death_date death_place children birth_place nationality ethnicity birth_date gender spouse article_title name
27 september 1911 bells corners david william james robert douglas ellen john elizabeth scotland scottish scottish 1818 male elizabeth struthers robert moodie -lrb- settler -rrb-
 robert moodie
robert moodie -lrb- settler -rrb-

robert moodie -lrb- 1818 - 27 september 1911 -rrb- was a scottish early settler of bells corners , ottawa , canada .
he occupied the east half of lot 10 , concession 2 , nepean township which he had purchased from the reverend john l. gourlay .
there , in the 1850s and 1860s , he operated a public house on the north side of the arnprior road .
the west half of lot 10 was owned by william graham .
according to the 1871 census robert moodie was then 53 years old and a hotel keeper .
his wife , elizabeth was 55 and they had eight children that ranged in age from 28 to 13 .
the eldest son was a blacksmith while the second eldest farmed their land .
the farm consisted of around 100 acres of improved land .
twenty acres were dedicated to pasture , half an acre for gardening/orchard , eight for wheat , two acres for potatoes and around 60 acres for hay .
the land also had one house , two barns , three carriages , four carts , six ploughs one reaper , one horse rack and one fanning mill .
that year the crop yields consisted of 75 bushels of wheat , 150 bushels of barley , 300 bushels of oats , five bushels of beans , 200 bushels of potatoes , 40 bushels of turnips , 10 bushels of beets , 35 bushels of carrots , six bushels of pears/plums and 80 tons of hay .
the livestock on the land consisted of nine horses/colts , eight milk cows , 13 cattle , 18 sheep , 13 swine and three beehives .
these animals produced a total of 700 pounds of butter , 75 pounds of honey , 100 pounds of wool and four muskrat and eight mink furs .
robert moodie died on 27 september 1911 at age 95 and is buried in the bells corners union cemetery .
one of robert moodie 's descendants , d. aubrey moodie went on to become known as the `` father of nepean . ''
