Lindsay Genealogy

G E N E A L O G Y

L I N D S A Y

Annie Steel Robertson, her grandchildren Bella & David Lindsay, and their uncles, 1898

 Click here to view the Lindsay Family Reunion 1999


Linda's Parents (Kathy & Heather's Grandparents)

James Calderwood Crawford	Stuart Lindsay	Clint Prouse
b 2/2/1920 Caldercruix, Scotland	b 3/3/1919 New Stephenson, Motherwell, Scotland	b 4/4/1921 Pickering, ON, Canada
d 9/22/1967 Toronto, Canada	Lived on Coronation Rd. in New Stephenson. She was given the forename "Stuart" after her aunt.	d 4/8/2001 Toronto, Canada
Served in Canadian Navy during WW II. Died young (47) of a sudden heart attack. Brewers Warehouse dispatcher, Scout Leader (Baloo)	Served in Canadian Army during WW II (cook in officer's mess, Hamilton ON). Remarried Clint 30 years after the death of James.	Served in Canadian Airforce during WW II flying the giant airboats on submarine patrol out of Ireland. An engineer for Ontario Hydro.

 




 Stuart's siblings (K&H Great Aunts and Uncles)

David	Betty	John Muir	Isabella	Robert	Jimmy
dob 3/5/1913	dob 4/9/1912	dob  9/11/1921	dob 11/24/1915	dob 10/22/1924	dob 9/13/1926
dod 5/2/1995	dod 1996	dod 12/26/1994	dod 5/26/98		d 8/14/1966
Married Lois then Mia Father of Jeannie (1947)	Married Andy Gibson mother of Betty (1936, married Pat Murphy, 1954, mother to Cathy, 1956, and Patty, 1958) and John(1938, married Toni,1956, Father of Vicki, 1956, Rene, 1958, & David, 1961))	Married Marie then Audrey (2/26/1929 -2/22/1983). Father of  Joanne (1950 who is Married to Richard Tie) & Patrick (1951)	Married Gord Appleby (1912-1985) mother of Brian (2/4/1941), Alan (12/3/1945) and Douglas (11/29/1949).	Married to Kay McGarvey (?-1991) Father of Garry (1945), Raymond (1947), & Susan (1949)	Married Audrey Hamilton  (2/26/1929-2/22/1983) father of  Judy(1956), Jan(1958), Jim(1960), Jill(1962), & Julia(1963)

Stuart's Parents (K&H Great Grand Parents)

David Lindsay	Elizabeth (Muir) Lindsay
d 8/ 9/ 1889 in Airdrie, Scotland d.o.d. 4/15/53	d.o.b 3/ 5/ 1889
Raised together with his sister Isabella "Bella"(7/16/1892-2/10/1978 married David Bell mother of Betty<married Benson> and Bob <married Louise>)by his maternal grandparents after the early death of his mother. David and Bella had two earlier siblings, William Gardner Lindsay and Anne Steel Lindsay both of whom died within months of their birth. David worked with his father for a time in the Tube Works in Motherwell Scotland before moving his family to Toronto in 1922. Worked for CPR and at Royal York Hotel	d.o.d. 3/ 15/ 1975

David's Parents (K&H Great Great Grand Parents)

David Lindsay	Elizabeth (Robertson) Lindsay
b. 12/2/1867 in Airdrie d. sometime after 1911. Had two sisters Stewart(b. 1866) and Elizabeth (b. 1871)	d.o.b 1870 d.o.d. 1905
Raised by his mother as a single parent after his father was lost at sea, he rose to become a foreman in the Tube works and a good parent to his children despite loosing his wife when he was only 37.	Weaver in a Cotton Mill. Died in Childbirth at 35 years of age. Had a sister Mary Robertson who signed as a witness at her wedding. Daughter of William Robertson (a coal miner) and Annie Steel. Annie Steel Robertson raised her daughter Elizabeth's two surviving children after Elizabeth's death following a miscarriage.

Elizabeth Muir's Parents (K&H Great Great Grand Parents)

John Muir	Elizabeth (McCutcheon) Muir
d.o.b. 1/25/1866 d.o.d. 1932	b 2/2/1866 d 3/7/1948
A coal miner born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He lost 2 sons in WW 1: Frank Muir, an Able Seaman was killed on Monday November 13, 1916; Louis Mccutcheon Muir, Private 8th Bn. Gordon Highlanders, died Saturday October 9, 1915 born at Larkhall, Lanarkshire. By the time he died the Muirs were living at Armstrong Cottage, Grange St., Motherwell . A third son, Hugh Muir was captured by the Japanese on on the Island of Nauru in 1940 and may have died a prisoner of war.	A tailor in Scotland. Born in Dalserf. Daughter of John McCutcheon (1832 son of Eccles McCutcheon & Jane Kerr) and Elizabeth Wyper (1838 daughter of John Wyper & Mary Maxwell). Sister to Lewis (11/30/1858), John (8/17/1860), Janie (2/1/1866), Jean (1/10/1868) & Hugh (3/14/1870). Married John on 11/2/1888. Died in Toronto, buried beside her daughter Elizabeth Muir Lindsay and son-in-law David Lindsay at Pine Hills.

