Alexander Stewart

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• _STAT: Never Married

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(Research):Walker, D., Burkholder, R. and F. Stratford-Devai, "The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada / Canada West, Volume 5: Bathurst District 1831 - 1852",
Global Heritage Press, 2000
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http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#D
The Family of Neil Stewart and Isabella Stewart of Beckwith, Lanark Co.
Name?tab??tab?Born?tab??tab?Married?tab??tab??tab?Date?tab??tab?Residence?tab??tab?Died
Alexander?tab?1841?tab??tab?died in infancy?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. 1842
Ellen?tab??tab?1842?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?.?tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. c1865
John B.?tab??tab?Dec 16 1844?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. 1938
Duncan Blair?tab?Nov 10 1846?tab?Isabella Poole?tab??tab?Feb 26 1891?tab?Brenda, Manitoba?tab?h. Nov 3 1928 / w. 1961
Neil?tab??tab?1847?tab?u?tab?nmarried?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. Aug 13 1867
Elizabeth?tab?Sep 7 1850?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?Brockville, Ontario?tab?d. Jan 9 1930
Peter Gray?tab?1852?tab??tab?died in infancy?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. 1856
Isabella Lanient?tab?Sep 19 1855?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?d. Oct 15 1916
Janet (Jennet)?tab?Nov 4 1858?tab?Albert Edmund Lewis?tab?Mar 18 1891?tab?Brockville, Ontario?tab?h. Mar 21 1951 / w. Nov 11 1932
Peter Gray?tab?1861?tab??tab?Mary Annie McNeely?tab?Dec 6 1893?tab?Beckwith?tab??tab?h. Jun 22 1895 / w. c1962
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Died:
Ian Scott, http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html

Neil Stewart died on 28th April 1904, and the following obituary appeared in the local paper.
" The Grim Reaper has claimed another of the old residents of Lanark county in the person of Mr Neil Stewart of Beckwith, who passed away on Thursday of last week at the age of 93 years. In December of 1902 the Gazette had the privilege of presenting to its readers an engraving of the deceased, as well as of his brother, Mr Duncan Stewart, of Ramsay, and short sketches of their lives at that time.
The deceased was born in the parish of Pitlochrie, county of Perth, Scotland, in the year 1811 and was the oldest of his father's family. He came to Canada in 1835 and worked in Bytown, then a small village, for five years. Mr Stewart married his cousin, Isabella, daughter of Mr John Stewart, of Ashton, and afterwards bought a farm on the seventh line of Beckwith. Mr Stewart had learned the trade of carpenter in Scotland and when circumstances would permit he still followed that occupation. His wife died in 1899.
Of the children, three daughters and two sons are still living. The daughters are Mrs Albert Lewis, Brockville and Misses Lizzie and Bella at home, and the sons are John B., 8th line Beckwith, with whom deceased spent his declining years, and Duncan B., of Lennox, Manitoba.
The deceased was a man of stirling character, and was honored and respected by all who knew him, and his name will long be revered as that of a sturdy champion of right and truth. He was for many years an elder in Knox Presbyterian church at Black's Corners. In politics he was a staunch Liberal. The funeral took place on Sunday morning to Dewar's cemetery and was very largely attended. Rev. Mr McFarlane conducted the service. "

Neil married Isabella Stewart on 13 Mar 1840 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Isabella (daughter of John Stewart and Helen Lamont) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Ian Scott http://www.borenich.co.uk
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Allen, Dolly and Joan McKay, "Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, from the Carleton Place Herald,
Volume 5: Birth, Death & Death Notices 1897 - 1904 by Global Heritage Press, Carleton Place, 2017

At 7th Line, Beckwith on Apr. 13, Isabella STEWART, wife of Neil STEWART, at the residence of her son John near Ashton. Born Perthshire, Scotland, age 82 yrs., came to Canada with parents, daughter of the late John STEWART. Lvs. 5 children; John, 8th Conc., Beckwith, Duncan B. of Lennox, Man., Mrs. Albert LEWIS of Brockville, Elizabeth and Isabella at home. Husband aged 80 yrs. Int. Dewar's Cemetery. (Apr. 17, 1900.
p.1, col. 5)

