Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
Benjamin Sawyer
1864 - 1942 (77 years)-
Name Benjamin Sawyer Born 5 Aug 1864 Michigan, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Died 10 Jul 1942 Saskatchewan, Canada Person ID I1567 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 19 Mar 2023
Father Hiram David Sawyer, b. 1836, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada , d. 26 Feb 1921, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) Mother Eliza Jane Redner, b. 1842, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada , d. 4 Nov 1918, West Guilford, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) Family ID F319 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Jane Morrison, b. 30 Jul 1868, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jan 1944, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 75 years) Children 1. Hiram Carmel Sawyer, b. 29 Mar 1890, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 10 Jun 1963, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) + 2. Edith Greta Sawyer, b. 21 Sep 1891, West Guilford, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Sep 1986, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 94 years) 3. Lawrence Alexander Sawyer, b. 5 Dec 1894, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada 4. Whelena Marie Sawyer, b. 10 Apr 1897, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada 5. Laura C Sawyer, b. 3 Dec 1899, Ontario, Canada 6. Annie Sawyer, b. Jun 1901, Ontario, Canada + 7. Gordon B Sawyer, b. Oct 1905, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Jan 1970 (Age ~ 64 years) 8. James Wesley Sawyer, b. 17 Apr 1909, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 1976 (Age 66 years) Documents Benjamin Sawyer / Mary Jane Morrison 50th wedding anniversary Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 Family ID F428 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Snowdon / Page 18, Family 67.
Age 6 on this census. Recorded as born in Ontario. - [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 2, Family 5.
Age 16 on this census. Born USA. Name is recorded as Sawyer. Occupation: Hunter. - [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 46.
Age 25 on this census. Recorded as born in Ontario. Living with his wife, son, and father. - [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Guilford L-1 / Page 3, Family 24.
Birth date = 5 Aug 1865 - [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Guilford / Page 2, Family 18.
Age 44 on this census. Living at Lot 6, Con 6, Guilford. Born USA, immigrated 1884. Baptist.
- [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Snowdon / Page 18, Family 67.