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  1. 1.  James was born in Oct 1885 (daughter of Robert James, of Southwyn MB and Emily Rankin); died on 30 Oct 1885; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 226449964
    • _UID: D0E22A3D825A4EF5B026307193E41E236778

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226449964


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert James, of Southwyn MB was born on 8 May 1846 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert James and Jane "Jean" Cumming); died on 3 Apr 1915; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 226450069
    • _UID: 2470930ED79D48E4AB2982A703CE4C493854
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Occupation: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Census: 1891, St Boniface, Provencher, Manitoba, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1901, Springfield, Selkirk District, Manitoba, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1916, Medicine Hat Sub-Districts 12-70, Alberta, Canada; Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226450069

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census:
    Name:?tab?Robert James
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Racial or Tribal Origin:?tab?Scotch (Scotish)
    Nationality:?tab?Canadian
    Age:?tab?70
    Marital status:?tab?Single
    Birth Year:?tab?1846
    Birth Place:?tab?Ontario
    Home in 1916:?tab?Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
    Address:?tab?25, 5, 4
    Relation to Head of Household:?tab?Head
    Sub-District:?tab?26
    Sub District Description:?tab?Townships 22, 23, 24 and 25, whole or fractional, ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, W. 4. M., north of the Red Deer River
    Enumeration District:?tab?40
    Enumerator's Name:?tab?L J Peers
    Dwelling House:?tab?265
    Religion:?tab?Presbyterian
    Can Speak English:?tab?Yes
    Can Speak French:?tab?No
    Can Read:?tab?Yes
    Can Write:?tab?Yes
    Occupation:?tab?Farmer
    Employment status:?tab?Working on Own Account
    Employer:?tab?On Farm
    Household Members:?tab?
    Name?tab?Age
    Robert James?tab?70

    Robert married Emily Rankin on 5 May 1875 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Emily (daughter of William Rankin and Isobella Kerr) was born in 1848 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Oct 1885; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emily Rankin was born in 1848 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (daughter of William Rankin and Isobella Kerr); died on 31 Oct 1885; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 226449896
    • _UID: 674C73B68D9249028D4804686426ECECE980
    • Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226449896

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Notes:

    Married:
    Name?tab?Robert James
    Age?tab?28
    Birth Year?tab?1847
    Birth Place?tab?Lanark, Ontario
    Marriage Date?tab?05/05/1875
    Marriage Place?tab?Lanark Ontario Canada
    Father?tab?Robert James
    Mother?tab?Jane Cummings
    Spouse?tab?Emily Rankin

    Name?tab?Emily Rankin
    Age?tab?27
    Birth Year?tab?1848
    Birth Place?tab?Lanark, Ontario
    Marriage Date?tab?05/05/1875
    Marriage Place?tab?Lanark Ontario Canada
    Father?tab?William Rankin
    Mother?tab?Isabella Kerr
    Spouse?tab?Robert James

    Children:
    1. 1. James was born in Oct 1885; died on 30 Oct 1885; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert James was born in 1823 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert A. James and Margaret Niblo); died on 3 Mar 1893 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Address: Address:
      Robert James
      Hopetown, ON
      CAN
    • _UID: 414762DC95C4402F81D6F53B8EAD6BD18CFD
    • 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
    • Occupation: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Census: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Lanark Society Settler
    Brother and sister married brother and sister
    Charles McFadden has Robert James family bible
    Robert James, the Society settler was a church elder at St Andrew's in the Lanark Settlement.

    Died:
    Name:?tab?Robert James
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Age:?tab?70
    Birth Date:?tab?abt 1824
    Birth Place:?tab?Lks, Ontario
    Death Date:?tab?3 Mar 1894
    Death Place:?tab?Lanark, Ontario, Canada
    Religion:?tab?Presbyterian
    Cause of Death:?tab?Progessine Paralysis

    Robert married Jane "Jean" Cumming on 21 Feb 1845 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of Archibald Cumming and Helen "Ellen" Hay) was born in 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Dec 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 24 Dec 1905 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Jane "Jean" Cumming was born in 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Dec 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of Archibald Cumming and Helen "Ellen" Hay); died on 24 Dec 1905 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F5A2F659A80F490F907C359D773ADC78D89A
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Christened:
    CUMMIN
    JEAN
    ARCHIBALD CUMMIN/HELEN HAY FR738 (FR738)
    F
    17/12/1820
    562/
    40 7
    Eastwood

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Died:
    From "The Lanark Era": Issue DEC 27, 1905

    Death at Hopetown, Saturday, Dec 24th, Jean Cumming, widow of the late Robert James, age 85 yrs. & 3 days.

