Merchant, Member Executive Council
Find A Grave contributor Don #47170130 provided this biography:
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George Birnie (1786-1863) was part of the London mercantile firm of Alexander Birnie and Company which also operated the Waters & Birnie enterprise in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Birnie arrived on the Island in 1809 and the following year married Magdalen Stewart, daughter of John "Hellfire Jack" Stewart, owner of Mt. Stewart in Lot 37 for whom Birnie acted as London agent. In 1813 he returned to England where he remained until 1840 when he returned permanently to the Island. During those years there were a succession of agents who handled his business, land, and legal affairs.
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George married Magdalen Stewart, granddaughter of Peter Stewart, Chief Justice, Prince Edward Island, Canada..
Their children:
Anne Bayley Waters Stephen Stewart Birnie 1811 PEI, Canada - 1814 London
Alexander Birnie 1813 PEI, Canada - 1814 London
Helen Stewart Birnie 1815 London - 1871 PEI, Canada
Elizabeth Magdalen Birnie 1816 London - 1886 Launceston, Australia
Alexander Birnie 1817 London -
Martha Matilda Birnie 1819 London - 1874 Launceston, Australia.
George Birnie 1821 London - 1892 Melbourne, Australia
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Merchant, Member Executive Council
Find A Grave contributor Don #47170130 provided this biography:
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George Birnie (1786-1863) was part of the London mercantile firm of Alexander Birnie and Company which also operated the Waters & Birnie enterprise in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Birnie arrived on the Island in 1809 and the following year married Magdalen Stewart, daughter of John "Hellfire Jack" Stewart, owner of Mt. Stewart in Lot 37 for whom Birnie acted as London agent. In 1813 he returned to England where he remained until 1840 when he returned permanently to the Island. During those years there were a succession of agents who handled his business, land, and legal affairs.
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George married Magdalen Stewart, granddaughter of Peter Stewart, Chief Justice, Prince Edward Island, Canada..
Their children:
Anne Bayley Waters Stephen Stewart Birnie 1811 PEI, Canada - 1814 London
Alexander Birnie 1813 PEI, Canada - 1814 London
Helen Stewart Birnie 1815 London - 1871 PEI, Canada
Elizabeth Magdalen Birnie 1816 London - 1886 Launceston, Australia
Alexander Birnie 1817 London -
Martha Matilda Birnie 1819 London - 1874 Launceston, Australia.
George Birnie 1821 London - 1892 Melbourne, Australia
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