Adam Stewart b. 24 May 1807 Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 18 Feb 1884 East Garafraxa, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada: Ryk Brown - Genealogist

1807 - 1884 (76 years)

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Name	Adam Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
Residence	1807	Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]
Born	24 May 1807	Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14]
Gender	Male
Baptism	2 Jun 1807	Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]
Residence	Wellington Center [8]
Residence	1841	Paisley Low, Renfrewshire, Scotland [7]
Residence	1851	Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada [10, 14]
Residence	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian
Residence	1861	Garafraxa, Wellington, Canada West, Canada [9]
Residence	Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Y C; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence	Abt 1871	Garafraxa West, Wellington Centre, Ontario [6, 8]
Residence	Marital Status: Widowed; Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Presbyterian
Residence	1872	Wellington, Ontario, Canada [15]
Residence	1881	Garafraxa East, Wellington Centre, Ontario, Canada [5]
Residence	Occupation: Weaver; Religion: Canada Presbyterian Church; Marital Status: Widowed
Died	18 Feb 1884	East Garafraxa, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada [2, 4]
Buried	Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada [2]
Person ID	I27401	Brown Genealogy
Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

Father	David Stewart, b. Abt 5 Apr 1778, Invernenty, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1860 and 1870, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Janet Boyd, in Hairst Lone, b. 3 Nov 1782, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	28 Jul 1806	Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland [12, 17]
Family ID	F9188	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1805, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 1832, Eaglesham, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland (Age 27 years)

Married 14 Oct 1827 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland [12]

Children

	1. Margaret Stewart, b. 17 Dec 1827, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 6 Nov 1913, Belwood, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) [natural]
	2. John Stewart, b. 3 Oct 1831, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 28 Nov 1900, Georgetown, Halton, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]

Last Modified 22 Jan 2025

Family ID F9210 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Catherine Wotherspoon, b. 22 Jul 1809, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 22 Jan 1871, Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)

Married 2 Aug 1832 Abbey Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland [3, 12]

Children

	1. Catherine Elder Stewart, b. 20 Feb 1835, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 16 Jan 1921, Amabel Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) [natural]
	2. Anne Stewart, b. 25 Oct 1835, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 2 Mar 1890, Rapid City, Manitoba, Canada (Age 54 years) [natural]
	3. Jeannette Millar Stewart, b. 4 Dec 1838, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 5 Feb 1899, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA (Age 60 years) [natural]
	4. Adam McTyre Stewart, b. 6 Jan 1841, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 28 Mar 1910, Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]
	5. Alexander Wotherspoon Stewart, b. 19 Aug 1842, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 1926, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 83 years) [natural]
	6. Helen Stewart, b. 18 Jun 1844, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. 1846, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 1 years) [natural]
	7. Eleanor Helen Stewart, b. 1846, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]
	8. Bethia Wotherspoon Stewart, b. 1849, Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Feb 1877, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada (Age 28 years) [natural]
	9. Samuel Wotherspoon Stewart, b. 15 Mar 1850, Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 May 1926, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 76 years) [natural]
	10. Robert B Stewart, b. Feb 1852, Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada , d. 27 Nov 1923, Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]

Last Modified 22 Jan 2025

Family ID F9208 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Adam Stewart was born in 1807 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He and his family later immigrated to Canada and settled in West Garafraxa Township, Wellington, County, Ontario, Canada, just east of the town of Fergus. The Wellington County Atlas, 1877, shows their farm was located where the present-day Highland Pines Campground is on Highway 19 and 5th Line. (https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showrecord.php?PersonID=136179)

In 1827, Adam Stewart married in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Elizabeth Wilson. He was residing in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland at the time. They had two children, Margaret and John. Elizabeth died in 1831 following the birth of their son, John.

In 1831, Adam Stewart was residing in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland at the time of his son John's birth.

In 1832, shortly after the death of his first wife, Adam Stewart married secondly in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Catherine Wotherspoon.

In 1841, at age 33, Adam Stewart was residing at No. 63 Millerston, Paisley Low, Renfrewshire, Scotland, with his second wife, Catherine, and their children. He was employed as a silk loom weaver.

In 1846, Adam Stewart immigrated to Canada with his second wife and their mixed family. They settled in Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, just east of the town of Fergus on land that is now the Highland Pines Campground on Highway 19.

In 1851, at age 45, Adam Stewart was residing in Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Catherine and their children. He was employed as a farmer.

In 1861, at age 54, Adam Stewart was residing in a log house in Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, as a widower with his children. He was employed as a farmer.

In 1871, at age 63, Adam Stewart was residing in West Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, as a widower with three of his younger adult children. (Also residing with him was 23-year-old Alice Stewart, born 1838 in Scotland, employed as a household servant. It is not known if she was related to the family.)

In 1881, at age 73, Adam Stewart was residing in East Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, as a widower in the home of his daughter Margaret Johnston (also widowed) and her family.

Adam Stewart died in 1884.

Obituary - Fergus News (Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada), 21 Feb 1884.
In Garafraxa, at Mrs. Johnston's residence, the oldest daughter of the deceased, on the 18th inst., Mr. Adam Stewart, Sr., aged 76 years and 8 months. Mr. Stewart was a resident of Paisley, Scotland, and came to Canada in 1846, settling in the Township of Garafraxa in that year on the farm on the Fergus and Douglas Road known as the Stewart Farmstead. Mr. Stewart was a very industrious tradesman and farmer, and brought up a large family in a very respectable manner, nine of whom live to mourn the death of a greatly beloved and venerated father. The wife of the deceased died thirteen years ago. Now their happy and sanctified spirits have met in the bright lands above. Mr. Stewart was a lover of the House of God, and was privileged to be there a week before passing away to the House of God above.

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