Rise of a Township: Mosa (1804-1841)

Rise of a Township: Mosa (1804-1841)
ARNOLD NETHERCOTT
Occasionally, historical and genealogical researchers are lucky enough
to find that many records have survived for an area in which they are
interested. Mosa Township (Figure 1), the most southwestern of Middlesex County's townships, can be traced through various documents, traveller's journals, assessment rolls, and land records from almost the first
time a white man's eyes fell upon it. Together, all of these sources give a
running account of the township from 1804 to the present. The following
is an account of the first 37 years of the township's history.
Mosa lies on the Long Woods road north of the Thames and south of the
Sydenham rivers. The land to the south of the township, Aldborough
Township, was part of the McKee Purchase of 1790.1 Mosa was part of a
much larger parcel of land, which included township A (Lobo), B
(Caradoc), C (Ekfrid), parts of Kent and Lambton counties, etc. The field
book kept by surveyor Mahlon Burwell portrays some confusion over the
naming of the township, which was at first designated as township D and
then briefly Aragon. Finally, the name Mosa, Spanish for the Meuse or
Maas river, was chosen by Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland
who had served with Wellington in the Peninsular War and had developed a fondness for Spanish names. The name, Lobo, Spanish for wolf, is
another example of Maitland's influence.
Col. Thomas Talbot, under whose supervision Aldborough Township
was settled, had devised a rather clever scheme whereby Scottish settlers
were located on the road-bordering 50 acres of each lot, while he retained
the centre 100 acres in "payment" for his trouble in locating the settler.
The settler and his son(s) were required to clear the road right-of-way as
part of their settlement duties. When the allotted 50 acres was cleared
and more land was required for the son(s), the Colonel expected to sell the
retained portions at a good personal profit. The canny and thrifty Scots
objected to filling the Colonel's pockets when there were "wild lands" in
the adjacent areas north of the Thames. In addition, the Upper Canadian
government, which had begun to clear a road through the Long Woods as
early as 1806, wanted a permanent settlement along the road, so that it
could be more routinely maintained. The first efforts at road-building
left only a cleared but unstumped trail; and it was along this "road" that
both the British and American armies moved during the War of 1812.
Another pressing reason for opening the area north of the river was the
increasing number of squatters who were locating along the road.
Nathan Bangs, the pioneer Methodist Episcopalian
preacher and
future bishop, told of a journey into the area in the summer of 1804, and of
stopping overnight "at a small log-hut, inhabited by a Frenchman"." Only
"The Sixteenth Report of the Department of Archives For the Province of Ontario. 1920. p. 221.
2Abel Stevens. L.L.D .. Life and Times of Nathan Bangs. D.D. (New York: Carleton & Porter.
p.134.
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a chance discovery in Thomas Webster's History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada», provided the location of the French-Canadian's
improvement, "not far from where Wardsville now is", but not his name.
Bangs told of how the "Frenchman's"
wife had sent one of the children
several miles for some tea to serve to her guests with their breakfast. In
his surveyor's field book, Burwell, later a colonel of the militia and
M.P.P., notes the "improvement" of one James Duplice, immediately east
of George Ward's improvement, at Paint Creek.' It seems likely that
"Duplice" was a phonetic rendering of the French-Canadian
surname
"Duplessis"." In the search for a James Duplice petition, the petition of a
John Duplice was found in which he asked to be confirmed for Lot 17, 1st
Range South, and indicated that he had been there since 1816.6
As mentioned, George Ward was located a bit further west on what was
to become Lot 16, 1st Range South of the Long Woods road and on the west
bank of Paint Creek. He was Irish-born and had served in the British
Army at the Battle of Saratoga in the American Revolutionary War.
After that war, Ward served with the 24th of Foot (Warwickshire)
in
Detroit. Prior to his discharge in 1796, he had been put in charge of the
blockhouse which had been built to protect the shipyards at Chatham. He
had drawn land in Chatham town, and in Camden West Township but
had been asked to provide an "inn" in the Long Woods by someone in the
government, and so had relocated there in 1810.7 This "official request",
however, seems not to have been officially recognized, and so Ward was
required to petition for the land he had purchased from the Chippewayan
Indians earlier.
Burwell came across another settler when he ran the survey south from
the Long Woods road to the Thames River. This settler, James Edwards,
was squatting with local Indian permission on the south half of Lots 12
and 13, 3rd Range South. He had an "improvement" of some 30 acres,
part of which had been a natural river flats clearing."
In total, there were four families squatting or settled in the area in 1820
when Burwell surveyed the township preliminary to its purchase from
the Chippewayan Indians. Each of these squatters was required to petition for the land on which he had settled and begun to improve. James
Duplice got a grant for his service in the War of 1812 in Ekfrid although
no petition has been found for him. John Duplice disappeared from the
area completely. James Edwards was granted the property where he had
squatted as a result of his service in the war. And after some difficulty,
George Ward was confirmed in the properties for which he petitioned."
"Thomae Webster, History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada (Hamilton: The Canadian
Christian Advocate Offices, 1870), p. 89.
<Mahlon Burwell, M30, Field-Book: Township D/ Mosa in the Long Woods (York: handwritten, 1820), p. 4.
The original is still with the Department of Lands and Forests, but the writer has a photocopy of it. It is
also on the Lands and Forest Survey Records films, but very faint and difficult to read.
5Amadee Emery, Kent County branch, OGS member and expert on French-Canadian
ancestry, advises
that the surname most probably included "dit Morrow/Morreau".
6J ohn Duplice [sic], Petition to Sir Peregrine Maitland, 30 Aug. 1820 (Mosa, 1820) (P AC microfilm C1745,
D12/162, 1820).
"George Ward, Petition to Sir Peregrine Maitland, 18 Dec. 1820 (Paint Creek, 1820).
8Burwell, p. 10.
»Oniario Archives (Computerized) Land Records Surnames Index.
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Figure 1. Mosa Township as it appears today.
The purchase of the tract from the Indians was concl uded in 1822, and the
settlement race was on.
