Descendants of John & Isabella MEGRAW
First Generation 
1. John MEGRAW was born on November 15, 1820 in Ballygowan, , Ulster, Ireland,1 died on March 11, 1906 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada2 aged 85, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
JOHN MEGRAW FAMILY - from the Greenock History 1856-1981
John Megraw was born in 1819 at Ballygowan, Ireland. In 1846, he married Isabella Wallace of Newtownards, County Down.
In 1849 John and Isabella came to Canada with two small children, and lived for two years at Richmond Hill. In October of 1851, John set out to locate a homestead in the newly-opened tract known as the Queen's Bush. He walked from Richmond Hill to Owen Sound through the bush to Southampton, up the Saugeen and finally back to Richmond Hill by the Garafraxa Road. After some misfortune and distress, Mr. Megraw finally moved his family to this area.
In 1854 they went to the farm in the "Gore of Greenock" at Lot 1, Con. 22. The original log house was replaced in the late 1880's by the brick house which is still in use.
At the turn of the century there was a flourishing orchard on the farm including many varieties of early and late apples. The choicest apples were packed in barrels and shipped by railroad to the overseas market. The less choice ones were dried or hauled by team and wagon to Chepstow to be made into apple butter. But the orchard was wiped out by the severe frost of 1933.
To John and Isabella were born twelve children: Robert John and Grace, born in Ireland; Hugh, who was killed at the age of twelve by a rolling log while he was helping during the building of the first barn on the Samuel Gordon place on the Base Line; Elizabeth (Mrs. James McVeety); James Alexander, who died of pneumonia in 1883; Ainsley, editor of the Paisley Advocate from 1885 to 1892, during which time he published the 25th anniversary edition of the Advocate, which remains the most accurate and comprehensive history of the village of Paisley, and was quoted at some length in Norman Robertson's History of Bruce County; Martha (Mrs. Andrew Sinclair); Agnes Jane, who died at the age of eleven; Hugh, born the year the first Hugh was killed and named after him, but this Hugh lived to serve in World War I, and died in France in 1916; Wallace, who farmed on the property taken up by his father until a short time before his death in 1952; Isabella, who died in infancy; and Sara (Mrs. S.E. Hamilton).
Of the male members of the family, only Ainsley and Wallace married. Ainsley married Annie Nelson, but she died in 1886 along with their infant daughter. He later married Ada Killins, but she too died in childbirth. Wallace married Christie Brown of Bruce Township. Their family of six were all daughters: Annie May, who died at the age of fourteen; Gertrude (Mrs. Roy Gedney) who died in 1974; Irene (Mrs. Neilson Stark) who died in 1973; Winnifred; Edna (Mrs. Frank Brandon), now living in Elmira; and Ola (Mrs. Gordon Fraser) now living in Collingwood.
So the Megraw name has died out in the township, the only surviving "Megraw" in the direct line being Miss Winnifred, who makes her home in Toronto. But the family farm at Lot 1, Con. 22 has been owned by direct descendants for 145 years, by John Megraw, by Wallace Megraw, his son, and by Harold Stark, his great grandson.
Events
• He emigrated to Richmond Hill, Ontario in 1849 from , , County Down, Northern Ireland. 3
• John relocated to Lot 1, Con 22, Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, in 1854.
John married Isabella WALLACE, daughter of Robert WALLACE and Unknown, on February 17, 1846 in Ballygowan, Killinchy Parish, Co Down, Ireland.4 Isabella was born in 1824 in Newtowns, Co Down, Ireland1 and died about 1887 aged about 63.
• They were married in the Presbyterian Meeting House, Ballygowan, Killinchy Parish, Co Down, Ireland.
Children from this marriage were:
2 M i. Robert John MEGRAW was born in 1847 in , , County Down, Northern Ireland,1,5 died on October 5, 1924 in Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada6 aged 77, and was buried in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada. He never married and had no children.
Events
• Robert resided in Armour & Ryerson, Muskoka Dist, Ontario, Canada in 1881 . 1
3 M ii. John MEGRAW was born about 1850 in , , County Down, Northern Ireland.5 He never married and had no children.
4 M iii. Hugh MEGRAW was born in 1851 in Richmond Hill, York Co, Ontario, Canada, died on August 30, 1863 in Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada7 aged 12, and was buried in Paisley Cemetery, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada. He never married and had no children.
+ 5 F iv. Grace MEGRAW was born in September 1852 in , , Ontario, Canada.8
+ 6 F v. Elizabeth MEGRAW was born on July 19, 1853 in , , Ontario, Canada9 and died on February 29, 1924 aged 70.
7 M vi. James Alexander MEGRAW was born in 1856 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada1 and died in 1883 aged 27. He never married and had no children.
+ 8 M vii. Ainsley MEGRAW was born on July 12, 1857 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada1,10 and died on January 5, 1923 in Vernon, , British Columbia, Canada10 aged 65.
+ 9 F viii. Martha A. MEGRAW was born on October 9, 1860 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.1,11
+ 10 M ix. Wallace MEGRAW was born on November 19, 1865 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada,1,3 died in 195112 aged 86, and was buried in Starkvale Cemetery Paisley, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.
11 M x. Hugh MEGRAW was born on December 11, 1866 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada1,13 and died on November 18, 1916 in , , , France2 aged 49. The cause of his death was Killed in action in France. He never married and had no children.
Events
• Hugh resided in , Yale Cariboo Dist, British Columbia, Canada in 1901 .
• He resided in Similkameen, Yale Cariboo Dist, British Columbia, Canada in 1911 .
12 F xi. Sara MEGRAW was born in 1870 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada1 and died on December 24, 1961 in Vernon, , British Columbia, Canada14 aged 91.
Sara married Samuel Eldon HAMILTON, son of Hugh HAMILTON and Maggie (__?__), on June 16, 1910 in Hedley, , British Columbia, Canada.14 Samuel was born on November 25, 1878 in Wakefield, , New Brunswick, Canada11,13 and died on January 30, 1962 in Vernon, , British Columbia, Canada aged 83.
Events
• Samuel Eldon relocated from New Brunswick to, , , British Columbia, Canada in 1896.
13 F xii. Agnes Jane MEGRAW .
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