Jane "Jean" Stead

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 26679004
• _UID: AEBCF5C031314879AC5BF552D4E06451F9C0

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

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Jane married Robert Mather on 15 Feb 1859. Robert (son of John Mather and Robena Lunham) was born on 19 Oct 1832 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1922 in Mayo & Carlow Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jannet "Janet" Mather was born about 1860; and died.
2. Margaret Stead "Maggie" Mather was born on 9 May 1861 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Jul 1931; was buried in Metiskow Cemetery, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
3. Christina Mather was born in 1863; died in 1921.
4. Robena Lunan Mather was born on 4 Jun 1864 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Mar 1950 in Provost Hospital, Metiskow, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Metiskow Cemetery, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
5. John Mather was born about 1868; died in Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada.
6. Robert Franklin "Frank" Mather was born on 19 Sep 1876; died on 6 Jul 1948 in Hermon, Hastings County, Ontario Canada.

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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.

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Role: Witness

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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.

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Role: Witness

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• _UID: 764CDA76135F410994D4CD560D18A7FD2241

Richard married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CA50878EC3194C6B83D0A0A2D99D54D8F947

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John married Janet. Janet was born about 1842; died on 11 Dec 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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