By July 1822, a petition from the settlers requesting more time for the
performance of one of the settlement duties, clearing the right-of-way
along the Long Woods road, was sent to York. The petition was sent
because the land south of the Long Woods road in Caradoc, Ekfrid and
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Mosa Townships had been reserved for the support of higher education in
the province, so the settlers along it had to clear a double-width, i.e., the
full chain-width (66 feet), rather than half as would be required normally. Signers of this petition were: John McMullin, James Banning,
Alexander D. Ward (second son of George), William Ward (oldest son of
George), John Ward (relationship to George uncertain), Joseph Ward
(relationship to George uncertain), James Edwards, John Edwards, John
Baptiste Jones, Benjamin Jones, Francis Jones, Frederick
Arnold,
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James Gipson [sic], Sr., James Gipson, Jr., John McClemans[sic], Barzillia Samson, William C. Samson, Seth Preffer, George Barnes, Francis
Algeo, John Condon, Malcolm Robertson, and Robert Parker." Not all of
these people remained in Mosa.
The population of Mosa Township grew rapidly in the early 1820s. At
the end of 1823, a population return showed 30 male heads of families,
23 female heads, 9 other males over the age of 16, 30 males under 16,
7 other females over 16, 19 females under 16, 4 male and 3 female
servants - a total of 125 inhabitants.'!
IOUpper Canada Sundries (microfilmed copy), pp. 29,423 and 30,511.
llJames H. Coyne, The Talbot Papers II (Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 1907, pub. 1909),
p.88.
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By 1825, 274 inhabitants lived mainly along the Long Woods road in
the three western townships of Middlesex. Of these, 105 were enumerated as adult males, i.e., they were over 16 years old, with 41 adult
females, and 128 children (under 16).12
The assessment rolls for Mosa survive from 1826. Francis Algeo was
the assessor, and all of the assessees were strung out along the north side
of the Long Woods road except where noted. The heads of these households follow:
Page 1:
Francis Algeo
Joseph Atwood
Moses Allan
John Ward
William Provose [sic]
William Eldridge
Michel [sic] Harder
Justus Wilcocks
Caleb Wilcocks
Andrew Wilson
John Compton
Jacob Quant
Rawling G. Baker
William C. Samson
Nathaniel Curry [sic]
James Defield
George Barnes
Benjamin Jones
James Ward
Malcom [sic] Robinson
Joseph Ward
Joseph Ward, Junor [sic]
John Ward
Alexander Allan
Wilard [sic] Samson
George Ward
John McMullin
George Gibb
Lot
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5
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15
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16S &N
17 & 18
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Page 2:
Seth Preffer
Joseph Mills
Alexander D. Ward
Wheeler Hubble [sic]
James Gibson
James Gibson, Junor [sic]
Jeremia [sic] Gray
James Baning [sic]
Peter Hibler
George Fleming
Samuel Neil
Henry Fleming
Samuel Fleming
Andrew Fleming
Wm. Ward
John Gibb
David Gibb
Wm. Gardner [sic]
Singleton Gardner [sic]
James McFarling [sic]
Wm. Clark
James Edwards
Charles Dogherty [sic]
T. Howil [sic]
John McLimons
Lot
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20 &21
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24
24S
25S
26S
26
27
27
27S
28S&N
29
30
13 (3RS)
6S
18 (2RN)
16 (2RN)
In total there were 64 males over 16,36 under 16, and 33 females over 16
and 31 under 16. The assessment roll indicated how much land had been
cleared; the number of houses, squared or hewed; number of horses over
3 years old; oxen over 4 years; milch cows; and young cattle 2 to 4 years
old. The whole roll, signed by Francis Algeo, was submitted at Vittoria,
the London District seat at the time. This assessment roll indicates that
there were four to six lots at the western end of the Long Woods road that
remained unoccupied or were too recently occupied to be assessed.
The year 1827 signalled the beginning of the Scottish settlement of the
northern part of the township.l" The assessment roll for that year indi12Coyne, p. 100.
13Samuel Neal & John Ward, Assessors, Assessment & Population List for the Township of Mosa for the
Year 1827. Originals for Mosa township assessment rolls, 1826-1900+, are at the Regional Historical
Collection, D.B. Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. The writer has
photocopies of some of the earlier ones.
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cates changes from the previous year as follows: Talbot St. John Ward
(George Ward's youngest son) is shown as owning Lots 16 and 17 South;
Able [sic] Stafford is shown in place of Alexander Allan; James Algeo
(son of Francis), on Lot 3 South; Harris Kelly, on Lot 17, James Hegherty
[sic] on Lot 17; James Daugherty on Lot 8 (with Charles); Archy Sincler
[sic] of Aldborough on Lot 1, Con. 11; Hue Fergeson [sic] of Aldborough
on Lot 1, Con. 10; John Robinson, in lieu of Malcolm, on Lot 13, 2nd Range
North; Daniel Edwards (oldest son of James), on Lot 14, 3rd Range South;
John Edwards (younger brother of James), on Lot 17, 2nd Range North.
In 1831, Singleton Gardiner and Archibald Sinclair, the enumerators,
counted 363 inhabitants: 86 males over 16, 92 males under 16, 73 females
over 16 and 112 females under 16. Note that the numbers of single males
were much lower than the 1826 figures and that the numbers of the sexes
were nearly equal. The numbers also indicate the frailty of male infants
compared to female infants - nature's way of balancing the numbers of
each sex. In those pioneer days, the excess number of females provided a
small surplus which was quickly depleted when the women reached
child-bearing age.
The 1831 inhabitants were enumerated as follows:
C - concession
R- range
Lot, Con/Range
Lot, Con/Range
Andrew Fleming
Samuel Fleming
Henry Fleming
George Fleming
James Gibson, Jnr.
Barney Mills
George Gibb
William Ward
Christopher Voorhis [sic]
John Tucker
James Edwards
Arthur Nickle [sic]
Daniel Edwards
Joseph L. Ward
Benjamin Jones
James Defields
John Graves
Jeremiah Gray
Justice [sic] Willcox
William Provost
Lewis Algoe [sic]
Joseph Attwood
James Algoe [sic]
Henry Berger
Moses Allen
Alexander Ward
William Eldrich [sic]
Abraham Carrol [sic]
John McClemens
William Sampson [sic]
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21 & 24, lRN
22,lRN
23,lRN
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Thomas Shaw
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George Elliott
3,2RN
Donald Hurley
1, C1
William Kelly
1, C7
Neil Monrow [sic]
1, C7
Archibald Monro [sic]
5,C7
Hugh Leitch
2,C8
Neil Leitch
2,C8
Dougald Gram [sic]
1, C7
Alexander Mcintire [sic]
5,C7
Donald McNail [sic]
1, C8
Duncan McLaclin [sic]
3,C9
Archibald McKiller [sic]
1, C10
Hugh Fergeson [sic]
1, C10
John Fergeson [sic]
2,C10
Donald Fergeson [sic]
John Edwards
Zeb King
William Woodruff
Seth Preffer
Samuel Neil
William Gibson
James Bannen [sic]
Richard Neil
Peter Hibler
James Gibb
James Gibson, Senr.
James Bradshaw
Singleton Gardiner
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Lot, Con/Range
Lot, Con/Range
11,lRN
14,lRN
14, lRN
15,lRN
16,lRN
1, C9
Nathaniel Curry [sic]
Joseph C. Ward
Gideon Ohear
Willard Sampson [sic]
John Ward
Daniel Sinclair
2, C10
3, Cll
3, C11
5,C9
1, C6
1, Cll14
Duncan Fergeson [sic]
Dougald McKiller [sic]
Alexander Livingston
Mrs. Liveston [sic]
Dougald Monro [sic]
Archebald [sic] Sinclair
The year 1841 saw the introduction of a printed form for both the
population list and the assessment roll. There were 273 males over 16,
325 males under 16,228 females over 16 and 320 females under 16.
By this point, Mosa Township had become largely a Presbyterian
community owing to the influx of Scottish settlers. There were 461
inhabitants who adhered to the Church of Scotland faith, about 40% of the
population. Methodism of one form or another had also taken root in
Mosa; nearly one in four residents were followers. Of these, 247 were
British Connexion Methodists, and 19 were Methodist Episcopalians.
There was also a large Baptist contingent - 37 Open Communion Baptists, 137 Close Communion Baptists and 8 Free Will Baptists. There
were 172 Anglicans and only 25 Roman Catholics in Mosa Township.
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Joseph Walker Jr.
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William Ellice
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another head of family.
**This "Widow" is shown on the assessment roll as "Widow McCallum", so it is uncertain as
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By 1841, the early settlement of Mosa Township was nearly complete,
although there still remained much "wild land", or land not yet taken up.
Indeed, nearly another century would pass before the last lot of land was
granted by the Crown. The settlement was well distributed throughout
the township so that there was basic communication amongst its residents, dependent upon the season.
The existence of the assessment rolls for every year from 1826 to 1841
enables the genealogical researcher and family historian to carefully
chronicle the comings and goings of the township's first settlers. The
population lists, frequently combined with the early assessment rolls,
allow the researcher to at least know the size of the early families, and to
gain a rough idea of the ages and sex breakdown of the children and other
inhabitants. In one instance of the writer's own lineage, the population
list corroborates information from another source as to the number of
sons born to an ancestral couple; a son, who had succumbed by the time
the first nominal census was taken ten years later, showed up in the total
of males under 16.16 The existence of land petitions, various other petitions, travellers' journals, land abstracts and other documents, serve to
flesh out the skeleton provided by the assessment rolls, even if the
assessment rolls did not exist for every year, as in this instance. Taken
together, they provide a fairly clear picture of the Mosa Township of
those far-off years from 1804 to 1841.
15Robert Shearer, Assessor, Assessment Roll [or the township of Mosa. for the year 1841 & Population
Return for the toumsh i p of M osa for the year 1841.
16Jas. Edwards, sr., and William C. Sam(p)son, whose names appeared on every list from 1826-41, were
great-grandfathers
of the writer.
Rise of a Township: Moso.
169
Ontario Settlers in Invermay,
Saskatchewan
AUDREY DELANEY
The book, Parkland Trails, is one of several Saskatchewan local histories
to be published in recent years. The information and photographs filling
this 872-page book about the community of Invermay was compiled by
a small group of women who initiated the Invermay-Rama
Book
Committee.
The Rural Municipality of Invermay, which consists of the Villages of
Invermay and Rama, Saskatchewan is nestled in a beautiful parkland
area dotted by a chain of small lakes. The first homesteaders came from
Eastern Canada, Manitoba, Europe, and United States, some as early as
1895. There are many nationalities including Norwegians, Swedes, British, Scots, Irish, Polish, and Ukrainians to name a few, who have blended
together to make a truly distinctive community.
ARMSTRONG,
ASHDOWN,
John Cecil
Franklin
CRA WFORD, Margaret
b. 1897
Orangeville,
Onto
Leroche
b. 15 Aug. 1871
Bruce Co., Onto
Lucy
b. 7 Mar. 1878
Parry Sound, Onto
Robert
b. 3 June 1863
Bells Corners, Onto
SIBBITT, Elizabeth
b. 28 Jan. 1861
Toronto, Onto
BURGESS,
b.8 Nov. 1895
Balsam, Onto
b. 28 Dec. 1886
Balsam,Ont.,
d. 28 Feb. 1970,
Victoria, B.C.
BALL, Lillian Irene,
d/o Jack and Alice
b. 27 Nov. 1920
Collingwood
COLVILLE,
b. c.1890
Durham,Ont.
CONDON, Thomas
b. 31 Mar. 1866
Stoney Creek, Ont.
STEPHENS,
b. 1868
Clear Creek, Onto
b. 1886
Pickering,Ont.
BRADLEY,
John,
slo William and Jane
BURGESS,
Joseph Newton
Robert
Annie
COOK, Fred, Jr.
CURRAH, Joe, slo William and Mary, came from Sarnia, Onto
CURRAH, Walter, his brother,
came from Petrolia, Ont.
WHITE, Bella, came from near Ottawa, Onto
DIMMICK, Moses Smith
b. 23 Oct. 1867
Waterdown,Ont.
m. MANNING, Florence Ada, in 1888 at Hamilton, Onto
WILLIS, Gwen,
dlo Chesley and Edna
FITCHETT,
R. Wilson
FORF AR, Fred J.
170
b. 25 Nov. 1908
Fruitland,
b. 21 June 1870
Hastings
b. 10 May 1895
Scarborough,
Families,
Onto
Co.
Ont.
Vol. 26, No.3, 198'7
GRAHAM, George Thomas, b. 30 Mar. 1903, s/o John and Jane (Jones)
and his bro
GRAHAM, Robert Nesbitt, b. 25 Feb. 1907, were born in Claremont, Onto
JONES, George, b. 20 June 1850, at Pickering, m. SADLER, Eliza Ellen,
b. 16 July 1854 at Claremont, Ont., had ch: Jane, William Henry, James W.,
George Thomas, Joseph, Robert Sadler, Richard, Silverenia, Margaret; all b. at
Oro,Ont.
WARD, John and wife Jane came from London, Onto
LOUCKS, Harry Artley, came from Norfolk Co.
