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Quebec Vital and Church Records: marriage record for Chalmer's Church (Presbyterian) Quebec City:
"John James Dewar of the Town of Galt, Ontario, merchant [--?] and Agnes Thompson of the City of Quebec, spinster, were married this first day of November, 1875".

1891 census for St. Stephens Ward, District 119, Toronto City:
John J. Dewar, 35, b. in Quebec, lumber clerk, father b. in Quebec, mother b. in Scotland
Agnes Dewar, 30, b. in Quebec, mother and father b. in Scotland
Geo. T. Dewar, 14, b. in Quebec
Mabel Dewar, 11, b. in Quebec
Kenneth Dewar, 8, b. in Quebec
Marian Dewar, 4, b. in Ontario
Family Presbyterian, Scottish background.

1901 census for Ward 4, District 118, sub-district B-49, Toronto West:
John J. Dewar, 50, b. 17 Sep. 1850 in Quebec, bookkeeper
Agnes Dewar, 44, b. 24 July 1856 in Quebec
Geo. T. Dewar, 24, b. 30 Aug. 1876 in Quebec, insurance clerk
Mabel Dewar, 21, b. 14 Sep. 1879 in Quebec
Kenneth Dewar, 17, b. 13 Jan. 1883 in Quebec, clerk, sales
Marian Dewar, 13, b. 9 Jun 1884 in Ontario
Collin G. Dewar, 7, b. 26 Oct 1893 in Ontario
Family Presbyterian, Scottish background.

1911 census for Ward 4, sub-district 13, Toronto North:
John J. Dewar, 60, b. Sep. 1850 in Quebec, self-employed lumber merchant
Agnes T. Dewar, 54, b. July 1856 in Quebec
George L. Dewar, 34, b. Aug. 1876 in Quebec, underwriter in insurance company
Marion Dewar, 23, b. Jun 1884 in Ontario, no occupation
Collin Dewar), 21, b. Oct 1889 in Ontario, bank clerk
Family Presbyterian, Scottish background.

John married Agnes THOMPSON on 1 Nov 1875 in Chalmer's Church, Quebec City. Agnes was born on 24 Jul 1856 in Quebec; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Thompson DEWAR was born on 30 Aug 1876 in Carleton County, Ontario; died in UNKNOWN.
2. Mabel DEWAR was born on 14 Sep 1879 in Quebec; died in UNKNOWN.
3. Kenneth Hugh DEWAR was born on 13 Jan 1883 in Quebec; died in UNKNOWN.
4. Marion Willis DEWAR was born on 9 Jun 1884 in Toronto Ontario; died on 18 Jul 1935 in Hamilton, Ontario.
5. Collin Greenshields DEWAR was born on 26 Oct 1889 in Toronto, Ontario; died in UNKNOWN.

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1851 census for District 33, sub-district 526 St. Andre, Deux Montagnes County, Canada East:
Hugh Dewar, farmer, 42, b. Canada
Jane Dewar, 40, b. Scotland
Catherine Dewar, b. Scotland, 70
Margaret Dewar, b. Canada, 5
William Dewar, b. Canada, 4
John Dewar, b. Canada, 2
Probably Catherine Dewar was Hugh's mother. She would have been born about 1781.

1861 census for Argenteuil, Canada East:
Hugh Dewar, gentleman, 50, b. Lower Canada
Jane Todd, wife, 50, b. Scotland
Margaret Dewar, 14, b. Lower Canada
William Dewar, 12, b. Lower Canada
John Dewar, 11, b. Lower Canada

1871 census for Ottawa District 77, By Ward sub-district:
Hugh Dewar, civil servant, 60, b. Quebec
Jane Todd, wife, 55, b. Scotland
Margueritte Dewar, 18, b. Quebec
John J. Dewar, 20, b. Quebec

1891 census for Russell District 115, New Edinburgh Ward, Ontario:
Hugh Dewar, 81, b. Quebec, farmer, widower, Congregational, parents born in Scotland
Margaret Dewar, 44, b. Quebec

Hugh’s descendants have a grandfather clock, whose inscription says it was brought from Killin, Scotland in 1804 by Duncan and Catherine Dewar to St. Andrew's Parish, Argenteuil, in Lower Canada. Killin is a parish in the western part of Perthshire. The inscription further states that it was placed in the clock in 1925 by John Dewar of Toronto. Old parish records for Killin reveal 67 Dewars or Deors born between 1740 and 1785, including 7 Duncans and 7 Johns. Hundreds of Dewars were born in the whole of Perthshire in this period.

