Margaret Mckewn Roddick1
F, #92955, b. 1860
- Birth*: 1860; Ontario; Date 1860 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1,2
- Marriage*: 25 June 1884; Hamilton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#... ; Groom: William Burnet; Age: ... ; Bride: Margaret Mckeown Roddick; ... (Marriage Registration, # ... , ancestry.com (Minimal record??) per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.; Principal=William Burnet1,3
- Married Name: 25 June 1885; Burnet1
- Census*: April 1891; Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 31 at 1891 Census: see William Burnet2
Family: William Burnet b. 1851
- William Ernest R. Burnet2 b. 1886
- Frederick C. Burnet2 b. 1887
- John C. Burnet2 b. 1889
- Frank L. Burnet2 b. Sep 1890
David J. Burnet1,2,3
M, #92956, b. 1853
- Father*: William Burnet2 b. 1815, d. 15 Apr 1872
- Mother*: Mary Christie2 b. 1821
- Birth*: 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1853 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.2,3
- Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 8 at 1861 Census: See William Burnet3
Elizabeth A. Burnet1,2,3
F, #92957, b. 1856
- Father*: William Burnet2 b. 1815, d. 15 Apr 1872
- Mother*: Mary Christie2 b. 1821
- Birth*: 1856; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1856 & location Ont. per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.2,3
- Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 5 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet3
Hugh Burnet1
M, #92958, b. 1859
- Father*: William Burnet1 b. 1815, d. 15 Apr 1872
- Mother*: Mary Christie1 b. 1821
- Birth*: 1859; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1859 & location UC per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1,2
- Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1861 Census: see William Burnet2
David Burnet1
M, #92959, b. 1819, d. before 1891
- Father*: Francis Burnet Sr.1 b. 3 Mar 1771, d. 2 May 1851
- Mother*: Margaret Dodds1 b. 1774, d. 24 Dec 1855
- Birth*: 1819; Scotland; Date 1819 & location Scotland per 1861 Census. Date 1819 & location Scotland per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1,2
- Marriage*: circa 1842; Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.; Principal=Elizabeth Richard1
- Death*: before 1891; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
- Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 42 at 1861 Census: Burnett, David, 42, b. Scotland, FC. Pres., Builder, married; Elizabeth, 41, b. Scotland, FC Pres, married; Richard, Margaret, 26, b. Scotland, FC Pres., single; Mary, 24, b. Scotland, FC Pres., single; Burnet, David, 16, b. UC, FC Pres.; Thomas, 14; Duffey, Bernard, 16, b. Ireland, RC, servant, single (1861 Census: Town of Cobourg, Northumberland Co., pg. 413 of 899, line 13 - ancestry.ca)
Note: Mary A. Burnet, age 35, widow is above.2
Family: Elizabeth Richard b. 1820, d. 3 Dec 1892
- David Burnet2 b. 1845
- Thomas Burnet2 b. 1847
Elizabeth Richard1
F, #92960, b. 1820, d. 3 December 1892
- Birth*: 1820; Scotland; Date 1820 & location Scotland per 1861 Census. per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1,2
- Marriage*: circa 1842; Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.; Principal=David Burnet1
- Death*: 3 December 1892; Northumberland Co., Ontario; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
- Married Name: circa 1842; Burnet1
- Census*: April 1861; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Age 41 at 1861 Census: see David Burnet2
Family: David Burnet b. 1819, d. b 1891
- David Burnet2 b. 1845
- Thomas Burnet2 b. 1847
John Burnet1
M, #92961, b. May 1737
- Birth*: May 1737; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
- Marriage*: circa 1765; Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.; Principal=Margaret ?1
Family: Margaret ? b. c 1745
- Agnes Burnet1 b. 5 Oct 1766
- James Burnet1 b. Dec 1766
- Grissel Burnet1 b. 1768
- Francis Burnet Sr.+1 b. 3 Mar 1771, d. 2 May 1851
- Isabell Burnet1 b. 28 Feb 1773
- Margaret Burnet1 b. 17 Aug 1775
- Alexander Burnet1 b. 26 Dec 1777
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Margaret ?1
F, #92962, b. circa 1745
- Birth*: circa 1745; Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
- Marriage*: circa 1765; Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.; Principal=John Burnet1
- Married Name: circa 1765; Burnet1
Family: John Burnet b. May 1737
- Agnes Burnet1 b. 5 Oct 1766
- James Burnet1 b. Dec 1766
- Grissel Burnet1 b. 1768
- Francis Burnet Sr.+1 b. 3 Mar 1771, d. 2 May 1851
- Isabell Burnet1 b. 28 Feb 1773
- Margaret Burnet1 b. 17 Aug 1775
- Alexander Burnet1 b. 26 Dec 1777
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Agnes Burnet1
F, #92963, b. 5 October 1766
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 5 October 1766; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
James Burnet1
M, #92964, b. December 1766
