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Christopher Sawyer

Male 1845 - 1913  (68 years)


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  • Name Christopher Sawyer 
    Nickname Christie 
    Born 7 Mar 1845  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Nov 1913  Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 21 Nov 1913  Paint Lake Cemetery, Ridout, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I2424  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2022 

    Father David Sawyer,   b. Abt 1815, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1893  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Eliza Jane Hatford,   b. Abt 1825, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1904, Harburn, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Family ID F1458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Matilda Jane Sedgwick,   b. Abt 1846, Asphodel, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1895, Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1865  Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William John Sawyer,   b. Abt 1869, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. James Henry Sawyer,   b. 6 Jul 1873, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1945, Sudbury, McKim, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Eliza Jane Sawyer,   b. 11 Nov 1872, Harburn, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Phoebe Alma Sawyer,   b. 24 Mar 1875, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1941, Ridout, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Samuel Arthur Sawyer,   b. 22 May 1878, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1945, Dymond, Temiskaming, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     6. Norman B Sawyer,   b. Abt 1879, Harburn, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1896, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 17 years)
     7. Charlotte Sawyer,   b. Abt 1881, Hollow Lake, Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1953  (Age ~ 72 years)
     8. Christy Anne Sawyer,   b. 28 Nov 1884, Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1884, Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Charles T Sawyer,   b. 15 Sep 1885, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Ida May Sawyer,   b. 10 Sep 1887, Sherborne, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1947, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza Jane Redner,   b. 1842, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1918, West Guilford, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Christopher Sawyer death
    Christopher Sawyer death
    Fenelon Falls Gazette - 5 Dec 1913 edition.
    Christopher Sawyer death
    Christopher Sawyer death
    Lindsay Post - 5 Dec 1913 edition
    Christopher Sawyer death and burial
    Christopher Sawyer death and burial
    Huntsville Forester - 27 Nov 1913

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Canada West / Victoria / Fenelon / Page 12.
      Age 7 on this census.

    2. [S4] 1861 Census of Canada, Canada West / Victoria / Township of Fenelon / Pg 8.
      Age 12, born Upper Canada

    3. [S4] 1861 Census of Canada, Canada West / Peterborough / Township of Dysart / Pg 6.
      Age 17

    4. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 2, Family 12.
      Age 37 on this census. Occupation: Hunter.

    5. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Sherborne & McClintock / Page 2, Family 9.
      Age 46 on this census. Father born Quebec, mother born USA.

    6. [S23] 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Victoria North, Sherborne & McClintock, Page 6, Family 45.

    7. [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario, Victoria-Haliburton / Sherborne / page 7, family 22.

    8. [S22] Obituary, Huntsville Forester - 27 Nov 1913.