John Muir (1802 - 1865)

Born 5 Jul 1802 in Skellyhill, Lesmahagow Parish, Scotland

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1865 at age 62 in Canada West

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Biography

John Muir, a Scottish-born schoolmaster in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada (Ontario), and his wife Catherine McDiarmid were the parents of songwriter Alexander Muir.^[1] The family emigrated to Upper Canada in 1833.^[2] John died in 1865 and was buried at the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Scarborough.^[3]

Born 5 Jul 1802. Skellyhill, Lesmahagow Parish, Scotland. ^[4]

"John Muir had been a Dominie at a school in Crawfordjohn before taking up the new position in Skellyhill School near Lesmahagow. He was a robust man and accomplished at Quoits and was remebered as palying curling for a rink in Strathaven parish." John Muir of Skelliehill and Catherine McDiarmid were booked for proclamation of banns 12th September 1829, married 19th September 1829. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ J. Paul Green, “MUIR, ALEXANDER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 22, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/muir_alexander_13E.html.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Alexander Muir," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Muir&oldid=810239213 (accessed December 23, 2017).
3. ↑ St. Andrew's Scarborough
4. ↑ Source: #S-2117970618 Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario1871cen_ga&h=251552&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 1802-1803 Birth place: Scotland Residence date: 1871 Residence place: Burford
5. ↑ "Alexander Muir," Lanarkshire Family History Society Newsletter, Issue 16 (December 1999), pages 24-28.

See also:

• "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7S-9TH : 8 November 2014), John Muir, Scarborough, York, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 49, line 21; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1088-1089, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 390,222.