Adam McTyre Stewart

1841 - 1910  (69 years)

• Name	Adam McTyre Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Residence	1841	Paisley Low, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1, 3]
  Born	6 Jan 1841	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Abbey (Paisley), Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [3]
  Residence	Wellington Center   [14]
  Residence	Garafraxa Township   [7, 10]
  Residence	1851	Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada   [2, 13]
  	Religion: Presbyterian
  Residence	1861	Garafraxa, Wellington, Canada West, Canada   [9]
  	Occupation: Son Lab; Religion: Free Church; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	Abt 1871	Garafraxa West, Wellington Centre, Ontario   [12, 14]
  	Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian
  Residence	1881	Garafraxa East, Wellington Centre, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Married
  Residence	1891	Fergus, Wellington Centre, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Free Church
  Residence	1901	Manitoba, Canada   [6]
  	Occupation: Caretaker; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Presbyterian
  Died	28 Mar 1910	Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada   [4, 15]
  Buried	Oak Lake, Virden Census Division, Manitoba, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I26583	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Stewart,   b. 24 May 1807, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 18 Feb 1884, East Garafraxa, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine Wotherspoon,   b. 22 Jul 1809, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Jan 1871, Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	2 Aug 1832	Abbey Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland   [16, 17]
  Family ID	F6849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Strachan,   b. 10 Jun 1846, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 May 1928  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1867	Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada   [7, 18]
  Children	1. Mary Campbell Stewart,   b. 21 Apr 1868, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1931  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   2. Catherine Stewart,   b. 1873, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Clarinda Laws Stewart,   b. 5 Aug 1874, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 1926, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 52 years)  [natural]   4. Margaret Isabella Stewart,   b. 6 Jun 1876, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949, Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   5. Janet Patterson Stewart,   b. 24 Oct 1878, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1937, Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 59 years)  [natural]   6. Annie Stewart,   b. 5 Nov 1880, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Aug 1905, Oak Lake, Virden Census Division, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 24 years)  [natural]   7. Elizabeth Stewart,   b. 30 Oct 1881, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  [natural]   8. Adam Strachan Stewart,   b. 9 Dec 1883, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963, Sifton, Virden Census Division, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   9. Bertha Ellen Stewart,   b. 9 Apr 1889, Belwood, Wellington, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Dec 1961  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F6899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Adam Stewart Family (the Oak Lake History Book) In 1892, Adam Stewart Sr., his wife Margaret and family of eight daughters and one son came to Manitoba from Belwood, Ontario, settling in Oak Lake. The families were: Mary (Mrs. Geo. Ellice), Isabelle (Mrs. R. J. Grey), Anne (Mrs. Harry Peever), Katherine (Mrs. Jas. Bell), Clara (Mrs. Archie Taylor), Jeanette (Mrs. Dave Kydd), Elizaberh (Mrs. N. McLean), Bertha (Mrs. W. V. Wilson), Adam Strachan (A. S.) Stewart married the former Grace Chapman in 1919 and were lifetime residents in Oak Lake. Mr. Stewart was a farm equipment and automobile dealer for 42 years retiring in 1952. He was a member of session of the Oak Lake United Church, a member of the town council for 12 years and mayor for 12 years. Mrs. Stewart (nee Grace Chapman) was born at Ancaster, Ontario, coming west with her family in 1905, settling in Oak Lake. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Stwart was a stenographer at the Leitch Flour Mills. She was a longtime member of the Oak Lake United Church and the UCW the Women’s Curling Club and actively involved in Red Cross work during the war years. Mrs. Jas. Bell was also a lifetime resident of Oak Lake while the rest of her sisters took up residence at various points in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Mrs. and Mrs. R. J. Grey, in the late 1930s, returned to Oak Lake and for a number of years operated a retail store in the former Bank of Montreal building until their retirement to Mosse Jaw, Saskatchewan.

  
  

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