Gemmell (Gemmill) Family of Catrine, Ayrshire and Lanark Co., Ontario

	John Gemmell of New Cumnock, Ayrshire	m. \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	Jean Hair/Hare ?-?		John Hutcheson of Ayr, Ayrshire	m. \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	Jane Blair ?-?

\| William Gemmell 1722-? bpt. New Cumnock	\| John Gemmell 1724-? bpt. New Cumnock	\| George Gemmell 1726-? bpt. New Cumnock	\| Andrew Gemmell 1731-? bpt. New Cumnock	\| Agnes Gemmell 1734->1771 bpt. New Cumnock	m. 1754 Stevenston \| \| \| \|	\| James Hutcheson 1725->1771 of Stevenston, Ayrshire

\| James Hutcheson c1755-<1764 bpt. Stevenston	\| Mary Hutcheson c1762-? bpt. Stevenston	\| James Hutcheson c1764-<1771 bpt. Stevenston	\| Agnes Hutcheson c1765-? bpt. Stevenston	\| James Hutcheson c1771-? bpt. Stevenston	\| Jean / Jane Hutcheson / Hutchison 1759-1801 bpt. Stevenston bd. Mauchline (James and Jean were neighbours of Robbie Burns 1784-1786)	m. <1774 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	James Gemmel ?-1796 bd. Mauchline Herdsman, Day Labourer lvd. in various parishes throughout Ayrshire	John Robertson 1785-1867 b. Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Lanark Co., Ontario Weaver of Glasgow. Veteran of Napoleonic Wars, 79th Regiment of Foot. Emigrated to Canada on "David of London" 1821 Farmer and Reeve of Ramsay Twp.,		m. 1806 Glasgow, Scotland \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	Jane Kyle 1790-1856 b. Ireland d. Lanark Co. Canada West 9 children

		\| Jennet Gemmel c1774-1845 bpt. New Cumnock d. Stranraer, Wigtownshire m. 1792 Alexander McWhinnie 1763/4-1851 Clockmaker & Merchant \| 12 children	\| Christina Gemmel c 1776-1842 bpt. Dundonald d. Ayr, Ayr m. 1795 William Hendrie 1772-1853 Farmer of Gateside \| \| 12 children	\| Mary Gemmell 1779-1862 bpt. Dundonald d. Catrine m. 1809 Robert Reid c1778-1851/5 Cowman & Weaver 6 children	\| Hugh Gemmill c 1782-? bpt. Mauchline Farmer of Catrine, Ayrshire moved to Co. Wicklow, Ireland m. Eleanor Bowland 1789-1839 \| 1 child	\| Robert Gemmel c 1785->1806 bpt. Mauchline Clothlapper of Glasgow	\| Peter Gemmel c 1789-? bpt. Catrine Gunner, 5th Batt. Royal Rgt. of Artillery during Napoleonic Wars	\| John Gemmil 1795-1874 bpt. Catrine, Sorn, Ayrshire d. Lanark Co., Ontario Unassisted emigrant from Ireland to Upper Canada c1821 Yeoman Farmer of Ramsay Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario m. (2) 1863 Priscilla Lumsden (wid.)		m. 1830 Ramsay Twp. Lanark Co. Upper Canada \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	\| Margaret Robertson 1807-1861 b. Weeley Barracks, Essex. d. Lanark Co., Canada West All children born Ramsay Twp. Lanark Co.

\| Jane Gemmill 1831-1884 m. James Kellough Farmer of Lanark Twp. Lankark Co., Ontario \| \| \| \| 7 children	\| James Gemmill 1833-1833 b. Ramsay	\| James Hutchison Gemmill 1834-? Farmer and Innkeeper (at Clayton) of Ramsay Twp.	m. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	\| Harriet M. Chamberlain c1839-? b. New York State, USA (James and Harriet are believed to have gone to the USA in the early 1860's)	\| Agnes Gemmill 1836-1902 Telegraph Operator, Milliner and Dressmaker m. 1867 Michael MacInnes c1839-? Farmer & Butcher of Renfrew Village no issue	\| William Gemmill 1837-1913 Farmer of Cobden, Renfrew Co. m. 1869 Margaret Miller 1850-1922 \| \| \| \| \| 10 children	\| John Gemmill 1839-1922 Innkeeper of Davis Hotel, Clayton; Proprietor, Almonte House, Almonte m. 1864 Anne Jane Coulter 1837-1914 \| 6 children	\| Archibald Gemmill 1841-1934 Farmer of Cobden m. 1894 Christina McLeese c1853-1896 \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 child	\| Mary Gemmill 1843-1886 m. 1868 John McDiarmid 1840-1923 Farmer of Cobden \| \| \| \| \| \| 9 children	\| Christina Gemmill 1845-1870 d. Renfrew Village unmarried	\| George Robertson Gemmill 1847-1933 Farmer of Cobden m. Ellen Woods 1862-1939 \| \| \| \| \| \| 3 children

	\| Margaret Jane Gemmill 1858-1925 b. Ramsay Twp. d. Arnprior, McNab Twp. m. 1890 Robert Whyte Moir 1866-1935 Farmer of Arnprior \| \| 4 children		\| John Robertson Gemmill 1860/1-1932 b. Ramsay Twp. d. Whitefish, Sudbury Tax Collector, worked with brother on farm at Whitefish, Sudbury Bachelor		\| James Dean Gemmell 1863-1938 b. Ramsay Twp. d. Whitefish, Subury Butcher of Cobden; CPR Section Foreman; Merchant, Farmer and Postmaster of Whitefish, Sudbury; Reeve of Drury, Dennison and Graham Twps.		m. 1898 Whitefish \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	Alice Lavinia Gordon 1866-1946 b. Elma, Perth Co., Canada W. d. Whitefish, Sudbury All children born Whitefish (dau. of Arthur Gordon 1824-1902 and Annie Morrison 1839-1923)		\| Agnes H. Gemmill c1864->1910 born USA m. 1886 Almonte Richard Stewart c1863->1918 \| Lanark Co. to USA c1890 \| \| 5 children

\| Ralph Gordon Gemmell 1898-1970 Science Teacher of Port Perry m. 1930/1 Doris Alexandria Sandy \| \| \| 2 children	\| Winnifred Irene Gemmell 1900-1991 Nurse of Ottawa Spinster	\| Sydney Dean Gemmell 1901-1983 INCO Paymaster of Sudbury m. 1927 Beryl Francis Barker \| \| \| 3 children	\| James Arthur Gemmell 1903-1997 b. Whitefish, Sudbury d. Scarborough, Ontario Grad. Queens U. 1929 Mechanical Engineer, of Montreal, Ajax and Toronto		m. 1929 Weston, Ont. \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 7 children	Winnifred Margaret Foster 1905-1991 b. Kent, England d. Scarborough, Ontario England to Canada 1913, S.S. Corinthian (dau. of George William Foster Seaman R.N. and Susan Seeley)		\| Marion Isabel Gemmell 1904-1993 Nurse m. 1933/4 Douglas Mosher \| \| \| \| \| \| no issue	\| William Nelson Gemmell 1907-1966 Tourist Outfitter of Lake Penage m. 1932 Alice Crawley School teacher \| 6 children	\| Welland Stewart Gemmell 1910-1954 M.P.P. Minister of Mines 1949 Minister of Lands & Forests 1951 m. Freda Hamilton \| 2 children

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Compiled by Tina Gemmell This branch of the Gemmill / Gemmell family had roots in Ayrshire, Scotland, includes two lines and seven generations and were among the early pioneers who settled at Union Hall in Ramsay Twp., Lanark Co., Upper Canada. Please select landscape format to print.