John Blair, Sr.

1820 - 1909  (88 years)

• Name	John Blair  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	27 Feb 1820	Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	BLAIR JOHN WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHERINE SYM FR699 (FR699) M 12/03/1820 644/2 40 7 Gorbals View image (6 Name:     John Blair Gender:     Male Birth Date:     27 Feb 1820 Baptism Date:     12 Mar 1820 Baptism Place:     Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland Father:     William Blair Mother:     Catherine Sym FHL Film Number:     102945 Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
  Christening	12 Mar 1820	Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	BLAIR JOHN WILLIAM BLAIR/CATHERINE SYM FR699 (FR699) M 12/03/1820 644/2 40 7 Gorbal FHL Film Number:     102945; Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name:     John Blair Gender:     Male Birth Date:     27 Feb 1820 Baptism Date:     12 Mar 1820 Baptism Place:     Gorbals,Lanark,Scotland Father:     William Blair Mother:     Catherine Sym
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  		1851 Census Bathurst John Blair Household
  Census	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Canada
  		1861 Census Bathurst John Blair Household
  Residence	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Frame house - 5th Concession
  Census	1871	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Canada
  		1871 Census Bathurst John Blair
  Census	1881	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Canada
  		1881 Census Bathurst John Blair Sr.
  Census-Household Member	1891	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1891 Census Bathurst Neil Blair
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	192444421
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192444421
  Occupation	1909	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1909	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Concession 5
  _UID	BE2C775409E84CBD840C36FE2C0B7D5B820F
  Death	3 Feb 1909	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9, 10]
  	Cause: Heart Failure
  	Died Blair - at Brooke, on Feb. 4th, 1909, John Blair, aged 89 years. The Perth Courier Perth, Ontario, Canada February 12, 1909 Blair The late John Blair who died at his home at Brooke on the 4th inst., and whose remains were interred in White's Cemetery, was truly a pioneer settler of Bathurst. He came to this county from Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born in 1820, with his parent Wm. Blair and family, beeing then a mere babe in arms. The family settled for a time in the primeval forest in South Sherbrooke near the Bathurst line, but shortly afterwards homesteaded in Bathurst. William Blair was one of the earliest settlers of theh Brooke section of the Brooke section of Bathurst, and a founder of the Blair family in that township. The old homestead remained in the family for long generations and passed to his son James W. who farmed it till he sold out and moved to town a few years ago. The late John Blair was married to Margaret Truelove when both were in the heyday of youth, and they struck bravely into the virgin forest, locating their home on the sixth line, in the rear of a farm on the fifth concession. The union was blessed with a large family, and those surviving today are Neil, John, James and Hugh, and Robert of Sharbot Lake; Mrs Andrew Gamble, Wemyss, and Mrs. Wm. Gamble, Clarendon. Mrs Blair died two years ago. Two brothers and one sister also survive: Hugh, postmaster at Rideau View near Manotick, now in his 92nd year; James W. of town, and Mrs John Truelove, Bathurst. A curious coincidence is here narrated in reference to the political beliefs of the three brothers: Hugh Blair and his family are all Liberals, John Blair and his family, Consservative, and James W. Blair Independent. The Perth Courier Perth, Ontario, Canada 19 February, 1909
  Burial	Saint Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Brooke, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	FaG no stone recorded. Obituary indicates White's Cemetery, Poland but he lived at Brooke.??? Dates on stone are incorrect and he is buried in Brooke, Saint Stephen's
  Notes	LAC RG8 Vol 625 ff.219-23 June 1820 on the Commerce out of Greenock, Coverdale (Master), to Quebec. Age 34, dyer, Leigh Kirk, Barony Parish, Glasgow.
  Person ID	I2610	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Lt. William Blair,   b. 1778, Monkton and Prestwick Parish, Ayr, Scotland d. 5 Oct 1858, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Catharine Janet Sym,   b. 16 Jan 1793, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland d. 2 Aug 1873, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1815	Glasgow (Gorbals), Glasgow City, Scotland
  Family ID	F4981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Truelove,   b. 27 Apr 1824, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Apr 1907, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Children	+ 1. William Henry Blair,   b. Abt 1844, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Jul 1900, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 56 years) + 2. Mary Ann Blair,   b. 1 Jul 1846, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Jan 1929, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) + 3. John H. Blair, Jr.,   b. 29 Oct 1850, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Jan 1930, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) + 4. James Sym Blair,   b. 1 Jan 1854, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Feb 1919, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years) + 5. Robert L. Blair,   b. Abt 1856, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 May 1929, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 73 years)   6. Catherine Blair,   b. Abt 1859, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1949 (Age ~ 90 years) + 7. Neil Blair,   b. 15 Nov 1862, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1913 (Age 50 years) + 8. Hugh Richard Blair,   b. 13 Oct 1865, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jun 1927, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)   9. Margaret Blair,   b. Abt 1868   d. Abt 1868 (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F1824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Canada - 1851 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1861 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence - Frame house - 5th Concession - 1861 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1871 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1881 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1891 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1909 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence - Concession 5 - 1909 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Heart Failure - 3 Feb 1909 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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