Person:James Wilson (270)

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James Wilson
b.2 Jul 1799 Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
d.7 Jan 1878 Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
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m. 13 Dec 1795
  1. Samuel Wilson1794 - 1822
  2. Mary Blair Wilson1796 - 1857
  3. James Wilson1799 - 1878
  4. Marion WilsonBef 1800 - 1849
  5. John WilsonBef 1802 - 1888
  6. George Wilson1806 - 1870
  7. Thomas Wilson1809 - 1889
  8. William Wilson1812 - 1871
  9. David Wilson1816 - 1891
  10. Ann Wilson1819 -
  11. Isaac Wilson1820 - 1885
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Name James Wilson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Jul 1799 Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Emigration? 1815 Bathurst, Lanark, Upper Canada, Canadafrom Scotland
Census[2] 12 Jan 1852 Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
Census[3] 4 Apr 1871 Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Death[4][5] 7 Jan 1878 Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Burial[5] Scotch Line Cemetery, North Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, CanadaStone 166

A second James Wilson is found in the censuses in the nearby town of Perth. He is a physician, a widower, from Scotland, living alone or with a housekeeper, and his birth year is given as 1802. It is possible that this is the same man, but James Wilson is a common enough name.

References
  1. ↑ Scotland. Old Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms. (Edinburgh, Scotland: ScotlandsPeople (National Records of Scotland))
    Colvend (parish 861).

    Jul 2 1799. James, lawf. son of Geo Wilson & Isobella Wilson in Knockhoolie

    FamilySearch has transcribed the date as July 5, 1799. The original is clear and states January.

  2. ↑ United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-11731, District 19, Subdistrict 173, Page: 69, Line: 20ff.

    Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
    Thomas Wilson, farmer, Scotland, 43, single
    William Wilson, farmer, Scotland, 40, single
    David Wilson, farmer, Canada, 35, single
    Isaac Wilson, farmer, Canada, 32, single
    Isabella Wilson, Canada, 18, single
    James Wilson, Scotland, 52, single

    Data obtained through Ancestry.ca. Facts summarized from the microfilm image provided by Library and Archives Canada.

  3. ↑ Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-10017; District 79, Division 1f, Page: 11; Family No: 38.

    Census Place: Bathurst, Lanark South
    Wilson, David, m, 55, b Ontario, farmer, single
    Wilson, Isaac, m, 53, b Ontario, farmer, single
    Wilson, James, m, 73, b Scotland, no occ'n, single

    Data obtained through Ancestry.ca. Facts summarized from the microfilm image provided by Library and Archives Canada.

  4. ↑ Lanark Reg'n 06536/78, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    MS935; Reel: 18, p 103.

    County of Lanark, Division of Bathurst
    James Wilson died 6 January 1878, male, aged 80, farmer, born Scotland, Informant: Thomas Wilson, farmer, Bathurst

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Listing of Gravestone Inscriptions, Scotch Line Cemetery.

    Lanark County - Cemeteries provides a list of those buried in this cemetery from gravestone inscriptions. There may be other burials lacking stones or with unreadable stones. Stone 166 lists a number of people from the Wilson family.

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