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John Adair 1807–1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1807

Birth Location: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland

Death Date: 16 Feb 1878

Death Location: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Father: John Adair

Mother: Jane Rankin

Spouse(s): Margaret McMurry

Children(s): Samuel Adair, James Adair, Charlotte Adair, Margaret Adair, William Adair, Elizabeth Adair, Joseph Adair, John Adair

John Adair was born in 1807 in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland, the child of John Adair And Jane Campbell Rankin. John Adair married Margaret Mcmurry, and had children including Charlotte Adair, Elizabeth Jane Adair, James Adair, John Adair, Joseph Adair, Margaret Adair, Samuel Adair, William Adair. John Adair passed away in 1878 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • John Adair was born in 1807 in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland, the child of John Adair And Jane Campbell Rankin.
  • John Adair married Margaret Mcmurry, and had children including Charlotte Adair, Elizabeth Jane Adair, James Adair, John Adair, Joseph Adair, Margaret Adair, Samuel Adair, William Adair.
  • John Adair passed away in 1878 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Adair
1765–1850
Birth Location: Down, Down, Ireland
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Jane Rankin
1775–1876
Birth Location: dromore, down, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret McMurry
1806–1871
Birth Location: County Down, Ireland
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Children(s)

Samuel Adair
1833–1883
Birth Location: Canada
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James Adair
1829–1908
Birth Location: Township of N. Oxford (Near Ingersoll), Ontario, Canada
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Charlotte Adair
1842–
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Adair
1840–
Birth Location: –
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William Adair
1837–1877
Birth Location: Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
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Elizabeth Adair
1847–1915
Birth Location: Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
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Joseph Adair
1836–1907
Birth Location: Canada
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John Adair
1830–
Birth Location: –
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John Adair's Ancestors

Self
John Adair
1807–1878
Birth Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Parents
John Adair
1765–1850
Down, Down, Ireland
Jane (Campbell) Rankin
1775–1876
dromore, down, Ireland
Grandparents
Samuel Adair
1735–1793
County Down, Ireland
Mary McClughan
1740–
John Rankin
1750–1807
Ireland
Mary Beaton
1752–1807
Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Mathew Adair
1700–1774
Agnes Livingston
1704–
John Rankin
1726–1795
Lilias Waddell
1739–1786
Alexander Beaton
1698–1770
Anne #
1704–1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Adair
1690–1752
Catherine Smallman
1655–1752
Thomas Livingstone
1674–1704
Janet Moffat
1672–
John Rankine
1684–
Margaret Cleland
1670–
John Waddell
1714–1762
Anna Binnie
1716–1773
Donald Beaton
1670–1770
Jean Cameron
1680–1780
William MacBain
1651–1715
Jean MacKintosh
1670–1742