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: December 1766; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Grissel Burnet1
F, #92965, b. 1768
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 1768; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Isabell Burnet1
F, #92966, b. 28 February 1773
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 28 February 1773; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Margaret Burnet1
F, #92967, b. 17 August 1775
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 17 August 1775; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Alexander Burnet1
M, #92968, b. 26 December 1777
- Father*: John Burnet1 b. May 1737
- Mother*: Margaret ?1 b. c 1745
- Birth*: 26 December 1777; Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
- Death*: Canada; per family tree of banninge on ancestry.com, Aug 18 2016.1
Citations
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Andrew MacKechnie1,2
M, #92969, b. 1779, d. 22 December 1854
- Birth*: 1779; Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Date 1779 & location Falkirk, Scotland per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e2
- Marriage*: 4 April 1816; Date Apr 4 1816 per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e; Principal=Marjory C. Wallace2
- Marriage*: 3 December 1844; St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland; per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.; Principal=Lindesay Glass2
- Death*: 22 December 1854; St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland; Date Dec 22 1854 & location St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.2
- Note*: 1848; Mackechnie Woollen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "He retained the water rights, however, and constructed near by a large factory for the manufacture of woollens, known as Ontario Mills. In 1848 he secured a mortgage on the property for £7,960 from one Andrew
Mackechnie. Three years later the factory was reportedly the largest in the province, turning out 800 yards of cloth a day and employing up to 175 people, many of them women. For Cobourg the works was the largest single source of tax revenue and the cornerstone of its economy." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
Note: The Andrew Mackechnie he got the mortgage from would he his father.3
Family 1: Marjory C. Wallace b. 1792, d. 25 Jun 1836
- Stuart Easton MacKechnie+ b. 6 May 1817, d. 5 May 1853
- Capt. Robert Wallace MacKechnie2 b. 16 Aug 1819, d. 21 May 1860
- Capt. Charles Grant MacKechnie+2 b. 22 Nov 1821, d. 25 Nov 1881
- Stillborn MacKechnie2 b. 29 Mar 1822, d. 29 Mar 1822
- Stillborn MacKechnie2 b. 29 Mar 1822, d. 29 Mar 1822
- Henry MacKechnie+2 b. 20 Jul 1824, d. 1892
- Lt. Donald MacKechnie+2 b. 20 Jul 1824, d. 19 Jan 1859
- Mary Jane Sinclair MacKechnie+2 b. 1831, d. 13 Nov 1891
Family 2: Lindesay Glass b. 2 Apr 1803, d. 9 Jul 1859
Marjory C. Wallace1,2
F, #92970, b. 1792, d. 25 June 1836
- Father*: Charles Wallace b. Feb 1752, d. 1811
- Mother*: Stewart Wallace b. c 1755
- Birth*: 1792; Arbroath, Angus, Scotland; "Marjory C. Wallace and Agnes Wallace are sisters, dau. of Charles Wallace per family tree of David Charles Mackechnie on ancestry.ca, April 12 2018.
There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother??" https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e
Date 1792 & location Arbroath, Angus, Scotland per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.2 - Marriage*: 4 April 1816; Date Apr 4 1816 per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller' ssecond wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e; Principal=Andrew MacKechnie2
- Death*: 25 June 1836; Elham, Hythe, Kent, England; per family tree of Eoin Dà'idh Teàrlach MacKechnie on anccestry.ca, April 12 2018.2
- Married Name: 4 April 1816; MacKechnie2
Family: Andrew MacKechnie b. 1779, d. 22 Dec 1854
- Stuart Easton MacKechnie+ b. 6 May 1817, d. 5 May 1853
- Capt. Robert Wallace MacKechnie2 b. 16 Aug 1819, d. 21 May 1860
- Capt. Charles Grant MacKechnie+2 b. 22 Nov 1821, d. 25 Nov 1881
- Stillborn MacKechnie2 b. 29 Mar 1822, d. 29 Mar 1822
- Stillborn MacKechnie2 b. 29 Mar 1822, d. 29 Mar 1822
- Henry MacKechnie+2 b. 20 Jul 1824, d. 1892
- Lt. Donald MacKechnie+2 b. 20 Jul 1824, d. 19 Jan 1859
- Mary Jane Sinclair MacKechnie+2 b. 1831, d. 13 Nov 1891
Citations
- Per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
Stuart Easton MacKechnie1,2,3
M, #92971, b. 6 May 1817, d. 5 May 1853
- Father*: Andrew MacKechnie b. 1779, d. 22 Dec 1854
- Mother*: Marjory C. Wallace b. 1792, d. 25 Jun 1836
- Birth*: 6 May 1817; Bangalore, Madras, India; Date 1817 per CemSearch - age 36 at death May 5 1853. . Date May 6 1817 & location Bangalore, Madras, India per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned. Note that William Weller's second wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of Duncan, different family.
