I am researching all Calder families that arrived in Ontario, Canada prior to the year 1900. If you can connect your research to one or more of the families listed below I would appreciate an opportunity to exchange research information with you! Thank you!

John B. Calder
Cambridge, Ontario

Index of Families by County

Algoma District
Family #1 James Calder & Maria Gibson
Origin: Manitoba, Canada
Year of Birth: 1826

Brant County
Family #2 William Calder & Isabella Gibson
Origin: Leith-Head, Midlothian County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1830 to November 15, 1853

Family #3 James Calder & Margaret Kermack
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1875 to December 2, 1908

Bruce County
Family #4 Hugh Calder & Margaret McIver
Origin: Creich, Sutherland County, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: 1827 to about 1857

Family #5 James Calder & Mary Ann Tett
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1816 to about 1852

Family #6 Katherine “Kate” Calder & Horatio Edward Cavell
Origin: Southampton, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Family #7 Elizabeth Calder & John Sim
Origin: Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1870 or 1871

Carleton County
Family #8 James Calder & Mary Robertson
Origin: Edinburgh, Midlothian County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1856 or 1857

Family #9 Alexander Calder & Agnes Kerr
Origin: (?)
Year of Immigration: (?)

Family #10 Mary Calder & George Morrison Patrick
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Year of Birth: March 26(?), 1847

Elgin County
Family #11 William Calder & Janet Masterton
Origin: Caithness County via Midlothian County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: before 1888, left about 1890 and returned in 1912

Family #12 Hugh Calder & Mary McCallum
Origin: Campbeltown, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1850 or 1852

Family #13 Barbara Calder & James Scott
Origin: Kinmundy, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: April / 1870 to July / 1872.

Glengarry County
Family #14 John Calder & Margaret McLennan
Origin: Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada
Year of Immigration: before about 1774

Family #15 William Calder & Elizabeth Mustard
Origin: (?)
Year of Immigration: before 1800

Family #16 Mary Calder & John Cameron
Origin: (?)
Year of Immigration: before 1799

Family #17 John Calder & Elspet “Elizabeth” Middleton
Origin: Birse, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1845

Family #18 John Calder & Elizabeth Forbes(?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1840 to 1843

Family #19 Alexander William Calder & Esther Elspey McKay
Origin: (?)
Year of Immigration: before 1840

Family #20 Mary Calder & Robert Sangster
Origin: Belhelvie, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: Before the 1851 census

Grey County
Family #21 Duncan Calder & Margaret Fraser
Origin: Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1851 to 1871

Family #22 Neil Calder & Catherine Gilchrist
Origin: Isle of Islay Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1854 and 1863

Family #23 Alexander Calder & Elizabeth “Eliza” Taylor
Origin: Kincardine County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1855

Family #24 Archibald Calder & Francis “Fanny” Anna Patterson
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1849 to 1876

Huron County
Family #25 James Calder & Francis Tervit
Origin: Daviesdykes, Lanark County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1869

Family #26 Robert Calder & Christena “Christy” Munro
Origin: Creich, Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1833

Family #27 Andrew Calder & 1st wife: Ellen Calder
2nd wife: Jemima McKenzie
Origin: Creich, Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1846

Family #28 Jane Calder and William Buchanan
Origin: Barony, Lanark County, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: before 1867

Kent County
Family #29 George Liddle Calder & Mary Jane Fortune
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1848 to 1875

Family #30 Archibald Clement Calder & Mary Agnes Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Campobello Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Lambton County
Family #31 Hugh Calder & Mary Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: prior to 1838

Lanark County
Family #32 James Calder & Mary Robertson (this family requires verification)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1816 to 1834

Leeds County
Family #33 Edward Calder & Margaret Moon (their children only)
Origin: Dundee, Angus County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1888 & 1890

Lennox & Addington Counties
Family #34 Mark Calder & Caroline Pennel
Origin: Kent, England
Year of Immigration: 1841 to 1844

Family #35 Malcom Calder & Janet McKenzie
Origin: Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: 1848

Family #36 Donald(?) Calder & Mary McKay(?)
Origin: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: before 1851

Family #37 Edward Calder & Isabella Swanson
Origin: Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland
Year of Immigration: their children arrive in 1853 and later

Middlesex County
Family #38 William Calder & Elizabeth McMillan
Origin: Abbey (Paisley), Renfrew County, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: about 1842 to about 1844

Family #39 Duncan Calder & Charlotte Skelton
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1797 to 1827

Family #40 Barbara Calder
Origin: Tongue(?), Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: before April 4, 1866.

Northumberland County
Family #41 William Martin Calder & Margaret Johnston Graham
Origin: Berwick County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1884 to 1886

Old Ontario County
Family #42 Donald Calder & Isabella Campbell
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1827

Family #43 John Alexander Gunn Calder & Georgina Eliza Grier
Origin: Ontario(?) County, Ontario, Canada
Year of Birth: October 19, 1840

Family #44 Robert Calder and Margaret Grant
Origin: Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: before 1852

Family #45 Thomas Calder & Catharine McNabb
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland via South Carolina, U.S.A.
Year of Immigration: 1826 to 1829

Family #46 John Calder & Ann Ross
Origin: Nairn, Nairn County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1855

Family #47 John Calder & Janet Ironside
Origin: New Deer, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: to U.S.A. in 1833 or 1834
to Canada in 1839

