1. | Alexander "Big Sandy" Stewart was born on 2 Apr 1813 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Alexander "Sandy of the Hill" Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart); died on 13 Jan 1889 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Sandy Stewart
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Notes:
(Research):date given in Kidd, George Edward, "The Story of the Derry", May 1, 1943, p.62
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The Family of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart and Margaret Stewart of Balintochich
Neil said that the whole family emigrated in 1835 on the ship 'Canada' owned by the Allan Lines, but this was not entirely true. His brother Alexander stayed on at Balchapel and did not emigrate with them. The following year he married Margaret Stewart of Knockgarry on 4th September. Margaret was the daughter of Donald Stewart and Janet Stewart (or possibly Robertson) who were living at Balintochich in 1841.
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The 1841 and 1851 census returns for Borenich show that Alexander and Margaret moved from Balchapel to nearby Balintochich, where Alexander worked as a handloom weaver. They had seven children while living at Balintochich, but none of them were baptised or recorded in the Old Parish Records. By the mid-1850s it would have been impossible to compete with the weaving looms of the big cities, and by 1853 they had emigrated to Beckwith Township to re-join the rest of the family. Margaret Stewart's brother, Alexander (born c1813), and her sister Jane (born c1815) emigrated with them. Jane died 6th January 1899.
Name?tab??tab?Born?tab??tab?Married?tab??tab?Date?tab??tab?Residence?tab??tab?Died
Janet?tab??tab?Apr 9 1838?tab?Robert Scott
?tab??tab??tab??tab?Conc 6, Lot 20?tab?1861??tab??tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?T?tab?ownship?tab?h. Nov 4 1870
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. Jan 9 1920
Elizabeth?tab?1841?tab??tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab??tab?Balintochich?tab?d. before 1851
Jean
(Jane)?tab??tab?1843?tab??tab?Samuel Leach?tab?Jun 28 1875?tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?Township?tab?h.
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w.
Helen
(Ellen)?tab??tab?Jun 1846?tab?William Henry
?tab??tab??tab??tab?Jefferson?tab?1872?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?h. Jan 14 1831
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. Sep 26 1919
Donald
(Daniel)?tab??tab?1848?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. after 1871
Alexander
(Alistair Og)?tab?1848?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. Feb 20 1927
Neil?tab??tab?1850?tab?Elizabeth Alma
?tab??tab??tab?Scott?tab??tab??tab?Mar 23 1915?tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?Township?tab?h. 1931
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. 1985?
Elizabeth?tab?Mar 1855
?tab??tab?Canada?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?d. after 1911
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?u?Note 14?/u? 1871 census Beckwith
Name: ?tab?Alexander Stewart
Gender: ?tab?Male
Age: ?tab?56
Birth Year: ?tab?1815
Birth Place: ?tab?Scotland
Religion: ?tab?Presbyterian
Origin: ?tab?Scottish (Scotish)
Province: ?tab?Ontario
DISTRICT: ?tab?Lanark South?tab?District Number: 79?tab?Division: 01
Subdistrict: ?tab?Beckwith?tab?Subdistrict Number: ?tab?i
Household Members: ?tab?
Name ?tab??tab??tab?Age
Alex Steward ?tab??tab?56
Margret Steward ?tab?56
Jane Steward ?tab??tab?25
Ellin Steward ?tab??tab?23
Alexander Stewart ?tab?21
Danniall Stewart ?tab?21
Nail Stewart ?tab??tab?19
Elizabeth Stewart ?tab?15
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The Family of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart and Margaret Stewart of Balintochich
Neil said that the whole family emigrated in 1835 on the ship 'Canada' owned by the Allan Lines, but this was not entirely true. His brother Alexander stayed on at Balchapel and did not emigrate with them. The following year he married Margaret Stewart of Knockgarry on 4th September. Margaret was the daughter of Donald Stewart and Janet Stewart (or possibly Robertson) who were living at Balintochich in 1841.
