Neil Truelove Blair

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: B5ECAC9A05F4430ABB5E3BB335CD8DD99C87

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 89669B70FFE34457B8922DFCF97FEBEA37F9
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Blair -
There passed away at his home, 6th line Bathurst, on Tuesday Feb. 11th, after an illness of almost a years duration, James S. Blair, aged 65 years. Deceased was a son of the late John Blair, one of the early settlers in the Bathurst township and was born on the 6th line of Bathurst, where he resided ever since. In 1873 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Cameron, daughter of the late Ewen Cameron of Bathurst.

Mr. Blair was one of nature's noble men, being of a bright and cheerful disposition, he endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. He was an ideal husband and father, and the memory of his sweet manly personality and sincere christian life will not soon be forgotten. His intellectual abilities were of a high order, and although his was a busy life, he was always interested in and kept himself informed regarding the current events and literature of the day. He lived a quiet, unostentatious life, each day of which was a testimony of the Master he loved, and a revelation of the christian faith he possessed. And although his sufferings were very great, he bore them patiently, calmly awaiting the end.

Deceased was an Anglican in religion and a Conservative in politics. He leaves to mourn his loss besides his widow, six sons and two daughters: Ewen of Haileybury, John of Maberly, Herbert, Christie Lake, Cpl Wm. J. in England; Neil of Bathurst; and Robert on the farm. Mrs. W.J. Flemming and Mrs. Leslie Strong of Maberly are daughters. Also three brothers and two sisters survive: Robert of Perth, Hugh and John of Bathurst; and Neil, deceased. Mrs Andrew Gamble, Perth and Mrs. William Gamble, Matheson, New Ontario.

The funeral was conducted by his pastor, Rev. H. E. Clarke, from his family residence to St. Stephen's church, where an impressive service was held and the remains were laid to rest in the family plot in Brooke cemetery. The pallbearers were his four sons and two sons-in-law. Much sypathy is extended to the sorrowing widow and family.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
February 21, 1919, pg. 5.

James married Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Cameron on 30 Dec 1874 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Ewen Cameron and Elizabeth Ann Norris) was born on 15 Feb 1853 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1930 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Brooke, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 241416318
• _UID: 5C85725BE1194CBA958416FE030348BBE4A5

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241416318

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 192444421
• _UID: BE2C775409E84CBD840C36FE2C0B7D5B820F
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Frame house - 5th Concession
• Census: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1909, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1909, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 5

Notes:

?u?LAC RG8 Vol 625 ff.219-23
?/u?June 1820 on the Commerce out of Greenock, Coverdale (Master), to Quebec. Age 34, dyer, Leigh Kirk, Barony Parish, Glasgow.

Birth:
BLAIR
JOHN
WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHERINE SYM FR699 (FR699)
M
12/03/1820
644/2
40 7
Gorbals
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Name:?tab?John Blair
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?27 Feb 1820
Baptism Date:?tab?12 Mar 1820
Baptism Place:?tab?Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland
Father:?tab?William Blair
Mother:?tab?Catherine Sym
FHL Film Number:?tab?102945
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Christened:
BLAIR
JOHN
WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHERINE SYM FR699 (FR699)
M
12/03/1820
644/2
40 7
Gorbal

FHL Film Number:?tab?102945; Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Name:?tab?John Blair
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?27 Feb 1820
Baptism Date:?tab?12 Mar 1820
Baptism Place:?tab?Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland
Father:?tab?William Blair
Mother:?tab?Catherine Sym

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192444421

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Died
Blair - at Brooke, on Feb. 4th, 1909, John Blair, aged 89 years.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
February 12, 1909

Blair
The late John Blair who died at his home at Brooke on the 4th inst., and whose remains were interred in White's Cemetery, was truly a pioneer settler of Bathurst. He came to this county from Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born in 1820, with his parent Wm. Blair and family, beeing then a mere babe in arms. The family settled for a time in the primeval forest in South Sherbrooke near the Bathurst line, but shortly afterwards homesteaded in Bathurst.

William Blair was one of the earliest settlers of theh Brooke section of the Brooke section of Bathurst, and a founder of the Blair family in that township. The old homestead remained in the family for long generations and passed to his son James W. who farmed it till he sold out and moved to town a few years ago.

