Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Catherine McDiarmid
• _UID: 13CBAC6ACA1240219B08CD9950994A65D2A5
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Alexander McGregor. Alexander (son of Living) was born in 1804 in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; was christened on 29 Jan 1804 in Fortingall Parish, Perth and Kinross (Perth), Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5BDC761CC9764454B18A71E9A4778F68478A
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Died:
Story of Sturdy McGregors Who Came Here in Thirties
Mrs. Alex. Cameron of Ottawa, aged 98. Tells About her parents and other Relatives who settled in Beckwith and in Glengarry a Hundred Years Ago
- All were  Great Walkers - A Fine Story of the Pioneer Days Told by Remarkable Lady.

Mrs. Alex Cameron of Ottawa, at the age of 98, is a remarkable lady. At that advanced age, she possesses all her faculties in a remarkable degree. Her memory is wonderfully clear. She can read without glasses. Mrs. Cameron came toOttawa from Carleton Place, but a large part of her life was spent up in Beckwith township. It was in Beckwith that Mrs. Cameron was born in the year 1834, juar rqo month after her parents had settled in Beckwith. It is Beckwith she likes to talk about.

Mrs. Cameron was a mcGregor before her marriage - Margaret McGregor. She was a daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Alex mcGregor who came out from Perthshire in 1834. The McGregors went to Beckwith chiefly because Mr McGretor's oldest brother had settled in Beckwith, about ten years earlier and had held land for him for several years awaiting his coming.

Urged to Come
A sister of Alex McGregor, a Mrs Peter McEwan, has also been located in Beckwith and liked the place. Both had urged Alex McGregor to come to these parts.

So it came about that in the early fall of 1834, Alex McGregor came out as far as Montreal with a party of relatives and others from Perthshire who were going to settle in Glengarry county. The parties separated in Montreal. Alex McGregor and his young wife took the boat for Bytown bringing with them a considerable number of boxes and barrels full of things they would require in their new forest home. They had been well instructed as to what they would require by the older brother and Mrs. McEwan.

Walked to Franktown
At Bytown the McGregors hired a waggon to take their stuff as far as Franktown via the Richmond -Perth road. Mrs Cameron tells that after the waggon had been loaded it was so full that ther was not room fo either the driver or the young couple and all three were forced to walk all the 35 odd miles to Franktown. The party spent the night at Richmond and the next day they continued to Franktown where the second night was spent at Burns' hotel.

Out to Beckwith
The next morning early a son of Mrs. Peter McEwan came to Frnaktown with a couple of waggons driven by oxen and the McGregors were driven in more or less comfort the remaining seven miles to the 7th line of Beckwith where the mcEwans were located and where Alex mcGregor's land was awaiting him. The McEwans had already been three years in Beckwith.

Bought a Clearing
The land that was awaiting Alex MGregor was a bush land. Soon after the arrival of the young couple Alex McGregor found an opportunity to purchase a partly cleared farm with a shanty on it and did so. He got it for $500. That location was alson on the 7th line of Beckwith.

When the mcGregors came to Beckwith they had with thgem a spinning wheel and reel and many other helpful house-keeping articles. The couple bought a yoke of oxen and two cows.

Spoke Gaelic
When the McGregors first went to Beckwith practically all the settlers were Scotch and most of them spoke Gaelic as the language of communication thoug most of them could speak English.

Hardy People
These early Scotch settlers were certainly hardy people . It is on record that in 1837 Mrs. Alex McGregor's mother and father (Mr. and Mrs John McGregor) who had located in 1834 in Glengarry walked all the way from Glengarry to Beckwith, a distance of over fifty miles to see how their daughter was getting on. Jusst what road they follwed from Glengarry is not clear, but Mrs Cameron says they came through Osgood township and stopped there with friends over night. The following day they came to Bytown and then followed on foot the same route their daughter had followed (on foot) three years before. In due time the elderly couple reached Beckwith and received a great welcome. They stayed two months and helped with the harvest.