    She was born in Glasgow,Scotland in 1820, & went with her parents to the United States when six years old.

    Three years later, they returned to settle in Canada. She married Robert James in 1845. Her husband died 12 years

    ago. They had a family of 13 children, all of whom survive; Robert & David, of Southwyn, Manitoba; Archibald, of

    Toronto; John L, of Lanark; William, Hopetown; George, Winnipeg; Mrs W H Graham, Dugald, Manitoba; Maggie &

    Mrs. Robert Kay, Central Falls, Rhode Island; Mrs W H Trenham,Utica, NY; Mrs. W H Baird, Dalhousie; Mrs. J G Lawson

    Middleville; & mrs John Paul, Watsons Corners. Burial in Hopetown Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Married:
    witnesses: Robert James and John Cumming

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert James, of Southwyn MB was born on 8 May 1846 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Apr 1915; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Archibald James, of Toronto ON was born in 1847 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    3. Ellen James was born in 1848 in Ontario, Canada; and died.
    4. Margaret James, of Central Falls RI was born in 1851 in Ontario, Canada; and died.
    5. Mary James was born in 1854 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    6. Elisabeth James was born in 1854 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1936; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Jane "Jennie" James, of Middleville was born in 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1930; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Catherine James was born in 1858; and died.
    9. David James, of Southwyn MB was born in 1861 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    10. John L. James, of Lanark ON was born in 1863; and died.
    11. William James, of Hopetown ON was born on 3 Aug 1863 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Oct 1944; was buried in Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Jessie Ann James was born in 1867 in Watson's Corners, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1954; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    13. George James, of Winnipeg was born in 1869 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

  3. 6.  William Rankin (son of James Rankin and Janet Brodie).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 39BBCCD8839D42ED971DECCA666235D5236B

    William married Isobella Kerr. Isobella (daughter of Peter Kerr and Margaret Ford) was born in 1803; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isobella Kerr was born in 1803 (daughter of Peter Kerr and Margaret Ford); died in 1885.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 44E4CD93CA16427087F8C2175BD4E549CF31

    Children:
    1. 3. Emily Rankin was born in 1848 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Oct 1885; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert A. James was born in 1786; died in 1854.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: tailor
    • _UID: A0226BE36C9A45ABB7D882BC5C1ACAA4B710
    • Immigration: 1820; from Cambuslang, on Commerce, Coverdale, Master,

    Robert married Margaret Niblo on 25 May 1806 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Margaret was born in 1788 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Niblo was born in 1788 in Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 93876C2112A84F4B809462A514A638BEC678
    • Immigration-Witness: 1820; from Cambuslang, on Commerce, Coverdale, Master,

    Notes:

    Christened:
    NIBLO
    AGNES
    JOHN NIBLO/MARGARET MCCULLOCH FR112 (FR112)
    F
    05/05/1787
    899/
    10 135
    Stranraer

    Immigration-Witness:
    Role: Witness

    Notes:

    Married:
    JAMES
    ROBERT
    MARGARET NIBLO/FR3113 (FR3113)
    25/05/1806
    644/1
    280 44
    Glasgow

    Children:
    1. Johanna James
    2. Elizabeth James was born in 1810 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1848 in Kitley Twp, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Margaret James was born on 16 Apr 1814 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1898.
    4. Catherine James was born in 1816; and died.
    5. William James was born in 1817; and died.
    6. John James was born in 1820; and died.
    7. 4. Robert James was born in 1823 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1893 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jane James was born in 1827 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

  3. 10.  Archibald Cumming was born in 1785 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 30 Nov 1785 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of Archbald Cumming and Margaret Johnston); died on 23 Mar 1871 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FamilySearch ID: MF6K-QC7
    • _UID: 7546A8F21F57434BB6F6E4D2F40650F3F8A7
    • Occupation: 1820, Scotland; labourer
    • Residence: 1820, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 4 Lot 15 West
    • Immigration: 5 Aug 1820, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; on Commerce, N. Cloverdale, Master; Bridgeton Canadian Emigration Society
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Stone House

    Notes:

    (Research):Name:?tab?Archibd. Cumming
    Age:?tab?35
    Birth Year:?tab?abt 1785
    Arrival Year:?tab?1820
    Arrival Place:?tab?Quebec, Canada
    Primary Immigrant:?tab?Cumming, Archibd
    Source Publication Code:?tab?1640.16
    Annotation:?tab?Date and place of petition for indulgence of passage or date of emigration with intended destination. Includes passengers on board the Commerce, 1820, from Greenock, Scotland, to Quebec, Canada. Also provides occupation, former residence, and county. Extr
    Source Bibliography:?tab?DODS, CONSTANCE E. "A Selection of Lists from British Military Records, Series 'C' (Vol. 625)." In Families: Ontario Genealogical Society, vol. 25:2 (May 1986), pp. 95-104.

