Lachlan McLean

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Lachlan married Christina Campbell in 1804. Christina was born in 1784 in Glasgow (Central District), Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1865 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christina married James Dunlop in 1828. James was born in 1807 in Scotland; died on 27 Jul 1869; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1890, Friday May 30, The Almonte Gazette page 7
DEATHS
At Almonte, May 23rd, Alexander McLean, aged 80 years.

1890, Friday May 30, The Almonte Gazette front page
The Late Alexander McLean
We deeply regret to have to chronicle the death of one of Almonte's oldest and most esteemed citizens, in the person of Mr Alexander McLean. The fatal termination came last Friday, after an illness of a few months. Deceased was born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 4th, 1810, and therefore 80 years of age at death. Mr McLean came to Canada when 10 years of age, and started lumbering for himself when twenty-four. Later he went into the milling business here, which he carried on for seventeen years. He never sought a public position, but was induced to accept a councillorship for one year. He was a quiet, unostentatious citizen, but his sterling character made for him a very large circle of friends throughout the district, of all of whom the news of his demise will bring sincere sorrow. In 1848 he married Miss K. Lawson, by whom he had a large family. The funeral, which took place on Sunday afternoon, to the eighth line cemetery, was a splendid testimony to the worth of the deceased, the cortege being the largest seen here for a long time, and composed of all classes of the community.

Alexander married Catherine Lawson in 1848. Catherine was born in 1830 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Nov 1902 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1897, Friday May 21, The Almonte Gazette page 4
DEATHS
In Ramsay, May 16th, Robert McLean, aged 82 years.

1897, Friday May 21, The Almonte Gazette page 8
DEATH'S HARVEST
The Late Robert M'Lean
Few of the settlers of Ramsay who came out in the twenties now remain to tell the interesting experiences of the pioneer days, and the thin ranks were made thinner this week by the death on Sunday last of Mr. Robert McLean, of the seventh line, after being abed for about a year, as the result of an attack of paralysis. Deceased was of a retiring disposition and never took an active part in municipal or political matters, yet those who knew him intimately speak in high terms of his sterling worth. He was born in Old Kilpatrick, near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815, and was therefore 82 years of age. he came to Canada with his parents in 1821. His father, Lachlan McLean (who died in 1872, aged 93 years) located the present, McLean homestead. His mother died in 1865, aged 81 years so that the family is somewhat remarkable for longevity. The deceased married Mary Dunlop , of Ramsay township, 1844. A family of three sons and four daughters blessed their union, all of whom, with the widow, survive. The children are: Robert, of Dauphin, Manitoba; Lachlan, of Beckwith; Annie (Mrs Wesley Armstrong), Ottawa; Jeanie (Mrs Robt. Philip), Ramsay; Minnie (Mrs J.F. Templeton), Sudbury; and Malcolm and Christina on the homestead. Being one the first settlers, and having lived on the same farm for the last 76 years, the late Mr. McLean was well and favourably known, and his funeral was a splendid tribute to the worth of the hardy pioneers of this section, the cortege being one of the largest ever seen in the neighbourhood. The remains were interred in the eighth line cemetery. Mr Tracy, of Ottawa, conducted the funeral services, and referred in appropriate terms to the deceased.
For eighty winters he felt the chilling blasts,
And faced the winds and snows of time.
Peace to his ashes!
For fourscore years--utmost allotted span
of mortal life-
He served his generation,
And came to his grave like a shock of corn,
Fully ripe.