LEE, Charles Peter, b. 1879 at Claremont, Ont., h/w BALL, Lena Frances,
b. 1884 at Coldwater, Ont., ch. all b. at Victoria Harbour, Onto
McRAE, Jennie
b. 16 Aug. 1872
at Ripley, Onto
MITTS, George, b. 1879 and h/w HAIGHT, Minnie, b. 1879, both Hastings
MORRISON,
Neil
b.1861
Co.
in Oro, Onto
MURRAY, Andrew, of Galt, Ont., m. 1882, ABRA, Julia of Galt.
McDON ALD, Andrew
b. 1906
Port Elgin, Onto
McKINNON,
b. 19 Feb. 1882
Egremont Twp,
Durham, Onto
Donald
McDONALD,
from Onto
NEUERT,
Murdock
and wife RICHARDSON,
Adam and BARTLEY,
PARR, Henry
PEARCE,
Hannah
came out in 1879
Jane arrived c.1870, from Listowel, Ont.
b. 1871
Albert came from South Yarmouth,
Trenton, Onto
Onto
PILKEY, Clarence
s/o Luther and Eliza
b ..2 Feb. 1893
Claremont,
SHEPHERD,
b. 1892
in Onto
Walter
MOTT, Mabel, b. 13 Apr. 1877, in Ont, m. PALMER,
SYMMONDS,
TANNER,
Ben of Onto 1899
Charles and Florence came from London, Onto
George
VAN MEER, Alfred
LESLIE,
Onto
Alice
WHITE, William
Ontario Settlers in Invermay
b. 8 Apr. 1878
in Apsley, Onto
b. 4 June 1881
Onto (Hastings?)
of Hymers, Onto
of South March (now
Kanata), Onto
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Ryan Taylor
OGS invites readers to submit reviews of relevant books to the Review Editor, c/o the OGS address.
Editorial policy and suggestions
on how to approach reviewing may be found in "How to Write a Book
Review" in FAMILIES Vol. 21, NO.4 (1982), 367-369. We suggest you write the Review Editor before
beginning a review to make sure that the book in which you are interested has not already been assigned
to someone else.
Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, In Search
of Welsh Ancestry. Chichester: Phillimore, 1986. 95pp., hardcover. Price:
£7.95. Also available from Genealogical Publishing in the United States,
price: US $25.00.
This is the fourth in Gerald HamiltonEdwards' In search of ... series. While
certainly a good and useful work, it
somehow falls short of the standard of
the others. One can sense the Sais subjectivity throughout.
It is only fair to say that it does cover
a great deal of the general grounding
in the able way we have come to associate with this author.
The difficulty lies in its omissions
and lack of interpretation.
On page one
it is acknowledged that the ancient
Celtic church was long established
before St. Augustine came to Britain.
What is not willingly recognized by
English historians is that the Welsh
church always retained its independence in spiritual
sentiment,
even
though for many centuries English
bishops were foisted on its sees by the
crown. That, incidentally,
I think
explains why Nonconformity in its day
was more extensive in Wales, and why
in this century disestablishment
of the
Church in Wales took place and it
again became independent of England.
In Search of Welsh Ancestry makes
no mention of the Royal Tribes of
Wales and Welsh tribal laws and customs. The assumption is made that the
English status quo should prevail; yet
in a genealogical
sense Wales had
much that was peculiarly its own.
Mention is made of the Episcopal
Consistory court of Llandaff including
172
the County of Monmouth in its jurisdiction, and that in an historical sense
is correct; one might suggest that there
could almost be a chapter going into
detail with regard to the variations in
the status of Monmouth (now Gwent),
as for example its including for some
purposes in Wales, others in England,
and the establishment of a diocese of
Monmouth apart from Llandaff but
still included in the Welsh church.
The bibliography is a general genealogical one, albeit with Welsh references. This could well have been
expanded. It is unfortunate that it does
not include Parish Registers of Wales
published by the National Library of
Wales in association with the Society of
Genealogists. This excellent and important work was published early in 1986,
while the work under review appeared
in late 1986, which may explain the
omission, but it is to be hoped it will be
given due notice and comment in subsequent editions.
Chapter two, on Welsh Christian
names and surnames, is useful and it
may be kept in mind that many families use "ap" from not only father to son
but recited long previous ancestry in
the same terms from memory even to
the late 18th century. This reviewer
well remembers being on leave in the
Second World War and encountering
many people in the hills of Caermarthen and Cardigan who only spoke
Cymraeg and not a word of English.
I regret that I have not seemed
entirely enthusiastic with In Search of
Welsh Ancestry as it certainly has
much merit, butone should not regard
it as the whole answer. I do recom-
Families,
Vol.
26,
No.3,
1987
mend it as part of the reading of those
like myself who have Welsh ancestry.
Howard R. Rokeby- Thomas
Kitchener
Ralph J. Crandall, ed., Genealogical
Research in New England. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc., 1984. Hardcover, 190pp.,
US $17.50. (Address: 111 Water St.,
Baltimore, MD, USA 21202)
This useful and engaging guide is a
reprinting, with additions and corrections, of six articles originally published in the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register between
1976 and 1982. The book is divided into
six sections, each one devoted to the
presentation of specific genealogical
sources for the six states covered:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode
Island. Each section follows a similar
format beginning with a concise histroy of the subject state. Included are
sources of state, local, county, and military records. Holdings of private
organizations,
libraries,
and other
archival repositories are fully covered.
Each section has a list of publications
relating to local histories and selective
family genealogies for further reading.
Editor Crandall's introduction is a
highly informative discussion that outlines historical bases underlying much
of the source material available to
today's researchers. He points out the
benefits historians continue to enjoy
because of the English penchant for
record keeping (a tradition that began
centuries before the Great Migration).
When early English emigrants came
to the New World, this systematic
practice continued. The result was the
creation of additional records relating
to the public and private lives of the
Puritans. Church records, town and
county documents, and legislative proceedings expanded recording procedures. Furthermore, by the eighteenth
century a new series of land, military,
census, and tax records became avail-
In Review
able. Frequent migrations to the frontier areas of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
and Maine
were taking place. Eighteenth century
wars such as the French and Indian
conflict and the American Revolution
produced an impressive volume of new
data on New Englanders.
The demographic development of
the New England states is ordinarily
understood in a general way, yet information on source materials on the
many ethnic groups who settled in
early New England is frequently
limited, if not totally neglected. The
Irish who came to the area in the 1840s
were soon followed by the large influx
of French-Canadian,
Jewish, Polish,
and Italian populations to name a few.