Oxford County
Family #48 David Calder & Margaret Kinnaird
Origin: Aberdeen County(?), Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1832

Family #49 John Calder & Margaret McLeod
Origin: Creich, Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: after July / 1832 to 1834

Family #50 Alexander Calder & Ann Grant
Origin: Dornoch(?), Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Emigration: 1828

Family #51 Roderick McKay Calder & Sarah Eleanor Howard
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1846 to 1874

Family #52 Farquahar “Fred” M. Calder & Barbara Lochead Haggert
Origin: Dornoch, Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1850 to 1875

Family #53 John McKay Calder & Pattie Maud Knight
Origin: Dornoch, Sutherland County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1870

Family #54 Ann Calder & Hugh McLeod
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1833 to 1860

Peel County
Family #55 Robert Calder & Frances Wentworth Calder
Origin: Moray County, Scotland via United States Of America
Year of Immigration: to Ontario in 1816

Perth County
Family #56 Margaret Wilhelmina Calder & William McKellar
Origin: Midlothian County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1871

Peterborough County
Family #57 James Calder & Margaret Robb
Includes the families of their sons:
1) Alexander Calder & 1st wife: Jane Bissett
2nd wife: Margret “Marguerite” McDonald
2) John Calder & 1st wife: Jane Bremmer
2nd wife: Christina G. Calder (nee ?)
3) William Calder & Margaret McGowan
Origin: Moray County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1836

Renfrew County
Family #58 William George Calder & Clarinda M. Young
Origin: Glasgow, Lanark County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1892

Simcoe County
Family #59 Thomas Calder & Ellen Gourley
Origin: Ireland
Year of Immigration: 1804 to 1833

Family #60 William Calder & Diana Clyne
Origin: Caithness County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1856

Family #61 William Calder & Isabella Fletcher
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1872

Family #62 Janet Calder & Hugh McCuaig
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: before 1861

Victoria County
Family #63 Mary Calder & Malcolm Morrison
Origin: Islay, Argyll County, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: 1825 to 1881

Family #64 Ann Calder & James Gilchrist
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland (requires verification)
Year of Immigration: 1832 to 1834

Family #65 James Calder and Margaret Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Kildalton, Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Includes the families of:
1) John Calder & Elizabeth (Betsy) Campbell
Origin: Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1850 to 1853
2) George Calder & Ann MacDougall
Origin: Kildalton, Isle of Islay, Argyll County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1855 to 1862

Family #66 Murdoch Calder & Mary Lucas
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: before the 1851 census

Family #67 Malcomb Calder & Florah Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1877 to 1879

Waterloo County
Family #68 James Calder & Janet McIntosh
Origin: Nairn, Nairn County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1832

Family #69 Elizabeth Calder & John Fraser
Origin: Petty, Inverness County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1832

Family #70 James Calder and Janet Perston (Pierston ?)
Origin: Rutherglen, Lanark County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1833 to 1852

Family #71 Thomas Calder & Anna K. Cadden
Origin: Rutherglen, Lanark County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1844

Family #72 John Calder and Agnes Ritchie Coull
Origin: Midlothian County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1910 or 1911

Welland County
Family #73 Leslie (Lesley?) Calder & Mary Ann Bleneth (Blisset?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1831 to 1863

Family #74 Robert Calder & Sarah Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1847 to 1876

Wellington County
Family #75 John Calder & Jean MacKenzie
Includes the families of:
1) John Calder & Christian (or Christina) Webster
2) William Lambe Calder & 1st wife: Jane Valentine
2nd wife: Johanne Isabella Campbell
Origin: Monquhitter, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: for John & Christina is October / 1834 to December / 1836.

Family #76 Mr. Calder & Isabella Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1827 to 1852

Family #77 James Grant Calder & Hannah “Annie” Gillies
Origin: Scotland (or Quebec)
Year of Immigration: about 1836 to 1870

Family #78 James Calder & Martha Hepburn
Origin: Strathdon, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: either 1880 or 1885

Wentworth County
Family #79 John Calder & Margaret Martin
Origin: Daviesdykes, Lanark County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1842

Family #80 James Calder & Georgina McKenzie
Origin: Ontario, Canada
Year of Birth: about 1835

Family #81 Margaret Calder & Duncan Robertson
Origin: Ayr or Lanark Counties, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1871 to 1874

York County
Family #82 Duncan Calder & Margaret Chalmers (requires verification)
Origin: West Or Old Parish, Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1845

Family #83 William Calder & Isabella Meldrum
Origin: Strichen, Aberdeen County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1888

Family #84 Donald Calder & Elisa Kessick
Origin: Petty(?), Inverness County(?), Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1837 to before December / 1869

Family #85 William Calder & Winnifred Mortimer
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1867

Family #86 Norman McLean Calder and 1st wife: Emily Richards
2nd wife: Rachel (Emily?) A. Snowdon
Origin: Edworth, Berwick County, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1870 or 1874

Family #87 James Calder & Mary Sturrock
Origin: Edinburgh, Scotland (their son Alexander)
Year of Immigration: 1901 to 1914

Family #88 Isabella Calder & Andrew McCall
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1860

Family #89 Robert Calder & Jean Calder (nee ?)
Origin: Scotland
Year of Immigration: about 1842 to 1881

Family #90 George Calder & Agnes Crichard
Origin: Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Year of Immigration: 1879(?)