Ledingham Family of Kintore, New Brunswick

Some of the Ledingham family who were steerage passengers on the “Castalia” in 1873 included John Ledingham, age 65 farmer, his wife Agnes Allan, age 60 and two of their children, probably James age 21 and Agnes age 17. Son Peter, age 20 farmer, is listed separately on the list of ship’s passengers. Two other children, Jane/Jean and Alexander, had died previously in Scotland. Two other sons make their way to Canada also, John to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Robert to Saint John, NB.
Some details about the family follow.

Parents:
John Ledingham, farmer, was born in 1808 in Premnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died in 1883, age 75 at Kintore, NB. He was granted lot #5 in Kintore which he named “Ledingsdale.” John was elected one of the group of the first five church elders in the Colony. In 1881 John is widowed and living with his adult children: James who is a teacher, Peter who is a farmer, and Agnes, housekeeper.
John was predeceased by his wife Agnes Allan who was born in 1813 in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died at age 68 in 1881 at Kintore, NB where she lived for about eight years.

Daughter:
Jane/Jean Ledingham 1842-1865 Scotland, age 23

Son:
John Ledingham, engineer, 1846-1897, age 50 tuberculosis at St. John’s, Newfoundland; Read more about John here.
predeceased by his wife Anna Maria Brown Rogers 1851-1895 age 44 TB
They married in 1877 at Newton-On-Ayr, Scotland and their first child was born in Newfoundland the next year.
Note, the death of their son James 1888-1917 WWI, KIA age 29. See his military record.

John’s children with Anna were:
Elizabeth 1878-1954 single, age 75, Newfoundland
John Emile 1880-1942 age 62, at sea
Robert 1882-1942 age 60 Glasgow
Agnes 1884-1962 age 78, married Robert Templeton, Newfoundland
Alexander 1886-1977 age 90, married Mary Watts, Newfoundland
James 1888-1917 WWI, age 29; KIA Broembeek River, Belgium and buried at Beaumont Hamel, France; Captain in Royal Newfoundland Regiment; Read more.
Anna 1891-1985 age 94 single, Newfoundland
Peter 1893-1978 age 85, Newfoundland, bank clerk?

Note: The children’s aunt Agnes Ledingham became their guardian after the death of their parents. The children’s ages at the time of their father’s death were approximately: Elizabeth 19, John 17, Robert 15, Agnes 13, Alexander 11, James 9, Anna 6, Peter 4.

Son:
Robert Ledingham, dry goods merchant, 1851-1911 age 60 tuberculosis, Saint John, NB
his wife Jean/Jane/Jeanie Willett 1851-1936 Saint John, NB

Robert’s children with Jean:
Janey/Jennie 1879-1895, age 21, NB, single
John 1880-1951 NB, m. Lydia Hubert
David 1882-?, m. Mary Caverhill
Robert 1884-1913, age 28 NB
Thomas 1886-after 1946 NB, m. Lillian Watson
James 1889-1912 NB, single

In the family of Robert Ledingham & Jean Willett in St. John, NB, the following four people died of TB:
father Robert Ledingham, 1911, age 60
daughter Janey 1899 age 21
son Robert B. 1913 age 28
son James 1912 age 22

Son:
James Ledingham, teacher, single, 1852-1881 age 28, Kintore, NB

Son:
Peter Ledingham, farmer, 1853-1932 age 78 Kintore, NB
1st wife married 1887 Elizabeth Cumming 1866-1891 age 25 TB, Kintore, NB
2nd wife married 1891 Isabella Robertson 1860-1934, age 73, Kintore, NB
Peter was a member of the July 1885 committee to build the manse in the Colony. Every year at his home, he and his wife served a trout dinner to his fellow deacons and their wives. In 1893 he was one of the deacons present at the dedication of the Upper Kintore Church. A set of seven egg cups that he made is displayed at King’s Landing near Fredericton, NB.

Ledingham stone at Melville cemetery: Peter Ledingham 1853-1932 His wife Isabella E. Daughter of Helen Berry and David Robertson Born in Kintore, Scotland

Son:
Alexander 1856-1857, infant, Scotland

Daughter:
Agnes Hellen Ledingham, single, guardian of her brother Robert’s children, 1856-1926, age 69, St. John’s, Newfoundland

An unexpected story about Agnes is here.