he/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e2,4 - Marriage*: 30 November 1848; Haldimand Twp., Grafton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "His marriage in Grafton in 1848 to Anna Maria Barbara Poore helped induce her brother, Sir Edward Poore, a former officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards, to settle near Cobourg." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
"m. 30 Nov. 1848 Anna Maria Barbara Poore, and they had a son; ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html) Date Nov 30 1848 per Scott and Chicken Family Tree, ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.; Principal=Anna Maria Barbara Poore2,5 - Death*: 5 May 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date May 5 1853 per CemSearch. Date May 6 1853 & location Cobourg per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016. "Mr. D. E. Boulton gave, prefacing the toast with suitable remarks - the Memory of Stuart E. MacKechnie, Esq., - which was received by the vast assemblage with marks of most profound respect." from the Cobourg Star, Jan 10, 1855, copied from microfilm at Cobourg Puiblic Library.
"d. 6 May 1853 in Cobourg, Upper Canada." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)6,2,5,4 - Burial*: 7 May 1853; St. Peter's Church, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; CemSearch: Name: Stuart Easton Mackechnie; Born: - ; Died: May 5 1853; Age: 36; ID: CBSPCH14; No other names; Cemetery: St. Peter's Church Cemetery, King St. E. & College St.,(beside he church - no longer in use); Note: St. Peter's m/film: Mayor of the Town of Cobourg, buried May 7, 1853. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pid=CBSPCH14%5E0)
OCFA: Name: MacKechnie, Stuart Easton; Cemetery: St. Peter's Church, Cobourg; County: Northumberland; Township: Hamilton; Ref.: LSGS-024 (http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php)7,4
- Note: circa 1838; Upper Canada; "Stuart Easton Mackechnie toured widely in the United States and the Canadas in the 1830s, residing for a time north of Toronto before returning to Britain." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html) Date Nov 30 1848 per Scott and Chicken Family Tree, ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.5
- Note: circa 1843; Tremaine St., Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "The house was built about 1843 to 44, and first belonged to a man named Stuart Mackechnie, a Scottish immigrant who founded woolen mills, ... on the present site of the Cobourg Daily Star building at the corner of King and Tremaine Streets. But Mr. Mackechnie must have overextended himself financially, because he lost the house a few years later when the bank foreclosed. The next owners of the house were the Poore family, who, apparently, were anything but. Anna Maria Poore's father was an English baronet, Sir Edward Poore. She also had a brother who lived in Grafton. She took over the ownership of the house in 1848, probably before the last two additions had been made to it. ... In the 1860s it was known as Mount Fortune, because it belonged to James Fortune the one time sheriff of Cobourg. ... Mr. Fortune died soon after acquiring the house in 1864, at the age of only 36. He was buried at St. Peter's Cemetery; the family continued to live in the house until 1869." from the Cobourg Daily Star, July 21, 20008
- Residence*: 1843; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "In 1843 D’Arcy Edward Boulton, a Cobourg lawyer and town booster, persuaded a number of Scottish capitalists, including Mackechnie and John Sinclair Wallace, to establish in Cobourg." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
Note: John Sinclair Wallace is a nephew. Date Nov 30 1848 per Scott and Chicken Family Tree, ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.5 - Residence: 30 September 1844; Conc A & B, Lot 20, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; Land Registry Records (B.S. 7475) show that Peter McGill sold same (203 acres same as 589) except parts sold to Stuart E. Mackechnie. ITS Date: Sep 30 1844. Reg'n. Date: Dec 21 1844. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Town of Cobourg, Book 079, pg. 024 of 262, Conc A & B, Lot 20, copied from OnLand.ca by Dan Aug 16 2022. Also, Katie of Northumberland County Archives sent me a page with the same transactions on it, and much clearer. This page has the same Conc A & B, lot 20 but is shown as page 242. Not sure of the book no.)
