The brain tumor is all in his head.

Just started doing some serious research on my family and already found some interesting facts.

John McNeish 1811 – 1878 was born in Scotland. Came to Ontario with Wife Margaret (Mitchell) 1817-1892. Eldest daughter Mary Ann (on 1871 Census as M Ann) , sons John (1849?) and Andrew (1851 – 1921)

James was born about 1854 in Ontario and another daughter M Jane (Margaret Jane 1857-1943) came along a few years after.  I have not yet found a date of arrival, but it must have been between 1851 when Andrew was born in Scotland and 1854 when James was born in Ontario.

This was the household of John McNeish as listed on the 1871 Census. They were living at  Wallace in Perth North (North East of Listowel) 

The eldest daughter, Mary Ann (1842-1894),  is buried with her parents at Molesworth, Ontario.

The Youngest daughter, Margaret Jane (1857-1943), is also buried at Molesworth with her husband, James Brown (1830-1918) and brother Andrew (1851-1921).

James, (1854-1909) the first in the family to be born in Canadian, was known to have been living at Molesworth (West of Listowel) until 1897 when He moved to join Andrew at Bruce Mines. He brought his wife Margaret(1861-1940) with him as well as daughters Elisabeth, Edith, Clara and Ella and his Son Russell. (Born May 5, 1894)  Another son, Percy, was born in Bruce Mines about 1899.

Russell was the father of my Dad, Robert James McNeish. He joined the 119^th overseas Battalion on December 1^st, 1915 and was discharged on February 20^th, 1919. He married Francis Elisabeth Dixon on November 5, 1919.

Going into my own memory,  I remember an Aunt Eileen who was an older sister of my dad and uncle Bill. I don’t know when she was born or when she died.

My uncle Bill, William Edward McNeish, was born on August 13, 1924 and passed from this earth on June 5, 2012. He left his wife, Minnie Wilson; sons James, Bruce, Brant,  Keith and Ian; and Daughters Janet de Groot, Nancy McNeish and Anna Beth Donald.  

My Father, Robert James McNeish (known as Bob to his friends and as Dad to his children) was born on January 24, 1926 and we hope to have him with us for many more happy years. He is loved by his sons, John Angus, George Edward, Robert Alexander, Thomas Oliver, William David, and Adam Donald Allan; and adored by his daughters Mary Ann Rife, Evelyn Grace Lillian Gould, and Sandra Alice Percy.

Robert James McNeish often brags about his three and a half dozen children and is admired greatly by the three daughters and half dozen sons he is referring to. Today the doctors are telling us a brain tumor in his head is incurable and will take his life, but I believe that, at times like this, it is dangerous to believe doctors. My Father has always been a man of strong faith and his children and friends are praying for him. I have heard many times of such tumors completely disappearing through divine healing and know of many other cases were the patient lived far beyond the doctors expectations. My father discounts the brain tumor, claiming he is not sick, but it is all in his head. His sense of humor transcends all difficulty and his faith has earned him the highest reward. Eventually he will leave this earth to receive his prize but that will not happen until the Lord Himself tells him it is time to go home.

James Brown, Margaret Jane McNeish, Andrew McNeish

Molesworth Cemetery

M Jane and Andrew were children of my great-great-grandfather, John McNeish.

 

Francis Elizabeth Dixon McNeish

St. Catherines.

This is my grandma who died in 1929 when by dad was 3

John McNeish (1811-1878) was born in Scotland and came to Canada between 1851 and 1854.

He is buried in Molesworth Ontario, (West of Listowel) with his wife, Margaret Mitchell (1817-1892) and his eldest child, Mary Ann (M Ann) (1842-1894) are buried with him. Shortly after this, in 1897, James McNeish moved with his family from Molesworth to Bruce Mines to join his brother Andrew. My grandpa, Russell, would have been 3 years old when his father (James) took him north.