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John Ewing

Male 1826 - 1903  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  John Ewing was born on 24 May 1826 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland (son of Alexander Ewing and Elizabeth Tawse); died on 20 Jan 1903 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 43D281A0E4EB47A8BAD7CDC6F1F6625ABB44
    • Residence: 1903, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; 7 Levengrove Terrace


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander Ewing was born on 22 Mar 1800 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 Mar 1800 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Peter Ewing and Janet Ferrier); died in 1903 1904 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 39D353FAEEA74D028DF7AD807C0F6E2E1570
    • Census: 1851, West Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; England, Scotland & Wales
    • Occupation: 1851, West Bridgend, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; labourer
    • Census: 1861, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; England Scotland & Wales
    • Occupation: 1861, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; landed proprietor
    • Residence: 1861, Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Church Street

    Notes:

    Christened:
    EWING
    ALEXANDER
    PETER EWING/JANET FERRIER
    M
    25/03/1800
    494/
    20 171
    Cardross

    Died:
    "There died on Wednesday, Alexander Ewing, a Cardross residenter, who was born at Dumbarton in March,1801, and was thus in his 103d year. He was letter-carrier by road between Dumbarton and Glasgow for nearly thirty years, and could remember such incidents as the introduction of railways and the first steamer on the Clyde. He had lived under five British Sovereigns."

    Alexander married Elizabeth Tawse. Elizabeth was born on 23 Aug 1801 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland; died after 1881 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Tawse was born on 23 Aug 1801 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland; died after 1881 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 40A149C6D6E94AA2B4E3AD267073CCF0A45E

    Children:
    1. 1. John Ewing was born on 24 May 1826 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland; died on 20 Jan 1903 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    2. William Tawes Ewing was born on 8 Jun 1828 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1900 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    3. Peter Ewing was born on 10 May 1833 in Leith (South), Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1894 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    4. Isabella Ewing was born on 20 Jul 1836 in Alloa Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died in Jan 1908 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was buried in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    5. Jane Ewing was born on 28 Jul 1838 in Alloa Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1898 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    6. Grace Ewing was born in 1839; died in 1841.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Ewing was born in 1766 in Rosneath Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Apr 1766 in Rosneath Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Patrick "Peter" Ewing and Janet Rodger); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 99JG-6HB
    • _UID: 5D1CBCBFF1C24181980D5176E2B55F4C1724

    Notes:

    Christened:
    Name?tab?Peter Ewing
    Sex?tab?Male
    Christening Date?tab?13 Apr 1766
    Christening Place?tab?Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Christening Place (Original)?tab?Roseneath, Dunbarton, Scotland
    Father's Name?tab?Peter Ewing
    Father's Sex?tab?Male
    Mother's Name?tab?Janet Rodger
    Mother's Sex?tab?Female

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99JG-6HB

    Peter married Janet Ferrier on 17 Dec 1796 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Alexander Ferrier and Jannet Barr) was born on 1 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Janet Ferrier was born on 1 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (daughter of Alexander Ferrier and Jannet Barr); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: 99JM-YP4
    • _UID: E62234A5919B43A7ABD410B0E25578D0B5C4

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Name:?tab?Janet Barr
    Gender:?tab?Female
    Spouse:?tab?Alexander Ferrier
    Child:?tab?Janet Ferrier
    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:
    FERRIER
    JANET
    ALEXANDER FERRIER/JANET BARR FR186 (FR186)
    F
    11/11/1771
    494/
    10 172
    Cardross

    Name?tab?Janet Ferrier
    Sex?tab?Female
    Christening Date?tab?11 Nov 1771
    Christening Place?tab?Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Christening Place (Original)?tab?Cardross, Dunbarton, Scotland
    Father's Name?tab?Alexander Ferrier
    Father's Sex?tab?Male
    Mother's Name?tab?Janet Barr
    Mother's Sex?tab?Female

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/99JM-YP4

    Notes:

    Married:
    FERRIER
    JANET
    PETER EWING/
    17/12/1796
    494/
    20 283
    Cardross

    Name?tab?Peter Ewing
    Sex?tab?Male
    Spouse's Name?tab?Janet Ferrier
    Spouse's Sex?tab?Female
    Marriage Date?tab?17 Dec 1796
    Marriage Place?tab?Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Marriage Place (Original)?tab?Cardross, Dunbarton, Scotland

    Children:
    1. Janet Ewing was born in 1797 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened in Nov 1797 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. Agness Ewing was born in 1799 in High Kirkton, Cardross Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 16 Feb 1799 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 19 Sep 1899 in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    3. 2. Alexander Ewing was born on 22 Mar 1800 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 Mar 1800 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died in 1903 1904 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    4. Peter Ewing was born in 1806 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 16 Mar 1806 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Patrick "Peter" Ewing was born in 1732 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Aug 1732 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died in 1819 in Kirkton, Kirkintilloch Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3AF38F8355974E90A35CAD1B53DDBCA05C17

    Patrick married Janet Rodger on 30 Dec 1756 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Janet was born in 1727 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 May 1727 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Janet Rodger was born in 1727 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 8 May 1727 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3257AE983444442195AF7EF93CD2725F468D

    Children:
    1. 4. Peter Ewing was born in 1766 in Rosneath Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 13 Apr 1766 in Rosneath Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.

