Robert Carrick

1772 - 1867  (95 years)

• Name	Robert Carrick
  Born	1772	, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79113875
  Occupation	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	United Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134930
  Died	24 Jul 1867	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I134930	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Jane Harvie,   b. CALC 4 Jul 1784, , Scotland ,   d. 9 Jun 1871  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Children	1. Robert Carrick,   b. 1812, , New York State, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1880, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   2. Alexander "Alex" "Sandy" Carrick,   b. 1814, , Caledonia Co., New York ,   d. 4 Nov 1899, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)   3. Andrew Carrick,   b. CALC 9 Feb 1818, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Dec 1869, Ashfield, Huron Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 51 years)   4. William Carrick,   b. CALC 2 Feb 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1891, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 71 years)   5. Mary Carrick,   b. 1822, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1880, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F34974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shade acted as Mr. Dickson's agent and attorney, and as soon as it became known in the Niagara district and other settled parts of the Province, that lands could be had on easy terms, a few straggling settlers made their way to the locality, and some returned to take up their abode. Scarcely any persons came in during the fall of 1816, and for several years afterwards, the progress made was not very promising. Report puts down the number of families in the township in 1817 as thirty-eight, com-prising in all one hundred arid sixty-three souls, and the whole of the farm stock as less than the number of animals now to be found on a single place. From a Government source, we find that in 1818 the estimate was only thirty-eight settlers, and sixty-three persons in all. These statements are doubtless not far astray, but the latter estimate is probably below rather than above the mark, for, besides a few settlers who early took up land in the St. George neighbourhood, a small colony, chiefly from Genesee County, New York State, had located in the bush between Galt and the present village of Branchton, as early as 1817. Among these were Messrs. Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean, William Mackenzie,* John Buchanan, Robert Carrick, Alexander Harvie, Daniel McArthur and Dugald McColl, whose descendants, in several instances, still continue to hold and cultivate the lands then taken up. *Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean and William Mackenzie walked all the way from Genesee Co., New York State, to Dumfries, during May, 1817. Mackenzie had assisted Mr. Marlett in surveying near Galt during the previous fall, and piloted the way. While on the road near Hamilton, the elder Dickson and his son William passed them on horseback. They knew Mackenzie, and informed the travellers that they could get Articles of Agreement immediately for any lands they might select, as they were then taking up these necessary documents. After arrival, Fraser, McBean and Mackenzie soon selected farms, and received the Articles therefor, which are said to have been the first three ever given by Mr. Dickson for any part of his Dumfries lands. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose pg 33

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 24 Jul 1867. Carrick, Robert died 23 Jul 1867 Aged 94 years. Of North Dumfries. Funeral on July 24, 1867. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ Robert Carrick/ who died July 23, 1867/ aged 93 years & 8 mo./ A native of Stirlingshire/ Scotland [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 1, Pg. 19. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 5 Page 40. [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Sect. 1 Page 40.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1772 - , Stirlingshire, Scotland Occupation - Gentleman - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Jul 1867 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth