Person:John Wilson (389)

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John Wilson
b.Bef 16 Dec 1802 Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
d.1888 Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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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
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1830
  1. Margaret Wilson1832 - 1882
  2. Isabella Wilson1833 - 1915
  3. George Wilson1836 - 1915
  4. Mary Wilson1837 - 1931
  5. Gilbert Wilson1839 - 1911
  6. Ann Wilson1841 -
  7. Jessie Wilson1844 -
  8. John Wilson1846 - 1907
  9. Agnes Wilson1847 -
  10. James Wilson1850 -
  11. Isaac Wilson1852 -
  12. Janet Ann Wilson1855 - 1945
  13. Martha Jane Wilson1857 - 1888
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Facts and Events
Name John Wilson
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 16 Dec 1802 Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Christening[1] 16 Dec 1802 Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Emigration? 1815 Lanark, Upper Canada, Canadafrom Scotland
Marriage Abt 1830 Lanark, Ontario, Canadato Mary Taylor Forgie
Census[2] 12 Jan 1852 North Burgess, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
Census[3] 14 Jan 1861 North Burgess, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
Census[4] Apr 1871 North Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Census[5] Apr 1881 North Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Death? 1888 Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Burial[6] Scotch Line Cemetery, North Burgess, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

John Wilson emigrated to Lanark County with his parents and siblings around 1815. Data provided on Ancestry family trees and on the family gravestone at Scotch Line Cemetery indicates that his father died in 1827 and his mother in 1850.

John and his brother George farmed a lot in North Burgess Township, almost immediately south of the land farmed by their brothers in Bathurst Township. It would appear that John and George married two sisters, Mary Taylor Forgie and Ann Forgie, respectively. Ann Forgie died before the 1851-2 census, so little information about her is known. The two couples used many of the same names for their children and it can be difficult to identify the parentage of some of them in later years.

In 1851-2 census John does not show up in the agricultural census for North Burgess, but 160 acres of Lot 14 on Concession 3 in Bathurst Township is in his name. All the land in North Burgess may have been in George's name.

The Digital Atlas of Ontario, illustrating the ownership of land circa 1870, shows George's son, Samuel Wilson (age 12 in the 1851 census) on a parcel of land in North Burgess immediately south of that owned by a number of Wilsons in Bathurst Township.

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

    Dec 16 1802. John, L. Son of Geo Wilson and Isabella Wilson in Knockhoolie

    "L. son" = lawful son

  2. ↑ United Province of Canada. 1851 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-11731, District 19, Subdistrict 176, Page: 3; Line: 16ff.

    North Burgess, Lanark, Canada West, Canada
    John Wilson, farmer, b Scotland, 50, m, m
    Mary Wilson, b Scotland, 40, f, m
    Margret Wilson, b Upper Canada, 19, f, s
    Isabella Wilson, b Upper Canada, 18, f, s
    George Wilson, b Upper Canada, 16, m, s
    Mary Wilson, b Upper Canada, 14, f, s
    Gilbert Wilson, b Upper Canada, 12, m, s
    Ann Wilson, b Upper Canada, 10, f, s
    Jessie Wilson, b Upper Canada, 8, f, s
    John Wilson, b Upper Canada, 8, m, s
    Agnes Wilson, b Upper Canada, 4, f, s
    James Wilson, b Upper Canada, 1, m, s

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

  3. ↑ Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-1042-1043, p 24, line 15ff.

    Census Place: North Burgess, Lanark County
    John Wilson, yeoman, JP, b Scotland, 49, m, m
    Mary Wilson, Scotland, b Scotland, 49, f, m
    George Wilson, labourer, b UC, 25, m, s
    Gilbert Wilson, labourer, b UC, 21, m, s
    John Wilson, labourer, b UC, 15, m, s
    Agnes Wilson, b UC, 13, f, s
    Isaac Wilson, labourer, b UC, 10, m, s
    Janet Wilson, b UC, 6, f, s
    Martha Wilson, b UC, 4, f, s

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

  4. ↑ Family No: 143, in Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-10017, District 79d, Page: 49, line 6ff .

    Census Place: Burgess North, Lanark South
    Wilson, John, Esq, m, 68, b Scotland, farmer, m
    Wilson, Mary, f, 59, b Scotland, m
    Wilson, John, m 25, b Ontario, farmer, s
    Wilson, Agnes, f, 22, b Ontario, s
    Wilson, Isaac, m, 19, b Ontario, s
    Wilson, Janett Ann, f, 16, b Ontario, s
    Wilson, M Jane, f, 13, b Ontario, s

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

  5. ↑ Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-13233, District 119, Subdist F, page 44, Family 197.

    Census Place: Burgess North, Lanark South, Ontario
    John Wilson, m, 78, b Ontario, farmer, m
    Mary Wilson, f, 69, b Ontario, m
    Janet Wilson, f, 26, b Ontario, s
    Martha Wilson, f, 23, b Ontario, s

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

  6. ↑ 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. Stone 149 lists a number of people from the Wilson family.

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