David Lindsay's Parents (K&H Great Great Great Grandparents)

David Lindsay	Isabella Finnie
b. 1846 d.?	b 9/30/1850 Tyrie, Scotland. d. 1891
A Coal Miner. Had an older brother James (1842), and a sister Mary (1844). Orphaned he was raised by his maternal uncle and aunt Benjamen and Esther Hutchinson in Old Monkhead Parish. Left the mines to become a mariner sometime between 1871 and 1881. Never returned to his family and may have been lost at sea. Both his actions and his fate are a considerable mystery. Married Isabella Finnie in Airdrie 12/30/1870.	Parents were Samuel Finnie, a coal miner, and Stewart Gardner (b 8/15/1818 in New Monkland, d 5/31881) of Airdire. After the death of Samuel, Stewart married Alexander Black in 8/1852. Stewart's parents were William Gardner and Elizabeth Moffat (who had ten children including Stewart). In turn, Elizabeth's parents were Alexander Moffat and Helen Stewart. It was in honour of Helen that the name "Stewart" enters the family as a woman's forename. A Steam Loom Weaver. Suffered from "general paralysis" for four years prior to her death at age 41.

John Muir's Parents (ggg grandparents)

Robert Muir	Margaret Wilson
Born 1838 in Nitshill, Renfrewshire. Died of "Miners Phthisis, a form of tuberculosis, 21/10/1873	Born 1842. Worked as a tambourer, embriodering muslin cloth.
A coalminer. Married Margaret 11/17/1862 in Millheugh, Larkhall.	A farm servant. Daughter of John Wilson (mine foreman) & Margaret Dyat (married 11/28/1830 in Hamilton). Also the mother of Robert (2/9/1868),Margaret (b. 3/20/1870 married Wiliam Provan), Janet (3/18/1872) & James (4/29/1874).

David's Parents ( K&H g,g,g,g, Grandparents)

James Lindsay?

1820? Old Monklands?

Robert Muir's Parents (gggg grandparents)

John Muir	Ann Howe
Born abt. 1818 in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Ireland. Died of a Strangulated Hernia eight hours after surgery on September 14,1879	Born about 1818, also in Ireland. Died on December 18, 1882 of asthma and bronchilis. She had eleven children, at least four of whom died very young. Among them were Robert (1838), Margaret (1837), Jane (6/2/1849), Mary 8/3/1851 and Ann (5/10/1855)
A farmer forced out of Ireland by the Potato famine. Worked in the Coal mines of Scotland in the Balquhatstone Colliery, among others.	Her father was John Howe, a farmer from County Tyrone.

Lindsay Clan Reunion 1999

LINDSAY FAMILY GATHERING 1999

In Honour of Stuart LINDSAY Crawford Prouse's 80th Birthday



LEEZIE LINDSAY



Poem Fragment 1795 by Robbie Burns"Will ye go to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay,Will ye go to the Hielands wi' me?Will ye go to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay,My pride and my darling to be."

A Lindsay Family Reunion was held on Sunday August 8th, 1999

For Descendants of

David Lindsay & Elizabeth Muir Lindsay

Who brought their family from Airdrie, Scotland

to Toronto, Canada in 1922.

It was held at

The Highland Creek Legion Hall ( Branch 258 ) in Toronto

From 2pm.-8pm.

Dinner was catered by Sister's Restaurant in Scarborough, featuring a Roast Beef dinner, a Vegetarian Choice and a cash bar.

Nearly 50 people attended from Guelph, Regina, Midland, Belleville, Ajax, Burlington, Oakville, Toronto, Idaho and Nicaragua.

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GREETINGS


Welcome to Highlights of the Lindsay Reunion 1999

Canadian Legion, Highland Creek, August 8, 1999

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the Lindsay Family Reunion 1999. I'm delighted you were able to make it and that the response to the idea of a family reunion was received so warmly. There comes a time in the evolution of every family when the normal needs of every day living move family members further and further apart. Once close relationships, indeed friendships, are kept alive only through chance gatherings at weddings, christenings and funerals.







Formal Family Portrait

Hopefully, today provided a rare opportunity to catch up on the events that have taken place in each other's lives over the past few years; to meet new members of the family not born last time we met; to greet new in-laws wise enough to fall in love with a Lindsay; to remember those we've lost; to rekindle old friendships and just have a great time--together.







