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Descendants of Alexander STENHOUSE - Contact Laurie Lathen
Family History Notes

Alexander Stenhouse m Mary Ann WALKER. He was from Scotland; she was born in Watertown NY. He emigrated to Canada in 1855, first residing in Brockville and later in St. Catharines and Toronto. He then went back to Scotland for 20 years. They returned in 1888 and settled in Brockville, Ont. (Source: obits).
 
They had these children:
Alex. Alex. died in Hamilton, Ont.
Annie
Thomas L. (b Dec 17, 1869 in Hamilton, Ont).
Mrs. D. ROBERTSON
Mrs. Jas. URQUHART (names of these two daughters are from Mary Ann's obituary. I also have Alexander's obit. But neither one are dated. Alexander died first.)
 
Thomas L. m Sarah RYAN (Nov 8, 1867 - Oct 19, 1943) on April 15, 1896 in Napanee, Ont. Thomas died August 18, 1952. They emigrated to the US in 1903 and settled in Hillyard, (now Spokane) Washington.
 
They had these children (plus 2 infants that died):
William Mitchell Stenhouse b March 20, 1897 William (Bill) d Dec 12, 1985. He married Vera Bump and I don't know if they had any children.
Myrtle Eileen Stenhouse b Dec 20, 1898.
James Thomas Stenhouse (July 31, 1912 - Feb 12, 1914).
 
Myrtle (Myrt) is my 1st cousin once removed. Myrt first married Fred BEITEY. They had one son, Robert John (Bob) Beitey. Then she married Warren INGMAN. Last I heard Myrt is still alive (she's 101!), but her memory and sight are almost gone. I saw her a year ago. She out-lived both her husbands and her son.

My connection is through RYAN.

Descendants of James STANNERS - Contact Laurie Bremner
Family History Notes

James Stanners and Agnes Eglinton had a son James b. August 8, 1736 in Bo'Ness. (Who were James' parents?)

 James m. Jean Henderson (can't figure out when exactly) but around 1759-60.   James’ birth says Jean is the “lawful”spouse of James Stanners.

Children:

Jean                        1760 m. Thomas Hardie Nov. 12, 1783 in Bo'Ness

Martha   1762  d 1762

Christian                1764

Martha   1766

James                     1769 m. Helen Walker Jan.22, 1796 in Falkirk

This is where the family leaves Bo'Ness and lives in Falkirk, Stirling for the next 70 years or so.

James and Helen had 4 children

Children:

Martha   1798

James                     1803 m. Margaret Cars June 22, 1835 in Falkirk     James d.1875 Falkirk

Helen                     1806 m. David Main, April 5, 1833 in Falkirk         Helen d.1876 Falkirk

Jean                        1809

Thought this family was interesting just because of the birth dates. Both James of 1736 and 1769 were mariners. Good form of birth control for the times.

 James and Margaret had 5 children

Children:

James                     1838 m. Margaret Cochrane Jan. 22, 1860 in Stenhousemuir, Stirling

William   1839 m. Jane Ronald 1866 in Falkirk

John                       1842

Alexander              1844   d. 1866 he was an iron moulder in Falkirk

Mary Ann             1847

 James and Margaret Cochrane got married in 1860 and had a total of 14 children - 11 born in Scotland and 3 more after they came to Canada. Of the 4 that died in Scotland only one could really be classed as an infant death - she was 1 ½. The other children were 2 ½, 6 ½, and the other was almost 11. I haven't done a lot of research into the deaths yet but that is coming. This family moved around A LOT.  James was a blacksmith at the foundries then he worked on the CNR in Toronto.

 The Scotland children were:

James                     1860 Carron m. Ellen Price        Toronto 1887 d.1898 Vancouver

Alexander Cochrane 1861 Stenhousemuir,  m. Sarah Thornton Toronto 1885  d.1938 Toronto

William   1863 Caron,        d.1874 Greenock,

John                       1865 Stenousemuir, m .Margaret Hacking Toronto 1884  d.1942 Toronto

Mary                      1866 Gourock, Sct           d. 1873 Greenock,

Margaret               1868 Gourock, Sct m.Henry Gibson Toronto, 1905   d.1949 Vancouver

Michael  1871 Greenock, Sct       d. 1873 Greenock

Robert    1872 Greenock, Sct m. Anaise Baillargeion Winnipeg 1922 d.1961 Win.

Ann                        1876 Greenock, Sct       d. 1876 Greenock

Wilhemina             1876 Greenock, Sct m.John Hammond Toronto, 1906 d.1969 Vancouver

Helen Hardy         1878 Greenock, Sct m. Francis Inrig Toronto, 1905    d.1964 Pittsburg

 In 1879, James and Margaret along with their seven children immigrated to Canada.  Because of where they first came to - Ingersoll, Ontario-  and the fact that they were said to be starving (Robert’s son told his kids that he remembered the deplorable conditions of the immigrant ship like it was yesterday.  Robert would have been a very impressionable 7 year old at the time.) - I believe they were brought to Canada on a Presbyterian Church sponsorship.  This was done a lot in the 1800s. 

James (my gr-grandfather- 19), Alexander - 17 and John-14, would have been classed as men and probably worked on the ship to help pay for the passage.  James and John were both blacksmiths the same as their father and Alexander was a watchmaker/jeweler.  After they arrived in Canada all four of them worked for the CNR. 

 Margaret had three more children:

Evangelina Ann 1880 Ingersoll,ON m. Richard Cardiff, Toronto d in Sask.

Lillian Elizabeth 1882 Toronto, ON d1883 Toronto

Joseph Braid         1885 Toronto, ON m.          Toronto d1959 L.A. Ca.

 My gr-grandfather moved out to Vancouver in 1892 and worked for the CPR.  He drown in English Bay on July 1, 1898.  My gr-grandmother took the 5 kids back to Toronto where both her family and the Stanners  lived.

Alexander owned a couple of jewelry stores in downtown Toronto at one time. He apprenticed his brother Robert in the trade of watchmaker/jeweler.  He was also an optometrist. Alex added the Cochrane name to his but none of the other boys except Joseph have a middle name.  He stayed in Toronto.

John worked as a blacksmith for the CNR.  His is the only family I have not found a living relative from.  He stayed in Toronto.

Robert moved out to Winnipeg in the early 1920s and owned a jewelry store there.  His son became an optometrist too.

Margaret and Wilhemina were both dressmakers and when they got married they moved out to Vancouver.  They were the ones that had a stone erected for their brother James and the baby.

Helen married a printer and moved to Cleveland then to Pittsburg.  Margaret (the mother) went to live with Helen after James (the father) got run over by a Toronto Transit Bus in 1922.  Margaret lived to be almost 95 and she died in Pittsburg.

Evangelina (Annie) became a school teacher.  She married Richard Cardiff and they moved to Larcenda, Saskatchewan.

Joseph married in Toronto sometime around 1920 and had two children before he moved his family to Los Angelos. He died in 1959 but his name isn’t in the Social Security Death Index. Was he an illegal alien? 

I started the genealogy from the front page of the family bible that an aunt had sent me.  Not knowing anyone in the tree at all except my Grandmother (James 1860 - oldest daughter)  whom I met once.  I found living relatives from every one of the 9 families except for John’s.  So -- if you live in California and you are one of his descendants contact me.