Elisabeth Airth Halliday
* 1794 - 1885 *


Elisabeth AIRTH was christened April 14 1794 in Anderston Glasgow Lanark Scotland.
She was the 5th of 8 children of Adam AIRTH and Elisabeth GARDNER.
She was obviously named after her mother!

James HALLIDAY was born in 1795,
the son of David HALLIDAY and Esther Jean SMITH of Glasgow.

James was a weaver who did weaving at the Relief Church in Anderston,
north of Rutherglen, and now both are part of Glasgow.



James & Elisabeth had 8 children, all born in Rutherglen, a suburb of Glasgow:

1) David chr Dec 14 1816
married Mar 16 1838 to Jane LOCHEAD in Rutherglen (5 children)
Emigrated to Horton Township abt 1848
(Jane was the daughter of Thomas LOCHEAD & Jane SCOTT)


2) Esther b 1820 appears to have been unmarried,
but had a son Henry HALLIDAY in 1867 in Horton Township
She was trained as a weaver and followed this occupation in her early years in Horton.
Later she worked for many years in Renfrew as a seamstress.

3) Elisabeth b Oct 23 1822
married Sep 21 1843 to Peter SCOTT in Glasgow Scotland

4) Marion Agnes chr Nov 14 1824
married Dec 12 1848 to Andrew FORREST in Horton Township (4 children)
(He was the son of John FORREST & Marion GILCHRIST)

5) Jean chr May 3 1829
married 1850 to John Bowes GIBBONS in Horton Township (9 children)
(He was the son of James GIBBONS & Lillias BOWES)

6) Janet chr Apr 4 1833
had a daughter Elizabeth HALLIDAY in 1858,
married Dec 17 1862 to George WEIR in Horton Township
and had 1 child, Margaret Marion WEIR

7) James b 1835 / died 1871

8) Margaret Hamilton b May 17 1838 / died Oct 27 1922 in Vancouver BC
married Apr 13 1858 to Ira MAYHEW in Horton Township (12 children)
(Ira was the 1st non-native child born in Horton Township,
son of Joseph MAYHEW [Maheu] & Charlotte HONEYWELL)


At the urging of Sgt Henry AIRTH, Elisabeth's brother,
the HALLIDAY family decided to emigrate to Canada.
The children David, Esther and Marion were the first to come in 1848,
followed by the rest of the family in 1849.

The HALLIDAYs first stayed together in a primitive shanty,
which was soon replaced by a log house.

A fine stone house was built later and the property became known as 'Burnside.'
This land had first been deeded to Sgt Henry
and was sold to James HALLIDAY in 1856.

Elisabeth & James celebrated their 49th Wedding Anniversary on August 29 1864,
with James dying on November 17th of that memorable year.

Elisabeth died in her 91st year on February 22 1885 in Renfrew Ontario.

Return to AIRTH Direct Ancestor Line

Adam Airth & Elisabeth Gardner - Parents of Elisabeth
Sgt Henry Airth, Esquire - Brother of Elisabeth
James Airth ~ Blind Musician - Brother of Elisabeth
David Airth ~ Poetic Pioneer - Nephew of Elisabeth
David Halliday - Son of Elisabeth