Here in New England there was work
to be had in the textile industry and in
the newly formed transportation network. The degree to which these historical migrations are central to the
development and maintenance of accurate records cannot be overestimated.
For the family historian searching
ancestors from these groups, there are
prime sources of information to be
found in religious sacramental records,
vital statistics, and city directories.
The comprehensive coverage of the
individual states in these reprints will
be of immense assistance to historians
researching early New Englanders of
widely diverse social and economic
backgrounds. We now have a source
guide that will serve as a standard of
its kind. Perhaps this book will become
a model for future endeavours by other
state historical and genealogical organizations to sponsor similar projects.
Ralph J. Crandall is Director of the
New England Historic Genealogical
Society, and was editor of the Society's
journal when these articles
first
appeared.
Elizabeth Veronica Ticknor
District Heights, Maryland
Doreen Caraher-Manning, Catalogue
of Sources for Genealogical Re173
search, Ireland (Journal of the Caraher Family History Society, no. 6,
November 1985). 59pp. Overseas price
including postage: £6.50. (Available
from: 71 King St, Crieff, Perthshire,
Scotland PH7 3HB)
Irish Family History; the journal of
the Irish Family History Society, vol. 1
(1985). Subscription and membership
£5.00. (Available from: John Kearney,
Daingean, Co. Offaly, Ireland)
Interest in Irish genealogy continues
to run from strength to strength, if the
proliferation of recent publications is
any guide. Unfortunately, mediocre
works continue to outstrip those of
quality by a fair margin. The first of
the two periodical issues reviewed here
represents a publication we can do
without; the second is a journal that
must find a place in every Irish family
historian's library.
Catalogue of Sources for Genealogical Research, Ireland is a special
number of the journal of a one-name
society with headquarters
in Crieff,
Scotland. "This catalogue," notes the
editor, "may be particularly helpful in
especial for researchers overseas and
who cannot journey to Ireland for
extended visit required to make, there,
ancestral record." She also says, "Old
lament '... books will not be looked at,
nor genealogies heard attentively'
respecting Irish family history, may
be replaced by other, happier results if
some among suggestions made for
study of sources noted in this catalogue
are read." These two quotations from
the first page serve adequately as
examples of the author's prose, which
does not improve over the course of the
next 58 pages. I do not think one really
appreciates how useful the word "the"
can be until one reads the prose of
someone who appears
to find it
distasteful.
The bulk of the publication
is
arranged
alphabetically,
after the
manner of Terrick Fitzhugh's The Dictionary of Genealogy. There is much
useful information here, and it is likely
174
that most Irish researchers will learn
something new if they stick with it. If
you do not already know a fair bit
about Irish genealogical research it
might be as well to put the Caraher
book on the back burner for a while.
It seems unjust to tack a reference to
the new journal of the Irish Family
History Society onto a review of a less
worthy publication, but among the
plethora of new Irish journals Irish
Family History deserves attention.
Unlike many, it is non-commercial,
reasonably priced and exceedingly
useful. The 1985 number of this annual
publication (which is still in stock)
has 104 pages and is chockful of
information.
Many Canadians accustomed to the
quiescent state of genealogy in the
Republic will be astounded to learn
that within the last five years or so
numerous historical and heritage organizations and individuals have indexed
both Roman Catholic and Protestant
registers in their own regions. Many of
the projects began with funding supplied by government
employment
agencies. The indexes are retained
locally and access varies. Some are in
bound volumes in a local library; others are accessible only to the staff of the
originating group, which performs
searches on request in return for a fee
used to forward the efforts of the
organization.
These two articles alone are worth
the cost of membership, and we can
only hope that the high standard set in
the first issue is maintained. Irish
Family History will not replace the
two best Irish genealogical journals,
The Irish Ancestor (Miss Rosemary
ffolliott, Glebe House, Fethard, Co.
Tipperary, Can. $12.00) or The Irish
Genealogist (C.R. Spearman, 5 Meredyth Road, Barnes, London SW13 ODS,
£12.00). The Ancestor in nearly twenty
years has published a variety of useful
source material. It is strongest on
material concerning middle and upper
class Protestants in the south. The
Genealogist, the oldest such magazine,
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Vol. 26, No.3, 1987
also publishes a wide range of material, including much on 17th century
and earlier Celtic lines. Thesejournals
are of immense reference value but
neither of them is particularly useful
in keeping up to date on recent developments,
apart from the review
columns. It is in the news aspect that
Irish Family History excels.
All three journals are highly important in Irish research, and the former
two, at any rate, fight a perpetual battle to keep going. Do give them your
support. We shall all be poorer if any of
them fold.
Bruce S. Elliott
Kingston
Gary J. Zimmerman and Marion Wolfert, comps., German Immigrants:
Lists of Passengers Bound from
Bremen to New York, 1855-1862.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing,
1986. xx, 167pp. Hardcover. Price:
US $20.00.
This volume is the sequel to a similar
volume covering the years 1847-1854
which was reviewed in Families in
February 1986. Readers are referred
to that review for information regarding these books, which are of vital
interest to those with German ancestry. This period is one of particularly
heavy emigration; having a ready reference such as this one is a cause for
much happiness.
Ryan Taylor
Kitchener
Kathleen Mennie-de Varennes, Bibliographie omnotee d'ouvrages gene alogiques au Canada/Annotated
Bibliography of Genealogical Works
in Canada. Vol. 1: Overview; Vol. 2:
Aalart-Chaunt. Hardcover. Markham:
Fitzhenry & Whiteside in association
with the National Library 0/ Canada
and the Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply & Services
Canada, 1986. Price: Vol. 1: $40.00;
Vol. 2: price not given. (Available/rom:
In Review
195 Allstate Parkway, Markham ON
L3R 4T8)
The announcement of this series (to be
completed in six volumes) caused a
frisson of excitement: one big bibliography of family histories in Canada!
A sense of wonder set in: how could
anyone accomplish
such a giant
undertaking?
Mme Mennie-de Varennes is to be
congratulated
on her scheme and
method, for the books are easy to use
and a pleasure to study. The governmental subsidies have meant that
expense was not spared, and this is
rightly so, for these heavy tomes will
be used for decades in libraries across
Canada.