Ten of a Family
Going back to Alex McGregor and his wife, we can tell that they raised a family of 10 - four boys and six girls. All but two are dead. The two alive are Mrs. Alex Cameron, Ottawa, aged 98, and Mrs Peter Robertson, of Carleton Place, the youngest child.

Many McGregors
Mrs Cameron tells that in Beckwith there were 3 families of McGregors all from Perthshire, but none related. In this connection, it is pointed out ther were various McGregors in the family of Alex McGregor and his wife. Mrs. Alex McGregor had been a McGregor and strange to say, her mother,  who married a McGregor, had been a McGregor, yet none of them were cousins or otherwise intermarried.

Murphy's Falls
The nearest town to the McGregors was Muphy's Falls (now Carleton Place).. That was eight miles away. Perth was 14 miles distant. By a direct line Perth was much closer but the many great swamps in the district made the travelling round about.

An interesting story of Mrs Cameron's marriage will be found in another column.

Family/Spouse: Alexander Cameron. Alexander (son of John Cameron and Ann McNaughton) was born on 1 Jan 1825 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 13 Feb 1825; died on 4 Aug 1892 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 0193949794BB4F93B787205513B09A050511

Family/Spouse: Jane Anderson. Jane was born in 1848; died in 1899; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 257F989991E3433EB636E4BAFBC7E75B58BD
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

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• _UID: DFB6654C28BA4AE1A000B083B27AD683ABBB
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

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• _UID: 9F6900E9ECCB4475AEEDBEE92D1DAC29C2F2
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Role: Household Member

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• _UID: 92AAF0B5E90D4AD9A9A04F01D641B2298596
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Margaret Fumerton. Margaret was born in Jun 1853; died on 21 Dec 1888; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jessie Anderson. Jessie was born in 1853; died on 17 Nov 1926; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 9204D530068B4AEB93F28F241FE90B15C180
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Role: Household Member

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• _UID: 9302D78BE9094655AD472DA8B422CBB3A155
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

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• _UID: 9136B190F74A4F8C9F017ABE0F3D56B553E1
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46669773
• _UID: 3A62998F5AB7400B846E064EC3EF94A7536B

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46669773

Annie married John McTavish in 1879. John was born in 1839; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 187301816
• _UID: D1716FC631A242AAA1B8DC22AEE3FF688548

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187301816

Catherine married Duncan Stewart in 1885. Duncan was born on 12 Jan 1854 in McNab Twp, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Dec 1919 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 187301815
• _UID: D16F83B8ED9A497480698CD92F440B018CBE

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 214030713
• _UID: 3AD054CC0B764CDC83ED4700B687FF24EADA

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John married Julia Corrigan on 21 Aug 1901 in Mississippi Mills (Almonte), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Julia (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 7 Apr 1876 in Brudenell, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Twp, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Oct 1932 in North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sturgeon Falls Roman Catholic Cemetery, Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 187301810
• _UID: AF499CE2B0BF458E8E47ED684EF0037B9EDE

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Alexander married Elizabeth McAllister in 1906. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander McAllister and Jane McLure) was born on 19 Mar 1877 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; died on 20 Jun 1951 in Olttawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A1949B88C0A94199AEA5E53945672A6F51C6

Mary married Edward T. Cram in 1908. Edward (son of James Cram and Mary Whyte) was born in 1873; died in 1953; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C952681A1E394DDE891C8F714AEA9E48DE10

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45779182
• _UID: 2EFD094675484261A7F31B7EA4836146DB66

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Died:
Husband of Harriet V. Burke, 1888-1974.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Evelyn MacTavish; one brother, John MacTavish, Asquith, Sask.; and one sister, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Calgary.

Family/Spouse: Harriet Victoria Burke. Harriet (daughter of Edmund Burke and Harriet Imerson) was born in 1888; died on 23 Sep 1974 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]