Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

James Bunyan[1]

Male 1807 - 1871  (64 years)


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  • Name James Bunyan 
    Born 1807  , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    United Presbyterian 
    Land 1861  North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 39, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Land 1861  North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 40, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Church of Scotland 
    Occupation 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-140275 
    Died 13 Mar 1871  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Cause: Typhoid Fever-Pneumonia 4 days 
    • Event Description: Erysipelas
    Buried Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I140275  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family Isabella "Bella" Young,   b. 1810, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1886, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Christina Bunyan, I,   b. CALC 18 Oct 1839,   d. 18 Jan 1852, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 12 years)
     2. Margaret "Maggie" Bunyan,   b. 20 Jun 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1921, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Elisabeth Bunyan,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Bunyan,   b. 1846, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     5. Andrew Bunyan,   b. 16 Feb 1849, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1925, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Christina Bunyan, II,   b. 21 Jul 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1905, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F35049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Died, On Monday Evening, 13th inst., at half-past Eleven o'clock, James Bunyan, of Dumfries, Aged 64 Years. Funeral Will take place on Wednesday, the 15th inst., at 12 o'clock, noon, from his late Residence, 11th Concession of Dumfries, to the Stanley St. Church Burying Ground, Ayr. Dumfries, 14th March 1871.

      Funeral Card
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      "The families of the following persons also came out together by the 'Sarah Mary Ann,' of Maryport**, England, in April 1831: George Landreth, James Bunyan, Thomas Adams, John Kerr, David Brown, Adam Kersell, Robert Cranston, James and Walter Deans, John, Thomas and William Henderson, John and William Veitch, Robert Laidlaw (father of James Laidlaw M.P.P.), Paisley Block; James Little and Robert Aitkin, Blue Lake, and James Davidson, Keg Lane, near Paris. With possibly one exception, all these families were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Voyage - five weeks and four days.


      Young, The Hon. James M. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of North Dumfries . Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company, 1880; footnotes, pgs 60-61)

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      On Monday evening, 13th inst., Mr. James Bunyan, Dumfries, aged 64 years.

      Galt Reporter Mar 17 1871 pg 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9815-74.
      John Hall, 32, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Ayr, son of William Hall and Helen McCallum, Married Christina Bunyan, 23, b. North Dumfries, res. Same, daughter of James Bunyan and Isabella Young, Witn: Andrew Reid and Andrew Bunyan, both of N. Dumfries, 24 Nov 1874 at North Dumfries

    2. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 8.

    3. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 67.

    4. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Sect. 3 1871 Deaths.

    5. [S498] Map - Tremaine's 1861 Map of Waterloo County.

    6. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 41.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1807 - , Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Presbyterian - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 39, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - 1861 - North Dumfries Concession 12 Lot 40, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of Scotland - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Typhoid Fever-Pneumonia 4 days - 13 Mar 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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