Agnes Thomson Murray

1809 - 1880  (71 years)

• Name	Agnes Thomson Murray
  Birth	7 Aug 1809	Kirkbean, Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Immigration-Witness	1842	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	from Wigan, Lancashire, England
  	Role: Witness "They left Liverpool on a sailing vessel that took six weeks to make the crossing to Montreal. They had got within a few days of Montreal when a storm from the west blew them back out into the Atlantic. During the voyage the two older girls , Mary and Sarah, prepared the meals. From Montreal they made their way to Brockville, Ontario where they spent the winter and then went up to Perth area where they rented farms for a number of years, including Bromley, a hamlet about 5 miles NW of Perth(sic, actually in Renfrew county) (where their youngest son James was born).The Bromley place may have been rented from the McNabs and if so, it would mark the beginning of a long-standing inter-family association. On the 13th of May 1867 John purchased, for 800 pounds, the SW 1/2 and NE 1/2 of Lot 16, Bathurst Twp. Lanark Co. from Thomas Wilson, son of John's uncle George Wilson. George had settled there in 1816 and had encouraged John to emmigrate to the Perth area. George Wilson* built the wood frame portion of what we call the "Gibson family home" in the 1830's on the SW 1/2 of lot 16. John later acquired the adjoining southern portion of lot 17 (see photo of 1850's map), giving him a total of about 300 acres. In the 1880's John's son William built a larger brick house, attaching the old wood frame building to the rear of it. ?i?Posted 04 May 2012 by grantg5 Obit suggest that he arrived in 1845.?/i?
  Census-Household Member	1851	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member Neighbours of Alexander A. & Margaret McDonald
  Census-Household Member	1861	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1871	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1871 Census Bathurst Lanark John Gibson
  		1871 Census Bathurst John Gibson pg2
  FamilySearch ID	L7KG-TRG
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7KG-TRG
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	169754029
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169754029
  _UID	2AB39DD8DCCD41A49E929D24EB5D6A8A0D89
  Death	21 Nov 1880	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Name: Mrs. G. Gibson; Residence: Bathurst; Birthplace: Scotland; Died: 21 Novr. (1880); Age: 80 [St. Andrew's Burial Register] "DIED. ... Gibson. On Sunday evening, 21st Nov., Agnes Murray, wife of Mr. John Gibson, Scotch Line, aged 71 years. Deceased was a native of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and with her husband settled in Canada in 1842." [Col. 6, Pg. 2; The Perth Courier; Friday, 26 Nov 1880; Vol. XLVII, No. 11]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  		Gibson Memorial in Perth Ontario John & Agnes Gibson grave, Old Presbyterian Burying Ground, Perth Ontario Stone not found in 2010 but many broken stones piled on site. John Gibson's funeral notice states that he was to be buried here.
  Person ID	I3770	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Rev. William Murray,   b. 29 Nov 1781, Calaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 11 Dec 1857, Kirkbean, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Thompson Bridges,   b. 13 Oct 1780, Kirkcaldy Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 11 Jan 1852, Kirkbean, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F4790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Gibson,   b. 8 Mar 1807, Dunmuck, Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland d. 17 Jan 1898, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1829	Kirkbean Parish, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway (Galloway), Scotland
  		John Gibson & Agnes Murray Marriage Certificate
  		John Gibson & Agnes Thomson Murray birth death marriage
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ann Gibson,   b. 2 Jan 1831, Scotland d. 29 Feb 1904, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) + 2. Sarah Murray Gibson,   b. 5 May 1832, England d. 7 Oct 1907, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years) + 3. Elizabeth Gibson,   b. 25 Mar 1837, Wigan, Lancashire, England d. 25 May 1916, Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) + 4. John Gibson, Jr.,   b. 29 Oct 1838, Dumfries and Galloway (Kirkcudbright Galloway and Wigtown Galloway), Scotland d. 8 Jan 1888, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) + 5. Mariane Gibson,   b. 15 Oct 1840, Kirkcaldy Parish and Dunfermline Parish (Burghs), Fife, Scotland d. 3 Feb 1913, Vancouver, Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 72 years) + 6. William Murray Gibson,   b. 16 Feb 1846, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Nov 1927, Lacombe, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 81 years)   7. Margaret A. "Maggie" Gibson,   b. 1847, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Apr 1876, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years)   8. Samuel Gibson,   b. 1848   d. 26 Sep 1855, Ontario, Canada (Age 7 years)   9. Dr. Andrew Murray Gibson,   b. 23 Dec 1849, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Mar 1889 (Age 39 years)   10. James Gibson,   b. 1 Sep 1851, Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 14 Dec 1925, Manitoba, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 17 Jul 1829 - Kirkbean Parish, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway (Galloway), Scotland Immigration-Witness - from Wigan, Lancashire, England - 1842 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1861 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 21 Nov 1880 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		1871 Census Bathurst Lanark John Gibson
  		1871 Census Bathurst John Gibson pg2

  
  

• Sources

  [S976] Dobson, Book: Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857, Vol 2, (N.p.: Genealogical Publishing Company, n.d.), Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 127; Line: 40 (Reliability: 4). [S972] Ross, J. (jross1451)., Web: online tree, Ross Family Tree (Ancestry), ( Ancestry . ancestry.ca), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041 (Reliability: 4). [S99] Book, History of the County of Peterborough, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street, publisher, 1884.), accessed 8 Jul 2018), John Gibson Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South, Ontario; Roll: C-10017; Page: 12; Family No: 39., 971.363 H39 BR C.1. (Reliability: 3).