David George Lindsay

Notes:

1901 Census - living on Lot 33 Concession 33
also living on Lot 33 Concession George S. Sparks

John married Agnes McQueen on 15 Jan 1868 in Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of James McQueen and Catherine Goldie Hewitson) was born on 18 Dec 1842 in Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1926 in Freelton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1926 in Strabane United Church Cemetery, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

lived on the farm at Westover until 1917, when they moved to Freelton.

John married Margaret Donahue on 13 Nov 1834 in Toronto Co, Ontario. Margaret was born about 1818 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; died in 1851 in St. George, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. George Pioneer Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Our great-great grandmother was not well known to her descendants as she died when she was quite young. Research has not proved the following but there is a very good probability that this is her story.
Margaret was born at or near Mallow, County Cork, Ireland the daughter of Patrick Donahue and Anne (surname unknown). She had two sisters Katherine who was older and Mary who was younger. The family was not well off in Ireland and in fact was probably considered paupers.
When Margaret was born, Ireland was experiencing a depression, the value of Irish goods was low, potato crops were meager (though the Potato Famine was still decades away), the country’s population was increasing dramatically and Irish farmers were subject to rack rents and evictions as land owners felt economic pressure. Further, the British Parliament was also intent on increasing the number of settlers available to defend the border of British North America (Canada) from the United States. Men in Irish families could help form the basis of a militia if border disputes flared up, so Peter Robinson was commissioned to select Irish paupers to immigrate to Canada. He selected 568 people (182 families) in 1823 to come to Canada on 2 ships, the Stakesby and the Hebe.
The Donahue family was one of these and came on the Stakesby. The ship landed at Quebec City on the 2nd of September 1823, after a passage of eight weeks having left on the 2nd of July. After arriving at Quebec City, the immigration port, the passengers first boarded steamships and were transported to Montréal. This is as far as the steamships could go owing to the presence of rapids on the St. Lawrence which in much later years was opened up by the construction of the Seaway. Then they went in barges to Lachine and then to Prescott on the St Lawrence River. From Prescott they went overland to the Mississippi River (Ontario not U.S.) a distance of about 60 miles by wagon. Settlers were given free provisions, tools and farmland mostly in Lanark County. This is how Peter Robinson describes the outfitting of the ships;
- these vessels were amply supplied with provisions, and every comfort in case of sickness that could be imagined; two medical officers of experience, one for each ship, were employed. The vessels and stores were strictly inspected, and they were in every respect as well found as if they had been fitted out by a company of passengers for their own convenience, safety and comfort.
And this is what Peter Robinson says happened when they got to their destination;
As there were no barracks or Government buildings in the neighbourhood, and the whole party without shelter, my first care was to provide log-houses for them, and that on their respective lots: fortunately the autumn was unusually dry and warm, and I completed this object by the 1st of November.
To do this, I was obliged to go to some additional expense, as the settlers were not sufficiently acquainted with the use of the axe to put up log buildings themselves. However, I feel well assured nothing tends so much to fix the attention of the emigrant to his newly-acquired property, and to ensure his becoming a permanent settler, as a little care and attention in placing him on his land.
This is the published list of the Stakesby Passengers. The ages are suspect as children were often deliberately listed as younger than they actually were.

Names Former residence Age passenger No.

Pat Donoghue Mallow 44 211
Anne Donoghue " 40 212
Katharine Donoghue " 7 213
Margaret Donoghue " 4 214
Mary Donoghue " 2 215

The Parish priest of the area reported that Pat Donoghue died shortly after arriving in Canada. There may have been a son born posthumously to Pat and also called Pat. This may be why Margaret at age 16 would be working away from home.

Not much can even be guessed at as to the hardships of a mother with three or four small children and no husband in a place far from family. Margaret’s life between 1823 and 1827 or so was probably very difficult and there are almost no records available for this time.

In the late 1820’s she was in Streetsville, Peel County, Ontario probably working in a carding mill.