The 1841 and 1851 census returns for Borenich show that Alexander and Margaret moved from Balchapel to nearby Balintochich, where Alexander worked as a handloom weaver. They had seven children while living at Balintochich, but none of them were baptised or recorded in the Old Parish Records. By the mid-1850s it would have been impossible to compete with the weaving looms of the big cities, and by 1853 they had emigrated to Beckwith Township to re-join the rest of the family. Margaret Stewart's brother, Alexander (born c1813), and her sister Jane (born c1815) emigrated with them. Jane died 21st January 1898.
Name ?tab??tab??tab?Born ?tab??tab?Married ?tab??tab??tab?Date ?tab?Residence ?tab??tab??tab??tab?Died
Janet ?tab??tab??tab?Apr 9 1838 ?tab?Robert Scott ?tab??tab??tab?1861? ?tab?Beckwith TownshipConc 6, Lot 20 ?tab?h. Nov 4 1870 / w. Jan 9 1920
Elizabeth ?tab??tab?1841 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab?Balintochich ?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. before 1851
Jean (Jane) ?tab??tab?1843 ?tab??tab?Samuel Leach . ?tab?. ?tab?
Helen (Ellen) ?tab??tab?Jun 1846 ?tab?William Henry Jefferson ?tab?1872 ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab? h. Jan 14 1831 / w. Sep 26 1919
Donald (Daniel) ?tab?1848 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab?.
Alexander (Alistair Og) ?tab?1848 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?d. Feb 20 1927
Neil ?tab??tab??tab?1850 ?tab??tab?Elizabeth Alma Scott ?tab??tab?Mar 23 1915 ?tab?Beckwith Township ?tab??tab?h. 1931 w. 1935?
Elizabeth ?tab??tab?Mar 1855 Canada unmarried
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The circumstances of the death of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart appeared in the Perth Courier, January 18th, 1889.
" Saturday last Mr. Alexander Stewart, 4th Line Beckwith, designated as "Big Sandy", came to town to do business. In returning, as a farmer on the 9th Line reports it, he undertook to light his pipe when the young and spirited team, feeling the loosened reins, began to run away. Mr. Stewart leaned over the dashboard to pick up the reins and fell forward and down in front of the runners where he was dragged along till a boulder on the side loosened the king bolt and let away the animals.
He was found by the driver of the next vehicle to whom he said he was very much injured. He was carried into Peter McDougall's but objected to their sending for the doctor thinking he might recover. He lingered on in great pain until Sunday morning when he died just before Dr. McEwen arrived who was called out of church for the purpose of seeing him. The team ran a mile and a half where steaming and tired out they were caught by Messrs. McIlquham and Pressley who were emerging from the woods after a rabbit hunt.
Mr. Stewart was a farmer with a large business and family connections and his shocking death has sent sorrow throughout many homes both in this section and in Manitoba. "
Alexander married Margaret Stewart on 4 Sep 1836 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret was born in 1814 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 21 Jan 1898 in Derry, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Janet Stewart was born on 9 Apr 1838 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 9 Jan 1920 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1920 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1841; and died.
- Margaret Stewart was born in 1843 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 11 Oct 1922 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Daniel Donald Stewart was born about 1848 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1901 in Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Oak Creek Cemetery, Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States.
- Mary Stewart was born in 1845 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; and died.
- Alexander "Son of Sandy" Stewart was born about 1848 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 20 Feb 1927 in Lanark Highlands Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Ellen Stewart was born on 9 Apr 1850; died on 26 Sep 1919; was buried in 1919 in Prospect United Church Cemetery, Prospect, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Grace Stewart was born on 17 Apr 1850 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 8 May 1937 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in May 1937 in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Daniel Stewart was born about 1851; died in 1940.
- Jane Stewart was born on 10 Apr 1851 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; and died.
- Ellen Stewart was born on 26 May 1852 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 5 Jan 1933 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Christina Stewart was born in 1858 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; and died.
- Neil Stewart was born in 1858 in Perthshire, Scotland; died on 3 Jan 1931 in Ashton Station, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1931 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Elizabeth Stewart was born on 1 Mar 1863; died in 1962.
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