Robert Graham (1800 - 1847)

Born 1800 in Drumquin, County Tyrone, Ireland

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1847 at about age 47 in Woodbridge, York, Canada West

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Biography

Robert was born in 1800 in Drumquin, County Tyrone.^[1][2] He married Isabella Wilson.^[1][3] They had nine children.^[1]

Finding the Potato Famine in Ireland too difficult to navigate, Robert and Isabella took their family to Pollockshaws, near Glasgow, in 1841 where they stayed for 6 years.^[1] They emigrated to Canada via Quebec on the Anchor and then by steamer to Toronto, where they went by land to Burwick (now Woodbridge) where Robert's sisters, Mary (now Mary McAuley) and Martha were living.^[1]

Robert died in 1847,^[2] shortly after arriving in Burwick.^[1] He had caught "ships fever" on the journey to Canada.^[1]

Research Notes

Some Early Reminiscences of David Graham, Robert's son, were transcribed by Nan Graham in 1926, converted to html by Thomas David Graham in 1997 and eventually turned into a WikiTree thing by Stuart McCormick in 2020. They describe the family's journey to Canada, including Robert's death enroute, and David's life thereafter.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Graham, Thomas D. 1982. A Family History of The Grahams. Decendants of Robert Graham (1800 - 1847) and Isabella Wilson (1801 - 1885).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 December 2020), memorial page for Robert Graham (1800–15 Oct 1847), Find a Grave Memorial no. 158678509, citing Woodbridge Pioneer Cemetery, Vaughan, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Evelyn Jepson (contributor 46802354).
3. ↑ "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2T1-B61Y : 17 March 2018), Robert Graham in entry for John Graham and Eliza Ann Dickson, 27 Feb 1862; citing Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,064.

See also:

• "Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2T1-B61Y : 17 March 2018), Robert Graham in entry for John Graham and Eliza Ann Dickson, 27 Feb 1862; citing Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,064.
• "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKHZ-YX7 : 2 March 2021), William Graham in entry for David Graham, 22 Feb 1928; citing Peel, Ontario, Canada, 27673, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,184,483.