Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
Benjamin James Sawyer
1873 - 1960 (86 years)-
Name Benjamin James Sawyer Nickname Long Ben Birth 21 Sep 1873 Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Gender Male Death 23 Mar 1960 Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Person ID I495 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 19 Jul 2024
Father James Napolean Sawyer, b. 16 May 1852, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Jan 1930, Powassan, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) Mother Mary Elizabeth Demill Redner, b. 24 Sep 1843, Ontario, Canada Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Florence Powell, b. 3 Aug 1874, Lutterworth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Dec 1953 (Age 79 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1895 Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [8] Children + 1. Ross Laverne Sawyer, b. 5 Jan 1896, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Nov 1990 (Age 94 years) 2. Mary Velma Sawyer, b. 5 Oct 1898, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Apr 1939, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 40 years) + 3. James Elmer Sawyer, b. 5 Oct 1898, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Jan 1989 (Age 90 years) 4. Glimmie Essie Mae Sawyer, b. 13 Aug 1900, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 06 Jun 1911, Lindsay, Ops, Victoria, Ontario, Canada (Age 10 years) + 5. Zella Alberta Sawyer, b. 26 Jul 1902, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 04 Aug 1985 (Age 83 years) + 6. Benjamin Gordon Sawyer, b. 10 Feb 1905, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Sep 1976, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) 7. Greta Gertrude Sawyer, b. 13 May 1908, Maple Lake, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Apr 2008, Unionville, Ontario, Canada (Age 99 years) 8. William Walter Sawyer, b. 12 Aug 1910, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Apr 1929, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 18 years) + 9. Richard Lorne Sawyer, b. 20 Sep 1912, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Feb 1990 (Age 77 years) 10. Cecil Clair Sawyer, b. 30 May 1915, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Oct 1982, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) Family ID F95 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2022
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Photos Simon Redner/Demill and Benjamin James Sawyer
Simon is on the left.Benjamin James Sawyer Florence Powell, son Roscoe Sawyer & husband Benjamin James Sawyer Benjamin James Sawyer
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Sources - [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 18177-73.
Surname is spelled Sawers and surname of mother is Demill. - [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 43937-73.
Date of birth on this registration is 2 Sep 1872. Surname "Sawers". Mother "Demill". No middle name recorded. - [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 1, Family 4.
Age 7 on this census. Name is recorded as Sawyer. - [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 43.
Age 17 on this census. Surname is recorded as Sawyers. - [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 7, Family 66.
- [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 5, Family 43.
Enumerated at Lot 30, Con 5 - [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria / Stanhope / Page 6, Family 57.
- [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Reg# 04900-95.
- [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 18177-73.