  3. 10.  Alexander Ferrier was born in 1740 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Apr 1740 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Alexander Ferrier, son of Alexander Ferrier and Jenat Ewing); died about 1811 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KG3H-QTQ
    • _UID: E81C2FD027DA428AB7E37F8818FBE4B21A40
    • Residence: 1740, Kipperminschoch, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    son
    John Farrier and wife
    2M-12, 1F-12, Dumbarton, on the Atlas Merchant, 17 Apr 1815, settled 1816 Lot 7&8 Con 10 Burgess

    Could this be his father?
    And Cardross has links to three men: Colin Campbell of Colgrain, Alexander Ferrier who built Bloomhill House, and Charles Edmonstone of Cardross Park.

    Strathleven House, which is now home to the Strathleven Regeneration Community Interest Company (SRCI), is linked to James Ewing (1775-1853), a slave owner, West Indian merchant, former MP and once Lord Provost of Glasgow.

    https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/18534040.examining-areas-link-slave-trade/

    (Research):?i?Ships List 1816-1820; National Archives of Canada MG9, D8-27, Vol. 1, Microfilm Reel #C-4651 prepared by Christine Spencer
    ?/i?A John Ferrier (Farrier), arrived in Quebec on the Atlas in 1815, settled 1816 Burgess CR10 L7W.
    Abraham Ferrier (Farrier), arrived in Quebec on the Brig Eliza in 1815, settled 1816 Burgess CR10 LE8

    Birth:
    Kipperminchoch
    This may be reference to a property, although attached to Cardross Parish in some references. No trace of this name has been found.

    Christened:
    FERRIER
    ALEXANDER
    ALEXANDER FERRIER/ EUINE
    M
    20/04/1740
    494/
    10 121
    Cardross

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KG3H-QTQ

    Alexander married Jannet Barr on 31 Jan 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Jannet (daughter of John Barr and Janet Caldwell) was born in 1749 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Jun 1749 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died about 1838 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jannet Barr was born in 1749 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Jun 1749 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (daughter of John Barr and Janet Caldwell); died about 1838 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: KG3H-QLV
    • _UID: DC499C78934748F4843E91CF158EFA7482A5

    Notes:

    Christened:
    Name?tab?Janett Barr
    Sex?tab?Female
    Christening Date?tab?1 Jun 1749
    Christening Place?tab?Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Christening Place (Original)?tab?Cardross, Dunbarton, Scotland
    Father's Name?tab?John Barr
    Father's Sex?tab?Male
    Mother's Name?tab?Janet Caldwell
    Mother's Sex?tab?Female

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KG3H-QLV

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name:?tab?Janet Barr
    Gender:?tab?Female
    Marriage Date:?tab?31 Jan 1771
    Marriage Place:?tab?Cardross,Dunbarton,Scotland
    Spouse:?tab?Alexander Ferrier
    FHL Film Number:?tab?1041983
    Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

    FERRIER
    ALEXANDER
    JANET BARR/FR322 (FR322)
    31/01/1771
    494/
    10 305
    Cardross

    Children:
    1. 5. Janet Ferrier was born on 1 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Nov 1771 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. Robert Ferrier was born in 1773 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 2 Dec 1773 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    3. Agnes Ferrier was born on 2 Jul 1776 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Jul 1776 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. Mary Ferrier was born on 22 Jul 1778 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 23 Jul 1778 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    5. Abraham "Abram" Ferrier, I was born in 1782 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 28 Aug 1782 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 5 Dec 1833 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
    6. John Ferrier, Sr. was born in 1785 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened in Nov 1785 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 10 Aug 1872 in Dummer Twp, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 15 Aug 1872 in Cottesloe Cemetery, Drummer Twp, Peterborough County East, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Alexander Ferrier was born on 9 Nov 1785 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened about Nov 1785 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    8. Margaret Ferrier was born on 7 Sep 1787 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 21 Sep 1787 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.
    9. Jean "Jane" Ferrier was born on 27 Oct 1789 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 9 Nov 1789 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died.



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