Robert Dick

1814 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Robert Dick
  Birth	12 Jan 1814	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Immigration-Witness	1821	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society
  	Role: Witness This was the lot assigned to James and Janet but James drowned on the way to Lanark County. His son John was eighteen at the time and although the minimum age for receiving land was nineteen he was permitted to take on the lot that would have gone to his father. Neighbours helped the young people to get established and it was left to the older girls to care for the house and younger siblings.
  Location-Witness	1821	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Concession 9 Lot 13
  	Role: Witness
  Occupation	Baptist Minister
  	One of the brothers was minister at the Baptist Church in Middleville, another in Carleton Place. It is believed that all four brothers eventually went to the United States.
  _UID	1B9D1991B273416E964D0CA0F9788536F10E
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	There was no school in the district for some time, and even when there was, the children were needed on the farm, so they studied at home. One of them, Robert Dick, was later to relate that he began working in the bush with an axe at the age of eight. He studied at night by candlelight and firelight and completed two books of arithmetic, began algebra and geometry and dealt with English grammar and composition. When at the age of 16 he felt a call to the ministry he read books on theology on Sunday. At the age of 18 he went to Smiths Falls to learn Latin and Greek under the tutelage of Rev. Dr. Crawford in order to prepare himself for university entrance. In later years he published  a religious journal, The Gospel Tribune.
  Person ID	I19751	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	James Dick,   b. 16 Feb 1779, Scotland d. Abt Jun 1821, Montreal (Lachine), ?Ile-de-Montr?eal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Jenet "Jane" Brown,   b. 17 Jan 1776, Scotland d. Abt Jul 1821 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1799	Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F6808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Family ID	F12320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jan 1814 - Scotland Immigration-Witness - on David of London; Hopetown Bathgate Society - 1821 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Location-Witness - Concession 9 Lot 13 - 1821 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S312] Australia,Queensland., Australia, Queensland, Ipswich and District Pioneer Register, Pre 1914, 135-36. (Reliability: 3).