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John Shewan

Male 1847 - 1903  (56 years)


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  • Name John Shewan 
    Born 1847  Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Apr 1903  Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16071  All
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2007 

    Father Alexander Shewan 
    Mother Elizabeth Chalmers 
    Family ID F4256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane Bent,   b. 28 Apr 1851, Pilkington, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1919, Lot 22, Conc 3, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1871  Minto Township, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Shewan,   b. 10 Jan 1872, Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. James Shewan,   b. Abt 1874,   d. 1943  (Age ~ 69 years)
     3. John Shewan,   b. Abt 1877, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Robert Shewan,   b. Abt 1878
     5. Levi Shewan,   b. Abt 1880, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Charles Shewan,   b. 24 Feb 1883, Conc 3, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1975, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     7. Eliza Ann Shewan,   b. 12 May 1889, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Mary Jane Shewan,   b. 2 Jul 1891, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2013 
    Family ID F4255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Apr 1903 - Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/shewan_john.htm on May 18, 2006

      Pioneer - SHEWAN, John

      Biographical Sketches of
      Early Settlers of Wellington County

      SHEWAN, John (d.), was b. Aberdeenshire, Scot. 1847. When thirteen years of age, he was induced to come to Canada by his uncle, the late James Chalmers, who gave him employment until he could better his position. He continued in the employ of others, and while the wages were low at this time, young Shewan, by being very frugal, found himself, at the age of twenty-four, financially able to carry out his long cherished desire of owning a farm of his own. In 1871, he m. Mary J. Bent, dau of William Bent, the old pioneer, who was b. in Eng. in 1819, emigrated to Canada in 1831, set. in Pilkington, 1850, and set. in Minto, in 1858. He was a mason and contractor, and built some of the principal buildings in Harriston and Palmerston. He d. in Palmerston in 1899. John Shewan and his young wife started life on his new purchase, lot 24, con. 2, and here lived until they became possessed of lot 3, con. 22, where they lived at the time of John Shewan's death, in 1903. Mr. Shewan was a man of great personal activity, and left a nice property. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, in politics a Liberal, and a man of the strictest integrity, enjoying the confidence and respect of all who knew him. Issue: John who owns and works lot 24, con. 2; Charles, owns and works lot 22, con. 3; William, James, an inventor; Robert, ranches in the N.-W.; Levi, electrical expert, Niagara Falls; Annie, and Mary, at home.


      From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906

  • Sources 
    1. [S132293] http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwellin/pioneers/shewan_john.htm.




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