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M Alexander McTavish

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Information from dmossing, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

1851 personal census, Orford Twp, Kent Co., ON, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
McTavish Isabel, F, Widowed, 47, born Scotland, Bapt, Farming;
John, M, 20, born Can;
Catharine, F, 21, born Can;
Daniel, M, 17, born Can;
Arch, M, 15, born Can;
Margaret, F, 13, born Can;
Heneretta, F, 11, born Can;
Alex, M, 9, born Can;
Mary, F, 5, born Can.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 260-261:
Alexander McTavish, whose life was ended Dec. 24, 1903, when, after but a week's illness, he entered into rest, was born March 20, 1842, in Orford township, County of Kent, on the fine farm of 100 acres, township range, Lot 68, where his whole life was spent, a son of Alexander and Isabel (Gillies) McTavish, of Argyllshire, Scotland, who were married in the County of Elgin, Ontario.
Alexander McTavish, Sr., came to Canada in 1810 with his parents, and located in Orford township, County of Kent. Here three brothers, Alexander, John and Malcolm, each took up 200 acres of land. Alexander remained upon his property until his death, in September, 1860, when he was fifty years of age. His widow survived him until 1890, dying at the age of eighty-four years, and like her husband firm in the faith of the Baptist Church. They were both buried in the New Glasgow cememtery, County of Elgin, Ont. When they first located in Orford all the land was a wilderness, and they were obliged to guard against wolves and other wild animals. Their children were: Catherine, of Duart, Ont., who married George Gillard; John, Daniel and Archie, deceased; Margaret, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-nine years; Henrietta, who died unmarried at the age of twenty years; Alexander; and Miss Mary, who resided with Alexander.
On Oct. 24, 1864, at Detroit, Michigan, Alexander McTavish, our subject, married Hannah Marilla Cornwall... Mrs. Hannah Marilla (Cornwall) McTavish was born in Orford township, Aug. 13, 1844, daughter of Joseph and Bethany (Wilson) Cornwall, of England, who were reared in Canada... The children born to their union were: Hiram, a farmer of Ellensburg, Washington; Nicholas, a farmer of Assiniboia; Mary, who married Archie McTavish (a brother of our subject), a farmer of Howard township; Hannah Marilla; Percilla, who married John Sinnington, of Howard township; Emily, who married Rev. C. Burdett, of Ridgetown, Ont.; and Jane, deceased...

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Daniel McTavish   Catharine (Kate) Gillies 1772-
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Alexander McTavish 1810-1847