Also at St Andrew’s Presbyterian [United now] Church cemetery is William’s parents and grandparents.
This stone was put in in 1995 by Elizabeth Leitch to replace a stone which had been broken by vandals or time and part of it was missing. Some of the information is not as correct as it could be, but was as correct as was known at the time.
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LEITCH
William Leitch
1816-1871
Born at Saltcoats, Scotland
His Wife
Nicholas Bryden
1827-1903
Born at Williamstown, Ontario
Their Children
James 1815-1917 Hugh 1861
Agnes 1852-1871 Christina 1865-1947
David 1853 William 1867-1924
Jane 1857
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Archibald Leitch
Born at Ardrossan, Scotland
His Wife
Jean Frue Neal
Born at Saltcoats, Scotland
They came to Canada in 1832
With their only son William 1816-1871
Buried in Old Presbyterian Cemeterym Lancaster, Ont.
William Bryden
Born at Dumfries, Scotland 1791
His Wife
Agnes Newall
Born at Galloway, Scotland, 1789-1866
Married 1826 at Williamstown, Ont.
Tags: Agnes Newall, Archibald Leitch, Jean Frue Neal, Nicholas Bryden, Scottish Canadian identity, St Andrew's Church cemetery, William Bryden, William Leitch, Williamstown
