Families of Lanark County, Ontario

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Comment by Nancy Trimble on January 8, 2012 at 3:47pm

Hi,all -

I too am descended from Walter Burns and his wife Agnes Anderson,through their son Walter married to Mary Ann Roberts (her second husband was James Skiffington), and their grandson Walter married to Elizabeth Dougherty. This couple moved to Manitoba, and their gt-grandson was my Dad, Donovan Samuel Brown.

I too have the Lanark Era books - what a wonderful resource. They helped me immensely!!

Love to chat with you, Robert

Thanks,

Nancy

Comment by Cheri Green on December 9, 2011 at 9:43am

Hi Robert,

I am new to the Genealogy Wise website, I came across it while searching for the Lanark Era Births, Marriages and Deaths.  I am searching for my Great Grandmother Mary Quinn (first Married name MacDonald and second Married name Currie) , recently I found a record on the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid  website that may be her and her second Husband John Currie.  -

CURRIE, John (h/o Mary MacDonald)

Indian Hill / St Peter Celestine Roman Catholic

Lanark

Pakenham

LCGS-0962

Unfortunately I don't much about the couple as that part of my family is a big mystery.  My Grandmother did not know much about them as she did not live with them after the age of 10.  I am wondering if you could please check your books on Lanark Era Births, Marriages and Deaths and see if there is possibly a listing for either John Currie or Mary MacDonald?  I am not sure when they died but they may have been born around 1890.  They also had three children - Mary Lourien, John and Rose.

Thank you so much for your help

 

Cheri 

 

Comment by Robert Burns on February 9, 2010 at 2:49pm

Great to hear your story Judy, thanks for sharing. You are right, it doesn't look like we are researching any of the same families, but I have so many ties to Lanark County I may yet stumble across something. Besides, it is always great to hear everyone else's tale.

I have that Carol Bennett book as well. I too had ancestors that came over with the Lanark Society Settlers. Walter Burns and his wife Agnes came to Canada in 1820 aboard the Commerce. Also James Horn and his wife Marion came in 1820 aboard the Brock.

I had not previously heard of the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery. I just had a quick look at it and bookmarked for future use. It looks like it might be some help. I have not yet approached any Genealogical Societies, even to take out a membership, let alone ask for help. So far I have been using the resources available to me, especially making good use of the Canada Census Collection through Ancestry.com and order copious numbers of books from Global Genealogy.

Comment by Judy on February 9, 2010 at 12:20pm

The original folks that came over with the Rutherglen Union Society (Lanark Society Settlers) were John Angus b. abt 1781 d. Dec. 11, 1859 and his wife Margaret Smith b. Mar 6, 1794 d. Aug. 15 1871. I was able to find a lot of information through the Perth Courier and books by Carol Bennett McCuaig. I have "Founding Families of Bromley Township" parts of "The Lanark Society Settlers" and "The Lanark Society Settlers: Ships' Lists of the Glasgow Emigration Society 1821" by Gerald J. Neville and would be willing to do look-ups also. I also found the Lanark County Genealogical Society to be a very big help. The Canadian Gravemaker Gallery has also made a big difference. Parts of the Angus family are also found in Dalhousie, Lavant and Lanark Townships as well as, Renfrew where the one son, James moved to at an early age. There is another Angus, Andrew, who is thought to be a brother to John that married and moved to Pontiac County, Quebec. Unfortunately, Robert, none of your names fall within the names I have found in the Angus or the Irvine families. Some of the names I have been researching are, of course, Angus, Smith, Watt, Thomas, Affleck, Tennent, McLaren, Spence, McLeod, Johnston(e), Dobson, Irvine, Kellock (Illat, Tetlock), Rathwell, Hughes, Crampton, Giff, Ferguson, Jacobs.
I think everyone must have at least one favorite ancestor or story and mine begins with the marriage of Robert Byron Angus b. 1863, son of James, b. 1822 and grandson of the original John Angus who came over as a Lanak Society Settler, to Julia Orange Johnston(e) b. 1874 to John Johnston(e) and Lucy Gibson. Their story seemed like a fairy tail romance which took them to North Dakota and finally settling in Barwick, ON. Early history has come down that she lost 4 siblings who died of diphtheria and that loss prompted the family to move to North Dakota to farm. It is said that her parents farmed in Lanark close to John and Margaret Angus and that is how Robert met Julia. He later followed her to North Dakota and waited until she turned of marriageable age. I have tried hard to find any death notices or cemetery headstones of those 4 children. It was thought they died of diphtheria. Robert lost 3 sisters around this time to diphtheria also.

Comment by Robert Burns on February 9, 2010 at 3:57am

I have become quite familiar with Lanark County. Every line on my Father's side of the family has had a presence in the area for at least five generations, most of them seven. Some of the family names I am most closely focussed on include: Burns, Skiffington, Crosbie, Horn, and McInnes. Also, just a note to anyone and everyone, I have a copy of all three volumes of Peter E. Anderson's transcriptions of the Lanark Era Births, Marriages and Deaths, covering the period 1895-1936. I have found this to be the single most helpful resource for researching families in Lanark County. If anybody needs anything looked up in them, please feel free to let me know, I would be happy to lend a hand.