John Robert Stewart
1831 - 1887 (~ 55 years)
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Name John Robert Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Residence 1831 Southend, Argyllshire, Scotland 
[4] Born May 1831 Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9] Gender Male Baptism 20 May 1831 , Southend, Argyll, Scotland [4] Occupation 1851 farm worker Residence 1851 Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [7] Religion: Church of Scotland Residence 1861 Horton, Renfrew, Canada West, Canada [9] Residence Religion: Church of Scotland; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Head Residence Abt 1871 Renfrew, Renfrew South, Ontario [8] Marital Status: Married Occupation 1872 Merchant Residence 1872 Village of Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada Occupation 1881 Storekeeper Residence Horton [1, 3] Residence 1881 Renfrew, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada [6] Died 19 Mar 1887 Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [2] Buried Thompson Hill, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [2] Person ID I17316 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Robert Stewart, in Campbelltown, b. Abt 1 Jul 1781, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1865, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary McGregor, b. Abt 1785, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1831 and 1843 (Age ~ 46 years) Relationship natural Married 14 Jan 1812 Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland [10] Family ID F4611 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret McLaren, b. Sep 1832, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Jun 1878, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 45 years) Married 18 Jan 1859 Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [3, 5] Children 1. Robert Stewart, b. 7 Nov 1859, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. 10 Nov 1859, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) [natural]2. James Stewart, b. Jan 1861, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 May 1869, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 8 years) [natural]3. Mary M. McGregor Stewart, b. Aug 1862, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 May 1869, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 6 years) [natural]4. Catherine Stewart, b. 5 Jun 1864, Québec, Canada , d. Aft 1934 (Age > 71 years) [natural]5. Alexander Stewart, b. 1865, Québec, Canada , d. Bef 1871, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age < 5 years) [natural]6. Donald S. Stewart, b. 1867, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]7. John James Stewart, b. 19 Mar 1870, Ormstown, Québec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]8. Alexander Duncan Stewart, b. 18 Nov 1870, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Dec 1870, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) [natural]9. Alexander Duncan Stewart, b. 3 Jan 1872, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]10. Elizabeth Jane Stewart, b. 11 Nov 1873, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Dec 1875, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 2 years) [natural]11. Ann Isabella Stewart, b. 15 Aug 1875, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Mar 1876, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4537 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - No birth record has been found for John.
His marriage record gives his parents' names as follows: "John Stewart, 27, Campbellton Scotland, Horton, s/o Robert Stewart & Mary McGregor, married Margaret McLaren, 27, McNab, Horton, d/o James McLaren & Catherine McLaren, witn: Robert McLaren of Horton & Robinson Lyon of McNab, 18 Jan 18."
The 1881 census for Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada gives John's name as "John Robert Stewart."
John was the town engineer in Packenham.
"J. R. Stewart, who, belonging to another branch of the Stewart family and whose father was one of the settlers on the second line alongside of the pioneer James Stewart, left the farm which he had inherited and had wrought for some years, coming to Renfrew well on in the "sixties." He then set up a grocery in James Airth's old stand in which he was largely successful. In a few years he purchased from Robert McLaren the lot on the opposite corner, on which he built the store and dwelling now owned by David Barr. There he continued in business until his health failed and he died about the end of the "eighties." His eldest son, Donald, has been with us at intervals, engaged as a clerk and enjoying our esteem. The other members of the family -- two sons and one daughter -- have found their places in the West. Mr Stewart was an honorable, warm-hearted man, passionately fond of music and especially of the music of the pipes, which always set his Celtic blood on fire. He married a sister of Robert McLaren's, a woman of lovely character, whose home training of her children made lasting impressions for good upon those of them who, at the time of her death, where old enough to carry on her instructions with them into their lives."
(Campbell, Rev. Robert, and Smallfield, William Elgood, The Story of Renfrew - from the coming of the first settlers about 1820 to 1928, p. 131. Mercury Newspaper Publishing, 1914, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada)
- No birth record has been found for John.
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Sources - [S2848] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869; Reel: 6.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167059177/john-robert-stewart - [S364] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.
- [S380] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJS-75P - [S2848] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1940, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
- [S61] 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;).
- [S80] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Renfrew, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11751; Page: 31; Line: 50.
- [S89] 1871 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: 1871; Census Place: Renfrew, Renfrew South, Ontario; Roll: C-10020; Page: 7; Family No: 29.
- [S128] 1861 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;), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1070.
- [S367] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
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