The late John Blair was married to Margaret Truelove when both were in the heyday of youth, and they struck bravely into the virgin forest, locating their home on the sixth line, in the rear of a farm on the fifth concession.

The union was blessed with a large family, and those surviving today are Neil, John, James and Hugh, and Robert of Sharbot Lake; Mrs Andrew Gamble, Wemyss, and Mrs. Wm. Gamble, Clarendon.

Mrs Blair died two years ago. Two brothers and one sister also survive: Hugh, postmaster at Rideau View near Manotick, now in his 92nd year; James W. of town, and Mrs John Truelove, Bathurst.

A curious coincidence is here narrated in reference to the political beliefs of the three brothers: Hugh Blair and his family are all Liberals, John Blair and his family, Consservative, and James W. Blair Independent.

The Perth Courier
Perth, Ontario, Canada
19 February, 1909

Buried:
FaG no stone recorded. Obituary indicates White's Cemetery, Poland but he lived at Brooke.???
Dates on stone are incorrect and he is buried in Brooke, Saint Stephen's

John married Margaret Truelove. Margaret (daughter of John Truelove and Mary Ann McIntosh) was born on 27 Apr 1824 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Apr 1907 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Brooke, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 192444698
• _UID: 66CC4F7A6F3045AAABF7BF379E93C9072238
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Religion: 1907, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1907, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Bathurst Concession 5 Lot 6

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192444698

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46668129
• _UID: FA28084093624F8986D1841F00744B211156

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46668129

Died:
There is also a Cenotaph at Elmwood Cemetery on his wife's Memorial there.

"Wemyss.
Death has laid low one of our old neighbors in the person of Mr. Ewen Cameron, in the 75th year of his age. He was of Highland Scotch descent. His father and mother came from Aberdeen, and deceased was born on their farm close to Bathurst Station. He was a genial, good neighbor. He and Mr. George O'Brien got the first threshing machine in the township of Bathurst, in the shape of an old Hull machine, about fifty years ago, and the deceased got a seperator and power about forty-five years ago. He threshed in Bathurst, Drummond, Sherbrooke and Burgess. About two years ago the grippe attacked him and on the 10th inst. death claimed his victim. His funeral on the 12th by its size showed the respect felt for him, as about seventy buggies followed the hearse to the old burying ground in Perth, where he was laid beside his mother in the Presbyterian enclosure. The Rev. Mr. Hague officiated. He leaves a wife and five boys and three girls to lament the loss of a kind husband and father."
[Col. 8, Pg. 1; The Perth Courier; Vol. LIX, No. 37]

Gravesite Details
No monument located in 1993 or 2016

Ewen married Elizabeth Ann Norris. Elizabeth (daughter of William Norris and Elizabeth Garner) was born on 30 Mar 1825 in England; died on 21 Jul 1911 in Manion, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45624669
• _UID: 4CC98CFD34564FCCB51AA8686AB0484DD157

Notes:

Birth:
alt date 30 Mar 1828, England or at sea

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45624669

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 372BE79FABDA4A3FA0E83E9AEC96303139F8
• Land & Property: 1816, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant, Beckwith Twp. Con 3 Lot 22
• Land & Property: 23 Jul 1816, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
• Land & Property: 31 Jul 1817, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
• Immigration: 1820, Canada
• Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; to Bathurst, on Alfred, wife and 2 sons under 12
• Land & Property: 25 Feb 1821, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Land Grant
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 3 Lot 23 all
• Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 4 Lot 13
• Occupation: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
WILLIAM
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR188 (FR188)
M
05/07/1778
606/
10 284
Monkton and Prestwick

Immigration:
A Dictionary of Scottish Settlers to Canada Before Confederation, Donald White
#Blair, William, 2779-5 October 1858. From Glasgow. bro. James B. qv. Arrived Quebec on the Alfred, Sep 1820; settled 25 Feb 1821, Lot 21SW, Con 6, Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark Co., ON, m. Catherine Sym, qv. ch: 1 John, d inf; 2 Hugh, 1817-1910; 3 John, b 1820; 4Jane, b 1822; 5 Janet, b 1825; 6 Henry, 1828-1903; 7. James William, 1835-1914. ICS-2; DC 13 Mar 1988.