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Robert married Mary Dunlop in 1844. Mary was born on 4 Apr 1823 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1909 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1898, Friday October 28, The Almonte Gazette front page
A Ramsay Pioneer
Called Home ? Sketch of the Life of the Late Mrs James Toshack ? One of a Family of Remarkable Longevity ? Triple Drowning in Almonte Half-a-Century Ago. Almost every week we are called upon to perform the mournful task of chronicling the death of one or more of those brave men and women who first settled this county and patiently endured the hardships incident to a life in the forest, the fruits of whose toil and labour the present generation are enjoying. This week we have to add one more to the list in recording the death last Friday evening of Mrs James Toshack, of New England, at the age of almost 81 years. The deceased's maiden name was Agnes McLean. She was born in Port Kilpatrick, near Glasgow, Scotland, and came to Canada in 1821 with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs Lachlan McLean. They settled on the farm on the 7th concession of Ramsay at present owned by Mr McLean's grandson, Mr Malcolm McLean. Mrs Toshack belonged to a long-lived race. Her father lived to the age of 94, and her mother, whose maiden name was Christina Campbell, died at age of 81. Her father's family consisted of four sons and three daughters, and only two of them died under 80 years of age. The eldest of the family was Mrs Dunlop, who died in 1895 at the age of 86; the second eldest was Alexander McLean, who died in Almonte about ten years ago at the age of 80; the third was the late Robert McLean, who died in 1896, at the age of 82, Then came the deceased, Mrs Toshack, who was within about two months of 81 at the time of her death. Next was the late Mr Archibald McLean, who died some years ago in the West [It was his son's death that was mentioned in last week's issues of The Gazette] The next was Mrs Hugh Metcalfe, of Ramsay, who was 75 years of age, the only member of the family still living. The youngest member of the family, Lachlan, met a tragical death by drowning in the river below Almonte over fifty years ago, when he was but 18 years old. The accident occurred on the river just opposite Burnside. Lachlan McLean and another young man named Brymner were on the north side of the river, and, noticing that Robert Wylie (a brother of Mr J.H. Wylie), who as only about four years of age, had broken through the ice on the river, the two young men started across the river to rescue him, but broke through the ice themselves. Mrs Wylie (mother of Mr Jas H. Wylie) notices the two struggling in the water and tried to save them with ropes and poles, all unconscious that her own boy was under the ice. All three perished, and the three bodies were taken from the same hole in the river, later on, by the late Mr Daniel Shipman. On January 18th, 1842, the late Mrs Toshack was married to Mr James Toshack, who predeceased her some years ago. After their marriage they lived on the farm on the 9th line, now owned by Mr George Graham, and remained continuously on it until about twenty-seven years ago, when they removed to Almonte. To them were born two sons ? John, the elder, and McGavin, the younger ? and three daughters ? Christina, wife of the late Mr Daniel McLean; Margaret, wife of the late Mr John Sinclair; and Agnes, the youngest of the family. To the deceased fell the rare but melancholy lot of having to nurse through long sickness and to bury her husband and all her family. Her patience and cheerfulness under all her sorrows commanded the wonder and admiration of all who knew her. Naturally of a kind and gentle nature, she rarely, if ever, had an enemy, for she was never known to speak ill of any one, but always ready to find some excuse for the apparent or real wrongdoing of others. She was passionately devoted to her children and grandchildren, and she was well repaid in her last illness by the kind and loving attention given to her by her grandchildren, Mr John and Miss Marion McLean, who lived with her for many years. They feel her death very keenly, as, their own mother dying when they were very young, she had been a real mother to them ever since. To them and to their elder brother, James, who is farming in the North-West, we join the community in tendering our deepest sympathy in their affliction. The funeral, which was a large one, took place on Sunday at 1:30, and was attended by many of the deceased's old neighbours in Ramsay. It was conducted by Rev Mr Mitchell, of whose congregation the deceased was a consistent member. The remains were interred in the eighth line cemetery.