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(Research):Source
from: Kidd, George Edward, "The Story of the Derry, self-published, 1943, page 74
"In the early days there were nine Sandy Stewarts living In Beckwith, each with a qualifying name to distinguish him from the others. These were:
The Widows Sandy, in The Derry.
Soldier Sandy, In The Derry.
Big Sandy, in the third concession. (In Gaelic, Alistair Mohr.)
Sandy, son of Sandy, in the third concession. (In Gaelic, Alistair Oig.)
Merchant Sandy, at Black's Corners.
Shoemaker Sandy, at Franktown..
Sandy F., in the eleventh concession.
Sandy-on-the-Hill, near Ashton.
Blacksmith Sandy, or Sandy Gow. (Gow being the Gaelic word for blacksmith,)"
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Elspeth (Elizabeth) married Alexander Stewart of Balchapel on 30th April 1809 according to the Blair Atholl OPR. Alexander was the eldest son of Neil Stewart and Janet Fraser of Croftcarnach and was born at Croftcarnach on 2nd January 1782. Croftcarnach was unable to support several Stewart families and Alexander had taken up the tenancy of the next farm, Balchapel, prior to his marriage.
Alexander and Elizabeth had a family of eight children and were living at Balchapel until at least 1829. In the early 1900s, their eldest son, Neil recounted that his father had been a tenant farmer near Pitlochry, and attended the Moulin church as there was no church in Pitlochry at that time. This would suggest that the family had moved from Borenich prior to their emigration to Canada in 1835. Their last child, Christian (Christina), probably was born 20th October 1832. No record of her baptism can be found so, perhaps, they had moved to the Pitlochry area.
Name?tab??tab?Born?tab??tab?Married?tab??tab??tab?Date?tab??tab?Residence?tab??tab??tab?Died
Neil?tab??tab?Feb 16 1811?tab?Isabella Stewart?tab??tab?Mar 13 1840?tab?Beckwith, Township?tab??tab?h. Apr 28 1904 / w. Apr 15 1900
Alexander?tab?Apr 2 1813?tab?Margaret Stewart?tab?Sep 4 1836?tab?Balintochich & and Beckwith?tab?h. Jan 13 1889 / w. Jan 21 1898
(Alistair M?r)
John?tab??tab?Mar 1 1815?tab?1. Janet McDougall?tab?1. Jun 20 1848?tab?Beckwith, Lot 3, Conc. 7?tab?h. Apr 3 1899 / w1. Oct 25 1855 / w2. May 2 1908?tab??tab?
?tab??tab??tab??tab?2. Mary A. Lawford?tab?2. c1856?tab?
Isobel?tab??tab?Jan 10 1817?tab?John McTavish?tab??tab?Mar 12 1841?tab?Beckwith Township?tab??tab?
Janet?tab??tab?Sep 18 1818?tab?.?tab?.?tab?.?tab?d.
Grissel (Grace)?tab?Jun 18 1821?tab?Donald Buchanan?tab?Dec 24 1841?tab?Bruce Township?tab??tab?h. Sep 14 1881 / w. Feb 6 1898
Duncan?tab??tab?May 10 1824?tab?Christina McDougall?tab?May 27 1851?tab?Ramsay Township?tab??tab?h. Mar 9 1909 / w. Apr 27 1892
Peter?tab??tab?Mar 24 1829?tab?Catherine McDougall?tab?.?tab??tab?Ramsay Township?tab??tab?h. Jan 31 1895 / w. Nov 3 1904
Christian (Christina) Oct 10 1832??tab?James McEwan?tab??tab?Mar 4 1861?tab?Turnbury Township?tab??tab?h. before 1922 / w. Jun 29 1922
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Alexander married Elizabeth Stewart on 30 Apr 1809 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander Stewart and Isabel Scott) was born in Jun 1789 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jun 1789 in Balcastle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died in Mar 1834 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elspeth Stewart

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(Research):http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#D
1789, Blair Atholl OPR
Alexander Stewart in Balchastle and Isabel Scott his wife had a child baptised 18th June named Elspeth
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Biography

Posted 20 May 2015 by BarbaraCarsonJardine
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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]

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• Name: Elizabeth Lamont
• Name: Ellen Lamont
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Neil married Janet Fraser. Janet was born in Croftcarnach, Perthshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander married Isabel Scott on 21 Nov 1783 in Logerait, Perthshire, Scotland. Isabel was born about 1763 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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