James Napolean Sawyer

1852 - 1930  (77 years)

• Name	James Napolean Sawyer
  Birth	16 May 1852	Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1872	Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Trapper
  Death	28 Jan 1930	Powassan, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Burial	30 Jan 1930	Maple Lake United Church Cemetery, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I507	Algonquin Highlands Settlers
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin E. Sawyer,   b. 1814, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada d. 1885, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F2844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Demill Redner,   b. 24 Sep 1843, Ontario, Canada d. Abt 1914 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1871	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Mary Agnes Sawyer,   b. 22 Feb 1872, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Sep 1890 (Age 18 years)   2. Benjamin James Sawyer,   b. 21 Sep 1873, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Mar 1960, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) + 3. Adam Henry Sawyer,   b. 22 May 1875, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Feb 1949, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)   4. Luella Gertrude Sawyer,   b. 8 Nov 1880, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jan 1951, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017

  
  

• Photos

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

  
  

  Documents

  James Sawyer obituary 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 12, Family 48. Age 21 on this census. Surname is Sawyers. [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. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 43. Age 40 on this census. Surname is recorded as Sawyers. [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Nipissing / Canisbay / Page 3, Family 137. Age 55, park ranger, married, listed with other park rangers in Algonquin Park. [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario / Nipissing / Wilkes / Page 2, Family 7. Park Ranger, single, age 70, with 2 other park rangers. [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 6. [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 16674-72. Occupation on birth registration of daughter Mary Agnes. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 28228-30. Widowed, angina pectoris. park ranger pension.