Cynthia Mixter

1814 -

• Name	Cynthia Mixter
  Born	About 1814	Prescott, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Adult Christening	8 Jan 1833	Notre Dame Bytown   [1]
  	B. [Baptism] 6 and Abj. [Abjuration] 1. Baptized RC as "Miss Sancta Maria Mixter."
  	"Sancta Maria" was presumably the name she adopted for her Catholic baptism/conversion (was the name "Cynthia" considered insufficiently Catholic, and perhaps even pagan?)
  Religion	Presbyterian. Raised Protestant (denomination unknown). Baptized Roman Catholic a day before her first marriage, to Colin Chisholm. Listed as Presbyterian (with second husband, Thomas Gilmour Anderson) in Canadian census records.
  Notes	Daughter of David Mixter (born about 1793) and Henrietta Dow (1794-1818)
  Person ID	I4592	Moran
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Colin Chisholm,   b. About 1810, Scotland? ,   d. 8 Jun 1836, Ottawa [Bytown], Ontario  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1833	Notre Dame Bytown   [1]
  Witnesses	Wm. Stewart and Simon Fraser
  Children	1. Isabella Chisholm,   b. 19 Jun 1836, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 15 Dec 1842, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 6 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F2269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Gilmour Anderson,   b. 17 Apr 1811, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 21 Jun 1881, North Dakota  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 Jan 1838	Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Notes	This couple had a large family of at least nine known children
  Children	+ 1. Janet Gilmour Anderson,   b. 10 Nov 1838, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 3 Feb 1880, Forest River, Walsh County, North Dakota  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F1553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S108] Notre Dame Ottawa. [S100] Bytown Gazette, p. 2, 31 Jan 1838. "At Bytown, on the 6th, by the Rev. Mr. Strong, Mr. Thomas Anderson, of Nepean, to Mrs. Chisholm, widow of the late Colin Chisholm of the same place."