James Brownlie

Abt 1765 - Abt 1840  (~ 75 years)

• Name	James Brownlie
  Birth	Abt 1765	Cambusnethan, North Lanark, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LC5T-YB9
  Location	1828	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Con 12 Lot 10
  _UID	1BE82C8834C24B10B9C529D205A429F04359
  Death	Abt 1840	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	James Brownlie was born abt 1765 in Cambusnethan, Lanark Scotland. He was a blacksmith and lived on Hungryhill farm in Scotland. Google map coordinates for Hungryhill farm in Scotland are: 55.80073, -3.84706. On 15 Dec 1789, James married Margaret Thomson and they had nine children all born in Scotland. In 1821 son David immigrated to Canada and settled on Lot 9E Con 12 Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario. In 1826 James came to Canada from Scotland to Kingston, Ontario with wife Margaret Thomson, sons Robert and John, daughter Janet (Jennie) and granddaughter Margaret Paterson. Some other members of the family remained in Scotland. The Brownlie family remained in Kingston, Ontario until 1828 when the family moved to Lot 8 Con 10 of Dalhousie Twp. James died in Dalhousie Twp in 1840 and was buried in a grove of hemlock trees in the east end of a field by the house on his son Robert's farm on Lot 10 Con 12 of Dalhousie Twp. In the late 1950s Lanark County decided to rebuild the county road between Lanark and Elphin. Unfortunately, the new road was rerouted over James Brownlie's grave site. Now James' grave in under Lanark County Road #12, just west of concession road #12.
  Burial	Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	James Brownlie was born abt 1765 in Cambusnethan, Lanark Scotland. He was a blacksmith and lived on Hungryhill farm in Scotland. Google map coordinates for Hungryhill farm in Scotland are: 55.80073, -3.84706. On 15 Dec 1789, James married Margaret Thomson and they had nine children all born in Scotland. In 1821 son David immigrated to Canada and settled on Lot 9 Con 12 Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario. In 1826 James came to Canada from Scotland to Kingston, Ontario with wife Margaret Thomson, sons Robert and John, daughter Janet (Jennie) and granddaughter Margaret Paterson. Some other members of the family remained in Scotland. The Brownlie family remained in Kingston, Ontario until 1828 when the family moved to Lot 8 Con 10 of Dalhousie Twp. James died in Dalhousie Twp in 1840 and was buried in a grove of hemlock trees in the east end of a field by the house on his son Robert's farm on Lot 10 Con 12 of Dalhousie Twp. In the late 1950s Lanark County decided to rebuild the county road between Lanark and Elphin. Unfortunately the new road was rerouted over James Brownlie's grave site. Now James' grave in under Lanark County Road #12, just west of concession road #12.
  Person ID	I14806	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Margaret Thomson,   b. 5 Oct 1766, Glassford, South Lanark, Scotland d. 17 Sep 1855, Dalziel Parish, Lanark, Scotland (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1789
  Children	1. Marion Brownlie,   b. 6 Apr 1791, Cambusnethan, North Lanark, Scotland d. 16 Jun 1874, Scotland (Age 83 years) + 2. David Brownlie,   b. 4 Oct 1792, Cambusnethan, North Lanark, Scotland d. 2 Aug 1877, McDonalds Corners, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) + 3. Robert Brownlee,   b. 12 Jun 1806, Cambusnethan, North Lanark, Scotland d. 1 Mar 1856, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) + 4. John Brownlie,   b. 1 Aug 1816, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 13 Aug 1872, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F4547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1765 - Cambusnethan, North Lanark, Scotland Location - Con 12 Lot 10 - 1828 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Abt 1840 - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth