Father |
McFadyen, Neil, b. 14 Apr 1821, Tyree, Argyllshire, Scotland , d. 27 Jan 1912, Rae Street, Tiverton, Kincardine Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years) |
Mother |
McKinnon, Mary, b. 9 Aug 1829, Kilmaborg, Tyree, Argyllshire, Scotland , d. 11 Aug 1893, Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) |
Married |
1852/1853 |
Notes |
- Settled land Con 12 Lot 17 in Kincardine Township, Ontario, Canada in 1854
Neil McFadyen (1821-1912) m. Mary McKinnon (1827-1893) of Bruce Twp, and raised eleven children in this small house: (1) Allan (1854-1926) m. in 1910 Elizabeth Scott, widow of Captain Duncan McFadyen of C12 L16 and resided on the W 1/2 of Lot 16. Their daughter m. William Clayton (2) Mary (1857-1943) m. Archibald McKinnon of Bruce Twp. (5) Margaret "Maggie" m. in 1889 Thomas Lindsay, a butcher in Tiverton, and died in childbirth in 1893 (6) Catherine "Kate" (b.c. 1866-1940), unm., cooked on a lake boat, resided with her sister Mary in Tiverton (7) Sarah (b.c. 1868-1900) died from typhoid fever (8) James (9) Donald "Dan" farmed with his father until Neil died, then moved to Bruce Twp. (10) Mary Florence "Minnie" (1872-1946) m. in 1896 Robert Carleton of C11 L6, resided in Bruce Twp, (11) Christina "Tena" (b. 1876) trained as an R.N., worked in Sherbrooke, Que., lived in Calif. A frame house built about 1894 with Allan as the carpenter. The family split up, with Mary, her son Sandy and Mary Flora living in the new house which was later bricked over, and Neil went to live with Kate and her sister Mary who were residing in Tiverton. When Neil died in 1912, the farm was left to Kate and Mary who sold it to Russel Reid in 1927.
(Toils, Tears, and Triumph, A History of Kincardine Township, pg:332)
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Family ID |
F65 |
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