McIntyre family line

Peter McIntyre (unk-unk)

This is the earliest individual in our McIntyre family line who I have been able to identify as yet.

Through other sources, I found that the name of Peter’s wife was Christian Campbell. There is a record of a marriage at Killin on 22 February 1806 with individuals of those names, but there is a second entry (with the same names!) the following year (also in Killin, but on 18 December 1807).

Duncan McIntyre (1820-1886)

Duncan was born on 24 July 1820 in Balquhidder, Perthshire. His parents are noted as being Peter McIntyre and Christian Campbell Dal??.

By 1841, he was shown as an apprentice in the household of James McCallen, a shoemaker.

In 1851, he was living with Mary at Gartmore, Perthshire and his occupation was listed as being a “master shoemaker”. The two sons (Alexander, 2 and John, 6 months) were also recorded.

By 1861, John had disappeared from the household, suggesting that he had died in childhood. New additions to the family were Mary (aged 3 at the time of the census) and Cathrine (aged 7 months at the time of the census). Duncan is described as a shoemaker, and Mary as a “shoemaker’s wife”.

At the time of the 1871 census, he was residing at 12 Wellcroft Place in Glasgow Govan, Hamilton. His wife’s name was noted as being Mary (Mary Kennedy) and his occupation—poorly transcribed—is “heler in Emgraing Shop of Emoing”. The children in the household were listed as follows (age at time of census in parentheses):

1. Alex C. McIntyre (22) – ‘Grocers clerk’ – born in Gartshore – my great-grandfather
2. Mary McIntyre (13)
3. Catherine McIntyre (10)
4. Duncan McIntyre (8)
5. Christina McIntyre (6)

A boarder, Robert W. Adam (aged 22), described as a ‘Grocer Clerk Shopman’, was also part of the household.

Duncan died on 1 December 1886 at Kilmadock Old House. One can see why many other family trees on Ancestry have incorrectly listed his wife as being “Christina Campbell”, as this is what is entered on the death record.

However, this is very likely an error made when the document was completed—his mother is also noted as having the same name. It raises a bit of a flag, but all of the other information (name of father, age, occupation of father) lines up.

A ‘corrected entry’ dated a few months later indicates his cause of death as being from ‘heart disease’.

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Alexander Clerihew McIntyre (1848-1932)

The transcription of the above reads: McIntyre Clerihew Alex^r, Lawful son of Duncan McIntyre and Mary Kennedy was born at Gartmore the 16th Oct 1848 and baptized by Revd (illegible).

His first mention on a Scottish census was in 1871, and he was described as a “grocers clerk”. It would appear that he continued in the grocery business, as the next census—in 1881—describes him as a grocer. On that census, he was living at 16 Dalhousie Street in Glasgow, with Mary and their first son, Duncan (aged 1 at the time of the census).

Alexander and Mary Chalmers (1847-1933) were married on 20 June 1876 at Airdriehead, Parish of Cumbernauld.

There are a few things to be learned from this record. At the time of their marriage, Alexander was described as being a “merchant” and Mary as a “farmer’s daughter”. We also can see that both of their fathers were deceased by that date. Alexander’s father, Duncan, was a “shoemaker (deceased)” and Mary’s father was “John Chalmers, Farmer (deceased)”.

The couple had the following children:

1. Duncan McIntyre, born 30 June 1879 at Glasgow
2. John Chalmers McIntyre, born 25 September 1881 at Blythswood, Lanarkshire
3. Isabella Anderson McIntyre, born 14 August 1883 in Glasgow
4. Alexander McIntyre, born 28 April 1885 in Glasgow – my grandfather

Every single sibling ended up immigrating to Canada over the period from

Indeed, Alexander ended up traveling to Canada himself in 1920 “to be near sons”.

According to the 1921 census, Alexander and Jane were living at McNutt, Saskatchewan in 1921. It would appear that they arrived in time to attend the wedding of their son, Alexander (Sandy) McIntyre on 14 July 1921. On the same census, their daughter (Isabella)—then 37 years of age—was also living with them. Her immigration record shows that she arrived on the same ship as her father and mother – her occupation was noted as being “teacher”.

Jane McIntyre’s immigration record (from the same ship) oddly has her name noted as “Jean Ronald McIntyre”. However, there is no question that it is the same individual.

Even though he was over 70, Alexander applied for an received a land grant of 160 acres in his name.

Alexander died on 11 April 1932 at Edmonton, Alberta.