Wallace Earnest Edwards

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Charles married Marion Gemmill. Marion (daughter of James Gemmill and Jannet Bridget) was born on 26 Jan 1844 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1908; was buried in Drayton Cemetery, Drayton, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In his Eightieth Year
Mr. Games Gemmell died at his residence St. Andrew's church on Thursday night last. He ws ill four days. The last two he was unconscious. He lived here for nearly thwenty-five years. He was born in Paisley, Scotland December 22, 1821 and came with his parents to Canada in 1819. His father was one of the Ramsay settlers. The colony was sent out from the old country, and settled first in Lanark, but nearly all afterwards came to Ramsay. Old Mr. Gemmell was given a beautiful farm - that at present owned by Mr. George H. Neilson, being the east half of lot No.5 in the 11th concession, near Appleton. There were only two children, the present decesased, and a sister, who becam Mrs. McGregor, of Almonte, and who died some years ago. The mother died while the family were yet in Lanark period. Mr Gemmell's first wife died in February 1869, leaving six or seven children, and he married again in April of the same year. The latter wife survives, though they had not lived together for many years. Mr. Gemmell seemes to have saved enough to keep him in comfort. He was uried at Cram's on Saturday. C.C.
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Born December 21, 1818 at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, James came to Canada in 1821 as a two year-old with his parents, James Gemmill and Susanna Simpson. Arriving at Lanark Village in July 1821, the Gemmill family were housed at a temporary military encampment set up for the newly arrived Scottish immigrants. Tragically, James' mother died while they were still camped at Lanark Village.

So James grew up in the wilds of Lanark County being raised by his widower father. When older, young James and his older sister Mary would help transform their wooded 100 acre land grant in south Ramsay Township (East 1/2 Lot 5, Conc. 11) into a viable farm. James Jr. would later inherit the farm with its meandering creek from his father, which was described as a "beautiful farm" in his obituary.

James married Jennet Bridget in April 1840 and they raised eight children at their family farm, situated just northeast of Appleton. Jennet died in 1869 and James married the widow Agnes (Henry) Campbell in April 1869 but they later separated.

James sold his farm in 1871 and moved to nearby Carleton Place. For 28 years, James lived at what is now 38 Bridge St. beside the old Central School (now the Post Office). James set up shop as a grocer and provided Carleton Place residents with fresh produce and food supplies during the 1870s and 1880s.

James' obituary in the Ottawa Journal (30 Jan 1899) provides a nice insight on James in his latter years:

"For a long time he has been in poor health, and could not move far from the house, but on pleasant days, sitting in his chair on the verandah, gave and sought a social life with the passing townsfolk and neighbours of by-gone days, ... his kindly word to children and demeanor to neighbours, his bluff good-humoured salutations, indexed the fuller phases of his personality."

James died at home from influenza on January 27, 1899, after a long life of 80 years. His obituary confirms he was buried at Cram's Cemetery, which became St. Fillans, and is now part of Beckwith United Cemetery.

Brief bio by M. S. Manning, James' 3G-grandson.

James married Jannet Bridget. Jannet was born in 1816 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 9 Feb 1869 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Susannah McDonald Simpson on 18 Nov 1815 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Susannah was born in 1790 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died in 1821 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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