Jane Stewart b. 10 Mar 1832 Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland d. 16 Jun 1908 Gosfield North Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada: Ryk Brown - Genealogist

1832 - 1908 (76 years)

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Name	Jane Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Born	10 Mar 1832	Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
Christened	3 Sep 1832	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [1]
Gender	Female
Baptism	3 Sep 1832	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [6, 10]
Residence	1851	Halton, Canada West (Ontario), Canada [9]
Residence	1861	Madiston, Essex, Canada West, Canada [8]
Residence	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence	1881	Gosfield, Essex, Ontario, Canada [2, 7]
Residence	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Married
Residence	1891	Gosfield, Essex South, Ontario, Canada [3]
Residence	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Religion: Free Church
Residence	1901	Ontario, Canada [4]
Residence	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Religion: Methodist
Died	16 Jun 1908	Gosfield North Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada [1, 5, 11]
Buried	Albuna Cemetery, Albuna, Ontario [1]
Person ID	I15923	Brown Genealogy
Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

Father	Duncan Stewart, in Doune & Puslinch, b. 1788, Summerline, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1848, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Margaret Gillespie, b. Abt 1802, Perthshire or Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 1848, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 46 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	9 Mar 1827	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [1, 12, 13]
Married	9 Mar 1827	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [14]
Family ID	F4304	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John D. McCormick, b. 20 Mar 1823, Ayrshire, Scotland , d. 21 Apr 1909, Gosfield North Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)

Married 15 Mar 1852 Halton County, Ontario, Canada [1]

Children

	1. Mary Jane McCormick, b. 1857, Port Nelson, Halton, Ontario, Canada , d. 7 Mar 1884, Comber, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Age 27 years) [natural]
	2. Thomas McCormick, b. 14 Oct 1859, Port Nelson, Halton, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Apr 1945, Mersea Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) [natural]
	3. Elizabeth McCormick, b. 22 Dec 1861, Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jan 1943, Kingsville, Gosfield S. Twp., Essex Co., Ontario (Age 81 years) [natural]
	4. John McCormick, b. 14 Jan 1866, Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]
	5. Robert McCormick, b. 15 Jul 1869, Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Feb 1945, Staples, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) [natural]
	6. William McCormick, b. 15 Oct 1871, Tilbury, Essex, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Jan 1923, Leamington, Mersea, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Age 51 years) [natural]
	7. Louise B McCormick, b. 18 Nov 1900, Ontario, Canada [natural]

Last Modified 26 Sep 2026

Family ID F2698 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Jane Stewart was born in 1832 in the village of Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland.

About 1834, when Jane Stewart was just two years old, her parents immigrated to Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, along with her grandparents, the Gillespies. They extended family all settled on three adjoining farms.

In 1842, Jane Stewart is shown in the Canadian census as a daughter, under the age of 16, of Duncan Stewart, and residing next door to Hugh Gillespie.

In 1848, at age 16, Jane Stewart's parents both died, leaving Jane and her siblings orphaned. According to a 1908 biography, Jane was then raised by her grandparents Hugh Gillespie and Mary Reid. This could not be correct though, as her grandfather, Hugh Gillespie, died at the same time as her parents. What may be correct is that her grandparents may have helped raise the children prior to their parents' deaths.

In 1851 at age 18, Jane was residing in Nelson, Halton, Ontario, Canada, working as a farm labourer on the farm of Jonathan and Elizabeth Smith, and working alongside her future husband, John McCormack.

A year later, on 15 Mar 1852, in Halton, Ontario, Canada, Jane Stewart married John D. McCormick. They started a family in Port Nelson and later moved to Tilbury in Essex, Ontario, Canada, where they continued their family.

Sources

[S86] Research conducted by Brenda Dale.
Date of Import: Sep 11, 2003
[S154] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1881; Census Place: Gosfield, Essex, Ontario; Roll: C_13280; Page: 29; Family No: 152.
[S148] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: Gosfield, Essex South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6336; Family No: 45.
[S146] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1901; Census Place: Ontario; Page: 10; Family No: 92.
[S901] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Deaths, 1908; Series: 135.
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[S912] Essex District, Ontario, Canada Census, 1881 (Kingsville, Colchester, Sandwich, Pelee, Gosfield), Hewitt, Kris, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
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