1. | William Gourlie was born in 1781 in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 2 Mar 1781 in Hallside, Flemington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of John Gourly and Jean, son of John Gourlie, Sr. and Jean Anderson); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: MM16-ZRG
- _UID: 09B1EE732B984D42B12D1838273353246C14
- Location: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 8 Lot 19
- Immigration: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on the Geore Canning with the Cambuslang Emigration Society
- Occupation: 1821, Scotland; weaver
- Occupation: 1824, New York, United States; possibly a canal worker
Notes:
(Research):John Miller 1792, also member of this Society settled in New York state.?b?
Robert Mason, ?/b?Cambuslang, Canning, 1821, Lanark Con 2 Lot 9, later Lanark Village
wife Helen Gourlie, married 1808, died 1844.
Children James 1809-1810, Jean 1810-1812, Elisabeth m. Thomas Miller. d. 1850, John 1813, Helen 1816-1891 m. George Miller, James 1820, 1823 Robertson m. Sarah Ann McDonald, 1825 Jean (Janet) may have died in 1848, 1827, Margaret m. Peter Miller.
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?b?William Gourlie?/b? (Gourley) (5 people) (Con 8 Lot 19) was also part of the Cambuslang Society, weaver.
wife Elizabeth, 2 sons
One son George m. Christina Hall, Lanark, 1844, children William 1845, Christina 1847, Francis Hall, 1849, died 9 mos. and Mary Jane Johnston, circa 1850, moved to Wilberforce Township, Eaganville area, Renfrew, tanner, farmer, Jane Robson 1851 m. Robertson Reeves, George J. m. Margaret Reid of Gratton, 5 children, harness maker, Elizabeth 1856, James 1860 married Mary Acton, Town Councillor, later went to Winnipeg & John Clark 1863, 8+ children, merchants and undertakers, Esther 1862 m. J. D. McNab, Mary Victoria 1866 m. ? McIntyre from Mink Lake, Dr. Thomas A. m Isabel Halliday, 7 children, practiced in Killaloe, wnet ot Cayuga where his cousin George Reeves was living, Edwin Adam 1870, d 1882, Alexander, b?, m. Mary Christina Anderson in 1896.
Second son may have been William, married to Jane. Appears in Mississippi Methodist circuit, son Thomas G. b 1832, bap. Rev. Anson Green, Carleton Place; Philander Smith G. This family not in the 1842 or 1851 Census for Beckwith but may have been in Ramsay (census missing). Gourlays from County Tyrone, Ireland in Carleton County
and a daughter under 12 years in 1821.
William appears to have gone to the USA circa 1824, probably to work on a canal but returned to Canada and went to Elizabethtown (Brockville). He died there circa 1830. Elizabeth Gourlie married John Sproule in 1834 and they had two children.
Christened:
GOURLY
WILLIAM
JOHN GOURLY/
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02/03/1781
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FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM16-ZRG
Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Glen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- George Chalmers Gourlay was born on 7 Dec 1820 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jun 1888 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- William Gourley
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