    Birth:
    also alt:
    Name:?tab?Archibald Cuming
    Gender:?tab?Male
    Birth Date:?tab?30 Nov 1785
    Birth Place:?tab?Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
    Father:?tab?Archibald Cuming
    Mother:?tab?Margaret Johnston
    FHL Film Number:?tab?1041382, 0102913, 1041382, 0908248

    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:
    CUMING
    ARCHIBALD
    ARCHIBALD CUMING/MARGARET JOHNSTON FR1360 (FR1360)
    M
    30/11/1785
    644/1
    170 431
    Glasgow

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MF6K-QC7

    Residence:
    c. Bennett: Con 3 Lot15

    Col Marshall's 1834 Report
    Here with family; better lot; some clay land; cold

    Another Archibald Cumming settled on Lanark Con 5 Lot 20 in 1820; lot is vacant; Cumming died in the USA; lot worthless

    A third Archibald Cumming arrived in 1821; settled on Con 4 L15W; 100 acres (seems to be still there)

    Immigration:
    sailed from Greenock 21 Jun with 402 settlers

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member


    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Archibald married Helen "Ellen" Hay on 20 Jun 1817 in Abbey Parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of James Hay and Jean Hood) was born in 1786 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Jan 1786 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Helen "Ellen" Hay was born in 1786 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Jan 1786 in Glasgow Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (daughter of James Hay and Jean Hood); died about 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: B9B5A593832F431F8D1CF39961D6AB946551
    • Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

    Notes:

    Christened:
    HAY
    HELEN
    JAMES HAY/JEAN HOOD FR1367 (FR1367)
    F
    27/01/1786
    644/1
    170 441
    Glasgow

    Census-Household Member:
    Role: Household Member

    Notes:

    Married:
    CUMMING
    ARCHBALD
    HELEN KAY/EASTWOOD FR1732 (FR1732)
    20/06/1817
    559/
    40 642
    Abbey

    First name(s)?tab?Archbald
    Last name?tab?Cumming
    Marriage year?tab?1817
    Marriage date?tab?20 Jun 1817
    Marriage place?tab?Abbey Paisley,Renfrew,Scotland
    Spouse's first name(s)?tab?Helen Kay
    Spouse's last name?tab?Eastwood
    Place?tab?Abbey Paisley
    County?tab?Renfrewshire
    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

    Children:
    1. David Cumming was born in 1818; and died.
    2. 5. Jane "Jean" Cumming was born in 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Dec 1820 in Eastwood Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 24 Dec 1905 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Cumming was born on 20 Jul 1829 in New York, United States; died on 9 Dec 1904 in New Haven Twp, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States; was buried in New Haven Township Cemetery, New Haven Center, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States.

  5. 12.  James Rankin

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 6546C1DFA5974DD2BC6091D328753B9B99FD

    James married Janet Brodie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Janet Brodie

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: AA8862E014A947C5ADBA78172B02D5164B6D

    Children:
    1. 6. William Rankin
    2. Archibald Rankin was born on 3 Nov 1795 in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 6 Jul 1868 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Rankin was born in 1831 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1879; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Peter Kerr was born on 11 Feb 1785 in Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, England; died on 4 Jan 1864 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 219220583
    • _UID: B72703D8167E4C9EAEB508A3A2FEF956345F

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219220583

    Peter married Margaret Ford. Margaret was born in 1780 in Scotland; died on 1 Jan 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Margaret Ford was born in 1780 in Scotland; died on 1 Jan 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 219220649
    • _UID: 2C9F33199338451799E75D2D72858E1FECA7

    Notes:

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219220649

    Children:
    1. 7. Isobella Kerr was born in 1803; died in 1885.
    2. Peter Kerr was born in 1809; died in 1893.
    3. Elizabeth Kerr was born in 1814; died in 1849.
    4. Mary Kerr was born about 1819 in Scotland; died on 13 Jan 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.



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