Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
James Napolean Sawyer

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Name James Napolean Sawyer Born 16 May 1852 Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender Male Occupation 1872 Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [6]
Trapper Died 28 Jan 1930 Powassan, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada [5]
Buried 30 Jan 1930 Maple Lake United Church Cemetery, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Person ID I507 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 25 Jul 2019
Father Benjamin E. Sawyer, b. 1814, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada , d. 1885, Ontario, Canada
(Age 71 years)
Mother Margaret Mary Colclough, b. 1826, Ontario, Canada , d. 17 Jul 1890, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 64 years)
Family ID F316 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Demill Redner, b. 24 Sep 1843, Ontario, Canada Married 21 Jan 1871 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada [4]
Children 1. Mary Agnes Sawyer, b. 22 Feb 1872, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 25 Sep 1890 (Age 18 years)
2. Benjamin James Sawyer, b. 21 Sep 1873, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Mar 1960, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 86 years)
+ 3. Adam Henry Sawyer, b. 22 May 1875, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 25 Feb 1949, Ontario, Canada
(Age 73 years)
4. Luella Gertrude Sawyer, b. 8 Nov 1880, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada , d. 1951 (Age 70 years)
Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos James Napoleon Sawyer
James is standing beside his homemade bark canoe at Lake Magnetawan.
Documents James Sawyer obituary 1930
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Sources - [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 12, Family 48.
Age 21 on this census. Surname is Sawyers. - [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough East / Stanhope, Sherborne & McClintock / Page 1, Family 4.
Age 30 on this census, 9 years younger than his wife. Surname is recorded as Sawyer. Occupation: Hunter. - [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 9, Family 43.
Age 40 on this census. Surname is recorded as Sawyers. - [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 6.
- [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Roll: MS935_397.
Birth date: abt 1852 Birth place: Minden,On Death date: 28 Jan 1930 Death place: Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=716911&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
- [S19] Ontario Birth Registrations, Reg# 16674-72.
Occupation on birth registration of daughter Mary Agnes.
- [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 12, Family 48.