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Robert KINGAN[1]

Male 1815 - 1893  (78 years)


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  • Name Robert KINGAN 
    Born 30 Apr 1815  Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Nov 1893  Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I90  John Cowan Family Tree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father John KINGAN 
    Mother Bethea? THOMSON 
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane JEFFREY
              b. 17 Dec 1828, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 May 1892, St Catherines, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 24 May 1848  Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Married at the home of Jane's father (Andrew) by Wm Reid, Grafton (from the Cobourg Star May 31, 1848, abstracted by Gayle Nelson 1993 and sent to Bill Campbell and read by John Cowan Dec 1, 2017).
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Janet KINGAN
              b. 9 Mar 1849, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Feb 1850  (Age 0 years)
     2. Jane Jeffrey KINGAN
              b. 3 Dec 1850, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Oct 1931, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. John KINGAN
              b. 11 Mar 1853, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1942  (Age 88 years)
     4. Andrew Jeffrey KINGAN
              b. 21 Sep 1855, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Mar 1862, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     5. Mary Jeffrey KINGAN
              b. 10 Dec 1856, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Oct 1938  (Age 81 years)
     6. Margaret Isabella KINGAN
              b. 6 Mar 1860, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Oct 1862, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     7. Robert Gordon KINGAN
              b. 19 Aug 1862, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Mar 1945  (Age 82 years)
     8. William Francis KINGAN
              b. 20 Aug 1864, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Feb 1929  (Age 64 years)
     9. Annabella KINGAN
              b. 17 Jan 1867, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Aug 1945  (Age 78 years)
     10. Frederic Andrew KINGAN
              b. 19 Jun 1869, Peterborough, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jan 1956  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Graduate of Edinburgh University. Ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.

      Came to Canada and supervised "mission work amongts the then scattered congregations on the lake front."

      He was living in Cobourg at the time of his marraige to Jane (Cobourg Star May 31, 1848)

      Due to infirmity of the voice he got into the hardware business in Cobourg, moving to Peterborough in 1850. (Peterborough Historical Atlas says 1848. The Atlas says he was a Merchant in 1875)

      In 1854 he was an "elder and session clerk," (Library/William Jeffrey (II)/3-The Jeffrey Tree, page 2) presumably in Cobourg, though it may have been in Peterborough based on the above date.

      Final residence at 271 Brock St, Peterborough where the funeral was held. (The Peterborough Historcal Atlas of 1875 says living at "pt 2 n Hunter wG." All John Cowan can tell from the key to this code is that in 1875 Robert lived in part of lot 2 (maybe the north part) west of George street. The reference to Hunter is probably the street to the south.

      A strong churchman.

      A pronounced Liberal in politics.

      In 1881 he turned the hardware business (Kingan and Co) over to his sons.

      See death notice in Jane Jeffrey Kingan Libary Item 2.

      3 children died in infancy, 7 lived

      "Doors Open Peterborough" list his house at 271 Brock street and business thus: "Robert Kingan emigrated from Scotland in 1840 and opened a hardware store in Peterborough in 1850. His red brick home was built about 1863. Originally the front of the house faced east towards Bethune Street and resembled a Georgian structure with a symmetrical façade, flanking 6-over-6 sash windows and a restrained entryway with side lights and a transom. A number of additions and annexes have been added. The Kingan family continued in the hardware business on Simcoe Street until Charles Kingan, Robert’s grandson, retired in 1976. Formerly the Brock Mission, it is being restored by a local software company as offices."

      Web search shows that in 2018 Kingan Home Hardware is a thriving business at 167 Simcoe Street. John Cowan determined this is a new location. TBD

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Andrew Jeffrey, Library/Andrew Jeffrey/10-Family of Andrew Jeffrey according to Eileen Hutchison., Item 10 - Page 1, 1 Nov 2017.

    2. [S89] Robert Kingan, Library/Jane Jeffrey Kingan/Item 9. (Reliability: 2), 3 Feb 2019.

    3. [S107] Various Jeffrey Obits, Library/James Jeffrey 1835/Item 5., P3 (Reliability: 2), 6 Mar 2019.

    4. [S35] Misc Stuff, 9-Cobourg Star Marriages 1831-1849 (Reliability: 2), 31 May 1848.
      Kingan-effrey marriage took place at the home of Andrew Jeffrey