Alexander Drysdale

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Alexander married Margaret Halley on 25 Nov 1806 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Margaret was born about 1767 in Scotland; was christened on 13 Dec 1787 in Dunbar Parish, East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Janet Drysdale was born about 1807 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; was christened on 14 Feb 1807 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; and died.
2. Christian Drysdale was born about 1808 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; and died.
3. Alexander Drysdale was born about 1810 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; and died.
4. Margaret Drysdale was born about 1812 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 May 1811 in Hutton Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.
5. James Drysdale was born about 1814 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; and died.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 206548778
• _UID: 418253CA8DFD417EAE217BE67F320B344980
• Location: 1816, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; concession 10 lot 6 (Scotch Line)

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Christened:
DRYSDAL
JAMES
JOHN DRYSDAL/
M
16/09/1757
352/
10 207
Findo Gask

?i?15 miles from Glendevon
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During their stay there, late in the autumn of 1815, a party of explorers from this colony visited the present site of the town of Perth to "spy out the land" for their kindred, before they could commit themselves to a position from which, once taken, it would be difficult to recede. One of these was Mr. Thomas Cuddie, grandfather of Mrs. George Templeton, of Calgary, Alberta, and he it was who cut down the first tree in the proposed settlement. He selected a farm on the Scotch line, and died in Perth not many years ago. The party camped the first night of their arrival in the locality on the right or west bank of the River Tay, very near the south end of the old stone bridge that stood so long on Gore street. They made a bush camp almost in front of the spot where Spalding & Stewart's distillery stands, cutting down an immense elm tree for the purpose. The stump of this tree remained as a sort of landmark for many years. This camp became the temporary headquarters of the prospectors till they decided upon the locality about them as the best procurable in the district, when they returned to their comrades at Brockville, all of whom came on and settled in the townships of Bathurst, North Burgess, North Elmsley, a few in Drummond, and some within the present limits of the town of Perth, though the greater number located in the immediate neighborhood on what is known as "The Scotch Line," forming the boundary between Bathurst and North Burgess townships.

The date of the first land taken up was April 17th, 1816, and among the pioneer settlers were John Halliday, lot A; Alexander McFarlane and Jas. McDonald, Lot 1; William McGilvery and Alexander Cameron, lot 2; John Brash and William Rutherford, lot 3; John Miller and Robert Gardner, lot 4; James Drysdale and John Allan, lot 5; John Ferrier and Robert Barber, lot 8, all in the 10th concession of North Burgess. Sergt. Thomas Brooke settled on the 9th concession.

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Died:
Buried 29 Mar (1852)
[St. Andrew's Burial Register]
"at the residence of his son-in-law, Thomas Moodie, Burgess, on the 27th ult., James Drysdale, on of the first settlers of that neighborhood, in his 94th year."
[The Bathurst Courier; 2 Apr 1852]

James married Christian "Christy" Fergus on 13 Jan 1787 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Christian (daughter of Robert Fergus and Christian Dickie) was born about 1765 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jun 1849 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Jun 1849 in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 206542906
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Married:
DRYSDALE
JAMES
CHRISTIAN FERGUS/FR380 (FR380)
13/01/1787
467/
20 177
Dollar

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Robert married Christian Dickie about 1750 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Christian (daughter of William Dickie) was born about 1732 in Scotland; was christened on 2 Apr 1732 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Dicky
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Robert married Isabel Jack. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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