Hugh Dewar died on March 14, 1900, and was buried on March 16 in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa. the Beechwood Cemetery burial record (Ottawa Archives microfilm #79, entry 8190) states that Hugh was 89 years old, born at St. Andrew's, Quebec. He died of "general debility", and was residing in the Home for the Aged in Ottawa. St. Andrew's a parish in Argenteuil County, which was largely settled by Scottish immigrants in the early 1800s, and which later became known as St. Andre d'Argenteuil. The burial record further states that Hugh's parents were Duncan and Catherine Dewar. The Burial plot was designated R8A, G17 (although the handwriting is hard to read). The informant was W.A. Laub, a friend of the deceased.

It is possible that Hugh and his brothers were related to a John Dewar who was a United Empire Loyalist, who had fought for the crown in the American Revolution, and who settled in Missisquoi County, Quebec at the end of the Revolution. John Dewar and his wife Mary McDiarmid supported several nephews and nieces (it is not clear if they had children of their own). One of the nephews was named Duncan - the son of John's deceased brother Daniel. More information about John Dewar and his relation to Hugh Dewar and his cousins is in the Notes for Margaret McCallum (1781-1826), who was the wife of Hugh's cousin Duncan.

Hugh married Jane TODD. Jane was born about 1811 in Scotland; died before 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Descendants of the Dewar family have a grandfather clock, whose inscription says it was brought from Killin, Scotland in 1804 by Duncan and Catherine Dewar to St. Andrew's Parish, Argenteuil, in Lower Canada. Killin is a parish in the western part of Perthshire. The inscription further states that it was placed in the clock in 1925 by John Dewar of Toronto.

The book "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", by Cyrus Thomas (1896) states that Duncan arrived in 1804 with his wife and one child, along with the family of his older brother Peter. The Dewars, along with about 300 other Scottish emigrants, embarked in July, 1804 from Greenock, bound for Quebec. The book relates that a few days into their voyage, their ship was captured by a French privateer (this was during the unpleasantness with Napoleon). The boarding party was led by a fellow highlander named McDonald. After a pleasant conversation, lubricated by rounds of highland whisky, the emigrant ship was allowed to proceed unmolested.

Duncan and his family purchased 100 acres of land on what was eventually called the Harrington Estate, in the area of Chatham, in Argenteuil County, Lower Canada (now Quebec). This area is situated on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, about 1/3 of the way from Montreal to Ottawa.

Duncan also built and ran a store for a short period. "He was a man much respected, very quiet, and so domestic in his tastes that he kept aloof from politics and everything calculated to to attract him away from home or the care of his domestic concerns." The list of sons of Duncan Dewar is taken from the book, which also mentions that there were two daughters. Only the sons John, Duncan and Hugh were said to have had children.

The book states that Duncan Dewar died in 1869. This is likely in error if he was born in 1763. Also, he does not appear in the 1851 or 1861 censuses (his nephew, Duncan, born about 1775, does appear in those censuses, and in fact it was he who died in 1869). Also, Catherine Dewar, born about 1781 in Scotland, does appear living with Duncan's and her son, Hugh in the 1851 census for St. Andrews, Deux Montaignes County, so probably Duncan had died before 1851.

Duncan married Catherine ROBERTSON. Catherine was born about 1781 in Scotland; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The book "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", published in 1896 by Cyrus Thomas (John Lovell and Sons, Montreal, 1896) states that the two brothers, Duncan and Peter Dewar emigrated from the Glasgow area to Quebec in 1804 with their families. Duncan was said in the book to be the younger of the two brothers, arriving with a wife and one child. Peter was said to arrive in Canada with a wife and 9 children. Searching in the old parish records for Dewar (or Deore or Deor) parents having two sons named Duncan and Peter, with Peter born in the mid 1700s, and Duncan born later, turned up Duncan Deor (Dewar) and Janet McIver, as well as their other child - Donald. All three children were born in Killin Parish, Perthshire. Killin Parish is in the highlands of western Perthshire. It is about 50 miles north of Glasgow. Killin is also the place of origin marked on the grandfather clock that Duncan Dewar brought to Canada in 1804. The parish records of Killin indicate a large number of Dewars, Doers, Deors and Deoirs born there in the mid 1700s. The most common male names were Donald, Duncan, James and John.

Duncan married Janet MCIVER. Janet died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]