Ann Cathann Ritchie

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• _UID: 8F32DB531FD14F36B03372446E26FB2DB9AC

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 205885086
• _UID: 282D1B5CBACE4338AEE47588C6D42913347C
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205885086

Died:
Obituary
Our Althorpe correspondent writes. Another native person of this district died on Tuesday, April the 10th, in the person of Mr. John Ritchie. Deceased had been sick only a few days but the attending physician pronounced it a general breaking up of the system.

Deceased was of a quiet nature and was well thought of and widely known. Mr. Ritchie was a councillor and Reeve for years and was always chosen for chairman at all public meetings. It will be a hard task to fill Mr. Ritchie's place. He was always ready to assist or help people out of ?, he was a good farmer qne could extract a tooth as well as a doctor and a few years ago people would come a long distance to have a tooth taken out by him.

Some years ago he relin? ? farming and spent the last 4 years with his son. He had ??

The family are Robert and James and Mrs A. Poole in the west; John and Mrs Thomas. ? at Penting?, Mrs Peter Munroe at Maberly and William on the homestead.

Tuesday the service was conducted by the Baptist minister and the funeral to Bollingbrook wa largely attended.

John married Jane Mentry Menzies in 1845. Jane (daughter of Cpl. John Menzies and Mary Gibson) was born in 1823 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Dec 1897 in Althorpe, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 16 Dec 1897 in Bollingbroke Cemetery, Bolingbrooke, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 157827659
• _UID: 2B51D4D1DC894EADAC483216239BE2258230
• Census-Household Member: 2 Apr 1871, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157827659

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Obituary
It is with great sorrow we announce the death of Mrs. John Ritchie, which took place at her residence at Althorpe, South Sherbrooke, on Tuesday, Dec. 14th, at the ripe old age of 74 years. She has been gradually failing for the last four years, but her death was caused by paralysis.

The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, and the remains were followed by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances from her late residence to Bolingbroke Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. C.E. Burrell, of Westport.

Deceased lieaves a husband and family of four sons and three daughters to mourn her loss. The family have the sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement.

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• Name: John Ritchy
• _UID: 8FD3F3C7F3544B579635E88EF2E7D2E4D50D
• Religion: May 1844, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; joined Perth Baptist Church

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John and Janet had 11 children

(Research):9 children.

John married Mary Blair Wilson on 7 Nov 1920 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of George Wilson and Isabella Wilson) was born in 1796 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Jan 1796 in Colvend Parish, Kirkcudbright, Scotland; died in 1857 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EFD75A6A8D1D4C1A8A4B777A8C268D66053F

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Christened:
Name:?tab?Mary Blair Wilson
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 27 Jan 1796
Baptism Place: Colvend, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Father: George Wilson
Mother: Isobella Wilson
FHL Film Number: 1067973, 0102337

WILSON
MARY BLAIR
GEORGE WILSON/ISOBELLA WILSON FR164 (FR164)
F
27/01/1796
861/
10 9
Colvend

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 157675622
• Name: Jean Menzy
• Name: Johan Menzi
• Name: John Menzy
• _UID: 861AFD35BDFC4CD7989CF499495F26114EFB
• Location: 1819, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 7

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John married Mary Gibson on 27 Jan 1820 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 219994A608524AC3B40AE00A38430E43CF92

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Married:
Perth, Johnstown Dist., Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada
In the House of Mr. Cameron; Rev. William Bell (Presbyterian) [see: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJD-M9F7-L ]

27 Jan 1820

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52613388
• Name: John Ritchy
• _UID: A3D4EA00E0D4445EBF5B880A814F98956087

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52613388

Died:
Transcription of an excerpt of a typewritten account of the Ritchie family history in Ontario received from Mr. Lyndsey Ritchie of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1949. Much of it appears to have been compiled by a Mrs. Jessie Hendry McLaren of Perth, Ontario in 1931.


History and Record of John Ritchie and his wife, Janet Luke, Fintry, Scotland and Perth, Ontario, and their children to the fourth generation. [Excerpt]


This brief record of the Ritchie family has been written to preserve for the present and future generations, the history of their ancestors. There may be errors and omissions, but it is, we believe, a fairly accurate record, and, as such, it is sent to members of the different branches of this family with the hope that it may prove interesting, and also that it will be preserved.


For help and information we would thank Mr. Robert Ritchie of Edmonton, Alberta; Mr. W. W. Kemp of Forest; Mr. S. H. F. Kemp of Toronto; Dr. H. B. Anderson of Toronto; Mrs. Crawford of Sarnia; Mr. James McLean of Renfrew County; and Dr. J. W. Jory of St. Catherines, Ontario. The compiling of this record has been a great pleasure, and we regret that more time could not have been spent in its preparation.


From old pages and records we find that in the year 1784, John Ritchie, Jr., son of John Ritchie of Dalry Mills, Scotland, was apprenticed to Henry Hannah, smith, of Lennie Park, for the term of four years, "for the learning of, and serving him in the business and craft as a smith." John Ritchie's brother, James, "taking burden upon himself for his said brother as cautioner." The record says that he served his term of apprenticeship faithfully and honestly.


Four years later, in the year 1792 he married Janet Luke, their home being in the beautiful little village of Fintry, nestled on the South side of the Campia Hills, about midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. There he worked in a factory, and was in charge of the machinery. Some fine specimens of his work are still in possession of his grandsons and their sons.


It was toward the end of the Napoleonic wars, when hard times in the old country induced many families to improve their fortunes by emigration to the United States or Canada, that John Ritchie of Fintry, Scotland, with his wife and family of eight children sailed from Greenock, in June, 1815 for Virginia, in order to re-establish themselves in the new world.


The war of 1812-1815, in which the Americans had joined with the French against the Motherland was just drawing to a close. In order to escape French privateers on watch for British shipping, the sailing ship with the Ritchie family turned Northward, for the St. Lawrence. The County of Lanark, in upper Canada was just then being opened for the settlement of a large immigration of soldiers and civilians from Lanarkshire, in Scotland, and the Ritchie family made Lanark County their destination, and located a tract of land seven miles from the future county town of Perth. The Lanark settlement soon became well established and prosperous. In fact, the most successful emigration in the early history of the province.


About seven miles South from Perth the Ritchie homestead was situated; the grant being one hundred acres of land. John, the eldest son, also received a grant of one hundred acres, adjoining his father's land. The first years in the new land were ones of hardship, but the Ritchies appear to have been clever and resourceful.


The second son, Robert, went with his young wife (Margaret Hume) to Peterboro county, obtaining a grant of four hundred acres of land. Here they prospered, and established saw and grist mills, as well as engaging in farming.


The youngest son, William, stayed on the homestead, which he extended to three hundred acres. He also went into the lumbering business, and at one time owned extensive timber limits. The house, built by his mother, (with later additions) still stands as a fine old mansion, and is now owned and occupied by a descendent of the Ritchie family. The saw mill passed into other hands, but is again in operation on a small scale.


There is no record of the death of John Ritchie. We learn that he was a man of quiet and retiring nature, but evidently capable and clever. His wife, Janet Luke, was a woman of fine and commanding appearance, dignified, wise, and most capable. She lived a number of years after the death of her husband, at the old home, having attained the age of 84 years.


These men and women, good, noble, and industrious, as many of them were, have, with their descendants, taken no small part in the making of Canada. For it is the good citizens and true patriots who make a Country Great.


Compiled in 1931 by Jessie Hendry McLaren ? (Mrs. P. S. McLaren)

R. R. #2, Perth, Ontario.

Comment by L. K. Ritchie ? grandson of Peter Ritchie ? No. V [Peter Ritchie was a son of Robert and Margaret (Hume) Ritchie.]


This seems to be a very fine piece of work, and it's value will increase more and more as time passes, and records are harder to reach, and memories fade and fail. These folks who have given of their time and effort to set this record up are definitely entitled to the most hearty thanks of all the descendants of John Ritchie and Janet Luke. I have collected, developed and compiled ? with the very generous help of some of my "cousins", both Ritchie and Kidd ? quite a bit of genealogy connected with the second son, Robert, who was my great grandfather, and it has been a most interesting work. There are some noticeable "differences" between the various recordings, but I know of no way to now determine the accuracy of any one item over another, and so have recorded the seemingly most 'probable' version ? subject to correction.


4618 Pillsbury Ave., Minneapolis, 9, Minn.

John married Janet Luke on 2 Sep 1792 in East Kilbride Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Janet was born about 1773 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in Jan 1856 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52613407
• _UID: 1D82D1C696BF468FACE5A4C788EE58153FF7
• Religion: 1843, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; joined Perth Baptist Church

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52613407

Died:
church records

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Married:
RITCHIE
JOHN
JANET LUKE/FR563 (FR563)
02/09/1792
643/
20 237
East Kilbride

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• Address: George Wilson; Address:
  Scotch Line
  Scotch Line, ON
  CAN
• FamilySearch ID: LK2V-1V6
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 100257246
• _UID: F1E9A53A0CAE42FAA55F82AB35D093A31B48
• Immigration: 1815, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on Brig Atlas
• Location: 1816, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 1 Lot 16 - Scotch Line; Land Grant
• alt Death: Abt 1827, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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(Research):George Wilson was a brother of John Gibson's mother Mary. George came to Canada in 1815 and received a land grant on the Scotch Line near Perth in 1816 and then encouraged John to emmigrate to the same area.
Lived near the 'Scotch Line Corners'

Birth:
First name(s)?tab?George
Last name?tab?Wilson
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1758
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1758
Baptism date?tab?03 Jul 1758
Baptism place?tab?COLVEND, KIRKCUDBRIGHT, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?Samuel
Father's last name?tab?Wilson
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Mary
Mother's last name?tab?Blair
Residence?tab?Colvend, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Place?tab?Colvend
County?tab?Kirkcudbrightshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom

Christened:
WILSON
GEORGE
SAMUEL WILSON/MARY BLAIR FR300 (FR300)
M
03/07/1758
861/
30 56
Colvend

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https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK2V-1V6

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100257246

George married Isabella Wilson. Isabella (daughter of John Wilson and Jean McVeen) was born in 1772 in Scotland; died about 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Scotch Line Cemetery, Scotch Line, Burgess Twp, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LDMS-YKG
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 113968239
• _UID: DE61A1BEA05A4B7FB0B9007187F8F0933E01

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FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDMS-YKG

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113968239

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Married:
First name(s)?tab?George
Last name?tab?Wilson
Name note?tab?-
Marriage year?tab?1795
Marriage date?tab?13 Dec 1795
Marriage place?tab?Carlisle
Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Isabella
Spouse's last name?tab?Wilson
County?tab?Cumberland
Country?tab?England
Record set?tab?England Marriages 1538-1973
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
Collections from?tab?England, United Kingdom
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