Streetsville was formed in 1819 by Timothy Street, a man who had financed the survey of the area in return for land. In 1825 he built a house which still stands. He built several mills, one of which was a carding mill. As the raising of sheep increased, the process of handling the wool by hand became too lengthy, so carding mills were built to handle the bulk wool. Settlers could bring their fleece to be processed, carded, and rolled in bundles for use on their spinning wheels and looms. Carding mills were the forerunners of commercial textile and woolen industries. These mills employed a number of workers, usually unmarried women, to operate the machinery. The mills in Streetsville were powered by waterwheels using the water of the Credit River. Since John Lindsay was a Miller, having learned the trade from his father in Scotland, it is likely that that is where they met. There was also a strong Irish population in Streetsville very early in its existence. This again would be another reason that Margaret was in the area.

Margaret married John Lindsay in Streetsville. The marriage bonds were written 13 November 1834. Margaret would have been about 15 or 16 years old. They likely would have been married in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The original church was a wooden structure built in 1824, rebuilt in 1867 of red brick well after the Lindsays had moved.

The children followed; Isabella 13th April 1836 probably named for John’s mother, Margaret 1st April of 1840, and Adam probably named after John’s father, in 1842. They may have been baptized or christened in St. Andrews Church.

Streetsville at that point was in a decline as the rail-lines that were being developed in Ontario had to that point by-passed the town. It is possible John was laid off as work on the mill was not then available. At that time the Lindsay family found another mill at St. George, Brant County and moved there. Two more children were born; John born in 1st October 1843 and likely named after his father and George born in 20th September 1846 and who could have been named after an uncle, his father’s brother.

Tragedy struck in about 1847 as the oldest son Adam died. He had started to school as a note book with his name in it survived. He is likely buried in the St. George Pioneer Cemetery.

John and Margaret saved money and planned to buy their own mill and by 1850 that became a reality. Margaret however was not well and just before the move she died. The cause of her death has been a subject for discussion. We know that she had been in a decline for some time as John bought her a rocking chair (which is still in the family) as she did not want to be bed-ridden. Some of her descendants have had diabetes which could have been the cause, diabetes at that time being untreatable. Others have had serious blood diseases which also could have caused her death at an early age. She also is likely buried at St. George Pioneer Cemetery. The headstones at that Cemetery have been laid down to facilitate mowing and therefore some have been lost entirely so it is not clear that this is the cemetery where Margaret and her son Adam are buried.

Notes:

Emmigrated to Canada in April 1933
Took 10 weeks to cross the Atlantic and on the crossing made lifelong friends of peope named Innis INNIS
Arrived at York (later called Toronto)

1837 Directory of Toronto and Home Districts
- mid nos - concession, lot, district
McQueen James 8 3 Gore of Toronto M250 Northern Division\

Index of records Ontario
Name: James McQueen
Death Date: May 1887
Death Location: Wentworth
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1807
Birth Location: Scotland
Source Citation: Roll: MS935_56

Immigrant Records
Name: James Mcqueen
Year of Record: 1836
Source/Event: Upper Canada: Land patents issued from 20 April 1836, and the 2 June next ensuing, prepared in compliance with an Address of the House of Assembly to that effect. 1,478 patents.
Upper Canada: Papers Relating to Sir F. Bond-Head.
Reference: National Library of Canada: British Parliamentary Papers.
Source Citation: Roll: MS935_56.

Historical Atlas reference
James McQueen Con 7 Lot 19
William Fingland Con 5 Lot 19

FamilySearch.org - September 2014
Agnes Fingland
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: James Mcqueen
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 17 Jan 1807
Christening Place: , DURRISDEER, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Father's Name: Robert Mcqueen
Mother's Name: Agnes Fingland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11823-2 , System Origin: Scotland-VR , GS Film number: 1067961 ,
Reference ID: 2:161TR50

James married Catherine Goldie Hewitson on 25 Dec 1832 in Balmaclellan, New Gallowayshire, Scotland. Catherine was born on 12 Nov 1807 in Moniave, Dumfries, Scotland; died on 21 Nov 1882 in Kirkwall, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kate's narrative - They were lucky when they got our grandmother home , she was the only one of the four( Mr. McQueen, Mr. Innis, Mrs. Innis) that knew anything about farming as she had been a farmer's daughter in Scotland.

