John Edward Eccles

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Henry married Annie Kirby Metcalfe on 23 Dec 1875 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Hugh Kirby Metcalfe and Jean Lachlan McLean) was born on 16 Jul 1851 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 17 Aug 1925 in Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1925 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Ann Kirby Metcalf
• Name: Annie Kirby Metcalf
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John married Mary Ann Nesbit. Mary was born on 30 Nov 1831 in Derbysh, Waterside, Ireland; died on 14 Jan 1902 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1902, Friday May 9, The Almonte Gazette page 5
DEATHS
In Ramsay, May 7th, Mr Hugh Metcalfe, aged 81 years. Funeral on Friday at 2 o'clock

1902, Friday May 9, The Almonte Gazette page 8
Hugh Metcalf
Few men were better known and more highly respected than Mr Hugh Metcalf, of the 8th line of Ramsay, whose death was announced on Wednesday, at the age of 81. is death was not altogether unexpected. A decline set in last fall, from which he rallied a little this spring, but later acute indigestion seized him and finally dropsy, terminating his life. A man of sterling character and of superior education for his day, he held a foremost place among the early residents of Ramsay. e served in public capacities for several years as township councillor and school trustee. In politics he was an ardent Conservative, and in religion a Presbyterian. The deceased was born at Prescott in 1821, his parents being of English parentage. When but a year old his parents came to Ramsay and settled on the farm occupied by his brother, the late James Metcalfe. Upon attaining manhood he in 1845 married Jane McLean, youngest daughter of the late Lachlan McLean, and a year after his marriage he settled on the farm on the eighth line of Ramsay where he resided continuously up to the time of his death. His widow survives him, likewise his entire family of twelve, nine sons and three daughters. The sons are Messrs James, Robert and Henry and Dr. A.A. of Almonte; Hugh and William of Cando, Dakota; Lachlan, of Kendrick, Idaho; John on the homestead and Alexander, of Ramsay, Mrs Jas Nicholson, of Bowesmont, Dakota; Mrs Henry Eccles, of Steele, Dakota and Mrs Jas. Watt, of Lanark township, are his daughters. The funeral takes place this (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Hugh married Jean Lachlan McLean in 1845 in Pakenham Village, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jean (daughter of Lachlan McLean and Christiana Campbell) was born on 20 Jun 1824 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Canada West; died on 25 May 1920 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jane McLean
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920, Friday June 4, The Almonte Gazette, front page
Link With Early Settlers Is Gone
Mrs Hugh Metcalfe,
Born Almost a Century Ago in Ramsay Township.
One of the few remaining link with the early days of settlement in Ramsay was broken last week by the death of Mrs Hugh Metcalfe, at the age of almost ninety-seven. The funeral took place to the Presbyterian cemetery on Thursday, and was very largely attended. The late Mrs Metcalfe's maiden name was Jean McLean. She was the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Lachlan McLean, who settled in Ramsay in October of 1821, having come from the Mull of Cantire in Scotland. They travelled by way of the St. Lawrence to Prescott, across the country to the Rideau river,,and leaving it at Oliver's Ferry, came through Perth to Lanark village. At Lanark their daughter Jean a girl of ten years of age, died and hers was only the second interment in Lanark cemetery. Later on the same summer, Mr and Mrs McLean journeyed on, and settled on Lot No 18 on the 7th con of Ramsay. Two years later Mrs Hugh Metcalfe was born, and her parents named her Jean. Lachlan McLean was a veteran of the early days of the Napoleonic wars and saw service from 1779 to 1802 with the famous Cameron Highlanders. His discharge paper is dated 1802, and is now in the possession of his grandson, Lachlan McLean, of Beckwith. The late Lachlan McLean with his wife spoke Gaelic. He became very well known as the Ramsay Bard and had a distinct poetic talent. With the McLeans when they arrived in this district where the Blacks, Moores and Pauls, and a host of Scotch settlers, some of whom travelled on the same ship across the Atlantic. The late Mrs Metcalfe was the mother of a large family. They were: Christina, who is now Mrs Nicholson, of Bowesmont, Dakota; James, deceased; Lachlan, of Athabasca; Robert of Pakenham; Annie Mrs Eccles, of Medicine Hat; Alexander, of Ramsay; Hugh, of Comba, Dak; Jean, Mrs Jas Watt, of Lanark; Henry, deceased; William, of Dunseath, Dak.; John, on the homestead, and Dr. A.A. Metcalfe, of Almonte. The funeral took place from the residence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs Henry Metcalfe, of Almonte, the services being conducted by Rev. S. Gorley Brown.

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James married Ann Kirby in 1814. Ann was born on 27 Oct 1793 in Weaverthorpe, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, England; died on 2 Dec 1876 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Wesleyan Methodist Pioneer Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Lachlan married Christiana Campbell. Christiana was born in 1784; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822