John Aitken

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• _FGRAVE: 184252156
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
m. 28 Jun 1916 Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Mary E. Carmel Crawford 1894-1975 Goulburn Twp Lanark County, Ontario Canada
Dau: M. Olive Aitken b.1918 Beckwith Twp Lanark County, Ontario, Canada m. William Simpson 1912-1997

Family/Spouse: Mary Carmel Crawford. Mary (daughter of William Crawford and Mary Ann Tomlinson) was born in 1894; died in 1975; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Olive Aitken was born in 1894; died in 1982.
2. May Aitken and died.
3. Mary Olive Ellen Aitken was born in 1920 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 May 2019 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Dorothy Margaret Aitken was born on 1 Aug 1923 in Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Nov 2009 in Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175746833
• _FGRAVE: 175746833
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Burial: Mar 1923 Pinegrove Cemetery, Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Parents: James Aitken b.1802 Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland m.Jane Miller b.1814 Renfrewshire, Scotland

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=biles%2Dall&id=I985
Huntley is an historic township originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. Huntley was located in the western part of the county,Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Fitzroy Township, to the northeast by March Township, to the southwest by Ramsay Township and to the southeast by Goulbourn Township. It includes the communities of Carp, Corkery, Huntley, Manion Corners, and Westwood.
The township was established in 1841. The first settlers in the area were immigrants from Ireland in the early 19th century. Huntley took its name from Huntly Castle, associated with Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, whose husband Charles served as Governor General of British North America from 1818 to 1819.
By 1866, there was a Post Office in the township of Huntley and John Graham served as postmaster.

In 1974, it was amalgamated with Torbolton and Fitzroy to form West Carleton. In 2001, West Carleton became part of the new city of Ottawa.

John married Ellen Stewart on 26 Aug 1870. Ellen (daughter of Alexander "Big Sandy" Stewart and Margaret 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Ellen Stewart
b.26 May 1852 Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
d.5 Jan 1933 Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
Burial: Jan 1933 Pinegrove Cemetery, Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
Father: Alexander 'Soldier Sandy' Stewart b.Abt 1813 Perthshire, Scotland
Mother: Margaret McLaren b.15 Oct 1815 Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire Scotland

m.26 Aug 1870 Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada John Aitken b.1841 Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario Canada

Children:
1 Daniel Stewart Aitken b.5 Dec 1871 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
2 James Alfred Aitken b.2 Dec 1873 Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp Lanark County, Ontario Canada
3 Margaret 'Maggie' Janet Aitken b.5 Oct 1875 Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
4 Christina Janet 'Tina' Aitken b.5 Mar 1878 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
5 Alexander Aitken b.26 Oct 1879 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
6 Mary Elizabeth Aitken b.29 Oct 1881 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
7 Adeline Aitken b.9 Dec 1883 Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
8 John Aitken b.19 Oct 1886 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario Canada
9 Luella Mabel Olive Aitken b.22 May 1894 Carleton Place, Beckwith Twp Lanark County, Ontario Canada
10 Francis Willard Aitken b.19 Apr 1895 Beckwith Twp Lanark County, Ontario Canada
May Aitken b.Unk
Olive Aitken b.Unk Luella or another younster

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• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Aitken, Aitkin on memorial stone, so many derivatives of our name
b.1802 Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
d.24 May 1888 Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
Burial: May 1888 St. Fillan's Cemetery, Beckwith Twp., Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

m.5 Feb 1835 in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Jane MILLER b.1814 Renfrewshire, Scotland

Huntley is an historic township originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada.
Huntley was located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Fitzroy Township, to the northeast by March Township, to the southwest by Ramsay Township and to the southeast by Goulbourn Township. It includes the communities of Carp, Corkery, Huntley, Manion Corners, and Westwood.

Children:
Jane Aitken b.1835 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
John Aitken b.1841 Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
Janet Aitken b.1844 in Huntley Twp., Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Alexander Aitken b.Abt 1847 Huntley Twp Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
James Aitken b.Jan 1848 Ontario, Canada
Hugh Aitken b.1851 Huntley Twp Lanark County, Ontario
Robert Aitken b.Abt 1853 Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Duncan Aitken b.Nov 1868 Huntley Twp., Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Ellen C. Aitken b.1870 Almonte, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth Aitken b.1879 Huntley Twp Lanark County, Ontario

Buried:
St. Fillian's Cemetery

James married Jane Miller on 5 Feb 1835 in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Canada West. Jane (daughter of Hugh Crawford Miller and Janet Gemmell) was born in 1814 in Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 7 Feb 1896 in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Feb 1896 in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet Miller
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175911480
• _FGRAVE: 175911480
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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• Name: Sandy Stewart
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208421539
• _FGRAVE: 208421539

Notes:

(Research):date given in Kidd, George Edward, "The Story of the Derry", May 1, 1943, p.62
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http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#Elspeth_1789

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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http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#Elspeth_1789

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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?u?15?/u? http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#D

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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Died:
http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#D [accessed Dec 31, 2013]

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]

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Samuel married Margaret Sloss. Margaret was born on 17 Jan 1773 in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _FGRAVE: 179970943
• _FSFTID: L1F8-X41
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• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Buried:
Saint Fillians section.

Hugh married Janet Gemmell on 7 Feb 1807 in Paisley High Church, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of William Gemmill and Janet Watt) was born on 2 Jul 1789 in Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 23 Feb 1857 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West; was buried in 1857 in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet Gemmill
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179971000
• _FGRAVE: 179971000
• _FSFTID: L1F8-GN1
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• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Notes:

(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

Notes:

(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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