Robert married Agnes Fingland about 1806. Agnes was born in 1772/1786 in Scotland; died on 10 Apr 1842 in Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Kirkwall Cemetery, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info from Margaret McKinnon
She apparently had three children before she married Robert McQueen. Did two of these come to Canada to settle near James McQueen? There is land owned by a Fingland near JMs in 1875. One of the half sisters became a Mrs. Stewart. She had two sons, Jim and ?
Info Aug 2001 - The three children were born after Robert McQueen died in 1808 with the father being un-named in parish records. Jean may not be a daughter, depending on when she was born as Agnes may have been too old.
Agnes came to Canada about 1835 with the three children.

Post to Rootsweb Dumphries List by Margaret McKinnon
30 Jan 2003
Looking for the parents, birthplace, and birth date of Agnes Fingland who d. in Kirkwall, Ontario, Canada in 1842 aged 70. She m. Robert McQueen (b. 1751 at Stoneyburn, Crawford parish Lanarkshire; d. 1808, supposedly in Cold Chapel, Wandel parish, Lanarkshire) in 1805 in Grenada (no documentation for this, alas). Their son, James, my great-grandfather, was b. 1806 in Strathwhairn, Durisdeer, emigrated to Canada in 1832, and d. 1889 in Kirkwall. Agnes came to Canada in 1836 with two or three subsequent children: Robert Fingland, b. 1815 in Durisdeer; a daughter b. in 1820-1 in Durisdeer (these were natural children, no father listed), and another female child supposedly b. 1828--when Agnes would have been 58!

Info from Ontario Cemetery Finding Aide - Feb 8 2007
FINGLAND Agnes Kirkwall Presbyterian Wentworth Beverly HM-134

She was age 34 when married.

Family search 2007
Mary Ann FINGLAND W Female Irish 52 Ireland C. Presbyterian
John FINGLAND Male Irish 20 O Farmer C. Presbyterian
William FINGLAND Male Irish 18 O C. Presbyterian
Elisbeth FINGLAND Female Irish 16 O C. Presbyterian

Source Information:
Census Place Beverly, Wentworth North, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375892
NA Film Number C-13256
District 148
Sub-district D
Division 3
Page Number 39
Household Number 184

e-mail revieved November 5 2007
I am looking for an Agnes McQueen who in 1836 traveled with a Julia Fingland age 13 and a Jane Fingland age 5 from Scotland to Canada. They appear on a passenger list from the ship Estelle that arrived in New York July 22 1836. They are with the family of William and Margaret (nee Mills) Fingland and their two children William and Elizabeth who settled near Guelph Ontario. Some have assumed that they were the children of William and Margaret but I am quite confident that they are not but are likely in some way related.I would really appreciate hearing from you. My email address is fingland@sympatico.caThank you.Joyce Fingland

Info from internet Nov 5 2007
http://www.deeprootstalltrees.com/Paisley%20Families/dryden/d1.htm#i7607
George DRYDEN married Jane FINGLAND, daughter of Thomas FINGLAND and Agnes CLELAND, in 1853. Jane was born on May 23, 1833 in Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 23 Thomas DRYDEN . + 24 Agnes DRYDEN was born in 1858 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada. + 25 James Robert DRYDEN was born on February 27, 1860 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada, died on December 4, 1908 in Guelph, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada at age 48, and was buried in Guelph Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada. + 26 Rachel DRYDEN was born in 1860 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada. + 27 George DRYDEN was born in 1862 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1933 at age 71. + 28 William "Barrie" DRYDEN was born on April 18, 1865 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada ,4 and died in 1951 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada at age 86. + 29 Jean DRYDEN was born in 1869 in Eramosa Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada and died in 1963 at age 94.

Agnes McQueen age 50 (therefore born 1786) listed on passenger to New York on the ship Estelle
Estelle sailed from Liverpool and came into New York on July 22 1836

IGI
Agnes birth listed as 1779

familysearch 2012
Name: Fingland
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 20 Mar 1786
Baptism/Christening Place: , DURRISDEER, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: James Fingland
Father's Birthplace:
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Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11823-2
System Origin: Scotland-VR Source Film Number: 1067961 Reference Number: 2:161TB75

Name: Agnes Fingland
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 01 Mar 1761
Baptism/Christening Place: , DURRISDEER, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Fingland
Father's Birthplace:
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Mother's Name: Catherine Kirkpatrick
Mother's Birthplace:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11823-2
System Origin: Scotland-VR Source Film Number: 1067961 Reference Number: 2:161SQQ6

Notes:

He was age 54 when Married