John Adair1

#53, (c 1840 - 1872)
Pedigree
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)

Family

Rosalind Anna Bonnycastle (c 1848 - )
Child

Life Events

BirthJohn Adair was born circa 1840 in County Roscommon, Ireland.2
 
MarriageHe married Rosalind Anna Bonnycastle, daughter of Henry William John Bonnycastle and Eleanor Mary Susan Rowed, on 16 Mar 1870 in Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Northumberland County, Ontario. Details from the register: John Adair of the Village of Seymour & Rosalind Anna Bonnycastle of the Township of Seymour were married by license by J.Stamers Baker, Incumbent of Seymour & Percy [Rosalind's first cousin on her mother's side]. Witnesses were H.O. ? & J C Bell.1 
DirectoryJohn Adair was listed in the 1871 Canadian Dominion directory in Campbellford as Adair & Mackay, storekeepers.3 
1871 CensusJohn and Rose Adair appeared on the 1871 Census of Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, enumerated 2 Apr 1871. John was 31, born in Ireland, religion Church of England, Irish origin, and a Merchant. Rose was 23, born in Ontario, and of English origin. Their daughter Anna Lyall was listed as living with them.2 
DeathJohn died on 22 Nov 1872 in Seymour Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
The certificate stated: age 33, Insurance Agent, born Roscommon Ireland, Church of England, cause of death was Apoplexy of the Lungs, registered by Dr D J Massie on 6 Jan 1873 at Seymour.

N.B. date of death is given as Nov 1873 and registration as Jan 1873, therefore the death was likely in 1872.4 
Last Edited10 Jun 2009

Citations

  1. Parish Register of Christ Church Anglican, Campbellford, Ontario (Diocese of Toronto Archives, photocopied records), Adair/Bonnycastle marriage, 1870.
  2. 1871 Census for Ontario, Canada "Northumberland East 55, Seymour G-1, Page 67 (photocopy from Library & Archives Canada)."
  3. John Lovell Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871, John Lovell, Montreal (1871) (Family History Library, 6046766).
  4. Ontario Death Registration. John Adair, #035269-73.
  5. Death certificate of Anna Lyall Rannie, died 12 December 1942, registered 15 December 1942 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #42-09-615762.