Angus Stewart

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119699
• Residence: 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Misfortune: 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; killed in tree cutting accident

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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

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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

Angus married Margaret Susannah Keachie 8 Nov 1838, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of James Keachie and Elizabeth Susan Buchanan) was born CALC 2 Nov 1819, , New York State, USA; died 8 Aug 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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On Thursday morning, 18th august, at half-past 3 o'clock, James K. Stewart, of Galt, aged 23 years and 3 months.

Galt Reporter Aug 26 1870 pg 3

James married Melinda S. Culham 21 Mar 1867, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Melinda (daughter of Henry Culham and Desdamona Anna Munn) was born CALC 28 Mar 1847, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104111
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada