Christina Mather

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• _UID: B3FDD3A5B0A94A10BA88275231F7FB5F18EF

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• Address: Address:
  Robert Mather
  Bancroft, Ontario
  Canada
• FamilySearch ID: K6Q1-J1T
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 26660829
• _UID: 53368783C94D448E9640612BDEA00F9C0663
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• alt Death: 1906

Notes:

Located in the Bancroft area of Hastings Cty.

Bill Mather lists b. 1834 d. 1922

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6Q1-J1T

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26660829

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Also noted as 1922

Robert married Jane "Jean" Stead on 15 Feb 1859. Jane (daughter of Robert Stead and Margaret Dick) was born about 1839 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1919; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 26679004
• _UID: AEBCF5C031314879AC5BF552D4E06451F9C0

Notes:

Had a foster child who became Mrs. Norman Belton, Edmonton, AB

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26679004

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• FamilySearch ID: LH6R-JS9
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 60369606
• _UID: 396E1AF7EF9A4833852641F52B92F452A083
• Census: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Native of Lauderdale, Scotland. Eldest son of John and Isobel.

John with wife and two daughters born in Scotland, came to Canada in 1820-22 on the ship Commerce as members of the Lanark Society Settlers. They landed in Quebec, traveled by river boat to Brockville, then overland to Perth where they drew lots for land allocations. In 1822, they settled at just south of Middleville, on W1/2 Lot 14 Concession 6 in Lanark Township, Lanark County.

John was a tradesman, a mason. He built both a stone house and a stone barn on the property and later worked with two other masons to build a new two story schoolhouse used from 1860s to 1970.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

?u?From Introduction to Mather Genealogy?/u?
John Mather and Robena Lunan emigrated from Scotland as part ofthe Lanark Society
Settlers arOlmd 1820 -1822. They sailed on the ship "Commerce" which landed at
Quebec City and from there by riverboat on the St. Lawrence River to Brockville, from
Brockville overland to Perth which had been settled four years earlier in 1816 by
pensioners from the British army. Lots were drawn at Perth from where they went out
to the piece ofland allotted to them It is said they crossed the Clyde River on a log
near what is now Lanark village. John and Robena settled on 100 acres, the west half
of Lot 14, Concession 6, Lanark Township, Lanark County, which is just south ofthe
village of Middleville.
John and Robena were married in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland, in November 1816. John was the oldest son of John Mather and his wife Isobel Gordon. Robena Lunan was the daughter ofThomas Lunan and his wife Margaret Ainslie ofBerwick County, Scotland. (John and Robena's tombstone in Middleville Greenwood Cemetery indicates they were natives ofLauderdale, Scotland.) They had two daughters born in Scotland who accompanied them to Canada, as well as seven additional children born in Canada for a family ofnine.
is said John actually settled on his farm in 1822 accompanied by two little girls. As his son John was born in 1822 it is probable that Robena stayed elsewhere until she had given birth.
John was a stone mason by trade and built a stone house and bam on his land and later helped two other stone masons build a new two-story stone school house, (8.S. No.6, Lanark -Middleville Public School) used from the 1860's to 1970. It is now a Museum in the village ofMiddleville.

?u?From Somerville-Mather Clan History 1947
?/u?John erected a stone house and stone barn on the property. The barn was destroyed by a cyclone and replaced by a wooden structure. This in turn was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1934, and a new barn erected in early summer. The house also suffered in a second cyclone that passed over the property and took a portion of the house in its wake. The other portion remains to mark the ancestral home of these sturdy pioneers.

Birth:
MATHER
JOHN
JOHN MATHER/ISOBEL GORDON FR349 (FR349)
M
22/03/1795
748/
20 203
Lauder

First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Mather
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1795
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1795
Baptism date?tab?22 Mar 1795
Baptism place?tab?LAUDER, BERWICK, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?John
Father's last name?tab?Mather
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Isobel
Mother's last name?tab?Gordon
Residence?tab?Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland
Place?tab?Lauder
County?tab?Berwickshire
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
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH6R-JS9

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60369606

Died:
John Mather ( Mathers) married Robina Lunam on 18 Nov 1816 in Scotland.They had the following children:Mrs John(Jane)Blackburn 1819-1878,Mrs Quintin(Isabella)Peacock 1821-1902,John 1822-?,Mrs William(Agnes)Somerville 1829-1906,Mrs George(Christina)Aitkman 1827/1831-1898,Robert 1832-1922,David 1835-1905,Henry 1837-? & Mathew 1842-1909

John married Robena Lunham on 18 Nov 1816 in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland. Robena (daughter of Thomas Lunham and Margaret Ainslie) was born in 1795 in Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 11 Jan 1873 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LH21-F37
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 60370092
• Name: Robeana
• Name: Robena Lunam
• Name: Robena Lunan
• _UID: 4A17D2F2986344B3BFEAF15ADF4E9B936608
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• alt Death: 11 Feb 1873; Bill Mather notes

Notes:

Native of Berwickshire, Scotland
Death also noted as 11 Feb 1873.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH21-F37

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60370092

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Robina Lunam was married to John Mather on 18 Nov 1816 in Scotland and they sailed to Qubec,Canada from Glasgow with their two oldest daughters.They had the following children Mrs John(Jane)Blackburn 1819-1878,Mrs Quinton(Isabella)Peacock 1821-1902,John 1822-?,Mrs William(Agnes) Somerville 1829- 1906,Mrs George(Chrisina)Aitkman 1827-1898,Robert 1832-1922,David 1835-1905,Henry 1837-? & Mathew 1842-1909.