In the Overview volume, Mme
Mennie-de Varennes states that her
intention was to update a 1963 work
and to fill a void in genealogical literature in Canada. She began with the
obvious sources, such as the Union List
of Manuscripts, the work of Cyprien
Tanguay and Talbot, and explored the
collections of the Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, the National Library,
Laval University and the Metropolitan
Toronto reference library. Families
are listed alphabetically, with variant
spellings
well referenced.
Mme
Mennie-de Varennes suggests that she
has accomplished
a listing with a
20-25 per cent omission rate.
A random examination of pages,
however, shows that the family names
listed are predominantly francophone.
The first four pages looked at in this
unscientific way showed no anglophone
names (or Ukrainian, or Italian) at all.
Only on the fifth did a reference to an
anglophone name appear, and this was
in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.
In fact, more minute searching
shows that this is primarily a bibliography of Quebec and Acadian genealogy. For instance, in the place-names
index, Calgary, Regina and Prince
Albert do not appear. In the listings of
genealogical societies, OGS is given
only seven branches. Under period i175
cals, only a few of OGS' branch newsletters are included.
This is a fine reference work and
should be included on the shelves of
any large or reference library in the
land. On the other hand, its title is misleading. It seems a shame that such a
proud work should pretend to be more
than it is. It is quite enough in itself.
Randolph Otterbein
Saint- Thomas-des- Pres
Peter Wilson Coldham,EnglishAdventurers and Emigrants. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing, 1984. 219pp.,
hardcover. Price: not given.
This work consists of selected abstracts
of Examinations in the High Court of
Admiralty with reference to colonial
America. The book is indexed both as
to names and places. Ships are indexed
in the name index.
The sources on which this book is
based are mainly Examinations:
in
Equity cases; by Commission; in Criminal Cases and Interrogations; together
with associated documents such as
libels, answers,
indictments
and
proceedings.
This is obviously not a book for the
general researcher, but for a specialist, covering a limited corner of the
genealogical
spectrum.
It is worth
careful study by all concerned with
emigration from the British Isles to
colonial America for it gives some idea
of the extent and variety of journeys by
sea.
A typical entry reads as follows:
re The Gift of God (Ship) William
Barker of Ratcliffe,
Middlesex,
mariner age 37. He was Mate of the
Hopewell which sailed from Virginia on New Year's Eve 1629 for England under her Master Richard Russell and in company with the Gift of
London, Captain Samuel Crampton
and Master Edward
Beale. The
ships stayed together for two days
and nights but were separated by a
violent storm off Cape Hatteras
176
since when the Gift has not been
heard of.
This book is worth inclusion in all
good genealogical collections, and certainly makes for good reading as well
as being informative.
Howard R. Rokeby-Thomas
Kitchener
Brenda Lee- Whiting, Harvest of
Stones: The German Settlement of
Renfrew County. Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 1985. xii, 323pp.,
hardcover $24.95, softcover $9.95.
The story of the German settlement of
Renfrew County is one which is long
overdue. Although much has been
written about the German communities of southwestern Ontario, this is the
first thorough study of German immigration to Renfrew.
Because of economic hardship and
Bismarck's
wars, several hundred
people left eastern Germany between
1858 and 1890 to settle in Canada. The
Germans who settled in Renfrew were
part of a late wave of immigration to
Ontario and they found themselves
with farmland which was far from
prime. Succeeding generations complained of an "annual
harvest
of
stones". The community
survived
through hard work and self-sufficiency
and it remained until very recently
cohesive and true to the customs of the
old world.
Brenda Lee-Whiting found evidence
of these customs in the items of daily
use that the settlers needed. She has
extensively documented for the first
time furniture, clothing and blankets,
houses, barns, schools and churches of
the community and thereby brought to
life the culture of a people transplanted
to a region that challenged them to the
utmost.
It is her German-surname
alphabeticallist of sixty-five cemeteries in Renfrew and adjacent counties that will be
of greatest interest to genealogists.
Her list includes more than one thousand German surnames,
showing
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where they are recorded on gravestones. This list is a definite goldmine
for anyone tracing a German family in
the Ottawa valley who does not know a
precise settlement location for his or
her ancestor.
Although this is a well-researched
and thoroughly documented book, it is
unfortunate that the second chapter on
Bismarck's Legacy is so brief (22 pages),
considering that one of the author's
primary interests as stated in the first
sentence of the preface is to understand "why the German people had left
their homeland in the nineteenth century in order to emigrate to this part of
Canada." Also, there is much evidence
that is supported by interviews of people who are one or more generations
removed from the sources.
Nevertheless, these minor faults do
not detract appreciably from what is
clearly a superior example of local
history.
Dwight M. Turner
Mississauga
Index to the Loyalist Gazette. Victoria: Victoria Branch, United Empire
Loyalists' Association of Canada, n.d.
spiral bound. Price: $15.00. Available
from: 1825 Quamichan Avenue, Victoria BC V8S 2B4.
This index has "long been needed"
according to the foreword, and one can
but agree that such an extensive reference work should be accessible. The
index is selective, however, with what
was considered the more ephemeral
information
omitted. Book reviews
have been included and some illustrations, articles, and even addresses.
The index is divided into two parts,
the first covering 1963-72; the second
1973-82.
Putting together an index of this
kind is strictly drudgery, but the value
is longlasting.
Frank R. Holmes, comp., Directory of
the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc., 1984. 274pp., US $17.50.
(Address: 111 Water St., Baltimore,
MD, USA 21202)
This compilation of names of early
New England family heads is the latest
in a series of reprints of a volume originally published in 1923. Since 1964,
new editions of this directory have
appeared irregularly with no apparent updating or expansion of the original entries.
In the Foreword, compiler Frank R.
Holmes presents a brief essay on the
etymology of personal names, particularly those of British derivation.
The main body of the work follows as
a single, alphabetically
arranged list
of over 3,000 names falling within the
scope of the book's title. Several entries
contain detailed information relating
to the name's origin, meaning, and
variations in spelling. Names of particular individuals bearing the common surname follow. Some biographical data is included after each name,
but material
is scant and usually
limited to one or two items such as
occupation, area of settlement in New
England, date of birth, marriage, or
death.
Holmes did not comment on the original purpose of this compilation or the
intended readership.
Certainly if a
researcher investigating New England
ancestry should come across this book
in a library, he or she should examine
the list with the aim of discovering a
lost or missing personal connection.
Otherwise, the unidentified sources of
data included in the entries make this
book's usefulness questionable as a tool
for further research.
