845. The 1842 census also lists a Jennet
Hamilton, age 87, who is from Scotland; perhaps she is his mother.
While he and his wife are from Scotland, the children were all born in Canada. His wife is
Margaret Duncan (1804-1864) and she is from Paisley, Scotland. The Gravelle file suggests
she was born on April 17, 1806. As of the 1842 census he is farming on a 300 acre property.
He is growing lots of crops and also has considerable livestock, especially sheep. The family
worships with the Church of Scotland. In 1845 he has a daughter, Janet (Jessie) who marries
Samuel Horner on 28 June 1866. These are the parents of my grandmother, Janet (Jessie)
Horner. She marries Samuel Sherwood Dale in 1907. (Gravelle files say that the births of the
Hamiltons can be found in the Anglican baptism records.)
He may have left Scotland 19 May 1821 from Greenock, (Glasgow), Scotland, having been
sponsored by The Glasgow Trongate Society and sailing on the ship "David of London", (Capt
Gemmell, 364 settlers). The book, The Lanark Society Settlers, has a William Hamilton listed.
NOTE: There is a John Hamilton with a wife and either 4 or 6 children renting 30 acres of land
as of 1842. He says he has been in the country for 13 years and he and his wife come from
Ireland, with the children born in Canada. Presumably he arrived in the second wave of settlers;
it is not clear if he knew William Hamilton given that one came from Scotland and the other from
Ireland.

(Research):Margaret was oldest child of Agnes and Robert.

Birth:
SurnameDUNCAN
ForenameMARGARET
Parents/ Other DetailsROBERT DUNCAN/AGNES GIFFORD FR65 (FR65)
GenderF
Date20/04/1804
Parish Number573/3
Ref40 104
ParishPaisley Burgh or Low

ScotlandsPeople

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Edward married Mary A. Brownlee in 1837 in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. Mary (daughter of Joseph Brownlee and Anne Susanne Richardson) was born in 1820 in Carleton County, Canada West; died on 31 Jul 1891 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Shawville Cemetery, Shawville, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Brownlee
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John married Jannet McClymont on 23 Jun 1787 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland. Jannet (daughter of Archbald McClymont and Sarah Clacher) was born on 20 Dec 1763 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Dec 1836 in Patna, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet McClymont
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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

from LCGS site - Paisley Townhead Society List 1820 - indicates Robert, age 36 born in Bute, Agnes, his wife age 34,born in Paisley, he was a weaver, current residence Paisley, ages of male children 1 1/2, 7, 9, 11; Female children 4, 5, 16. Accompanied by 2 males +12; 1 male -12; 4 females -12. (This info may have been originally recorded incorrectly.)


Photocopy of Marriage Register, was found in Paisley Museum

Verbal history suggests that there were twins born in Canada who did not survive and who were buried under an oak tree in the field behind the barn on lot 10 Con 11 Ramsay Twp.

In 1843 report Robert had paid 74 farthings eight shillings and 10 pence and his lot was described as 'middling lot, a good deal of rock'.

(Research):Earl of Buckinghamshire, Captain Johnston, the Master, Greenock to Quebec, 29 Apr 1821

Lanarkshire Society
James Gilmour (6 persons)
William Miller (1)
William Gilmour (1)

Paisley Townhead Society
Robert Duncan (9)
John Armour (4)
Alexander Duncan (8)

Parkhead (Paisley) Society
John Burns (3)

Crown Patent: W 1/2 L10 C11, 23 June 1837

Christened:
October 1778
Robert son of Robert Duncan, seaman in Breckock and Jean Kerr was born the 16th and baptized the 18th.

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Buried:
Plots B120 to B149 stone 292
James DUNCAN born June 12 1825 died Aug 5, 1909 (son of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford)
His wife Elizabeth LOCKHART born Apr 10, 1833 died Jan 19, 1905
Robert DUNCAN died Aug 9, 1847 His wife Agnes GIFFORD died June 10, 1870
John DUNCAN died 18 Oct 1844 (son of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford)
Elizabeth DUNCAN wife of Dr. T.R. PATERSON 1870 - 1953 (daughter of James Duncan and Elizabeth Lockhart)

Robert married Agnes Gifford on 27 Jun 1803 in Laigh Parish, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. Agnes (daughter of Robert Gifford and Margaret Anderson) was born on 12 Jan 1784 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 15 Jan 1784 in Low Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 10 Jun 1870 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 12 Jun 1870 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Agnes Gilfford
• Name: Agness Gifford
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Notes:

It is verbal history but no records exist of twins being born to Robert and Agnes, some time between 1822 - 1824, as their first children born in Canada. But they died in infancy and were buried on the farm under an oak tree

Christened:
January 1784
Gifford, Agnas lawful daughter of Robert Gifford and Margaret Anderson born 12th and baptised 15th,

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Buried:
Plots B120 to B149 stone 292
James DUNCAN born June 12 1825 died Aug 5, 1909 (son of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford)
His wife Elizabeth LOCKHART born Apr 10, 1833 died Jan 19, 1905
Robert DUNCAN died Aug 9, 1847 His wife Agnes GIFFORD died June 10, 1870
John DUNCAN died 18 Oct 1844 (son of Robert Duncan and Agnes Gifford)
Elizabeth DUNCAN wife of Dr. T.R. PATERSON 1870 - 1953 (daughter of James Duncan and Elizabeth Lockhart)

Notes:

Married:
27th of June 1803
Duncan
Robert Duncan & Agnes Gilfford both in this parish.

Alternate marriage date record of 11 Jun 1803.

Agnes Gifford,s last name is spelled Gilfford on their Scotland marriage record.

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Peter married Ann Loten. Ann was born in 1792 in Ireland; died on 16 Jul 1868 in Shawville, Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Shawville Cemetery, Shawville, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph married Anne Susanne Richardson. Anne was born in 1799 in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland; died on 10 Feb 1859 in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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