Robert Stewart, Jr.
1834 - 1915 (81 years)
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Name Robert Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] Suffix Jr. Born 15 May 1834 Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24] Gender Male Baptism 1 Aug 1834 Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland [4, 5] Residence 1841 Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland [24] Arrival 1849 [9] Residence 1851 Huron, Canada West (Ontario), Canada [1] Religion: N. Presby Residence 1861 Usborne, Huron, Canada West, Canada [2] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head Residence Abt 1871 Usborne, Huron South, Ontario [6] Marital Status: Married; Religion: Presbyterian Residence 1881 Usborne, Huron South, Ontario, Canada [11] Occupation: Farmer; Religion: Canada Presbyterian Church; Marital Status: Married Residence 1891 Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada [8] Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Free Church Residence 1901 Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada [7] Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Religion: Presbyterian Residence 1911 Huron South, Ontario [9] Occupation: Income; Religion: Presbyterian; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head Died 19 Jun 1915 Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada [3, 12, 13] Buried Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada [3, 13] Person ID I27898 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Robert Stewart, b. 25 Jul 1791, Letrunchen, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 23 Apr 1874, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Mother Isabella McLaren, b. 1792, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 11 Sep 1874, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Married 1 Aug 1818 Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland [25, 26, 27] Family ID F21248 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Ross, b. 24 Apr 1839, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland , d. 23 May 1927, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) Children 1. Isabella Stewart, b. 1863, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 4 Mar 1941, Richmond, British Columbia (Age 78 years) [natural]2. Jane Stewart, b. 1864, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 1881, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 17 years) [natural]3. Duncan Stewart, b. 14 Jan 1867, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Sep 1969, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 102 years) [natural]4. Jessie Clarkson Stewart, b. 1868, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 1965, Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 97 years) [natural]5. Gavin Stewart, b. 1870, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Jan 1871, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 years) [natural]6. Ellen Stewart, b. 8 May 1873, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 1962, Seaforth, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) [natural]7. Margaret Stewart, b. 27 Dec 1873, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 1943, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]8. Robert Stewart, III, b. 12 Feb 1876, Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 May 1941, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years) [natural]9. John R. Stewart, b. 13 Mar 1878, Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Aug 1950, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) [natural]10. James Stewart, b. 7 Feb 1883, Huron, Ontario, Canada , d. 1908, Hensall, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada (Age 24 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F21251 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Robert Stewart Jr. was born 15 May 1834 in Aberfoyle parish, Perthshire, Scotland, to Robert Stewart and Isabella McLaren. Online family records indicate that he was born at Gartmore. His mother's name was incorrectly listed on his baptism as Elizabeth McLaren.
In 1841, at age 6, Robert Stewart was residing at Windy Yetts #1 in Port of Menteith parish with his parents and siblings. The exact location of Windy Yetts is not known, but was likely on the Gartmore estate.
Robert Stewart immigrated to Canada with his birth family likely between 1841-1844 and settled in Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada. Duncan grew up working on his parents' farm. On the 1911 census, he recorded his year of immigration as 1849, however this is unlikely to be correct as his sister, Janet, was already in Canada in 1844 when she had a child in nearby Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
In 1851, at age 18 (sic, 16), Robert Stewart was residing at Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, on his parents' farm. He was employed as a farmer.
In 1861, at age 25, Robert Stewart was residing at Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, on his parents' farm. He was employed as a farmer.
About 1862, Robert Stewart is presumed to have married in Huron, Ontario, Canada, to Jane Ross, however no record of their marriage has been found.
In 1871, at age 36, Robert Stewart was residing at Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and their four young children. He was employed as a farmer. They were residing next-door to his parents.
In 1881, at age 46, Robert Stewart was residing at Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and their eight children. He was employed as a farmer.
In 1891, at age 50 (sic, 56), Robert Stewart was residing at Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and children. He was employed as a farmer. His widowed brother, James Stewart, was residing with them.
