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James Napolean Sawyer

Male 1852 - 1930  (77 years)


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  • Name James Napolean Sawyer 
    Born 16 May 1852  Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1872  Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Trapper 
    Died 28 Jan 1930  Powassan, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried 30 Jan 1930  Maple Lake United Church Cemetery, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I507  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2022 

    Father Benjamin E. Sawyer,   b. 1814, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1885, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F2844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Demill Redner,   b. 24 Sep 1843, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 21 Jan 1871  Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Mary Agnes Sawyer,   b. 22 Feb 1872, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1890  (Age 18 years)
     2. Benjamin James Sawyer,   b. 21 Sep 1873, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1960, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Adam Henry Sawyer,   b. 22 May 1875, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1949, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Luella Gertrude Sawyer,   b. 8 Nov 1880, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    James Napoleon Sawyer
    James Napoleon Sawyer
    James is standing beside his homemade bark canoe at Lake Magnetawan.

    Documents
    James Sawyer obituary 1930
    James Sawyer obituary 1930

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 12, Family 48.
      Age 21 on this census. Surname is Sawyers.

    2. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 1, Family 4.
      Age 30 on this census, 9 years younger than his wife. Surname is recorded as Sawyer. Occupation: Hunter.

    3. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 43.
      Age 40 on this census. Surname is recorded as Sawyers.

    4. [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 6.

    5. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Roll: MS935_397.
      Birth date: abt 1852 Birth place: Minden,On Death date: 28 Jan 1930 Death place: Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=716911&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt


    6. [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 16674-72.
      Occupation on birth registration of daughter Mary Agnes.