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Robert CASSELS

Male 1815 - 1882  (66 years)


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  • Name Robert CASSELS  [1, 2] 
    Born 21 Feb 1815  Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • Note on date of birth: resources on Family Search show an October date of birth for Robert Cassels - there are two Robert Cassels born in Midlothian in 1815, but three sources (secondary) cite the February date for this Robert Cassels. Unfortunately, unable to find digital copy of a baptismal record for Robert Cassels to confirm but the 3 sources are credible.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1831  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Joined the National Bank of Scotland at Leith.  
    Immigration 1837  Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Immigrated and opened branch of British North America at Halifax. Left England 17 July 1837 & arrived Halifax 27 august 1837.  
    Residence 1838  Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    As per marriage announcement in Acadian Recorder.  
    Residence 1838 - 1841  Chatham, Mirimichi, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lived in Chatham while operating a new bank branch.  
    Residence 1841 - 1855  Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Resided here after opening bank branch. 
    Occupation 1861  Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Chief Cashiership of Bank of Upper Canada  
    Residence 1855 - 1861  Montreal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1861  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Brought to Ontario to oversee failing Bank of Lower Canada - see write-up Canadian Dictionary of Biography. Link on reference. 
    Occupation 1858 - 1866  [3] 
    Director of the Grand Trunk Railway 
    Residence 1879  Montreal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Relocated from Toronto due to business and repetitional failures and remained here until his death.  
    Died 18 Feb 1882  Montreal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I239  McNab/Kuhn
    Last Modified 4 May 2021 

    Father Walter Gibson CASSELS,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1777, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1868, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Mother Janet SCOUGAL,   b. 5 Sep 1782, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Y  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Gibbens MCNAB,   b. 29 Oct 1820, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1909, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1838  St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Children 
    +1. Robert CASSELS,   b. 27 Apr 1843, St. Peters Street, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1898, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +2. James Macnab CASSELS,   b. 2 Aug 1839, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1882, Bedford, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     3. Walter Gibson CASSELS,   b. 21 Apr 1841, Chatham, Mirimichi, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1843, Cliff Cottage, Point Levi, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    +4. Walter Gibson Pringle CASSELS,   b. 14 Aug 1845, 17 Esplanade, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1923, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Allan CASSELS,   b. 9 Mar 1847, Greenknowe, St. Foy Road, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1909, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     6. John Thomson CASSELS,   b. 24 Apr 1849, Greenknowe, St. Foy Road, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jessie CASSELS,   b. 28 Jan 1851, Greenknowe, St. Foy Road, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Harriet CASSELS,   b. 1 Jul 1852, St. Peters Street, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Hamilton CASSELS,   b. 2 Apr 1854, St. Peters Street, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1925, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +10. Margaret Black Stuart CASSELS,   b. 25 Nov 1855, St. James Street, Montreal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1949, Québec, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     11. Richard Schugall CASSELS,   b. 5 Oct 1859, Holland House, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1937, Whitby, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     12. Mary CASSELS,   b. 31 Aug 1861, Holland House, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Amy Galt CASSELS,   b. 8 Apr 1864, Kearsney House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Lyttleton CASSELS,   b. 30 Aug 1865, Kearsney House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1866, Kearsney House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Feb 1815 - Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Joined the National Bank of Scotland at Leith. - 1831 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - Immigrated and opened branch of British North America at Halifax. Left England 17 July 1837 & arrived Halifax 27 august 1837. - 1837 - Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - As per marriage announcement in Acadian Recorder. - 1838 - Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Aug 1838 - St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lived in Chatham while operating a new bank branch. - 1838 - 1841 - Chatham, Mirimichi, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Resided here after opening bank branch. - 1841 - 1855 - Québec, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Chief Cashiership of Bank of Upper Canada - 1861 - Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - 1861 - Montreal, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Brought to Ontario to oversee failing Bank of Lower Canada - see write-up Canadian Dictionary of Biography. Link on reference. - 1861 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Relocated from Toronto due to business and repetitional failures and remained here until his death. - 1879 - Montreal, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Feb 1882 - Montreal, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, Punch, Terrence M., (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. 1991), 23, Ref.#147 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S35] Find A Grave, (Find A Grave), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202467568/robert-cassels (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S81] Dictionary of Canadian Biography , (University of Toronto/Université Laval), http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cassels_robert_11E.html (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S72] The family of Cassels, Cassels, Robert, (Edinburgh: author ), p. 60 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S98] Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers 1835-1839, p. 100. #2116 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S205] Scotland Marriages 1561 - 1910, (Find My Past), https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_696116566/1 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S72] The family of Cassels, Cassels, Robert, (Edinburgh: author ) (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S98] Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers 1835-1839, 100 (Reliability: 2).
      Transcription from Acadian Recorder, Saturday, 11 august 1838.
      Officiant: Rev.J.Scott


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