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John STEWART

Male 1814 - 1889  (75 years)


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  • Name John STEWART 
    Born 1814  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Feb 1889  Alcona, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Saint Anne Cemetery, Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan,USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4989  Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Family Margaret MCDOUGALL
              b. 1811, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Feb 1897, Alcona, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Daniel (Donald) John STEWART
              b. May 1855, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1912, St John, Rolette, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
     2. Alexander STEWART
              b. 1 Nov 1848, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Jan 1923, Rolette, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     3. Hannah STEWART
              b. Apr 1854, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Jan 1903, Fairview, Rolette, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     4. Betsy (Elizabeth) STEWART
              b. 1 Nov 1839, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Mar 1905, Alcona, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     5. James STEWART
              b. 26 Feb 1847, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Apr 1918, Harrisville, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     6. John STEWART
              b. 31 Aug 1844, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Mar 1909, Mikado, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
     7. Isabella STEWART
              b. 1841, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1871, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)  [natural]
     8. Catherine STEWART
              b. 14 May 1845, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jun 1896, Harrisville, Alcona, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     9. Mary Ann STEWART
              b. Abt 1850, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 1859, Lochiel, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F1712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Feb 1889 - Alcona, Alcona, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Per John A Stewart of Ypsilanti, Michigan: John Stewart and Margaret McDougall came from Scotland, where they were married.
      According to family tradition, they landed first in Nova Scotia and lived there for a short while before moving to Glengarry County in Eastern Ontario.
      There is circumstantial evidence that they emigrated to Canada in 1837 and lived on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
      Perhaps they went from there to New Brunswick for seasonal work.
      According to the 1861 Census of Canada, their daughter Betsy was born in New Brunswick obo 1839.
      According to John Stewart, the family arrived in Glengarry County in 1839, they and appear there on the 1851 and 1861 Census.
      A child named Mary Ann was born in Glengarry County and apparently died there as a 9 year old. She is not listed on the 1861 Census.
      In 1860, they sold the lot in Lochiel Township that they had been farming.
      Their daughter Isabella was alive at the time of the 1861 Census in Lochiel, Glengarry County. She is not listed on the 1871 Census in Bruce County.
      Family legend has it that she died in a fire. One could suppose that this was the impetus to leave Glengarry County and head west to Bruce County.
      In the early or mid 1860's they moved to Bruce County, where they are listed in an 1867 directory, and on the early tax rolls up until 1873.
      In 1864 or 1865, their son John, crossed Lake Huron to Alcona County, Michigan, where he worked in a sawmill and also homesteaded a farm.
      In 1868 their daughter Catherine was married in Goderich, to an Alexander McKenzie.
      Shortly afterward she left with her husband for western Pennsylvania where the world's first oil boom was in full force.
      Around 1873, James Stewart bought a farm in Alcona County near his brother John.
      In 1880, John and Margaret are living in Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan with their son James.
      Not long after the 1881 Census for Ontario, Alexander moved with his family from Bruce County to Alcona County, Michigan.
      Around the same time, Catherine with her husband and children showed up from Pennsylvania (the oil boom was over).
      For about 15 years, the entire family was together in the Harrisville and Mikado areas of Alcona County.
      John Sr died in 1889, Margaret in 1897, Catherine died in 1896.
      The three youngest of the family - Alexander, Donald, and Hanah all left for for North Dakota around 1896 - as the lumber operations were shutting down or moving westward to Wisconsin or Minnesota.
      Betsy, John and James remained in Michigan. Betsy died in 1905, John in 1909, and James in 1918.
      There are many descendants who still live in Michigan.