James [Ontario] Clements

James Clement and Margaret McClelland Gvestone James Clements Glenwood Cemetery Picton 1859-1940

James was born on May 20th, 1859.

• Birth Notes

  Birth
  20 May 1859
  Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  Marriage
  Jun 1882 Marriage
  Ireland
  Death
  3 May 1940
  Ontario, Ontario, Canada

James' father was Samuel [1854-Altibrian;1865-Ballinrees;Dunalis-1868;1885-Ballystrone;] Clements and his mother was Jane [1854-Ballystrone;1897-Ballinteer] Finlay.  His paternal grandparents were James [1828,1831,1850,1871-Altibrian] Clements and ???? ??Moore??; his maternal grandparents were John [1831,1841-Ballystrone] Finlay and Mary Anne McDougal. He had five brothers and a sister, named Samuel, Thomas, David, Thomas, John and Sarah.  He died at the age of 80 on May 3rd, 1940.

• Death Notes

  Birth
  20 May 1859
  Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  Marriage
  Jun 1882 Marriage
  Ireland
  Death
  3 May 1940
  Ontario, Ontario, Canada
  
  James Clement
  BIRTH 1859
  DEATH 1940
  BURIAL  Glenwood Cemetery  Picton, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  MEMORIAL ID 153038047

• General Notes

  Source: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/tests/AA50D9BE-57BF-4D9E-93E8-986C9CD45732/match/239274A5-A535-4461-84C0-C7378AC0D734?filterBy=ALL&sortBy=RELATIONSHIP&page=1
  This is the A.com tree of Dale Jones
  Inverary, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
  Retired elementary teacher, and a great cook and gardener, but this nothing to do with seeking out relatives, does it!
  His father's mother's father is James Clements, who, he says married a Margaret McLelland -
  Vital Events (3 of 8 timeline events)
  Birth
  20 May 1859
  Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  Marriage
  Jun 1882 Marriage
  Ireland
  Death
  3 May 1940
  Ontario, Ontario, Canada
  
  James Clement
  1859–1940
  BIRTH 20 MAY 1859 • Coleraine Northern Ireland
  DEATH 3 MAY 1940 • Big Island, Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada
  Facts
  Name and gender
  Birth
  20 May 1859 • Coleraine Northern Ireland
  3 Sources
  1859
  (AGE)
  Marriage
  Jun 1882 • Coleraine, Ireland
  1 Source
  1882
  23
  Arrival
  1882
  1 Source
  1882
  23
  Arrival
  1882 • Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  2 Sources
  1882
  23
  Birth of Son Samuel Carson Clement(1883–1953)
  March 9, 1883 • Amherst Island, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
  1883
  23
  Birth of Son John A Clement(1884–1927)
  1884 • Ontario
  1884
  24
  Birth of Daughter Emily Matilda Clement(1889–1960)
  Dec,25,1889 • Ontario Amherst Island
  1889
  30
  Birth of Daughter Alice Jane Clement(1894–1973)
  February 1894 • Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada
  1894
  34
  Residence
  1911 • Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
  1 Source
  1911
  52
  Residence
  1 Jun 1921 • Sophiasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  1 Source
  1921
  62
  Death of Son John A Clement(1884–1927)
  Feb 15, 1927 • Demorestville, Sophiasburgh Township, Ontario, Canada
  1927
  67
  Death of Wife Margaret McLelland(1858–1931)
  28 Feb 1931 • Northport(Sophiasburg twp), Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada
  1931
  71
  Death
  3 May 1940 • Big Island, Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada
  1940
  80
  VIEW
  Departure
  Belfast, Ireland; Liverpool, England
  1 Source
  Name    James Clement
  Gender    Male
  Age    22
  Birth Year    abt 1860
  Date of Arrival    6 Jun 1882
  Vessel    Lake Champlain
  Search Ship Database    Lake Champlain
  Port of Arrival    Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  Port of Departure    Belfast, Ireland; Liverpool, England
  
  Source: Church Marriage Record
  Date of Marriage:    18-Apr-1882         
  Parish / District:    FIRST DUNBOE        County:    Co. Derry
  Husband        Wife
  Name:    James    Clements        Margaret    Mcclelland
  Address:    Ballinrees        Ballinrees
  Occupation:    LABOURER        
  Age:            
  Status:    Bachelor (Previously unmarried)        Spinster (Previously unmarried)
  Husband's Father        Wife's Father
  Name:    Samuel    Clements        John    Mcclelland
  Address:            
  Occupation:    LABOURER        FARMER
  Husband's Mother        Wife's Mother
  Name:                    
  Address:            
  Occupation:            
  Witness 1        Witness 2
  Name:    James    Bradley        Sarah    Mclamont
  Address:            
  Notes:
  
  Dale Jones:  I think they came for the chance of a much better future as far as land ownership was concerned. There were many Scots/Irish settlers on the Island which was owned by an Irish Lord Cashel..he encouraged his tenants to settle there and the word obviously spread. After James and Margaret arrived, there were later arrivals of their relatives: Joseph Clyde married to Margaret's sister ,Mary, and then Martha, another of her sisters ,who was a widow of a Robert Semple.
  James and family sold the farm on Amherst Island and moved to a better farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario, near Northport. One of their daughters, Alce Jane, was my grandmother. She married a Daniel Blake Jones. Hence ,my name.
  
  From Wiki:
  Amherst Island was originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples, and in 1788 was granted by the Crown to Sir John Johnson, who had lost most of his possessions in the War of Independence. In 1823, Sir John's daughter, Catharine Maria Bowes, gained control of the island and legend is that she later lost it in a card game in Ireland. What can be documented is that in 1827 Mrs Bowes was in financial trouble and gave a power of attorney to the Stephen Moore, 3rd Earl Mount Cashell, who purchased the island from her in 1835.[3]
  Mount Cashell's interest in Amherst Island was both profit-oriented and humanitarian. Financially, he hoped to reap large returns on his investment by settling the island with industrious immigrants who would clear and cultivate the land, thereby improving its value and providing him with a steady rental income. But his vision extended beyond pecuniary ends. Inspired by the evangelical belief in human improvement, he thought that by encouraging emigration from Ireland to Canada he could help solve the overpopulation of his homeland, create a prosperous, loyal farming population in the new world, and strengthen the Empire through a transatlantic grain trade. Mount Cashell became a leading spokesman of these views in North America.[3]
  Mount Cashell brought settlers out from Ireland giving them seven-year leases at nominal rent and requiring them to make certain improvements each year. He financed the establishment of a general store, maintained the church and glebe, provided the resident land agent with a home, and divided the island up into individual farms with a large section reserved for timber. Families from the barony of Ards, Co. Down, began arriving in the 1820s. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s their numbers swelled as friends and relatives continued to arrive, but by the 1860s the movement had subsided. Why they happened to be from the Ards, property not owned by Mount Cashell, is unclear. Settlers who arrived in the early years moved straight onto the land while those arriving after 1850 seem to have worked for friends before renting land. By 1841, the community had three schools and a population of over 1,000 people. The majority of families were Presbyterian, 5-6 were Church of England, 10-12 were Roman Catholics and only a few were Methodist. Most settlers lived in shanties or one-storey log houses on rented land, although some had purchased their property from Mount Cashell.[3]
  

Details of James' family with Margaret McLelland