John Adair's Descendants

1.
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John Adair (1807–16 Feb 1878) m. Margaret McMurry (Mar 1806–19 Aug 1871)
  1. 1. Samuel Adair 1833–1883
  2. 2. James Adair 1829–1908 m. Isabella Carnegie 1832–1898
    1. 1. Isabella Adair 1859–1933 m. Daniel Smith 1855–1926
      1. 1. Daniel Smith 1887–1955
      2. 2. Raymond (Clifford) Smith 1895–1988 m. Clara (Aileen) Root 1905–2002
        1. 1. William (Ross (Alvin)) Smith 1931–1999 m. Nancy (Malinda) Ray 1936–2019
        2. 2. Jean (Mabel) Smith 1922–2016 m. Earl (Joseph) Skeggs 1914–1996
        3. 3. Hazel (Eleanor) Smith 1925–2012
      3. 3. Mabel (Roberta) Smith 1898–1966
      4. 4. Muriel (Rhoda) Smith 1904–1958
      5. 5. James (Clinton) Smith 1891–1977 m. Mary (Kathleen) Pickard 1893–1986
        1. 1. Helen (Roberta) Smith 1912–1971
        2. 2. Margaret (Jeanette) Smith 1914–2011
        3. 3. Edna (Kathleen) Smith 1916–2003 m. Harry (Lawrence) Johnson 1910–1988
        4. 4. John (William aka Jack) Smith 1917–2007
        5. 5. Clarence (James) Smith 1925–2012
        6. 6. Agnes (Eleanor) Smith 1920–1920
        7. 7. Mary (Gladys) Smith 1922–2016
        8. 8. Donna (Isabella) Smith 1927–2015
    2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Adair 1857–1943 m. Charles (F) Brown 1845–1919
      1. 1. James (Clinton) Smith 1888–1977 m. Mary (Kathleen) Pickard 1893–1986
        1. 1. John (William) Smith 1917–2007
        2. 2. Clarence (James) Smith 1925–2012
        3. 3. Margaret (Jeanette) Smith 1914–2011
        4. 4. Helen (Roberta) Smith 1912–1971
        5. 5. Edna (Kathleen) Smith 1916–2003 m. Harry (Lawrence) Johnson 1910–1988
        6. 6. Mary (Gladys) Smith 1922–2016
        7. 7. Donna (Isabella) Smith 1927–2015
        8. 8. Agnes (Eleanor) Smith 1920–1920
        9. 9. Agness Smith 1917–1917
    3. 3. James Adair 1863–1948
    4. 4. John ((Jack)) Adair 1866–1921
    5. 5. Ellen Adair 1854–1942 m. Darcy (William) Augustine 1850–1917
      1. 1. Charlotte (Armintha) Augustine 1876–1974 m. Francis (Walter) Root 1871–1908
        1. 1. Clara (Aileen) Root 1905–2002 m. Raymond (Clifford) Smith 1895–1988
      2. 2. Jessie (Isabella) Augustine 1878–1951
      3. 3. Clara (Jane) Augustine 1884–1987 m. Walter (Misner) 1 1869–1944
        1. 1. Walter (Basil Misener) jr 1920–1999 m. Cynthia (Mae) Bailey 1919–2014
        2. 2. Florence (Ella) Misener 1914– m. John (F) Blanchard 1904–1993
        3. 3. Earl (Dewitt) Misener 1916–1968 m. Ruby (Irene) Leidens 1921–1969
        4. 4. Helen (Jean) Misener 1922– m. Burnice MacPherson 1900–1980
      4. 4. William (Dewitt) Augustine 1874–1951
      5. 5. Leslie (Dalbert) Augustine 1880–
  3. 3. Charlotte Adair 1842–
  4. 4. Margaret Adair 1840–
  5. 5. William Adair 1837–1877 m. Dorinda (Camelia) McCarthy 1854–1927
    1. 1. William (John McCarthy) Adair 1874–1937 m. Janet Taylor 1882–1958
      1. 1. Herrick (Robin) Adair 1923–1944
      2. 2. James Adair 1920–1920
      3. 3. David (William) Adair 1911–1979 m. Marjorie (Irene) Bragg 1911–2000
        1. 1. Robert (William) Adair 1930–1935
      4. 4. Ralph Adair 1921–1921
      5. 5. Clayton (Robert) Adair 1915–
      6. 6. Frank Adair 1913–
    2. 2. Clara (Cornelia) Adair 1873–1878
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Jane) Adair 1847–1915
  7. 7. Joseph Adair 1836–1907
  8. 8. John Adair 1830–

John Adair's Timeline

15 Records

1807
1807
Birth of John Adair in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
1807
Abt. 1807
Birth of John Adair in Ireland
Ireland
1807
1807
Birth of John Adair in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
1807
1807
Birth of John Adair in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
1807
1807
Birth of John Adair in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
1807
1807
Birth of John Adair in Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
1852
1852
Age 45
John Adair resided here in West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
1861
1861
Age 54
John Adair resided here in Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West, Canada
1871
1871
Age 64
John Adair resided here in Ingersoll, South Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, South Oxford, Ontario, Canada
1878
16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
1878
Abt. 16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
1878
16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
1878
16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
1878
16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
1878
16 Feb 1878
Age 71
Death of John Adair in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11744; Page: 113; Line: 10
    [2] 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1060-1061; Page: 46
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 1; Family No: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1807
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11744; Page: 113; Line: 10
    [2] 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1060-1061; Page: 46
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 1; Family No: 1

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11744; Page: 113; Line: 10
    [2] 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1060-1061; Page: 46
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 1; Family No: 1

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11744; Page: 113; Line: 10
    [2] 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1060-1061; Page: 46
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 1; Family No: 1

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: Dromara Parish, Gransha Townland, Down Co., Northern Ireland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1852
    Event Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: West Zorra, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11744; Page: 113; Line: 10

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Year: 1861; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1060-1061; Page: 46

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Ingersoll, South Oxford, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Ingersoll, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 1; Family No: 1

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 19

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 19

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1878
    Event Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
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