Note: This is the first appearance of Stuart E. Mackechnie in land records in this area. He, along with his father, Andrew Mackechnie and his wife's Poore family wee weathy industrialists and they decided to invest in mills in this area near Factory Creek. Stuart E. Mackechnie would run Ontario Mills here for about a decade, a very successful enterprise. It is suggested that he had the house built at the lakeshore that William Weller would later live in. The land records are unclear, although the "S E. Corner" of Lot 20 had been separated from the rest of the lot as far back as 1805. (Dan Buchanan, Aug 27 2022)9 - Note*: 1845; Woolen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; There are references in various documents related to the Woolen Mills in Cobourg that they were begun by the three McKechnie brothers. Stuart E. McKechnie is the most often mentioned and we know William Weller's second wife, Margaret McKechnie was the daughter of a Duncan. Who was the other brother?? https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GJDT_ontario-woollen-mills?guid=12faa3b6-a370-4c50-ae4d-1324b7717d3e
- Residence: 1847; Mackechnie Woollen Mill, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "His behaviour suggests that he was an early Victorian swell turned businessman but there is evidence that not everyone looked favourably upon him. In 1847 farmers claimed they could not get a fair price for their wool at his factory." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Residence: 1847; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "The following year, soon after arriving in Cobourg, Mackechnie purchased a grist-mill, which he sold in 1847." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html) Date Nov 30 1848 per Scott and Chicken Family Tree, ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.5
- Note: 14 September 1847; McKechnie Woollen Factory, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "THE COBOURG STAR.; COBOURG, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 1847.; MCKECHNIE'S WOOLLEN FACTORY; Four years ago when this Factory was begun, no one imagined that it would form the nucleus of (what is destined to be) the most flourishing part of our Town. Yet so it was; and it proves to demonstration that manufactures, under a protective policy, are as likley to prove beneficial here, as in the neighbouring States - Lowell for example. It is to use a well known fact that this Factory gives empoyment to at least thirty-eight thousands pounds of other labour, two-thirds of which is agricultural, namely - 20,000 sheep, worth 10 shillings, 10,000 pounds. Six thousand acres of land, worth 3 pounds an acre, 18,000 pounds. The wages of operatives, agents, & c. &c., will make up at least another ten thousand pounds; and all this benefit is derived from an original capital of 12,000 pounds. The farmers must not imagine that a market for their wool is all the benefit they derive from this factory, - they must remember that almost all wages of the operatives go to them either directly or indirectly for food." from The Cobourg Star, Sep 14, 1847, copied from microfilm at Cobourg Public Library.6
- Residence: 1848; Mackechnie Woollen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "He retained the water rights, however, and constructed near by a large factory for the manufacture of woollens, known as Ontario Mills. In 1848 he secured a mortgage on the property for £7,960 from one Andrew
Mackechnie. Three years later the factory was reportedly the largest in the province, turning out 800 yards of cloth a day and employing up to 175 people, many of them women. For Cobourg the works was the largest single source of tax revenue and the cornerstone of its economy." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
Note: The Andrew Mackechnie he got the mortgage from would he his father.5 - Note: 1848; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "As a young man of wealth, he added lustre to Cobourg’s self-conscious social élite. His marriage in Grafton in 1848 to Anna Maria Barbara Poore helped induce her brother, Sir Edward Poore, a former officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards, to settle near Cobourg. Both
men shared a passion for steeplechasing, and meets were organized under their direction.
