Duncan DEWAR

1780 - 1869  (88 years)

• Name	Duncan DEWAR
  Born	4 Oct 1780	Row, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Sep 1869	Chatham, Argenteuil County, Quebec   [2]
  Person ID	I480	David Falconer Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Peter DEWAR           b. 26 Nov 1749, Killin, Perthshire           d. UNKNOWN, St. Andrews, Argenteuil County, Lower Canada
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christin SINCLAIR           d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret MCCALLUM           b. Abt 1781           d. 11 Oct 1826, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1807
  Children	1. Christian DEWAR           b. 6 Oct 1809, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 10 Jul 1858  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   2. Mary DEWAR           b. 14 Apr 1811, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 28 Sep 1872  (Age 61 years)  [natural]   3. Helena DEWAR           b. 14 Nov 1813, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 26 Nov 1887  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   4. Margaret DEWAR           b. 2 Jan 1815, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. Feb 1883  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   5. Peter DEWAR           b. 26 Apr 1817, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 22 Nov 1847, Chatham, Argenteuil County, Quebec  (Age 30 years)  [natural]   6. John DEWAR           b. 26 Apr 1817, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 14 Aug 1841, Chatham, Argenteuil County, Quebec  (Age 24 years)  [natural]   7. Daniel DEWAR           b. 28 Mar 1819, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. Jul 1827, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County  (Age 8 years)  [natural]   8. Catharine DEWAR           b. 3 Jan 1821, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. 19 May 1883  (Age 62 years)  [natural]   9. Colin DEWAR           b. 12 Sep 1823, Front of Chatham, Argenteuil County           d. Aft 1896  (Age > 74 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", by Cyrus Thomas (1896 -pages 288-289), as related by Colin Dewar, Duncan's son: Duncan and his family settled on a farm on Lot 4 on the front of Chatham, next to Duncan's brother John. Duncan also leased, from local Indians, an island in the Ottawa River in front of his property. It was later named after him. He raised most of the crops and animals for his family's subsistence on that island, giving him more opportunity to clear his main farm of timber. He took pride in raising top quality cattle and horses. After a first log home where most of the children were born, Duncan completed a two-story stone farmhouse in 1819. Duncan's son Colin wrote in 1894 that "The face of the country is very much changed since then. At that time the main road ran along the bank of the river from Carillon to our place. The view from our house was splendid; away to the west, the river and farm houses were in full view; down the river could be seen the rapids and part of the village of Point Fortune; nearly in front of the house was a most magnificent elm tree.." About 1830, the government expropriated the land for enlarging the canal and highway, and Duncan and his family moved to a rented farm a short distance away, and then purchased another, uncleared, farm on the Lachute Road. In 1862 Duncan retired to the old family homestead in Chatham.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Old Parish Records on Scotlands People. [S2] "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", Cyrus Thomas, (Name: Name: John Lovell & Son, Montreal, 1896;;).