In 1901, at age 66, Robert Stewart was residing at Tuckersmith, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and four of their adult and teen children. He was employed as a farmer.
In 1911, at age 77, Robert Stewart was residing at Hensall, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and their daughter, Margaret. He was retired and surviving on his own income. As noted above, Robert lists his year of immigration as 1849. However, this is unlikely to be accurate as also noted above.
Robert owned a farm near Rodgerville, just south of Hensall, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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"No settlement in Huron County suffered such a dramatic change in its fortunes as the hamlet of Rodgerville. Straddling the London Road on the edges of Usborne and Hay townships, Rodgerville at its peak of prosperity in the 1870s boasted a hotel, two general stores, tannery, carriage works, plough maker, blacksmith, brickyard, veterinarian, barber, shoemaker, saddlery, dressmaker, cheese factory and church. But within just a few years, Rodgerville would be nothing more than a scattering of derelict and abandoned buildings.
Originally called Warrensville for the nearby Warren Creek, William Elder was the first settler who, in 1834, located in Rodgerville. As the midway point between London and Goderich, it was the logical spot for a stopover for weary travellers on the London Road, which then was little more than a blazed trail.
A Presbyterian congregation was formed in 1848 with Rev. John Logie as the first minister. In 1851, the congregation was affluent enough to build a brick church on the south side of Warren’s Creek.
The hamlet officially became Rodgerville when a post office opened in August 1858. Named after Matthew Rodger, a Scottish immigrant born in 1807 who settled in Usborne Township in 1836. Rodger was considered a man “of more than average intelligence” whose drive and “force of character” served him well, according to his obituary. He established the Great Western Hotel and Stage House in 1849 on the Usborne side of the London Road. The hotel was considered “one of the greatest places of accommodation west of Toronto.”
Rodger also operated a general store which drew customers from as far away as Perth County. An account book from 1854-55 gives some idea of the wares available to early settlers. Molasses, tea, gingham cloth, corsets, feathers for ladies’ bonnets and tobacco were some of the most popular goods available.
Not all of Rodgerville’s inhabitants adhered to temperance principles. In one tragic incident during the winter of 1872, Andrew Muir, after having a few drinks at a Hensall tavern, took the shortcut home through the bush to Rodgerville when he fell over a log and passed out. Search parties found his frozen body days later.
By the mid-1870s, Rodgerville’s population was estimated at about 150 people
However, the advent of the London, Huron and Bruce Railroad in 1876 heralded the demise of Rodgerville. The offer of free land induced the railway to build the train station in Hensall, 1.5 miles north of Rodgerville. When the railroad opened in 1877, one by one Rodgerville’s business enterprises either closed up or moved to Hensall.
In 1885, the 104 members of the Rodgerville church voted to join the Hensall Presbyterian congregation. In March 1887, the men dismantled the church stable and sleighed the brick to Hensall for use in the new church. The rest of church was pulled down shortly thereafter prompting the Expositor to declare that “the place which has known the old church for about 30 years will know it no more.”
Matthew Rodger’s death in February 1897 literally signalled the end of the town he founded. Only the cheese factory remained and it closed in 1901. The Huron Expositor noted “prosperous Hensall has left Rodgerville a truly deserted village.” As late as 1938, the ruins of the abandoned hotel and a few scattered houses were the only vestiges of the once thriving hamlet. Today, only a modest roadside sign on the east side of Highway 4 indicates that Rodgerville once was." (https://www.clintonnewsrecord.com/opinion/columnists/the-rise-and-fall-of-rodgerville - edited for length)
- Robert Stewart Jr. was born 15 May 1834 in Aberfoyle parish, Perthshire, Scotland, to Robert Stewart and Isabella McLaren. Online family records indicate that he was born at Gartmore. His mother's name was incorrectly listed on his baptism as Elizabeth McLaren.
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