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Hello Mac:
It's been a while since I was last in touch with you. Since then I have found some
new pieces of information (below) relating to your family. I hope this is of some help to
you in your research!
Regards
John B. Calder
Cambridge, Ontario
Family #18:
1-? Alexander William Calder
Born: (?).
Died: about 1843 (requires verification).
Parents: John Calder, and Margaret McLennan (requires verification).
Married to: Esther Elspey McKay (requires verification).
Esther Elspey McKay Wife
Born: June 15, 1813 (requires verification).
Williamstown, Charlottenburgh Twp., Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada (requires
verification).
Parents: - William McKay, and Anne Dingwall (requires verification).
1st Marriage to: Alexander William Calder
2nd Marriage to: Matthew A. McDonald.
about 1843 (had son John on January 1, 1845 in Williamsburg)
Place of Residence: - Moved to Prescott County after having had several children during
her
2nd marriage (possibly including John, Anne, W.K., James, George,and Ellen).
Documentation:
Ontario Census Returns - 1861 - Prescott County, Enumeration District 3, North Plantagenet
Twp.,
Page 14, Line 23 (recorded under the surname “McDonnald”).
- 1871 - Prescott County, District 75, Sub District G, North Plantagenet Twp., Division
(?),
Page 26, Line 13 (recorded under the surname “McDonald”).
Children of Alexander William Calder and Esther Elspey McKay:
2-1 Alexander Calder
2-2 William George Calder
2-1 Alexander Calder
Born: 1839.
Ontario, Canada.
Notes: - He is not present in the McDonnald household in the 1861 or ‘71censuses.
2-2 William George Calder
Born: August 1, 1843.
Lancaster, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: November 1, 1927.
Inkster, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Parents: Alexander (William?) Calder, and Esther McKay.
Married to: Dorathea Logan.
December / 1870.
Profession: - Carpenter on the Birth Registration of his son William dated, May 6, 1875.
- Farmer in the 1871 & ‘81 censuses.
- Mechanic on the Birth Registration of his son William dated, March 30, 1886.
- Carpenter on the Birth Registration of his daughter Alie, and mechanic on her Death
Registration.
Place of Residence: - Maxville, Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario on April 1,
1889.
- Moved to Forrest River/Inkster area of North Dakota, U.S.A. He took up residence
with/near
the family of his mother and stepfather, Matthew McDonald.
Notes: - His family’s religious denomination is Presbyterian in the 1881 census, and
Salvation Army
on the Death Registration of his daughter Alie dated, April 1, 1889.
Documentation:
Ontario Census Returns - 1861 - Prescott County, Enumeration District 3, North Plantagenet
Twp.,
Page 14, Line 24 (recorded under the surname “McDonnald”).
- 1871 - Prescott County, District 75, Sub District G, North Plantagenet Twp., Division
(?),
Page 27, Line 1.
- 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet North, Division 2,
Page 27, Line (?).
Dorathea Logan Wife
Born: about 1848.
Ontario, Canada.
Documentation:
Ontario Census Returns - 1871 - Prescott County, District 75, Sub District G, North
Plantagenet Twp., Division (?), Page 27, Line 2.
- 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet North, Division 2,
Page 27, Line (?).
Children of William George Calder and Dorathea Logan:
3-1 Margaret Esther(?) Calder
3-2 Lucey L. Calder
3-3 William Logan Alexander Calder
3-4 Mary Sophia Calder
3-5 Dorothea Ellen Calder
3-6 Flora Calder
3-7 Nathaniel Calder
3-8 William Calder
3-9 Alie May Calder
3-1 Margaret Esther(?) Calder
Born: August 13, 1871 (requires verification).
Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada (requires verification).
Documentation:
Ontario Census Returns - 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet
North,
Division 2, Page 27, Line (?).
3-2 Lucey L. Calder
Born: November 22, 1872 (requires verification).
Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada.
Documentation:
Ontario Census Returns - 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet
North,
Division 2, Page 27, Line (?).
3-3 William Logan Alexander Calder
Born: April 12, 1875.
Nepean Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: May 7, 1970.
San Rafael, Marin County, California, U.S.A.
Married to: Louise McDonald.
1900 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 002312 / 75.
United States Social Security Number is 567-54-5872.
Ontario Census Returns - 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet
North,
Division 2, Page 27, Line (?).
Children of William Logan Alexander Calder and Louise McDonald:
4-1 Catherine Calder
4-2 William Logan Alexander Calder
4-1 Catherine Calder
Born: December 23, 1907.
Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States Of America.
4-2 William Logan Alexander Calder
Born: February 7, 1911.
Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana, United States Of America.
3-4 Mary Sophia(?) Calder
Born: about 1876.
Ontario, Canada.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # not registered.
Ontario Census Returns - 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet
North,
Division 2, Page 27, Line (?).
3-5 Dorothea Ellen Calder
Born: August 10, 1879.
North Plantagenet Township, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 026255 / 79.
Ontario Census Returns - 1881 - Prescott County, District 103, Sub District H, Plantagenet
North,
Division 2, Page 27, Line (?).
3-6 Flora Calder
Born: June 27, 1881.
North Plantagenet Township, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: June 30, 1881.
North Plantagenet Township, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 027081 / 81.
Province of Ontario Death Registration # 016148 / 81.
3-7 Nathaniel Calder
Born: June 27, 1882.
North Plantagenet Township, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 028565 / 82.
3-8 William Calder
Born: October 9, 1885.
Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: October 10, 1885.
Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Notes: - On the Birth Registration under the heading of “Sex - Male or Female” the
registrar appears
to have started to write the word Female, but then changed it to “Male”.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 235680 / 86.
Province of Ontario Death Registration # 017274 / 86.
3-9 Alie May Calder
Born: February 21, 1889.
Maxville, Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Died: March 2, 1889.
Kenyon Township, Glengarry County, Ontario.
Documentation: - Province of Ontario Birth Registration # 035154 / 89.
Province of Ontario Death Registration # 022337 / 89.
Other researchers: Mike Calder, Carol Lee Filcek & Mac McDonald.