Hugh Caldwell

1824 - 1903  (79 years)

• Name	Hugh Caldwell
  Born	24 May 1824	Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Clydesdale, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  	postmaster
  Residence	1855	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1864	Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-133014
  Died	30 Oct 1903	Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co., Ontario   [1]
  Buried	Clydesdale United Church Cemetery, Coe Hill, Chandos Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I133014	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Caldwell,   b. CA 1800, Of, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F54574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann "Nancy" "Annie" McDonald,   b. 18 Dec 1834, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1903, Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co., Ontario  (Age 68 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1855	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Hugh Caldwell,   b. 5 Nov 1862, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1914, Lash Township, Rainy River District, Ontario  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F32809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Nancy McDonald and Hugh Caldwell https://www.trentu.ca/library/sites/default/files/images/01-1021photo.jpg courtesy of Leonard Caldwell

  
  

• Notes

  HUGH CALDWELL, Township of Chandos, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 24th, 1824, being the youngest in a family of nine children. His father who was a farmer in Scotland, came to Canada in 1843, with three sons and two daughters, and located on the west half of lot 10, concession 14, of the Township of Mornington, County of Perth. Hugh Caldwell also took up land in that township, on which he lived for about ten years, and cleared fourteen acres. He sold the place and went to the Township of Carradoc, in Middlesex County, where he remained only one year. In 1867 he came to Chandos, and purchased 200 acres of land at one dollar per acre, being lots 16 and 17, concession 13, on which he erected a log house, twelve by sixteen feet. In 1855 he married Ann, a daughter of John McDonald, of the Township of Dumfries, Waterloo County. Mr. Caldwell is a Reformer, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. The first post-office in Chandos was opened at his residence, September 3rd, 1878. History of the county of Peterborough, Ontario, Charles Pelham Mulvany, Charles M. Ryan _________________________ The parents of Hugh and Robert Caldwell remain a mystery to me. I thought I had it figured out from an 1851 census from Canada West district 2 with a mispelt "Cadwell" and Hugh being the "Henry" entry (one of Hugh's daughters marriage registry listed father as Henry Caldwell plus the visiting Hugh's wife Nancy Ann MacDonald was from Dumfries) but I think your site tied that census with another family with a known history. I need to keep looking. A couple clues in the journal are 1) an uncle in the Preston area plus he mentions a couple sisters there as well. I don't know if they were living with the uncle or had their own place. 2) cousin Hugh Nichol of Listowel marries Margaret MacDonald of Branchton. I am 99% sure Margaret is sister of Hugh Caldwells wife being Ann Nancy MacDonald. Hugh Nichol is from Listowel and his brother is Dr. John Nichol, parents Hugh Nichol and Mary Cadwell (per marriage registration in Galt 1863Aug18. I had seen a source online for Dr John Nichol where his mother Mary Cadwell is spelled "Caldwell". I believe that Mary Caldwell is the sister of the father of Hugh Caldwell and Robert. I hope this is not as confusing to you as it is to me. The trouble I have been finding about the journals Hugh Caldwell kept is that he kept them for records on accounts payable and receivable, weather and dates relating to crops, and a few personal entries where he expected the reader to know who un-named "uncle" in Preston, etc. I don't believe he thought anyone would be reading his entries 150 years later although the older he got, the more personal details he entered. email Leonard Caldwell 2017

  
  

• Sources

  [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 22206 (1903). Hugh Caldwell, d. 30 Oct 1903 Chandos, aged 83, b. Glasgow, Scotland, [S110] Church Records - ON, Waterloo Co., Cambridge - First United. Hugh Caldwell, Farmer, Married Nancy McDonald, Spinster, Both of North Dumfries , Witn: William Russell & Henry Stoddard, 13 March 1855 By License In Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 May 1824 - Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland Occupation - postmaster - - Clydesdale, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1855 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Mar 1855 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Oct 1903 - Chandos Twp, Peterborough Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth