Descendants of James PINKERTON & Jane (Janet) DRUMMOND


About 1854 David Pinkerton, son of James and Jane, of King Township in York County, arrived in Bruce, accompanied by his wife, Mary Ann PARKHILL five sons and other family members. The boys were young men, looking for opportunities that no longer seemed to exist in fully settled King Township. The mill site, shown below, was under development by John Shennan, was purchased by David Pinkertons. The family proceeded to develop the site, resulting in mills, housing and the village of Pinkerton.

An excellent and in depth account of The Pinkertons in Bruce is provided by Geoff Pinkerton.

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The first grist mill at Pinkerton on the Teeswater River circa 1891.
Read Geoff Pinkerton's excellent account of Water Power at Pinkerton.

DIRECT DESCENDANTS


Marjorie May McTEER, (1945-1981) was born and raised in Elderslie Twp, just south of Paisley and is a direct descendant of the captioned couple as well as a direct descendant of the WATSON Family on our Home Page. Marj married Jack TANNER (1939-1975) and they both lived and died in Paisley. See Marjorie's Pedigree Chart
Other Ancestral Families connected to Marjorie are; SAWYER/ STURGEON; REID/ McCULLY; ;SAUNDERS/ KEYES; WATSON; RITCHIE; DAVISON/ MORAN; ALEXANDER; WATSON; ELPHICK/ PINKERTON


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  Descendants of David PINKERTON
  Surname List
  Index of Names
  Sources (Bibliography)

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Latest Revision May 14, 2014

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