Elizabeth Veronica Ticknor
District Heights, Maryland
Ryan Taylor
Kitchener
In Review
177
GenealoGIcal DOLes
David Thompson of Scarborough:
A Census Enumerator's Perspective*
When we think of census returns from
the last century we expect only to find
the vital statistics compiled by the
enumerators. Not all census enumerators limited their concerns to the series
of names and numbers filling up the
pages of their returns. Some wrote
short sketches of the history or economy of their enumeration districts as
OGS member Gloria Reynolds discovered while doing research on her
York County ancestors. In the 1851-52
census of Scarborough Township (PAC
reel no. C-1089) enumerator
Frank
Helliwell included a vignette on David
Thompson, an early settler of the region,
and his family.
Frank Helliwell ended his report
with these words: "... The progress
that this township has made during
the last 60 Years will be seen by contrasting its present position with that
described in the following biographical
sketch of the life of M" Thompson."
***
Mrs Thompson and her husband were
both na ti ves of the Parish of Wester kir k
in the County of Dumfries Scotland.
But what gives them particular interest in [sic] their being the first settlers
in Scarboro' where they arrived in the
month of March, 1796 and immediately
located themselves on Lot No 24, in the
first concession within less than a
quater [sic] of a mile from where
the Scottish Presbyterian Church now
stands.
Mrs Thomson [sic] retained her intellectual faculties unclouded [till?] her
and she used frequently to converse
facetiously on the privations which she
her husband and family experienced
for some years after their settlement.
Amongst other anecdotes she often
told that she was seven months and five
days in Scarboro' before she saw a
woman and the first one she saw was a
Mohawk Squaw. How little do those
who are born in cultivated countries
and better times think that the privations of their ancestors whose history
of sufferings in the wilderness appear
like legendary tales. Mrs Thomson's
daughter Janet now the wife of M"
Andrew Johnston farmer, in Scarboro'
was the first white woman born in that
Township: and President Russell promised her two hundred acres of land on
that account but his Excellency died
and left his promise unredeemed.
Mrs Tomson [sic] left at her death,
ten children, seventy two grand children and twenty great-grand-children,
one hundred and two in all, the whole
of them residing in Scarboro'.
M" David Thomson, the late Mary
Thomson husband [sic], was by trade a
stone mason and after sheltering his
wife and family in that sequestered
spot already described he continued
for years to work at his trade in the
summer months in the city of Toronto
(then York); and returned [regularly"]
home to his lonely shanty every Saturday night carrying on his back along a
path which he had cleared through the
dreary forest with his axe, flour and
other provisions; sufficient to maintain
his family till the Saturday evening.
During the winter months, M" Thomson like other new settlers, was a
chopper and as soon as his clearing was
sufficiently extensive to support his
family he resigned hammer and the
trowel and became a farmer. He was a
well educated man, as well as a skillful
tradesman and gifted by nature with
*The Editor wishes to thank Gloria Reynolds of Fort Lauderdale,
Frank Helliwell's report to Families.
178
Florida for offering photocopies of
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 198/7
superior intelligence. He built the [fort]
garrison at York, the one that was
blown up during the [last] war with the
United States of America. Besides, he
held [a] captain's commission in the
Upper Canada Militia during [the]
aforesaid war.
By industrious perseverance he ultimately acquired extensive property in
Scarboro' and after the establishment
of peace he built an inn, near the site of
his shanty on the Tiepass? road, from
Markham to York where as a tavernkeeper he was generally respected and
fami liar ly known by the name of Uncle
David. He likewise acted for many
Years in the capacity of Township
Clerk, Collector, and Assessor ...
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George Martin: South Marysburgh Twp., Prince
Edward Cty, Ontario, Canada. Compiled by Ed
and Marilynn Martin. Grand Rapids, MI: 1984.
14pl, 26 Ivs: ill., geneal. tables, ports; includes
photocopy of some sections of Pioneer life on
the Bay of Quinte. Donor - authors (9462).
C000031
The Haux (Houk, Houx) family tree. By Mary
Lindsay Brosveen. l.uck, WI: 1983. 1pl, 281vs: ill.,
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The Heddon & Trenouth family history. By
Marion E. (Orchard) Parsons. Bowmanville, Ont.:
1982.73 variously paged Ivs: ill., geneal. tables,
facslrn., coat of arms, ports. Donor - author.
C000036
The Heinrich Adolph family from Switzerland to
Wilmot Township, Waterloo County. By Barbara
I. Adolph. Walkerton, Ont.: 1985.3 Ivs. Donorauthor (1354). C000035 bd 2
The Henry Adolph family of Brant and Elderslie
Township, Bruce County. By Barbara I. Adolph.
Walkerton, Ont.: 1985. 4 Ivs. Donor - author
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History: the families of Sherman - Maciver; with
stories of people and places in the Eastern
Townships. By Annie Isabel Sherman.
Sherbrooke, Que.: 1971. 74pp.: ill., coat of arms,
ports. Donor - Dawn Broughton (4836).
B000004
The James Bennett family tree: from
lelcestershire
and Staffordshire,
England to
Canada. Recorded by Rosemary and Diane
Bennett. Scarborough,
Ont.: 19857 2pl, 11 Ivs:
geneal. tables. Donor - authors (9596).
C000051 bd 1
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James Stewart of Ramsay Township, Lanark
County, Ontario, 1800-1887, and his
descendants. By John and Flora Stewart.
Barrhead, Alta.: 1985. 5pl, 59 Ivs (i.e. 68 Ivs): ill.,
geneal. tables, facsims., ports. Donor - authors
(5609). C000056
John & Elizabeth Shupe & descendants: a family
history .... By Mary C. (Shupe) Shantz.
Sudbury, Ont.: 1985. 1pl, iv, 90pp., A13, B14, C1,
D2: ill. maps, geneal. tables, facsims., ports,
appendices. Donor - author (3249). C000040
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John Cain of Niagara, Garners of Nissouri, and
related families Cass, Major, White and Coloby.
By Betty Jean Waite. London, Ont.: 1985. 2pl,
298pp. (i.e. 313): ill., maps, geneal. tables, ports.
Donor - author (4457). C000042
Jonathan Gleason: pioneer settler of Haldimand
Twnp., Northumberland
Co., Ontario, Canada.
Compiled by Frances Castle Hunt. Kalamazoo,
MI: 1985. 1 pi, 21 Ivs: geneal. tables, ports. Donor
author (3011). C000029
The Kay Branch: a family history. By Michael D.