Location:
John Blair is on Concession 5 Lot 6

William married Catharine Janet Sym on 15 Mar 1815 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Catharine (daughter of George Alexander Syme and Agnes Snaddon) was born on 16 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: AAFE23D10CA3451EABC845589B5751B3B446
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Research):Ted says:
Catharine Sym was born 29 Jan, 1793, in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland Parish 573; her Birth is documented in Scotland - Church Registers: Old Parish Registers, She died 14 February, 1815, in Gorbals Scotland; her death is documented in Church Registers: Old Parish Records. They had 7 children.

Birth:
Name Catharine Sym
Gender Female
Birth Date 16 Jan 1793
Baptism Date 20 Jan 1793
Baptism Place , Polmont, Stirling, Scotland
Father George Sym
Mother Agnes Snaddon
FHL Film Number 1041955
Reference ID 2:17W7PH0
Household Members
Name Age
George Sym
Agnes Snaddon
Catharine Sym





Christened:
SYM
CATHARINE
GEORGE SYM/AGNES SNADDON FR189 (FR189)
F
20/01/1793
487/
10 366
Polmont

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Notes:

Married:
Not found in ScotlandsPeople

Name William Blair
Gender Male
Marriage Date 18 Feb 1815
Marriage Place Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland
Spouse Catharine Sym
FHL Film Number 102941, 1042981, 0990755

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E344A5DADFDF4116815E6430A01329ADB737
• Religion: 1818; Church of England

John married Mary Ann McIntosh on 4 Feb 1818 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Mary was born on 9 Apr 1803 in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 2 Jul 1869 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: ED7B450A0F894A26B0390F1410E401D595AE

Notes:

Married:
04 Feb 1818 ? Qu?bec (Anglican) (Qu?bec (Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church)), Qu?bec

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 213988949
• _UID: B69FABB1D0404F99A8E38888A6ADAAA5E6E4
• Location: 1818, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213988949

Died:
The son of Ewen Cameron and Catherine "Katrine" MacGregor of Muckrach House he was baptized May 6th, 1787 at the Parish of Abernethy and Kincardine, Inverness, Scotland.
The Color Sergeant of the 103rd Foot he settled in Bathurst Twp., Lanark Co. in 1818.
Died of Insanity at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. Buried 4 Oct 1859

Alexander married Margaret E. Grant about 1816. Margaret (daughter of James Grant and Jane) was born about 1791 in Scotland; died on 19 Sep 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 241402335
• _UID: EE046088214F45F2BC3AB63E83BF1A5D2433

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241402335

Died:
"Wemyss.
Death has laid low one of our old neighbors in the person of Mr. Ewen Cameron, in the 75th year of his age. He was of Highland Scotch descent. His father and mother came from Aberdeen, and deceased was born on their farm close to Bathurst Station. He was a genial, good neighbor. He and Mr. George O'Brien got the first threshing machine in the township of Bathurst, in the shape of an old Hull machine, about fifty years ago, and the deceased got a seperator and power about forty-five years ago. He threshed in Bathurst, Drummond, Sherbrooke and Burgess. About two years ago the grippe attacked him and on the 10th inst. death claimed his victim. His funeral on the 12th by its size showed the respect felt for him, as about seventy buggies followed the hearse to the old burying ground in Perth, where ?b?he was laid beside his mother in the Presbyterian enclosure?/b?. The Rev. Mr. Hague officiated. He leaves a wife and five boys and three girls to lament the loss of a kind husband and father."
[Col. 8, Pg. 1; The Perth Courier; Vol. LIX, No. 37]

Gravesite Details
no headstone located in 1993 or 2016

Notes:

Married:
either 1808 Montreal or 1816

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: ED4CD4DB11EF40A4A6635A7BEE2E3D4D50C1

William married Elizabeth Garner. Elizabeth was born about 1806 in England; died on 26 Aug 1885 in Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 3CD5C1C8227C46E8BD041DE27270D9A3844A