Mackechnie’s gentility was also evident in his stewardship at such social gatherings as the
“Cobourg Assemblies” (1845) and in his large household staff (in 1851 a groom, four female
servants, and a farm agent)." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5 - Note: 11 July 1849; McKechnie Woollen Factory, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "McKechnie's Woollen Factory.; This excellent establishment, notwithstanding the hard times, is doing a most flourishing business. Within the last 6 months, 60,000 yards of cloth have been sold, and we have reason to believe that the trade wil largely increase during the next 6." from the Cobourg Star, Jul 11 1849, copied form microfilm at Cobourg Pulbic Library.6
- Note: November 1849; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Although his concern over tariff changes led him to be active as well in the British American League [see George Moffatt*], and to serve as a delegate to its second convention in November 1849, ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Note: circa 1850; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Mackechnie also had financial interests in the Cobourg Harbour Company, the Cobourg and Rice Lake Plank Road and Ferry Company, and the Cobourg and Grafton Road Company, and was on the board of management of the Colonial Life Assurance Company at Cobourg." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Note: February 1850; Mackechnie Woollen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "The growing complexity of Mackechnie’s operation and the need for additional capital led him to take Edward Sheldon Winans into partnership in February 1850." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Note: 1851; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Mackechnie had interests other than business and society. He appears to have belonged in 1851 to the Cobourg branch of the Church Union, an Anglican association of prominent laymen pledged to the defence of the controversial system of clergy reserves in the province." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Note: 1851; Mackechnie Woollen Mills, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "Mackechnie had difficulty procuring adequate supplies of quality wool within the province. He repeatedly urged local farmers to improve their sheep and turn to the commercial
production of wool, but by 1851 almost a quarter of his raw material was still being imported. To counter this problem of supply, he developed the largest sheep farm in the area, under the management of his brother Henry." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5 - Note: 24 December 1851; McKechnie & Winans Woolen Mill, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "CANADA DIRECTORY.; Cobourg ... ; McKechnie & Winans, Ontario, woollen mills, King St.. - over 200,000 yards of cloth are manufactured here annually, giving employment to over 170 persons." from the Cobourg Star, Dec 24 1851, copied from microfilm at Cobourg Public Library.6
- Note: circa January 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; " ... Mackechnie had shown no sustained interest in local politics. Thus, when he became mayor of Cobourg in early 1853 with no prior involvement in municipal politics, the editor of the Cobourg Star, Henry Jones Ruttan, warned office holders not to be self-serving and arrogant, citing the case of Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the Roman who had displayed great avarice in his drive to attain political power. However, Mackechnie’s tenure as mayor was short for he died after only four months in office. The one lasting act of his administration was the commissioning of Kivas Tully* to design a new town hall. Not surprisingly, the resulting edifice, Victoria Hall, was the embodiment of mid-19th-century optimism and grand colonial pretension." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
- Note: 28 April 1853; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "The cause of Mackechnie’s death is unknown, but he had time in his final days to prepare a will and, on 28 April, to sell his interest in Ontario Mills to William Butler. Mackechnie died at age 36, leaving to his wife (who later remarried) an estate estimated to be worth about £10,000." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)5
Family: Anna Maria Barbara Poore b. 1824, d. 21 Dec 1899
- Marriage*: 30 November 1848; Haldimand Twp., Grafton, Northumberland Co., Canada West; "His marriage in Grafton in 1848 to Anna Maria Barbara Poore helped induce her brother, Sir Edward Poore, a former officer in the Scots Fusilier Guards, to settle near Cobourg." per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html)
"m. 30 Nov. 1848 Anna Maria Barbara Poore, and they had a son; ... " per Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Stuart Easton Mackechnie (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackechnie_stuart_easton_8E.html) Date Nov 30 1848 per Scott and Chicken Family Tree, ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.; Principal=Anna Maria Barbara Poore2,5
- Edward Stuart Poore MacKechnie2 b. 15 Oct 1850, d. 18 Jun 1916
- Andrew Lindsay MacKechnie2 b. 1852, d. Apr 1905
Citations
- Stuart Easton Mackechnie per Memorial & BIO. Stuart Easton MacKechnie per Mackechnie (DMPG91) on ancestry.com, Nov 16 2016.
- [S82] Tree on Ancestry.com, online unknown url.
- [S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
- [S39] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S129] Dictionary Cdn BIOs, online unknown url.
- [S139] Cobourg Star, online unknown url.
- [S47] Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, online unknown url.
- [S131] Cobourg Daily Star, online unknown url.
- [S46] Unknown location, Ontario Land Registry Records; unknown film.
William Ernest R. Burnet1,2
M, #92972, b. 1886
- Father*: William Burnet2 b. 1851
- Mother*: Margaret Mckewn Roddick2 b. 1860
- Birth*: 1886; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1886 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.2
- Census*: April 1891; Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1891 Census: see William Burnet2
Citations
- William ?Ernest R.? per 1891 Census.
- [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
Frederick C. Burnet1
M, #92973, b. 1887
- Father*: William Burnet1 b. 1851
- Mother*: Margaret Mckewn Roddick1 b. 1860
- Birth*: 1887; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1887 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.1
- Census*: April 1891; Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 4 at 1891 Census: see William Burnet1
Citations
- [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
John C. Burnet1
M, #92974, b. 1889
- Father*: William Burnet1 b. 1851
- Mother*: Margaret Mckewn Roddick1 b. 1860
- Birth*: 1889; Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1889 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.1
- Census*: April 1891; Cobourg, Northumberland West Co., Ontario; Age 2 at 1891 Census: see William Burnet1
Citations
- [S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.