Family/Spouse: James Toshack. James was born in 1816 in Scotland; died on 5 Feb 1886 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1920, Friday June 4, The Almonte Gazette, front page
Link With Early Settlers Is Gone
Mrs Hugh Metcalfe,
Born Almost a Century Ago in Ramsay Township.
One of the few remaining link with the early days of settlement in Ramsay was broken last week by the death of Mrs Hugh Metcalfe, at the age of almost ninety-seven. The funeral took place to the Presbyterian cemetery on Thursday, and was very largely attended. The late Mrs Metcalfe's maiden name was Jean McLean. She was the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Lachlan McLean, who settled in Ramsay in October of 1821, having come from the Mull of Cantire in Scotland. They travelled by way of the St. Lawrence to Prescott, across the country to the Rideau river,,and leaving it at Oliver's Ferry, came through Perth to Lanark village. At Lanark their daughter Jean a girl of ten years of age, died and hers was only the second interment in Lanark cemetery. Later on the same summer, Mr and Mrs McLean journeyed on, and settled on Lot No 18 on the 7th con of Ramsay. Two years later Mrs Hugh Metcalfe was born, and her parents named her Jean. Lachlan McLean was a veteran of the early days of the Napoleonic wars and saw service from 1779 to 1802 with the famous Cameron Highlanders. His discharge paper is dated 1802, and is now in the possession of his grandson, Lachlan McLean, of Beckwith. The late Lachlan McLean with his wife spoke Gaelic. He became very well known as the Ramsay Bard and had a distinct poetic talent. With the McLeans when they arrived in this district where the Blacks, Moores and Pauls, and a host of Scotch settlers, some of whom travelled on the same ship across the Atlantic. The late Mrs Metcalfe was the mother of a large family. They were: Christina, who is now Mrs Nicholson, of Bowesmont, Dakota; James, deceased; Lachlan, of Athabasca; Robert of Pakenham; Annie Mrs Eccles, of Medicine Hat; Alexander, of Ramsay; Hugh, of Comba, Dak; Jean, Mrs Jas Watt, of Lanark; Henry, deceased; William, of Dunseath, Dak.; John, on the homestead, and Dr. A.A. Metcalfe, of Almonte. The funeral took place from the residence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs Henry Metcalfe, of Almonte, the services being conducted by Rev. S. Gorley Brown.

Jane married Hugh Kirby Metcalfe in 1845. Hugh was born on 21 Sep 1821 in Prescott, Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 May 1902 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jane Wilson Metcalfe
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Died:
1938, Wednesday June 8, The Carleton Place Herald front page
Death of Mrs James Watt
The funeral took place Monday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs Gordon Hanna, Blakeney, of the Mrs James Watt, pioneer of Ramsay township, who died early Sunday morning, Interment was in the cemetery at Middleville. Born 80 years ago in Ramsay, deceased, whose maiden name was Jean Wilson Metcalfe was the daughter of the late Hugh Metcalfe and his wife Jean McLean. In 1885 she married James Watt, and for a time they farmed in Lanark township and later in Ramsay. Mr Watt died three years ago. Surviving, of a family of eight, are three daughters and four sons, Mrs John Barr, of Darling; Mrs Alex. McInnis, of Lanark; Mrs Gordon Hanna, of Blakeney; James, of Lanark; John, of Ramsay; Laughlin, of Lanark, and Robert, of Ramsay. Of her immediate family of twelve, only two brothers survive Dr. A.A. Metcalfe, of Almonte, and Alex. of Ramsay.

Family/Spouse: James Scott Watt. James (son of James Watt and Ann Angus) was born on 5 Feb 1856 in Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Nov 1935 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane married William John "John" Barr on 26 Jun 1912 in Hall's Mills, Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. William (son of David N. Barr and Grace Margaret Khull) was born on 19 Apr 1884 in Hall's Mills, Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Mar 1958 in Clayton United Church Cemetery, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Clayton United Church Cemetery, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Annie married Robert Alexander "Alexander" McInnes on 1 Oct 1913 in Hall's Mills, Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Robert (son of Alexander G. R. McInnes and Margaret Ann Wilson) was born on 14 May 1885 in Hopetown, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 May 1968 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hopetown Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Florence Munro on 20 Sep 1921 in Hall's Mills, Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Florence (daughter of Robert A. "Bobbie" Munro and Elizabeth "Ida" Watchorn) was born on 14 May 1903 in Darling Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Feb 1981 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]