James G. Blair

1773 - 1847  (74 years)

• Name	James G. Blair
  Birth	1773	Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  		Stirling to Airth Map
  Christening	5 Jul 1773	Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	BLAIR JAMES HENREY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR436 (FR436) M 05/07/1773 469/ 20 188 Airth Name:     James Blair Gender: Male Baptism Date:     05 Jul 1773 Baptism Place:     Airth,Stirling,Scotland Father:     Henrey Blair Mother:     Margaret Anderson FHL Film Number: 1040210
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1820	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	to Dalhousie then Bathurst Con 8 Lot 2, on Alfred, with wife and 1 son under 12.
  	1820 ? Paisley Caledonian Emigration Society from Scotland aboard "the Alfred" to settle in Canada Seems to have emigrated with a wife and child; both died sometime after arriving in Canada.
  Immigration	19 Oct 1826	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Not this James but saved here! Petition to Lord Bathurst
  	(Volume 014) North America Offices; Settlers, 1826 To the Right Honorable Earl of Bathurst Secretary of state for the Colonial Department The Petition of the Undersigned all operatives or Labourers in Paisley Paisley October 19th 1826 Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioners are and have been for a long time destitute of employment, for the most part except shuch as has been procured out of doors at the public expense; That your Petitioners have no other means of living except by the sweat of their brow, and they are desirous of earning an honest livelihood in that way - Being unable to do so in this country by the increase of population and the want of adequate employment to meet the cessary expense of living; you Petitioners have turned their attention to the necessity of imigrating. In this view they are desirous of a settlement in Upper Canada and they now humbly and respectfully submit their case to the British Government through the medium of your Lordship in the hope of obtaining a Grant of land and a free passage with any other assistance, which the nature of their case requires & which must be apparent and too well known to your Lordship to need any specification. May it therefore please your Lordship to take this Petition into consideration and to do therein as to your Lordship may seem proper - And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray William Alison James Cruss or Crug Peter Black Andrew McKinlay William Murdock John Adam Robert Anderson Archibald Croge William Dow James Youn(g) Hector Campbell James Stevenson Daniel McGregor James Blair Robert Walker Robert Buchanan Hugh Fowldy William Gilchrist Archibald Graham James Galbreath James Hopkins Henry Christie John McDougall David Cameron John Greenley John Hughes James Wilson Dugald McLean David Wood Alex Connel Adam Miller Robert Patterson Andrew Campbell John Ferguson Archibald Wright Andrew Cochran Peter Miller John (McIlquam?) Milwham James Anderson Daniel McAlister Allan King Allan Carswell John Wright George White Robert Watson Alexander Greeley James Reid Archibald(McIlquam?) Milwham Robert McLeod James More Mathew Adam Robert Anderson James (Lochart?)Locart William Cond Alex (Southwell?) -othwell James Patterson William Carruth James Brown Junior James Brown Senior (signed) John Greenley Presid No 7 13 arr Atoul?
  Census	1840	Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, United States
  	USA
  	Name?tab? James Blair Home in 1840 (City, County, State)?tab? Caledonia, Livingston, New York Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 - 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 -- 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 - 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 - 1 Free White Persons - Under 20 - 3 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 - 1 Total Free White Persons - 4 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves - 4
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	46756980
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46756980
  _UID	044D1D6BD589414C92F10886BE1FC6C23A75
  Death	8 Aug 1847	Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	Airth is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked by Airth Castle, the village retains two market crosses and a small number of historic houses. At the time of the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,273 residents.[1] but this has been revised to 1,660 according to a 2008 estimate.[2] he village has long association with the River Forth and it was on the banks of the river that a royal dockyard was created. It was used during the years 1507-1513 in the reign of James IV to build ships of war at the pool of Airth. History reveals that a primitive form of dry dock was used. Strong timbers would be used to form the "stocks" for the vessel and a clay dam would prevent the river from penetrating the working area. When the ship was ready, the dam would be breached, at high tide, to enable it to float out into the river. The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships. A number of smaller vessels from the village were burned by loyalist troops and that proved damaging to Airth's subsequent development as a port. However, as late as 1820 sloops built in the shipyards at Airth were among those recorded as operating in the middle of the Forth . References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b Scotland's Census Results Online - Comparative Population Profile: Airth Locality Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine. www.scrol.gov.uk. Retrieved 2008-08-31 ^ Jump up to: a b Table 1: Mid-2008 Population Estimates Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. www.gro-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02 (Research):suggested by Donald White Emigrated from Scotland with wife and son on the Alfred during Sept 1820. Received a land grant in Bathurst Upper Canada 25 Feb 1821. So James Blair Concession 8 Lot 2 of Bathurst Township which you have filled in Son of Henry Blair and Margaret Anderson. Note date of 25 Feb 1821 also exact match. Royal dock yard: The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships.
  Person ID	I16130	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Blair,   b. 1744, Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 1805, Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Anderson,   b. 1744, Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. Abt 1810, Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1763	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F14418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Andrews,   b. 1786, Scotland d. 2 Aug 1873, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1826	St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Robert Blair,   b. 11 Mar 1827, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Mar 1910, North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)   2. John Blair,   b. 1828   d. 1909 (Age 81 years)   3. William Hugh Blair,   b. 1833   d. 1905 (Age 72 years)   4. Ann Blair,   b. 1835   d. 1864 (Age 29 years)   5. Andrew Blair,   b. 1837   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Henry Blair,   b. 15 Jun 1838, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Dec 1919, Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F14416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1773 - Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland Christening - 5 Jul 1773 - Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland Immigration - to Dalhousie then Bathurst Con 8 Lot 2, on Alfred, with wife and 1 son under 12. - 1820 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 28 Apr 1826 - St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - Not this James but saved here! Petition to Lord Bathurst - 19 Oct 1826 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Census - USA - 1840 - Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, United States Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] Ireland, 1821 Census Transcription, (digital images, Ireland Census 1821 Transcription, Findmypast (findmypast.com)), accessed 28 Sep 2021), James Blair; Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. (Reliability: 3). [S137] ? DC Thomson Family History, England, Shropshire Burials Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), "Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms." Irvine Parish, Ayrshire, James Blair, accessed 28 Jun 2020. (Reliability: 3). [S303] Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society, Scotland, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index 1642-1855 Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), accessed 17 Jul 2021), James Blair emigration. (Reliability: 3). [S875] Ancestry.com, Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), James Blair; accessed 9 Nov 2021, 1,70477::0. (Reliability: 3).