Janet Campbell^[1]

1800 - 1894  (94 years)

• Name	Janet Campbell
  Born	1800	Kilmartin, , Argyll, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263231504
  Name	Janet McKellar
  Residence	1851	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1861	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Church of Scotland
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Church of Scotland
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-153303
  Died	16 Jul 1894	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I153303	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Duncan McKellar,   b. 1805, Kilmartin, , Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 18 Nov 1864, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	1829
  Children	1. Ann McKellar,   b. CALC 27 Dec 1829, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1842  (Age ~ 12 years)   2. Alexander Smith "Alex" McKellar,   b. 12 Oct 1833, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1923, Islay, Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada  (Age 89 years)   3. Janet McKellar,   b. 1836, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Matilda McKellar,   b. 1836, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John McKellar,   b. 1840, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1898, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   6. Archibald McKellar,   b. 1842, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ann Smith McKellar,   b. 1846, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jun 1893, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F49615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MCKELLAR, JANET (Nee Campbell) One of the few remaining links connecting the present with the past was snapped in Galt on Monday at 2 p. m. , July 16, 1894, in her 94th year. Relict of Duncan McKellar. Born in 1800, she was a young woman when the Battle of Waterloo was fought and of her own knowledge, could speak of events, which to the most of us have been merely matters of history. She was a native of Kilmartin in Argyleshire, Scotland. She spent her youth in her native parish and in 1829 married Mr. McKellar. She and her husband came to Canada in 1830 and after living a year or so in Bytown, now the flourishing capital of the Dominion, they came to Galt, arriving in 1832, when but comparatively few houses formed what is now the town. Mr. McKellar's brother, Archibald and his wife had preceded them to Canada and had settled on land on Mill Creek, which even to this day is known as "McKellar's Flats" and here young Duncan and Janet also settled. At this time Mill Creek was in its glory as one of the finest trout fishing streams in Canada and many a white-haired man in our midst today will feel his blood warm at the mention of "McKellar's Flats" and the days of which we speak. The farm became the rendezvous of many a fishing party from Galt and as long as life lasts, many of them will never forget the kindness show them by Mrs. McKellar. But the life of a pioneer is, at the best of times, a hard and an anxious one and in all the struggles of these early days, the McKellars took their full part. Mr. McKellar died about thirty years ago but his widow remained on the farm until a few years since, when she removed to Galt to reside with her son, Alexander, where she passed the evening of her days in a well-earned rest and calmly fell asleep on Monday. She had a family of nine, three sons and six daughters, of whom four are dead. Surviving are: Alexander in Galt; Archibald in Havelock; John of Ingersoll, the western representative of the Soho Machine Works of Toronto; Mrs. McDonnell of Portage La Prairie; and Mrs. McRae of Toronto. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, a very large number of old friends and acquaintances attending to show the last token of respect to one, who had been so long in their midst. Her body was interred in Mount View Cemetery in Galt. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 2 Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Vit - ON, Oxford - Oxford County Marriage Register 1858-1869, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M7830-2 , System Origin: Canada-VR , GS Film number: 1030062 , Reference ID: 2:3CR4BR8. John Mckellar Birth Date: 1841 Birthplace: Canada Age: 21 Spouse's Name: Jannet Burnett Spouse's Birth Date: 1841 Spouse's Birthplace: Canada Spouse's Age: 21 Event Date: 13 Feb 1862 Event Place: Knox Church, Woodstock Father's Name: Duncan Mckellar Mother's Name: Jannet Campbell Spouse's Father's Name: Arthur Burnett Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Laing [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 49. [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 60. [S203] Census - ON, Wellington, Puslinch - 1852, Div 1 pg 12. Duncan McKaller, 47, b. Scotland, farmer Jennet 48 Mary 46 widow Janet? 15 b. Canada, daughter Mateleria? 13 Anne S. 5 Angus 22 labourer b. Scotland Alexander S. b. Canada 19 son John, son 11 Archibald, son, 9 [S862] Census - ON, Wellington, Puslinch - 1861, Div 5 pg 74. Duncan McKellar, b. Scotland, 56 farmer Janet 57 Alex Smith McKeller b. U. Canada 28 labourer Matilda 22 Archibald 18 Ann Smith McKeller 14 Jane McRae 8 Angus McKeller 30, b. Scotland, farmer Mary 55, Scotland [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 17753 (1894), Janet McKellar. Janet McKellar, d. 16 Jul 1894 Galt, 94, b. Scotland, widow, cause: old age (3 days) [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 8.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1800 - Kilmartin, , Argyll, Scotland Residence - 1851 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of Scotland - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 16 Jul 1894 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth