Angus Stewart^[1]

1814 - 1848  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Angus Stewart
  Born	CA 1814	of, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253976138
  Residence	1838	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Misfortune	1848	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	killed in tree cutting accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119699
  Died	Apr 1848	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I119699	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret Susannah Keachie,   b. CALC 2 Nov 1819, , New York State, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1838	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. James K. Stewart,   b. CALC 19 Apr 1844, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F30007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Messrs. Angus Stewart and Abraham Walker were the contractors for St. Andrew's Church. The former was killed, one summer evening in 1848, by falling from a limb of a tree on the hill south of Craigie Lea. Walker afterwards returned to New York State, where he formerly resided, and survived until the year 1877. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young ____________________________ STEWART (Galt) - We have this week suffered the loss by a violent death of one of our most estimable and industrious residents, and we sympathize with survivors so deeply in the town that we can hardly permit ourselves to tell the tale. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Angus Stewart, carpenter, of this village, was employed in cutting some branches from a tall pine tree on the property of Mr. Andrew Elliot near the distillery when the branch suddenly gave way and he lost his balance and fell to the ground, a distance of from 20 to 30 feet. He alighted on his back and lay motionless. His wife, who was standing at her own door, saw him fall, and his brother also, who was working close by, saw the accident and hastened with others to give assistance. They found the poor man senseless with a deep cut in the back of his head and many severe bruises on the spine, and it was evident also that some internal injury had been received, for although Dr. Richardson was immediately brought and the wounds dressed and fomented, the patient never rallied, but gradually sank into death without apparent consciouness. He has left a wife and one child with, under the sudden bereavement, the inhabitants of the whole village have evinced the deepest sympathy. Hamilton Spectator 12 Apr 1848

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. James K. Stewart Born: Dumfries Res: Dumfries Age: 22 Est. Birth: abt 1845 Father: Angus Mother: Margret S. married Melinda Culham Age:: 19 Est. Birth: abt 1848 Born: Beverly Township Res: Beverly Township Father: Henrey Mother: Distamond Ann married 21 Mar 1867 county: Waterloo [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 1. [S110] Church Records - ON, Waterloo Co., Cambridge - First United. Angus Stewart. married Susanna Keachie, Both of Dumfries. 8 Nov. 1838, Dumfries. Witnesses William McKenzie and John Scrimeous.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1814 - of, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1838 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Nov 1838 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - killed in tree cutting accident - 1848 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Apr 1848 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Pioneer Pergola Cemetery, St. Andrew's Park, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth