| 1. | Jannet Cowie was born on 5 Apr 1798 in Corstorphine Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 26 Apr 1798 in Corstorphine Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (daughter of John Cowie and Agnes Thomson); died on 22 Jul 1892 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46583892
- _UID: 3C117E139B1F42558BB78E17E9F70A6161E2
- Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
Notes:
Christened:
OWIE
JANET
JOHN COWIE/AGNES THOMSON FR564 (FR564)
F
26/04/1798
678/
20 486
Corstorphine
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46583892
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Died:
Perth Courier, July 29, 1892
Fraser?Died, on Friday, 22nd July Mrs. Francis Allan Fraser, relict of the late James Fraser, aged 94 years, 2(?)3(?) months.
Elsewhere in the same paper:
On Friday last there died at the residence of Mrs. M. R. Dodds at the great age of 94 years Mrs. James Fraser, for some years before her death the only survivor among the pioneer band who settled in the Perth section of Lanark County. The deceased, whose maiden name was Jane Cowie, was born in the village of Corstorphine near Edinburgh, Scotland in the year 1798 and when 17 years old came with her parents (actually her husband, infant son and her brother) across the Atlantic arriving at Brockville in 1815. Next year the family made their way to Perth coming by the ferry and it was worthy of note that she and a companion were the first white women who ever crossed the Rideau River. The bridge was simply two logs lashed together with basswood bark side by side. With most of the other settlers who arrived then, the family settled on a farm on the Scotch Line then simply areas of unbroken forest. The trials and hardships of these early settlers were very great and many succumbed to the privations they could not endure but the deceased had a strong constitution that carried her through them all and after a time comfort and comparative affluence succeeded the hardships of her family life and made the burdens less severe.
Mrs. Fraser married two times. Her first husband was the late Francis Allan, also a native of Scotland and to them were born several children, some of whom are or were among the best known residents of this locality. They were John Allan of Snow Road and Francis Allen and James Allan, merchant, Perth. Robert Allan, Bathurst, William Allan, mill owner, North Burgess, Alexander Allan, hardware merchant, Smith's Falls, and the late Isaac Allan, hardware merchant Perth and the late Mrs. James (Rev.) Gray, wife of the Presbyterian minister of Kingston and Mrs. Calvin Holliday, County Perth and the late Mrs. James Holliday of Perth and Mrs. M. R. Dobbie of Perth are also children.
By her second marriage she had no children. Mrs. Fraser was a member of the Presbyterian Church for over 70 years and took the communion up to a few years ago when her system both bodily and mentally began to break up and to make ready for the great change.
The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon Rev. James Ross conducting the services and her remains were laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery. The deceased saw many generations of young and old laid in the graveyards and cemeteries here and finally when her own time came she had made herself ready for the closing sleep and the awakening hereafter.
Jannet married Francis Allan on 28 Aug 1813 in Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Francis (son of James Allan and Isobel Brodie) was born on 3 Dec 1792 in South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 16 Dec 1792 in Corstorphine Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 25 Feb 1844 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
ALLAN
FRANCIS
JANET COWIE/FR4878 (FR4878)
28/08/1813
685/3
180 231
Canongate
Children:
- James Allan was born on 7 Sep 1814 in South Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 22 Sep 1814 in Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 23 Aug 1815 in At Sea; was buried in At Sea.
- John Allan was born on 24 Aug 1816 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 May 1900 in Mississippi Station, Palmerston Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Francis Allan was born on 19 Jul 1818 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1908.
- Jane C. Allan was born on 6 May 1820 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Jul 1890 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- James Allan was born about 1823 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1908 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Robert Allan was born about 1825; died about 1910 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Isabella Allan was born about 1827; died about 1852.
- Agnes Allan was born on 4 Mar 1830 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Mar 1899; was buried in Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
- William Allan was born on 23 Jan 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in Feb 1832 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.
- William Allan was born on 12 Mar 1833 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Oct 1908 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Alexander Allan was born on 30 Sep 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 May 1912 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.
- Elizabeth Margaret Allan was born about 1836 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Jan 1915 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Isaac Allan was born on 22 Nov 1840 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Jul 1875 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Jannet married James Fraser on 17 Feb 1846 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. James was born in 1779 in Scotland; died on 21 Dec 1853 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1798 - 1892 (94 years)