The Lindsay Reunion Cake

The day would not have been possible without the help of a number of people: the hall was a gift of Stuart's husband Clint Prouse; the banner was a creation of Steven Crawford; Kathy Kosciejew helped out greatly on the day; the Lindsay Family Trees and Charts posted on the walls were created by Alan Appleby; the family portrait from 1898 on the cover of the Handout is the property of Betty (Bell) Schroeder and the photos were taken and developed by Jeff Kosciejew..







The Piper led the Family in singing Happy Birthday to Bob and Stuart



Door Prizes were awarded to Matthew Appleby for agreeing to carry the cake (Lindsay tie), Alan Appleby for his work on the family tree charts and helping decorate the room (Lindsay Crest key chain),Betty Murphy for bringing the most family photos (Lindsay tartan change purse), Heather Fraser and Jeremy Gray for winning Steve's Name Game (book on Lindsay History), Danny Tie for coming the furthest distance (Lindsay key chain) , Steven Lindsay for making the most money by selling Pokemon cards (Lindsay bookmark) and Judy Spenser for being the first to arrive and for all her help on the day (a Lindsay crest shot glass).

The line-up begins to grow for dinner

We hope you had a great time reading and updating the information on the Address and Family Tree sections of the Handout, completing the various lists on the walls and enjoyed posing (happily) for the family portrait. All his information was gathered together for a commemorative booklet

Linda, Clint, Stuart & Betty

It was geat seeing everyone and I hope you all had fun!

Linda Fraser.

Biography: Elizabeth Muir Lindsay

B I O G R A P H Y

ELIZABETH MUIR LINDSAY

3/5/1889-3/25/1975

Elizabeth Lindsay was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Muir. John, her father, was a coal miner who was born in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elizabeth's mother, also an Elizabeth, was a tailor in Scotland who was born in Dalserf.

Elizabeth Lindsay lost two brothers in WW 1: Frank Muir, an Able Seaman was killed on Monday November 13, 1916; Louis Mccutcheon Muir, Private 8th Bn. Gordon Highlanders, died Saturday October 9, 1915. Following the war, her third brother and last sibling, Hugh Muir, emmigrated to Australia in 1922 never to be seen by her, or his family, again.

Elizabeth Lindsay was married to David Lindsay and they led a very comfortable life in Motherwell, Scotland. David worked with his father in the tubeworks and had such a wonderful singing voice, he could have turned professional, had there been the opportunity. Elizabeth was a talented knitter and sewer who assisted her mother as a tailor. Together Elizabeth and David were the parents of Betty, David, Isabel, Annie, Stuart, George and John. Adding to the many losses Elizabeth was to suffer in her life, her children George and Anne died shortly after birth. A determined but sensitive and shy woman with a flair for poetry, Elizabeth had no desire to leave Scotland when her husband, David, decided to follow in his sister and brother-in-law's footsteps and move the family to America in 1922 to seek an even better fortune. This was the same year her brother Hugh left for Australia to seek his own fate. Leaving her parents and homeland for the "New World" was a sad adventure for Elizabeth, the loss of her brothers and children already lying heavily upon her.

Unfortunately the financial success story that was Canada during the Roaring Twenties, all too soon gave way to the Great Depression and the job David had been promised in Toronto failed to materialize. He did manage to find work with the Canadian Pacific Railway and then moved to their flagship hotel, The Royal York in Toronto. With a large family to support and struggling, along with the rest of the world, to make ends meet, Elizabeth also took work at the Royal York, on the cleaning staff. In Canada, Elizabeth and David added Robert (Bob) and James to their family. However, their standard of living in Canada was hard and radically lower than it had ever been in Scotland.

"The Four Bettys"

Elizabeth Muir, her granddaughter Betty Gibson, great grandaughter Betty Murphy and daughter Elizabeth Lindsay

Elizabeth's parents visited briefly on their way from Scotland on an ill-fated journey to find their son Hugh in Australia. Her parents made it to Australia but were never able to locate their missing son; and Elizabeth's father, John Muir, tragically died and was buried there in 1932. Alan Appleby has since discovered that Elizabeth's brother, Hugh, was captured by the Japanese on on the Island of Nauru in 1940 and likely died a prisoner of war. Although devastated by these tragic losses, Elizabeth and David, had to travel to Australia themselves, to bring Elizabeth's mother home with them to Canada. Then, Elizabeth Muir herself passed away in 1948.

Elizabeth Lindsay's husband David died in 1953 and Elizabeth was left to struggle along on her own, with the support of her children. She became withdrawn and depressed, retreating deeper into her self during the last years of her long life. Her shy and gentle wit, revealed itself less frequently. Elizabeth had always expressed herself in poetry, which she wrote whenever and wherever the opportunity arose.

She died in Toronto, in 1975, and is buried with her husband in the grave next to her mother at Pine Hills Cemetary in Scarborough.