Hugh Fairgrieve
ID # 5108, (1814-1891)
| Birth | Hugh Fairgrieve was born in 1814 at Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Ann Roberts. |
| Death | He died on 2 June 1891. |
| Burial | He was buried at Section 1, Mountview Cemetery, Galt. |
| Note | When George Fairgrieve married Margaret Stalker, he gave his parents names as Hugh and Mary Ann Fairgrieve. George and Margaret are buried in the Fairgrieve family plot in section 1 in Mountview Cemetery, Galt, and this includes Hugh and Mary Ann. (Note that Hugh and Mary Ann have two childen buried in Kirkwall Cemetery in Beverly Township.) No death registrations have been found for either Hugh or Mary Ann. We take Hugh's death information from his gravestone as well as his approximate year of birth based on his age. The inscription tells that both Hugh and Mary Ann (Roberts) were natives of Galashiels in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is evident from some marriage and burial information for their children show that Hugh and Mary Ann spent at least some time in Beverly Township before removing to Dumfries Township. Land records remain to be researched. The names and approximate years of birth of the children of Hugh and Mary Ann are taken from the 1851, 1861, and 1871 censuses in North Dumfries. Hugh does not appear in the 1842 Dumfries Township census, but he does appear in the 1842 census of Beverly. He is listed immediately following the name of John Freer. The Hamilton branch of the OGS has transcribed the Kirkwall Cemetery. Included in this transcription is an Isabella Fairgrieve who died on July 7, 1888, at the age of 88. She is shown as the wife of John Frier. John Frier's date of death or place of burial is not recorded, but John was probably Hugh's brother-in-law. Certainly, by 1851, Hugh and Mary Ann are in North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County. The County of Waterloo Gazetteer and General Business Directory for 1864, compiler James Sutherland, publisher Mitchell & Co., Toronto, places Hugh Fairgrieve on concession 12, lot 6 in North Dumfries Township. Tremaine's Map of 1861 shows his holding as a portion of the lot just to the east of the town of Galt. Son John was still on this property when he died in 1904. John A. Cornell wrote the book The First Church of Beverly in 1921. This was essentially about the United Brethren Church which was at Sheffield, but this church did have connections in early years with the church at Kirkwall. The Kirkwall church eventually became Presbyterian, but Cornell draws on Kirkwall information provided by Robert McQueen of Kirkwall. Page 82 of the book tells that five families came from Scotland in 1832. This included the Frier family, with which a transcription of Kirkwall Cemetery makes clear had a Fairgrieve connection. The following year, 1833, the Fairgrieves and Roberts came to the settlement. Given that two children of Hugh and Mary Ann are buried in Kirkwall Cemetery, this must be the church with which they were originally connected. The Presbyterian Church Archives has an online finding aid for Kirkwall. Information for early years appears to be limited. The baptism information is the earliest and begins in 1846; marriage information begins in 1858. Our best information is that by 1851, the Fairgrieves had left Beverly and were in North Dumfries Township. Page 85 of the Cornell book tells that by 1837 the Kirkwall church had 18 members. These included a John Fairgrieve. Considering that Hugh and Mary Ann named their first born John, it's possible that John Fairgrieve was Hugh's father. Abstract indexes of the township lots and wills, probably filed in Hamilton, might provide some confirming evidence, but have yet to be researched. |
Children of Hugh Fairgrieve and Mary Ann Roberts |
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| Last Edited | 28 Dec 2017 |