John Stewart
Abt 1802 - 1836 (33 years)
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Name John Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Born Abt 27 Jul 1802 Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1] Gender Male Baptism 27 Jul 1802 Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland [3] Died 1836 McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [1] Buried Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [1, 4] Person ID I16539 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father John Stewart, in Wester Ardveich and Keip, b. Abt 20 Oct 1765, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1841 and 1851, Alloa, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother Ann Stewart, b. Abt 1775, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1841, Scotland (Age < 65 years) Relationship natural Married 25 Jul 1795 Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland [6, 7, 8] Family ID F4594 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Christian McIntyre, b. Abt 31 Jan 1802, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 30 Jul 1872, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) Married Between 10 and 22 Jul 1829 Balquhidder and Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland [6] Children 1. Ann Stewart, b. 1829, Scotland , d. 16 Nov 1904, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) [natural]2. Margaret Stewart, b. 1832, Grenville, Québec, Canada , d. 24 Feb 1901, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]3. John "Churchfield" Stewart, b. 1835, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada , d. 25 May 1889, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 54 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F4512 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John Stewart was born on 27 Jul 1802 in Ardveich in Glen Beich, in Comrie parish, Perthshire Scotland, on the east side of the Beich Burn, as a son of John Stewart and Ann Stewart.
On 10 Jul 1829, at the age of 27, John Stewart married in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland, to his childhood nextdoor neighbour and first-cousin-once-removed, Christian McIntyre. She came from Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, on the west side of the Beich Burn in Glen Beich.
In 1831, John Stewart's brother-in-law, Peter McIntyre led a large party of immigrants from the north shore of Loch Earn to Canada. John Stewart and his young family were part of that group. They had their infant daughter Ann with them. They stopped briefly in Grenville, Quebec, Canada, where their second daughter Margaret was born, before finally settling in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
John Stewart and his family lived near Burnstown, east of Stewarton in McNab township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
In 1836, at age 33, John Stewart died in a tragic drowning incident, leaving his wife with three children under the age of five.
“Then, for a time, Rev. Mr. Fairbairn, the Ramsay minister, came occasionally to visit the people. And in connection with his coming, there occurred one of the early and memorable tragedies of the district. It was probably about the year 1835 that the people were going to meet with Mr. Fairburn at John Fisher’s on the south side of the Madawaska, near Burnstown. Those on the north side went across in canoes. A number had safely crossed the swiftly swirling waters at that point, on this side as on former occasions; but the canoe containing John McNab (known as Auchessan McNab), John Stewart (father of the late “Churchfield John”, and the blacksmith McArthur with his two children, capsized. McArthur managed to swim ashore with one child, but McNab, Stewart, and the other child were all swept down by the current and drowned. For many days the neighbours “dragged” the waters till the bodies were found." (The Story of Renfrew - From the Coming of the First Settlers About 1820 by W. E. Smallfield and Rev. Robert Campbell, D.Sc. Renfrew, Smallfield and Son, 1919)
John Stewart is listed on the following McLaren/McIntyre stone in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.
In Memory Of
---- Joe Burnett 1832
1799 Peter McIntyre 1872
1794 James McLaren 1860
1795 Catherine McLaren 1884
1841 Christina 1842
1835 John 1844
1820 Mary 1896
1804 Malcom McLaren 1881
1804 Ann Campbell 1888
1848 Ann 1850
Infant Son
1863 James McLaren 1869
1865 Henry 1869
Children Of
Henry and Mary Mclaren
1802 John Stewart 1836
1801 Christina McIntyre 1872
1835 John Stewart 1889
1837 Marion Gilchrist 1878
1784 John Stewart 1872
1804 Daniel Stewart 1877
1809 Catherine Stewart 1873
1780 Robert Stewart 1865
---- Donald Stewart 1867
1809 Margaret Stewart 1891
Elizabeth Stewart 17,years
Infant Son 1,Year,7,Months
Children Of
Ann and Duncan Stewart
Erected 1969
By Descendants
- John Stewart was born on 27 Jul 1802 in Ardveich in Glen Beich, in Comrie parish, Perthshire Scotland, on the east side of the Beich Burn, as a son of John Stewart and Ann Stewart.
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