James G. Blair: Lanark County Families

James G. Blair

1773 - 1847 (74 years)

Generation: 1

James G. Blair was born in 1773 in Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 5 Jul 1773 in Airth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 8 Aug 1847 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

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FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46756980
_UID: 044D1D6BD589414C92F10886BE1FC6C23A75
Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; to Dalhousie then Bathurst Con 8 Lot 2, on Alfred, with wife and 1 son under 12.
Immigration: 19 Oct 1826, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Not this James but saved here! Petition to Lord Bathurst
Census: 1840, Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, United States; USA

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.

Christened:
BLAIR
JAMES
HENREY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR436 (FR436)
M
05/07/1773
469/
20 188
Airth

Name:?tab?James Blair
Gender: Male
Baptism Date:?tab?05 Jul 1773
Baptism Place:?tab?Airth,Stirling,Scotland
Father:?tab?
Henrey Blair
Mother:?tab?
Margaret Anderson
FHL Film Number: 1040210

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46756980

Immigration:
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:
(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:
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

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

James married Elizabeth Andrews on 28 Apr 1826 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born in 1786 in Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Robert Blair was born on 11 Mar 1827 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1910 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
3. John Blair was born in 1828; died in 1909.
4. William Hugh Blair was born in 1833; died in 1905.
5. Ann Blair was born in 1835; died in 1864.
6. Andrew Blair was born in 1837; and died.
7. Henry Blair was born on 15 Jun 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Dec 1919 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

Robert Blair

(1.James¹) was born on 11 Mar 1827 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1910 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID: 212388770
Location: Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 7 Lot 5
_UID: 4DB8384CB99445A98CC4F1FE1D766A6A6A9B

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212388770

Family/Spouse: Margaret Gibson. Margaret was born in 1826; died in 1887; was buried in Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. James Blair was born in 1850; and died.
9. Robert Blair was born in 1851; died on 29 Jul 1938.
10. William Blair was born in 1853; and died.
11. John Blair was born in 1856; and died.
12. David Blair was born on 19 Jun 1857 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Apr 1925 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
13. Margaret Blair was born in 1861; and died.
14. Henry Blair was born in 1863; and died.

3.
John Blair (1.James¹) was born in 1828; died in 1909.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: BACFE650C2D54E62B06118BB4A0F182A852F
4.
William Hugh Blair (1.James¹) was born in 1833; died in 1905.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: D5D7E76DE9C545599C149C8F64B86333D9DA
5.
Ann Blair (1.James¹) was born in 1835; died in 1864.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: 88B4A8D1D7C146029E7BB383D1A6F4CB1AFD
6.
Andrew Blair (1.James¹) was born in 1837; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: EF4E409E89054EF984C5195BD6A8B18C6896

Henry Blair

(1.James¹) was born on 15 Jun 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Dec 1919 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

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_UID: 3DC891AD4A0A4CF89C1EA0ED6779050E1507

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Gorsline. Elizabeth was born in 1850; died on 19 Jan 1917; was buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

8.
James Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1850; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: B339930F5EC94AC28E4B8F5E168EEAA8BD40
9.
Robert Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1851; died on 29 Jul 1938.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: 8A46E3471E8F41C79B20DC8B765EB7E844B4
10.
William Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1853; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: BC97AD2B087D4DDCBF4F096752A0434EDA11
11.
John Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1856; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: AABA4152D5604843B76B361118B6C61CD0ED

12.

David Blair

(2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born on 19 Jun 1857 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Apr 1925 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

_UID: E64D6F757B944B5086D274F082CEE3A353F5

David married Elizabeth Green on 21 Nov 1888 in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Green and Martha Green) was born in 1866 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.
Margaret Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1861; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: DDA033AECE484B76B03AFB127B35058D6E18
14.
Henry Blair (2.Robert², 1.James¹) was born in 1863; and died.
Other Events and Attributes:
_UID: 9D378624A1E24962AB1154BBE92805D46127

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