Bill Mather gives death as 11 Feb 1873

Notes:

Married:
First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Mather
Marriage year?tab?1816
Marriage date?tab?18 Nov 1816
Marriage place?tab?Oldhamstocks,East Lothian,Scotland
Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Robinea
Spouse's last name?tab?Lunnam
Place?tab?Oldhamstocks
County?tab?Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Marriages 1561-1910
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

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• _UID: 7FD5569CCD7F4A92ADB8AFE98C15ED928B14

Robert married Margaret Dick. Margaret (daughter of James Dick and Jenet "Jane" Brown) was born on 11 Feb 1800 in Scotland; died about 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6F3B3BF57B5941249C2ACD43A13BEB48F8EB
• Immigration-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society
• Location-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 9 Lot 13

Notes:

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
This was the lot assigned to James and Janet but James drowned on the way to Lanark County. His son John was eighteen at the time and although the minimum age for receiving land was nineteen he was permitted to take on the lot that would have gone to his father. Neighbours helped the young people to get established and it was left to the older girls to care for the house and younger siblings.

Location-Witness:
Role: Witness

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• _UID: 8D1EE5807A874AFCA857BFCD8E095FC199CB

Notes:

Birth:
First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Mather
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1765
Birth place?tab?Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Baptism year?tab?-
Baptism date?tab?-
Baptism place?tab?JEDBURGH, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?William
Father's last name?tab?Mather Or Madder
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Jean
Mother's last name?tab?Waugh
Residence?tab?Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Place?tab?Jedburgh
County?tab?Roxburghshire
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
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

John married Isobel Gordon on 28 Jun 1793 in Lauderdale, Berwickshire, Scotland. Isobel (daughter of William Gordon and Jean Ferguson) was born in 1777; was christened on 12 Jan 1777 in Stewarton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D8486437228A4DFAB07FC6CE6CC6958DC5A9

Notes:

Christened:
First name(s)?tab?Isobel
Last name?tab?Gordon
Gender?tab?Female
Birth year?tab?1777
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1777
Baptism date?tab?12 Jan 1777
Baptism place?tab?STEWARTON, AYR, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?William
Father's last name?tab?Gordon
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Jean
Mother's last name?tab?Ferguson
Residence?tab?Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Place?tab?Stewarton
County?tab?Ayrshire
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
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Notes:

Married:
First name(s)?tab?Isobel
Last name?tab?Gordon
Marriage year?tab?1793
Marriage date?tab?28 Jun 1793
Marriage place?tab?Lauder,Berwick,Scotland
Spouse's first name(s)?tab?John
Spouse's last name?tab?Madder
Place?tab?Lauder
County?tab?Berwickshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Marriages 1561-1910
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

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• FamilySearch ID: MR3N-8RM
• _UID: 765CD3044DF649AF9EE1943E43190DDC7AC3

Notes:

Christened:
Name:?tab?Thos. Lunham
Gender:?tab?Male
Baptism Date:?tab?11 Aug 1769
Baptism Place:?tab?Presbyterian,Rochester,Kent,England
Father:?tab?Thos. Lunham
Mother:?tab?Grisel
FHL Film Number:?tab?0917002 (RG8 19)

Name:?tab?Thos Lunham
Event Type:?tab?Baptism
Father:?tab?Thos Lunham
Mother:?tab?Grisel Lunham
Baptism Date:?tab?11 Aug 1769
Baptism Place:?tab?Rochester, Kent, England
Denomination:?tab?Presbyterian
Piece Title:?tab?Piece 0019: Rochester (Presbyterian): Births and Baptisms, 1700-1808

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MR3N-8RM

Buried:
Name:?tab?Thomas Lunham
Death or Burial Date:?tab?1839
Death or Burial Place:?tab?Berwickshire, Scotland
Register Place:?tab?Berwickshire, Scotland
Register Name:?tab?Chirnside Kirk Session
NRS Reference:?tab?CH2/407/7 p105
URL:?tab?http://www.scottishindexes.co....

Thomas married Margaret Ainslie on 27 Oct 1793 in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Alexander Ainslie and Margaret Elliott) was born on 28 Dec 1763 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Jan 1764 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; died on 1 Mar 1827 in Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried in 1827 in Chirnside Kirk, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 2ZSQ-DGP
• _UID: 48C0BBE4E9424324AD192A03916890651A55

Notes:

of Berwick County, Scotland.

