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Christie, Archibald
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Christie, Archibald 2
- Born: 29 Oct 1805, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 3
- Marriage (1): Grant, Mary in 1827 1
- Died: 1 Feb 1856, Mountain Twp, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada at age 50 1
 Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration, 1817, Oxford Twp, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 4
• Immigration, 1817, Oxford Twp, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. 4
• Census, 1851, Mountain Twp, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. 5 (Archibald CHRISTY; farmer; bp Scotland; Baptist; aen 47; male; married; stone house; 1 story; 1 family resident)
• Anecdote. 6 Granddaughter Ester Bates related "Archibald Christie died while quite a young man, but from the aged men in our township, who knew him we have heard that he was considered very clever. I have been proud to hear while visiting in my school section, "So you are a granddaughter of Archie Christie." "Well! the first time I saw him was at a political meeting held in the old school-house." "It was the time of the ___ election." "He was the speaker, and I tell you he was a powerful speaker."
• Baptism, 5 Dec 1805. 7
Archibald married Mary Grant, daughter of Lewis Grant and Anna Guernsey, in 1827.1 (Mary Grant was born on 27 Feb 1808 in Grants Mills, Ontario, Canada 8 and died on 11 Jun 1889 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1.)
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Mary Lou Fry, Descendants of William Grant, Compiler Address: 2886 Maple Lane,
Dunrobin, ON (29 Apr 2000). .... Emma Jean Bates, Christie - Grant Ancestors and Relatives (The Telegram Printing Company, Kemptville, Grenville Co, ON, ca 1910).
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Hugh Campbell, Hugh Campbell Website (Hugh Campbell
Brockville, ON
campbellh@sensato.com
h.camphell@ripnet.com
http://www.sensato.com/
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sensato&id=I8679). .... Mary Lou Fry, Descendants of William Grant, Compiler Address: 2886 Maple Lane,
Dunrobin, ON (29 Apr 2000). .... Emma Jean Bates, Christie - Grant Ancestors and Relatives (The Telegram Printing Company, Kemptville, Grenville Co, ON, ca 1910).
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Clarence Cross, Clarence Cross FGS Collection, Compiler Address: Maple Ridge, Chesterville, ON. .... Birth Registration - Scotland, Record Type: Birth Registration, OPR Film 1040209 #4 p 0312. .... Emma Jean Bates, Christie - Grant Ancestors and Relatives (The Telegram Printing Company, Kemptville, Grenville Co, ON, ca 1910).
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Laura Brown, Papers of Laura Brown, Location: Dunrobin, ON, File: Grant.
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Census 1851 Canada (National Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4), Canada West (Ontario); District Name: Dundas (county); Sub-District Name/ Description: Mountain; township; Schedule: A; no. 42a p 83 (Archibald CHR ISTY).
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Emma Jean Bates, Christie - Grant Ancestors and Relatives (The Telegram Printing Company, Kemptville, Grenville Co, ON, ca 1910).
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Birth Registration - Scotland, Record Type: Birth Registration, OPR Film 1040209 #4 p 0312.
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Mary Lou Fry, Descendants of William Grant, Compiler Address: 2886 Maple Lane,
Dunrobin, ON (29 Apr 2000). .... 1881 Canada Census (1881 Canadian Census online at FamilySearch.org (LDS)), FHL Film 1375918; NA Film Number C-13282; District 183; Sub-district C; D ivision 5; Page Number 31; Household Number 112 (Mary CHRISTIE). .... Emma Jean Bates, Christie - Grant Ancestors and Relatives (The Telegram Printing Company, Kemptville, Grenville Co, ON, ca 1910).