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William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall
Family History and Bi-Centennial
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 1815 - 1893 (78 years)
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| Name |
KINGAN, Robert |
| Born |
30 Apr 1815 |
Glasgow, Scotland  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
99F3429F1F53EA488FEF09C30D4CDFDE71E7 |
| Died |
19 Nov 1893 |
Peterborough, Ontario [3] |
| Person ID |
I90 |
William & Mary Jeffrey |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2020 |
| Family |
JEFFREY, Jane, b. 17 Dec 1828, Cobourg, Ontario , d. 13 May 1892, St Catherines, Ontario (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
24 May 1848 |
Cobourg, Ontario [4] |
| _UID |
85DF47C8E1BA674DBD10E59BE0513EEA6846 |
| Notes |
- Married at the home of Jane's father (Andrew) by Wm Reid, Grafton (from the Cobourg Star May 31, 1848, abstracted by Gayle Nelson 1993 and sent to Bill Campbell and read by John Cowan Dec 1, 2017).
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| Children |
| | 1. KINGAN, Elizabeth Janet, b. 9 Mar 1849, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 12 Feb 1850 (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. KINGAN, Jane Jeffrey, b. 3 Dec 1850, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 6 Oct 1931, Peterborough, Ontario (Age 80 years) |
| | 3. KINGAN, John, b. 11 Mar 1853, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 1942 (Age 88 years) |
| | 4. KINGAN, Andrew Jeffrey, b. 21 Sep 1855, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 25 Mar 1862, Peterborough, Ontario (Age 6 years) |
| | 5. KINGAN, Mary Jeffrey, b. 10 Dec 1856, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 9 Oct 1938 (Age 81 years) |
| | 6. KINGAN, Margaret Isabella, b. 6 Mar 1860, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 12 Oct 1862, Peterborough, Ontario (Age 2 years) |
| | 7. KINGAN, Robert Gordon, b. 19 Aug 1862, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 26 Mar 1945 (Age 82 years) |
| | 8. KINGAN, William Francis, b. 20 Aug 1864, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 5 Feb 1929 (Age 64 years) |
| | 9. KINGAN, Annabella, b. 17 Jan 1867, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 22 Aug 1945 (Age 78 years) |
| | 10. KINGAN, Frederic Andrew, b. 19 Jun 1869, Peterborough, Ontario , d. 14 Jan 1956 (Age 86 years) |
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| Family ID |
F28 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Graduate of Edinburgh University. Ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church.
Came to Canada and supervised "mission work amongts the then scattered congregations on the lake front."
He was living in Cobourg at the time of his marraige to Jane (Cobourg Star May 31, 1848)
Due to infirmity of the voice he got into the hardware business in Cobourg, moving to Peterborough in 1850. (Peterborough Historical Atlas says 1848. The Atlas says he was a Merchant in 1875)
In 1854 he was an "elder and session clerk," (Library/William Jeffrey (II)/3-The Jeffrey Tree, page 2) presumably in Cobourg, though it may have been in Peterborough based on the above date.
Final residence at 271 Brock St, Peterborough where the funeral was held. (The Peterborough Historcal Atlas of 1875 says living at "pt 2 n Hunter wG." All John Cowan can tell from the key to this code is that in 1875 Robert lived in part of lot 2 (maybe the north part) west of George street. The reference to Hunter is probably the street to the south.
A strong churchman.
A pronounced Liberal in politics.
In 1881 he turned the hardware business (Kingan and Co) over to his sons.
See death notice in Jane Jeffrey Kingan Libary Item 2.
3 children died in infancy, 7 lived
"Doors Open Peterborough" list his house at 271 Brock street and business thus: "Robert Kingan emigrated from Scotland in 1840 and opened a hardware store in Peterborough in 1850. His red brick home was built about 1863. Originally the front of the house faced east towards Bethune Street and resembled a Georgian structure with a symmetrical façade, flanking 6-over-6 sash windows and a restrained entryway with side lights and a transom. A number of additions and annexes have been added. The Kingan family continued in the hardware business on Simcoe Street until Charles Kingan, Robert’s grandson, retired in 1976. Formerly the Brock Mission, it is being restored by a local software company as offices."
Web search shows that in 2018 Kingan Home Hardware is a thriving business at 167 Simcoe Street. John Cowan determined this is a new location. TBD
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| Sources |
- [S15] Andrew Jeffrey, Library/Andrew Jeffrey/10-Family of Andrew Jeffrey according to Eileen Hutchison., Item 10 - Page 1, 1 Nov 2017.
- [S89] Robert Kingan, Library/Jane Jeffrey Kingan/Item 9. (Reliability: 2), 3 Feb 2019.
- [S107] Various Jeffrey Obits, Library/James Jeffrey 1835/Item 5., P3 (Reliability: 2), 6 Mar 2019.
- [S35] Misc Stuff, 9-Cobourg Star Marriages 1831-1849 (Reliability: 2), 31 May 1848.
Kingan-effrey marriage took place at the home of Andrew Jeffrey
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