Sandy Ewen
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Alexander Ewen (1879 - 1953)

Alexander (Sandy) Ewen
Born in Eldon, Victoria co, ON.map
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 11 Dec 1905 in Thornbury, ON.map
Husband of — married 22 Dec 1945 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Kelvington, Sask, Canadamap
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Biography

Sandy Ewen: Sandy was raised in Kirkfield, Ontario however he did not get much education as he had to go to work at an early age. He began working by lumbering in the woods around Orillia, Ontario then after he & Margarette Munroe were married in 1905, he worked on freight boats on Lake Superior for three years. In 1911 he took his family west and rented a farm near Welwyn, Saskatchewan.

The next year Sandy and a friend went 200 miles north-west (walking a great part of the way) to a new area of the province to take up homesteads. Sandy's land was north of what is now the town of Kelvington. No post office there then so he got his mail at the Hudson Bay Post on Nut Lake. The family lived in a small log shack for two years then Sandy built a house of lumber from logs he cut near Greenwater Lake.

The Sandy Ewen family farmed the homestead for many years and there are still descendants living in the area.

Taken from book, “The Story of the Kirkfield Ewens,” by Bev Ewen, printed 1987.

Sources

1891 Census of Canada - Eldon, Victoria North, Ontario
John Ewans - head,age 53,born Scotland,Presby, Farmer
Mary A Ewans - wife,39, New Zealand,
Robert Ewans - son,17, Ontario, Presby
Andrew Ewans - son,22, Ontario, Presby, Farmer
James Ewans - son,21, Ontario, Presby, Farmer
William Ewans - son,16, Ontario, Presby
Charles Ewans - son,14, Ontario, Presby
Ellen Ewans - dau,13, Ontario, Presby
Alex Ewans - son,12, Ontario, Presby
Henry Ewans - son,9, Ontario, Presby
Margaet Ewans - dau,8, Ontario, Presby
Albert Ewans - son,7, Ontario, Presby
Elizabeth Ewans - dau,6, Ontario, Presby
Archie Ewans - son,4, Ontario, Presby
Euphamia Ewans - dau,1, Ontario, Presby
Census Collection, Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/jpg/30953_148175-00467.jpg
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1905 Marriage
Name: Alexander Ewen, age 26, Machinist
Residence:Thornnbury - Where Born:Eldon
Parents: John Ewen & Mary Ann Bassett
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1905 - Marriage Place:Grey, Ontario, Canada
Spouse: Margaret Jane Munro, Age:18
Residence:Carden - Where Born:Carden
Spouses Parent: Robert Munro & Catherine Mcdonald
Source Citation: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 118
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1911 Canada Census - Marquette, Manitoba
Alexander Ewan - head, age 31, born Dec 1879, Ontario, Farmer
Maggie Ewan - wife,24, Aug 1886, Ontario
Ross A Ewan - son,4, March 1907, Ontario
John R Ewan - son,1, Sept 1909, Ontario
Library and Archives Canada.
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/jpg/e001948406.jpg
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1926 Prairie Provinces Census - Mackenzie District, Saskatchewan
Location 5-38-11, W of 2nd, RM of Kelvington
Ewen,Alex - head, age 46, born Ontario, Farmer
Ewen,Margaret - wife, 39, Ont
Ewen,Ross - son, 19, Ont
Ewen,John - son, 17, Ont
Ewen,Wilfred - son, 13, Manitoba
Ewen,Winnie - dau, 11, Manitoba
Ewen,Margaret - dau, 9, Sask
Ewen,William - son, 8, Sask
Ewen,Cecil - son, 5, Sask
Ewen,Hazel - dau, 3, Sask
Freemantle, Adolph - Labourer, 22, England
LAC
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1953 Death
Alexander Ewen
Birth: Dec. 4, 1879
Death: Mar. 17, 1953
Burial: Kelvingrove Cemetery
Kelvington, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ewen&GSiman=1&GScnty=5527&GRid=119025459&
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  • Family info from Mary Clendenan, Welwyn, SK. in 1975, & Judy Revoy, Archerwill, SK. in 1985. Judy had access to information gathered by Dolly Ewen.
  • - Book, "The Story of the Kirkfield Ewens" by Bev Ewen, printed in 1987.




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