Ellen Murray Clark: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Ellen Murray Clark was born 27 Mar 1872, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Hugh Clark and Alexanderina Gordon MacKintosh Calder); died 22 Dec 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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Name: Ellen Murray Dunn
Name: Ellen Murray Horton
Name: Helen Murray Clark
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74742
Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
Residence: 1894, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence: 1911, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Ellen — Samuel Thomas Horton. Samuel (son of Henry William Horton and Sarah J. Scoble) was born 9 Jun 1867, , Devonshire, England; died 28 Apr 1914; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Bertha May Horton was born 2 Jun 1897, Seaforth, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Stella Jean Horton was born Apr 1909, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Ellen married Adam E. Dunn 11 Apr 1894. Adam was born 25 Oct 1865, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1934, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

Hugh Clark was born 8 Sep 1813, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 16 Apr 1904, Blenheim, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario; was buried , Gore Cemetery, Clanbrassil, Haldimand Co., Ontario.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117955
Occupation: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
Residence: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
Retired: 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Hugh — Alexanderina Gordon MacKintosh Calder. Alexanderina (daughter of James Calder and Janet McIntosh) was born 29 Jun 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 10 Jul 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 16 Apr 1873, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Gore Cemetery, Clanbrassil, Haldimand Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Alexanderina Gordon MacKintosh Calder was born 29 Jun 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 10 Jul 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland (daughter of James Calder and Janet McIntosh); died 16 Apr 1873, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Gore Cemetery, Clanbrassil, Haldimand Co., Ontario.

Other Events:

FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55602942
Name: Alexanderina Gordon MacKintosh Clark
Name: Alexandra Calder
Name: Tina Calder
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-117961

Children:

James Clark was born 1853, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Mary Margaret W. Clark was born 4 Jul 1855, Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; died 17 Aug 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Hugh Clark was born 28 Jul 1858, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
William Clark was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Andrew Clark was born 15 Jan 1862, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Robert O. Clark was born 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Thomas Clark was born 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Alexander Gordon Clark was born 26 Nov 1869, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1953; was buried 30 May 1953, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
1. Ellen Murray Clark was born 27 Mar 1872, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 3

James Calder was born Jan 1787, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 11 Jul 1869, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55604617
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42709
Occupation: 1807, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; Private Soldier
Occupation: 1818, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; tailor
Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 36, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Land: 1861, North Dumfries Concession 09 Lot 07, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

DIED / In Ayr, on Sabbath afternoon the / 11th inst. at 3 o`clock / James Calder / Aged 82 years and 6 months. The / Funeral will take place on Tuesday / the 13th inst., at one o`clock, p.m., from / his late residence, Stanley Street / Ayr, to the place of internment, Cedar / Creek Burying Ground.

Funeral Card of James Calder

Rsrch. Note:
Catharine Calder b. 1816 Nairn, Nairn, SCT to James Calder and Janet Mackintosh.......also Jane born to the same couple in 1826, Nairn.

Their parents were married in Nairn, Nairn, SCT in 1807. They had a total of 9 documented children but have not listed James as he died in infancy in Scotland:

1. Isabel Calder, b. 1809, m. James Forsyth, settled in Oneida, Haldimand (immigrated in 1849) 2. Janet Calder, b. 1810 m. Duncan McDonald, settled in Oneida, Haldimand (immigrated abt. 1852) 3. William Calder, b. 1814, perished in the Cholera epedimic in 1834, buried Cedar Creek Cemetery. 4. Catharine Calder b. 1814 - need to fill in the blanks 5. Mary Calder b. 1818 m. Andrew G. Mathison, buried Cedar Creek Cemetery. 6. Anne Calder b. 1824, m. James Williamson, first settled in Oneida and then removed themselves to North Dumfries shortly after James Calder's death in 1869 (my direct line). 7. Jane Calder b. 1826 married a Campbell? - need to fill in the blanks. I may have found her in the 1881 census for Haldimand, a widow but am not certain this is she. 8. Alexandrina Calder b. 1828 m. Hugh Clark first settled in Haldimand, at one point in North Dumfries and have traced two or three children to this area. I think two are buried at Mount View Cemetery in Cambridge (Galt). This family immigrated prior to the 1851 for Oneida, Haldimand.

James Calder agreed to settle on Lot 33 Conc 9 in 1826 with William Dickson (I think it was William....do not have my notes in front of me). I believe that Janet Mackintosh died in Scotland although was unable to locate her burial site during my trip to Nairn. I have found no evidence of her in Canada.

James Calder settled in Dumfries in Dec of 1832. Three of the girls stayed behind in Scotland that I know of.......Isabella, Janet and Alexandrina. They joined the James Williamson's in Oneida in the late 1840's, early 1850's.

James Calder next married Margaret Wyllie Guthrie in 1841 Dumfries (sister to Ayr's first postmaster, Robert Wyllie). She and her first husband, David Guthrie, were from Ayrshire, SCT. David suffocated when a well he was digging on his farm caved in on him. James had the farm next door and imagine this is how he met Margaret.

James Calder was a tailor by trade and it is my understanding that Margaret was as well. Although his last farm was located on Lot 36, Conc. 9, he continued his tailoring business in Ayr and died at his Stanley Street residence in Ayr in 1869.

Although this is rather longwinded........wanted to give a background on the family. I have all of the information on the descendents of this family except for Catherine and Jane Calder.

The family tree states that Jane married a John Campbell and went North to work on the railroad. I find (through circumstantial evidence) that this Jane might have been married to a William Campbell but he was a school teacher....pretty far fetched from the railroad :).

I know that these two ladies were alive in 1869 when James Calder passed as they are mentioned in his Will. I have looked at the probated copy and there are no clues to be found there.¹
¹Ancestry.com Message board https://boards.ancestry.ca/localities.northam.canada.ontario.waterloo/1435/mb.ashx 2007

Occupation:
While never a soldier full time, he was required to serve in a militia like setting.

James married Janet McIntosh 18 Dec 1818, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland. Janet was born 1 Jul 1787, Duffus, , Moray, Scotland; died 12 Apr 1829, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet]

Janet McIntosh was born 1 Jul 1787, Duffus, , Moray, Scotland; died 12 Apr 1829, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland.

Other Events:

Name: Janet Calder
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90636

Children:

William Calder was born 20 Dec 1814, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 26 Dec 1814, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 29 Jul 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
Mary M. Calder was born 6 Aug 1818, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 12 Aug 1818, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 10 Mar 1902, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
James Calder was born 28 Jul 1820, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 3 Aug 1820, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.
Anne Calder was born 8 Mar 1824, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 27 Mar 1824, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 28 Dec 1911, Carnarvon Township, Manitoulin Island, Algoma District, Ontario; was buried , Mindemoya Cemetery, Mindemoya, Mantioulin Island, , Ontario.
Jane Calder was born 19 May 1826, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 19 Jun 1826, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 7 Jul 1902, Oneida Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario; was buried , Gore Cemetery, Clanbrassil, Haldimand Co., Ontario.
3. Alexanderina Gordon MacKintosh Calder was born 29 Jun 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; was christened 10 Jul 1828, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland; died 16 Apr 1873, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Gore Cemetery, Clanbrassil, Haldimand Co., Ontario.