Duncan Stewart

1860 - 1946  (85 years)

• Name	Duncan Stewart
  Born	28 Dec 1860	Aberfoyle, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Died	6 Dec 1946	Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Buried	Pleasantdale Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Person ID	I15738	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh Stewart,   b. 8 Jul 1837, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Sep 1913, Arden, Regional Municipality of Lansdowne, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Ann Mitchell,   b. 1837, Ireland ,   d. 1883, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	6 Oct 1858	Morriston, Puslinch Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F4310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Campbell,   b. 26 Apr 1862, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1917, Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1881	Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
  	Duff's Presbyterian Church
  Children	1. Hugh Stewart,   b. 18 Jan 1882, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 5 Nov 1963, Mount Forest, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   2. Janet Evelyn Stewart,   b. 21 Sep 1884, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1907  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   3. Mary Ann Stewart,   b. 31 Mar 1887, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. Jul 1980  (Age 93 years)  [natural]   4. Duncan Campbell Stewart,   b. 6 May 1889, Wallace, Northwest Territories (now Saskatchewan), Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 1972, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   5. Ethel J. Stewart,   b. 10 Feb 1891, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Elizabeth M. Stewart,   b. 21 Jan 1893, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. William Stewart,   b. 9 Sep 1895, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   8. Peter M. Stewart,   b. 10 Jul 1896, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 18 Jul 1975  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   9. Stanley James Stewart,   b. 4 Jun 1899, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1914, Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 15 years)  [natural]   10. Charlie Stewart,   b. 1 Jul 1901, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   11. Esther Stewart,   b. 3 Jan 1904, Arden, Lansdowne, MacDonald District, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Duncan Stewart accompanied his father, Hugh, and his brother Joseph to Manitoba in 1879 to establish a homestead there. Duncan returned breiefly to Ontario in 1881 to marry Mary Ann Campbell. Duncan remained in Arden, Manitoba for only two years and then moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan. It is believed that Duncan had little love for his unfaithful father and moved his family away from Hugh in order to protect them from Hugh's temper and lifestyle. However, after some time they returned to Arden until after Hugh's death in 1913, afterwhich they moved to Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan. When Duncan died in 1946, his son, Duncan, donated a portion of the family farm to become the cemetery where Duncan was buried. According to descendant Sharron Schaub: "Duncan's family were remembered for their hospitality: for opening their home for church meetings, picnics and parties. Duncan could step dance and play the violin." Due to a case of severe frostbite, Duncan eventually had to have his leg amputated. He took it with such good grace that he and a neighbour who also had a wooden leg created their own unique highland dance together involving tapping their wooden legs like African wood sticks.