ALBERT STEWART #1

FATHER   Peter Stewart

MOTHER  Jannett Stewart (McGee)

MARRIED  Marion (Minnie) Thompson Miller, (daughter of William R. Miller & Marion Reid)

                on Nov. 24th., 1897, in Middleville, Ont.   (see marriage below).

CHILDREN  

              Albert Clarence Stewart          Albert_Clarence_Stewart

Albert Stewart was born on Dec. 4th., 1873; father Peter Stewart, mother Jannett McGee out

of wedlock.  Informant, Henry Rintoul, 10th C West Wawanosh.   ( see death below).

Marion (Minnie) was born on Aug. 21st., 1878 in Lanark Twp.; died on Jan 23rd., 1939 in

Salmon Arm, BC.   She was the oldest of the Miller girls; was a seamstress, moved west in

1905 from Lanark, Ont., with Great Granny and Grampa Miller and family.   She was

widowed in 1898 so lived with her parents who raised Albert.   She married Ed. Christianson and lived on a farm on Gleneden.   Christianson road is named for Step

Grandfather Christianson.

They had one son, Earl, a half brother to Albert Stewart.

MARRIAGE              THE LANARK ERA                Wed. Dec.1st., 1897

Middleville, Nov. 24th.,, Albert Stewart, of Lanark, to Minnie Thompson Miller, daughter of

William Miller.

A quiet wedding took place at the Presbyterian manse at Middleville on Wednesday

evening last at six o'clock, when Miss Minnie Miller, daughter of Mr. Wm. Miller of

Middleville, was united in marriage to Mr. Albert Stewart, of this place.   The bride was

assisted by her sister Miss Katie Miller, while Mr. Ed. Woods performed the duties of

groomsman.   The Rev. W. S Smith officiated.

DEATH               THE LANARK ERA               Wed. June 22nd., 1898

Mr. Jas. Deachman and Albert Stewart, both of this place, left on Monday morning for

River Desert in the lower province, where they will spend the winter months in the shanty.

Mr. Albert Stewart Drowned.   On Thursday evening last a report reached here that Mr.

Albert Stewart nephew of Mr. Robert Stewart of Lanark twp.,had been drowned.   The report was only too true, although the details of the sad affair are not yet to hand.

The daily papers state that Mr. Stewart, and a companion named Deschene were drowned

on Monday evening, June 13, about twenty miles below the mouth of the Crow River,

on the Coulonge, while driving logs for Messrs. W. C. Edwards & Co.   Their bodies have

not yet been recovered, although diligent search has been made.   When the winters work

in the woods was finished the deceased and his companion, Mr. Wright, went river driving,

at which he was engaged when he met his death.

Also From the Lanark Era, June or July 1898.

"The Body Recovered"   On Friday evening Mr. Philip Wright arrived home from the

scene of the accident by which Mr. Albert Stewart lost his life.   The fatal occurrence took

place on the Coulonge River, about fifty miles from Fort Coulonge.   A jam had occurred in

the rapids and Mr. Stewart with six of his fellow workers went out in the boat to relieve the

jam.   The swift current gave the boat an unexpected turn, one end of the boat striking the

logs.   The boat partly filled with water and the men took refuge on the logs.   The boat

soon righted itself and the men took their places.   When some distance from the shore,

the logs the current again struck the boat, this time capsizing it.   Assistance was

soon rendered to the unfortunate men, four of whom were successfully landed in the

rescuring boat.   Mr. Stewart was a good swimmer and the resuers, seeing he was apparently in no danger, directed their attention for a moment to a man who was sinking

and struggling desperately.   On getting the man into the boat they turned to assist Mr.

Stewart and a man named Deschenes and were startled to find that both men had vanished

entirely from view.   Mr. Geo. Hamilton, who is well known here, was foreman of the gang

and he had the river dragged with grappling irons, but without results.   Some twenty

sticks of dynamite were then used in the hope of raising the bodies to the surface, but

all efforts were in vain.   Not until Wednesday morning last were the bodies of the men

found and then they were accidentally found floating in the water about a mile and a

half from where the accident occurred.   Both were interred there by their comrades,

but we are informed that Mr. Stewart's remains will be brought home for interment in the

fall.

He was buried after June 13th., in Lanark (Greenwood Cemetery)