Christened:
AINSLIE
MARGARET
ALEXANDER AINSLIE/MARGARET ELLIOTT FR1314 (FR1314)
F
01/01/1764
792/
40 224
Jedburgh

First name(s)?tab?Margaret
Last name?tab?Ainslie
Gender?tab?Female
Birth year?tab?1764
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1764
Baptism date?tab?01 Jan 1764
Baptism place?tab?JEDBURGH, ROXBURGH, SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?Alexander
Father's last name?tab?Ainslie
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Margaret
Mother's last name?tab?Elliott
Place?tab?Jedburgh
County?tab?Roxburghshire
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
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Name:?tab?Margaret Ainslie
Gender:?tab?Female
Birth Date:?tab?28 Dec 1763
Baptism Date:?tab?1 Jan 1764
Baptism Place:?tab?, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Father:?tab?Alexander Ainslie
Mother:?tab?Margaret Elliott
FHL Film Number:?tab?1067944
Reference ID:?tab?2:18C4RKQ

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2ZSQ-DGP

Buried:
Name:?tab?Lunham
Death or Burial Date:?tab?1827
Death or Burial Place:?tab?Berwickshire, Scotland
Register Place:?tab?Berwickshire, Scotland
Register Name:?tab?Chirnside Kirk Session
NRS Reference:?tab?CH2/407/7 p15

Notes:

Married:
First name(s)?tab?Thomas
Last name?tab?Lunham
Marriage year?tab?1793
Marriage date?tab?27 Oct 1793
Marriage place?tab?Gordon,Berwick,Scotland
Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Margaret
Spouse's last name?tab?Ainslie
Place?tab?Gordon
County?tab?Berwickshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Marriages 1561-1910
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Marriages
Collections from?tab?Scotland, United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Name:?tab?Thomas Lunham
Gender:?tab?Male
Marriage Date:?tab?27 Oct 1793
Marriage Place:?tab?Gordon,Berwick,Scotland
Spouse:?tab?Margaret Ainslie
FHL Film Number:?tab?1067899

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• _UID: DC83271845A44EBD93623AB293A893094A4F

George married Catherine Thompson. Catherine (daughter of Richard Thompson and Elizabeth) was born in 1775 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 19 May 1775 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England; died in Nov 1851 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C24218FEF5CB4A63BB6AF844B40171172576

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• _UID: E25590A50DFE485A999002A84A42B39BC6D7
• Location: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 9 Lot 13
• Immigration: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society

Notes:

Some descendants of this family went to Westmeath Township in Renfrew County and to Hastings County. Some went to Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Immigration:
This was the lot assigned to James and Janet but James drowned on the way to Lanark County. His son John was eighteen at the time and although the minimum age for receiving land was nineteen he was permitted to take on the lot that would have gone to his father. Neighbours helped the young people to get established and it was left to the older girls to care for the house and younger siblings.

Died:
While they were camped at Lachine, en route for Lanark, the father, James Dick, was drowned. A letter has survived which was written young John Dick to his uncle, John Dick, a merchant of Bathgate, Scotland.
Dear Uncle:
I have the painful task to perform of informing you of the death of our dear father and that our mother and us are all proceeding forward to Upper Canada. My father, next day after we arrived at Lachine, went into the St. Lawrence o bath himself and going into the river at a part where there was a shelf in the shore, not knowing the nature of the river, went over it t once and sank and no one could save him. A farmer, looking to his cattle some distance from the spot, alone was a witness to the fatal accident, but by the time he came forward he was drowned. The accident happened on the 29th of June at half-past eleven o'clock forenoon.
Our mother as well as the whole family was in a terrible state at first, in that state which is easier felt than described, but now she seems more resigned to the will of God and the disposition of His Providence. All are reconciled to go to our destination, all believing that our kind father not only risked his life but lost it in the view of putting the family in a better situation than he could place them and leave them in Bathgate. And now he is gone to the place appointed for all living, before seeing this end accomplished, we think it is our duty to do our utmost exertion to bring into effect what he so ardently wished."
?i?letter shared by Ron R. Thompson.?/i?

James married Jenet "Jane" Brown on 23 Apr 1799 in Bathgate, (near Linlithgow), West Lothian, Scotland. Jenet (daughter of Brown) was born on 17 Jan 1776 in Scotland; died about Jul 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1410362ED5204A5EA6789A0DBC7458CC3E25
• Immigration-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society
• Location-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 9 Lot 13

Notes:

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
This was the lot assigned to James and Janet but James drowned on the way to Lanark County. His son John was eighteen at the time and although the minimum age for receiving land was nineteen he was permitted to take on the lot that would have gone to his father. Neighbours helped the young people to get established and it was left to the older girls to care for the house and younger siblings.

Location-Witness:
Role: Witness