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Thank you Jacquie for confirming that my Wilson ancestors are not in the book, it was a long shot.  No stone unturned sort of thing.

Best Wishes, Donna

Isabella Wilson
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Name:   Isabella Wilson
Arrival Year:   1802-1835
Arrival Place:   Ontario, Canada
Source Publication Code:   9758
Primary Immigrant:   Wilson, Isabella
Annotation:   Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, place of origin, place of destination, date of birth and death, parentage, occupation, and other historical and family data may also be provided.
Source Bibliography:   WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society. Volume 1, 1986. 443p.

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Name:   Elizabeth Robinson
Arrival Year:   1827
Arrival Place:   Quebec, Canada
Source Publication Code:   9758.1
Primary Immigrant:   Robinson, Elizabeth
Annotation:   Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, place of origin, place of destination, date of birth and death, parentage, occupation, and other historical and family data may also be provided.
Source Bibliography:   WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society. Volume 2, 1995. 435p.
Page:   326

Kim, one other child, James, born June 5, 1799 in Barony, did not come to Canada.

"found this birth which looks good for John Lawson:
18 November 1777
Glasgow
father: James Lawson
mother: Janet Thomson"

The record you found could be our John Lawson, Janet certainly is a name that appears frequently among the descendants.

My Ancestors in Scotland were weavers who emigrated to Canada due to economic distress in 1820, via the Lanark Society Settlers organizations.  Of the children I list, two may not have come to Canada, having either stayed in Scotland with relatives or passed away before the family sailed; they are Andrew Lawson and Marion Geddes Lawson.

It is possible that other emigrants who came to Canada are related to my ancestors, but without the Scottish connections, it is difficult to determine!

I would like to find the loved ones they left behind, who were their parents, siblings, aunts, uncles?

This is what I have to date:

John LAWSON, GGGG Grandfather. Born abt 1777 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [parents undetermined]. John died in 1869 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Emigrated in 1820 from Scotland. Immigrated in 1820 to Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

On 6 Apr 1796 John married Elizabeth “Minnie” SOMERVILLE, GGGG Grandmother, in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland [Names and marriage date/place verified by General Register]. Born abt 1791 in Scotland [parents undetermined]

They had the following children:

 i. Margaret (Somerville) LAWSON (1797-1869)

ii. Mary Ann (Somerville) LAWSON (1798-1887)

        NOTE:On 30 May 1820 when Mary Ann (Somerville) was 22, she married Andrew James BOAG, son of Thomas BOAG & ? [BOAG], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

iii. James (Somerville) LAWSON. Born on 5 Jun 1799 in Barony, Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

iv. Andrew (Somerville) LAWSON. Born on 15 Mar 1801 in Barony, Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

v. Jennett Janet (Somerville) LAWSON (1803-1883) born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

vi. Robert (Somerville) LAWSON. Born on 12 Oct 1804 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

 vii. Robert (Somerville) LAWSON (1806->1891) born in Bridgton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

viii. Marion Geddes (Somerville) LAWSON. Born on 1 Sep 1813 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

ix. Isabella “Bell” (Somerville) LAWSON. Born on 15 Oct 1815 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

x. John (Somerville) LAWSON (1816-1903) born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

xi. Peter (Somerville) LAWSON (1819-1895) born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

xii. Alexander (Somerville) LAWSON (1822-1889)