William CUTHBERT
- Born: 1789, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
- Marriage (1): Christiana MONTGOMERY on 13 Mar 1832 in New Carlisle, Canada
- Died: 3 Aug 1854, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland aged 65
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William Cuthbert, 1794-1854, of Cascapedia Bay
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Peggy Willett
William Cuthbert's lumber store, 1956. (Photo - Courtesy)William Cuthbert's lumber store, 1956. (Photo - Courtesy)One of the early settlers to whom the region, specifically the Cascapedia Bay area, is greatly indebted for its early development is William Cuthbert, a native of Scotland and descendant of that ancient Scottish family, of which theeighth century monk St. Cuthbert was a member. The family crest bore the motto "FORTIER", meaning "Strength or Courage" and later became "NEC MINUS FORTIER" ("With no less Strength or Courage").
William Cuthbert was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1794.He may have been the son of William and Elizabeth (Guthrie) Cuthbert and, if so, his date of birth is recorded as being June 22, 1794. There were at least three other children in the Cuthbert family; Robert who remained in Greenock, Scotland and was the partner of William until their company was dissolved in 1846; Agnes, the wife of Andrew Turner, a sawyer and farmer who immigrated to Lower Canada to work for his brother-in-law; and Daniel who is said to have gone to the United States.
William married Christiana MONTGOMERY on 13 Mar 1832 in New Carlisle, Canada. (Christiana MONTGOMERY was born in 1792 in Prince Edward Island, Canada and died in 1891 in New Richmond, QC, Canada.)
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