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John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Orkney Islands, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: October 22, 1869 (71-72)
Belleville, Canada
Place of Burial: Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Major James Moodie of Melsetter and Elizabeth Moodie
Husband of Susanna Moodie
Father of Catherine Mary Josephine Moodie; Agnes Dunbar FitzGibbon; John Alexander Dunbar Moodie; Donald Moodie; John Strickland Moodie and 2 others
Brother of Captain Benjamin Moodie of Melsetter; Lieutenant Thomas Moodie; Henrietta Moodie; Lieutenant Donald Moodie, RN and Janet (Jessie) Moodie
Half brother of Lieutenant James Moodie, RN

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About John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie

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John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie (1797 - 22 October 1869); son of James Moodie (1757 - 1820) and Elizabeth Dunbar (c 1760 - 1798)

Birth 1797 in Mellsetter, Orkney Islands, Scotland (1796 & location Scotland per 1851 Census; 1797 & location Orkney Islands per GEDCOM of Kaye, June 13, 2008)
" .. Mr. Moodie was the youngest son of Major Moodie, of Mellsetter, in the Orkney Islands ... " pg. 3, "Roughing It In The Bush", Mrs. Susanna Moodie.

Marriage on 4 April 1831, England.

Death 22 October 1869, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario.

Residence*: 1820, South Africa, "According to Roger Brewitt, he immigated to South Africa in 1820 then to England again and then after marriage to Canada in 1832."

Immigration*: May 1832, Ontario, "They moved from England to Canada in 1832. They lived for 17 months on cleared farmland near Port Hope and then moved to Duoro township." per GEDCOM of Kaye, June 13, 2008.1 Note*: 2 September 1832, Quebec, Quebec, "We left the British Shores on the 1st July and cast anchor, .. under the Castle of St. Louis at Quebec, on the 2nd September 1832." (pg. 93, "Roughing It In the Bush", Mrs. Susanna Moodie) Residence: February 1834, Duoro Twp., Peterborough Co., Ontario, "They moved from England to Canada in 1832. They lived for 17 months on cleared farmland near Port Hope and then moved to Duoro township." per GEDCOM of Kaye, June 13, 2008. Residence: 1840, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, "She and her husband moved to Belleville in 1840, which she referred to as "the clearings"." Susanna Moodie, Wikipedia. Census*: 1851, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Age 55 at 1851 Census: Moodie, J. W. D, 55, b. Scotland, CE, High Sherriff, married; Susanna, 49, b. England, CE, married; ?Rath(f), 20, b. England, CE, other res Toronto, single; Donald, 16, b. Cda., CE; R. B., 9, b. Cda., CE (1851 Census: Belleville, pg. 52 of 92, line 35)2

Family: Susanna Strickland b. 6 Dec 1803, d. 8 Apr 1885

Marriage*: 4 April 1831, England, per GEDCOM of Kaye, June 13, 2008., Principal=Susanna Strickland1

   Agnes Dunbar Moodie+1 b. 4 Apr 1831, d. 1913
   Catherine Mary Josephine Moodie1 b. 14 Feb 1832, d. 1904
   John Alexander Dunbar Moodie1 b. a Mar 1834, d. 1927
   Donald Moodie1 b. 1836, d. 1893
   John Stickland Moodie1 b. 16 Oct 1838, d. 1844
   George Arthur Moodie1 b. 19 Jul 1840, d. c Sep 1840
   Robert Baldwin Moodie1 b. 1843, d. 1889

Citations:

   [S22] Rootsweb, online unknown url.
   [S11] Unknown author, 1851 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.

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John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie's Timeline

1797
1797
Orkney Islands, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1832
1832
1833
June 9, 1833
Hamilton, Hamilton Division, Ontario, Canada
1834
August 20, 1834
Douro, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
1836
May 21, 1836
Douro, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
1838
October 16, 1838
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1840
July 19, 1840
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1843
July 8, 1843
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
1869
October 22, 1869
Age 72
Belleville, Canada