Duncan DEWAR
1807 - UNKNOWN-
Name Duncan DEWAR Born May 1807 St. Andrews, Argenteuil County, Lower Canada 
[1] Gender Male Died UNKNOWN Person ID I487 David Falconer Family Tree Last Modified 8 Aug 2020
Father Duncan DEWAR
b. 24 Mar 1763, Killin, Perthshire
d. UNKNOWN, St. Andrews, Argenteuil County, Quebec Relationship natural Mother Catherine ROBERTSON
b. Abt 1781, Scotland
d. UNKNOWNRelationship natural Family ID F174 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret TREADWELL
d. UNKNOWNMarried Dec 1836 Plattsburg, New York [1] Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 Family ID F179 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The life of Duncan Dewar, the third son of Duncan Dewar, senior, is described at length in "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", by Cyrus Thomas (1896). Rather than follow his father as a farmer, he apprenticed and became a blacksmith. Influenced by a noted evangelist who visited St. Andrews, Duncan became a devout Christian and temperance advocate. He moved to an iron manufactory in Montreal to be closer to the evangelist's preaching, then worked in Grande Isle, Vermont and in Ottawa, before returning to St. Andrews to further his education. In 1834, after working in a general merchandise store, he and a partner bought the store. In the 1850s he bought a tannery and a bark mill. In 1851 he received a certificate from the Provincial Industrial Exposition in Montreal for the best specimen of leather harness manufactured in Canada.
Duncan was said to be a confirmed Liberal, but never sought political office. He served as magistrate in St. Andrews, while continuing to run his store, which became a drug store.
At the time the book was written , Duncan was still living in St. Andrews.
- The life of Duncan Dewar, the third son of Duncan Dewar, senior, is described at length in "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", by Cyrus Thomas (1896). Rather than follow his father as a farmer, he apprenticed and became a blacksmith. Influenced by a noted evangelist who visited St. Andrews, Duncan became a devout Christian and temperance advocate. He moved to an iron manufactory in Montreal to be closer to the evangelist's preaching, then worked in Grande Isle, Vermont and in Ottawa, before returning to St. Andrews to further his education. In 1834, after working in a general merchandise store, he and a partner bought the store. In the 1850s he bought a tannery and a bark mill. In 1851 he received a certificate from the Provincial Industrial Exposition in Montreal for the best specimen of leather harness manufactured in Canada.
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Sources - [S2] "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", Cyrus Thomas, (Name: Name: John Lovell & Son, Montreal, 1896;;).
- [S2] "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario", Cyrus Thomas, (Name: Name: John Lovell & Son, Montreal, 1896;;).