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George Walter Struthers, "The Preacher", was born August 16, 1846 in Ramsay Twp., Lanark, [[Ontario]], which is near Ottawa. His parents were farmers, Robert Struthers (b. 1801 [[Scotland|Scot.]] and his wife Mary Wilson Struthers (b. 1801 Canada). His family was in fellowship with the Church of Scotland, later the Presbyterian Church of Canada.  ==BiographyRobert Struthers==* Robert emigrated to Ramsay Township from [[Scotland]] on the ''[http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=1060&index=99453 George Canning]'' in June of 1821, receiving a land grant there on July 10, 1821.  ==Mary Wilson Struthers== =Marriage===1st wife==George's first wife was Catherine Jane McLean (b. 1868 Colounge, QC - d. 1931 Shawville, QC), of which one child was born August 16, 1849John Nelson Struthers (1891-1959). Catherine was the daughter of Hamilton McLean (b. 1808 [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1882 Fort Colounge, Pontiac, QC) & Christy McPhail McLean (b. 1813 Isle of Mull, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1886 Fort Colounge, Pontiac, QC). They were divorced prior to 1893, and Catherine remarried Samuel Fraser (b. 1860 QC - d. 1946) and they had six more children.  According to a great-granddaughter of Catherine (via Tanya Dunlop of Ancestry), Catherine was originally a Frost, and adopted by the McLean family. It is speculated that she may have been Metis or Aboriginal.  ==2nd wife==* Married George remarried Elizabeth "Amelia " Letts on March Mar. 24, 1893 in Forester Falls, Renfrew County, [[Ontario]] by Rev. Malcolm David Martin Blakeley (b. 1850 Bristol Twp., Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1928 Pembroke, Renfrew, [[Ontario|ON]]), a Presby. preacher. Amelia was born about 1866 on [[Calumet Island]], [[Quebec]] to William Letts (b. 1837 Chatham, Argenteuil, [[Quebec|QC]]) & Dorothy Theresa White Letts (b. 1842 West Hawkesbury, Prescott, [[Ontario|ON]] - d. 1915).  William Letts was the son of Thomas White Letts (b. 1813 Northumberland, [[England|Eng.]] - d. 1901 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]] & Elizabeth Thompson Letts (b. 1819 [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1894 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]]).  Amelia had seven younger siblings:* Martha Letts (b. 1868 QC)* William Letts (b. 1872 QC - d. 1948 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]])* George Letts (b. 1874 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1957 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]])* Ernest Amos Edward Letts (b. 1877 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1962)* Nelson Letts (b. 1880 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]])* Agnes Letts (b. 1886 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]])* They Matthew Harold Letts (b. 1900 [[Calumet Island]], Pontiac, [[Quebec|QC]]) =Children===George & Kellie==* John Nelson Struthers (b. 1890 Fort Coulonge, QC - d. 1959 Shannonville, Hastings, [[Ontario|ON]]); 1920 @ Carlton, [[Ontario|ON]] m. Catherine L. "Katie" Holmes (b. 1896 Liverpool, Lancashire, [[England|Eng.]] - d. 1987 Shannonville, Hastings, [[Ontario|ON]]), dau. of Frank Holmes & Catherine Kremling Holmes. John was Presby. by 1918, and living in Shawville, QC, employed as a bushman. John & Katie had one childseveral children.  ==George & Amelia==* Margaret Emeline "Emily" Struthers (b. 1903 Ottawa, [[Ontario|ON]] - d. 1990 Westlock, [[Alberta|AB]]) =Brethren Influence=Amelia's parents, William & Dorothy Letts, were in fellowship with the Brethren by 1879, if not before. However, Amelia and George were practicing Presbyterians at the time of their wedding, Emilybut identified as Brethren by the 1901 census. * They George and Amelia moved out to the area of Westlock area , [[Alberta]] in 1909. *  =Death=George died on Dec. 18, 1912 and is buried at Westlock. Amelia died on Aug. 6, 1940, also in Westlock.   =Extra Notes=George's gravestone says he was called "the preacher"born Aug. 16, 1849. Misprint? =Sources= * [https://www.findagrave.com Findagrave.com]* * George's gravestone reads that he was born Aug. 16, '''1849''' and died December 18at 63, 1912but several other sources report he was born in 1846. Misprint?* [https://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]** special credit to ''Linda Maher''