Ball. Oshawa, 1984. 3pl, 44pp., 3 Ivs: ill., maps,
facsims., ports. Donor - author. C000037
Malcolm MacAuley, 1802-1882, and Annie
Buchanan, 1806-1884, and their descendants
from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland to the Eastern
Townships, Quebec. By Harriet Dawn
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1pi, 53 Ivs various numbered: ill., facsims.,
geneal. tables, ports. Donor - author (4836).
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Game
Valerie Cole
The Name Game is a service offered by this Society to its members to aid their genealogical
searchings.
Queriesare
accepted up to a maximum of 50 words (name, address -for
receipt of replies - with postal
code are printed without charge), subject to editing or rearrangement
of words. See also title page of this
quarterly. Type (double space) or write legibly on regular sized letter paper. Be brief but include some
identifying
first names, at least one Ontario place and a date (approximate
will do) for each surname.
Write out all words in full, try to avoid ambig uities and be sure to state in words what information
you are
seeking. FAMILIES is a quarterly and queries are printed in the order received insofar as possible. Please
allow up to six months after submitting
query for inclusion in this column. Direct replies to the enquirer
and submissions
to the Query Editor, FAMILIES, 40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 253 (2nd Floor), Toronto,
Ontario M4R 1B9.
ALLEN: Frank (c1861-1938) poss em 1906 from
Wantage (or Westminster?)
Eng, m Mary Arnold
IRVINE (c1871-1961), from Ire where?), Ivd
Trafalgar twp, Halton Co; seek anc/desc this fam
please. Mrs Donald Lobb, RR#2, Clinton,
ON NOM 1LO
40 Orchard View Blvd, Suite 253, Toronto,
ON M4R 1B9
ANDERSON:
Mose, from Aylmer, Que, m c1940
Corine BYRON, had 7 ch; seek info prts; all
replies apprec by Jerra Anderson, 5 Kenny Cres,
Barrie, ON L4N 5S4
BELL: John b 1799 Scot, d 1868 Saugeen, Ont,
m Nancy DEASE (dau/o Peter Warren DEASE);
Ivd Saugeen 1860, ch: Peter Warren (Hudson's
Bay Co 1852-1895), Flora (1835-1920, Joseph
FINLAYSON),
plus 1 more son, 4 more daus; any
info welcomed by Mrs Ellen Norberg,
2039 Cameron St, Regina, SK S4T 2V4
ARGUE: Thomas H m Barbara VIETENHEIMER?
or VOLLMER? Ivd Toronto area; she b 1887
Mornington
or Wellesley twp? she listed 1934 as
MRS T H ARGUE of Toronto; any info these
fams apprec by Wayne Vollmer, 66 Dunbar Rd S,
Waterloo, ON N2L 2E3
ASSELSTINE:
William b 1834 Kingston area,
millworker
Odessa and Napanee, then Glen
Dower, Bedford twp; m 1873 Hannah BROWN,
to Western Ont c1896, he d 1934 Wallaceburg;
need names prts, sibs, also info on mills. M J
Asselstine, 1548 Pinewood Cres, North Bay,
ON P1B 4P4
BALL: Thomas, William, George (b 1862),
Charles (b 1865) all sons/o George BALL (18371911), em Manchester,
Eng before 1885, Ivd
London, Ont area, seek any info these fams.
Rheanne Smith, 11731 - 28th Ave, Edmonton,
AB T6J 3P1
BARRENGER
(BARRINGER)-REESE:
William
(also known as JP and Philip) BARRENGER
b c1809 NY where? m Lucinda REESE (dau/o
Henry/Sara,
b when? where?); Ivd Consecon,
Ameliasburgh
twp, Prince Edward Co; ch:
Jacob Henry (b c1839), Smith (b c 1840), John
(b c1843), Jane (b c1844), Albert (b c1850); seek
info these fams. Keith Meyers, 3005 Riverview,
Lawrence, KS 66044 USA
BARTHRAN
(BATTRO): Joseph (b c1804
where?) m when? where? Louisa who? Ivd North
Gower twp, Carleton Co 1861; ch: Julia
(b c1840), Margaret (c1846), Catherine (c1850),
Elmer (1852), Francis (1853), Julia Ann (1856),
Mary Ann (1859); is Julia b c1840 same as Julia
Ann BARTON who m c1866 Albert McCARGAR
(McKEROGIE),
Ivd North Gower; info to Valerie
Cole, c/o Ontario Genealogical
Society,
180
BARTRAM (BERTRAM, BERTRIM): all
occurrences
in Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and
Addington
Co's; any info apprec by Mrs Kellie
Love, RR#1, Woodville, ON KOM 2TO
BOWELL: Sir MacKenzie BOWELL b c1824 Eng,
former Prime Minister of Canada, publisher
Belleville Intelligencer,
to Hastings Co 1833 from
Ipswich, Eng, with prts and aunt/uncle
Sarah
Marshall/George
ORFORD; was ma poss
Elizabeth MARSHALL?
was Warwick J. BOWELL
a bro? any other bro/sis? seek anc/desc/info
this
fam. Mrs Bonita Smith, 55 Wilsonview
Ave,
Guelph, ON N1 G 2W5
BROCK: Richard air mechanic Royal Air Force
1918, from where in Ont? seek any info please
on this person. Ross Irwin, PO Box 1263,
Guelph, ON N1 H 6N6
BROOKS: David b c1786 where? when? prts?
sibs? m c1813 Catherine DELONG where?
when? Ivd c1829-34 in Murray twp, then to
Ameliasburgh
twp; ch: Henry David (m Dorothy
Ann who? when? Ivd 1851 Brighton twp) also
Sidney (3rd son); have info to share.
M T Brooks, 12852 Berry St, Pierrefonds,
PQ H8Z 1N9
BROWN: Horace b c1858, Eng desc, m when?
Margaret Theresa (Daisy) WACHNER or
WAGNER of Ger desc, Ivd where? he d 1890
Toronto; his sibs: Amy (Wm YATES), Julia
(Henry BILLES), Ernie, more? seek prts, any info
desc. Mrs Shirley Lyngseth, 5 Preston Dr,
St Catharines, ON L2M 1X4
BROWN: John L b 1855 where? Ivd Inverkip, was
tax collector Oxford Co near Woodstock
1890;
did he m? any ch? left area late 1890; any help
apprec by Alvin Randall, 983 Randall Rd,
Centerville, WA 98613 USA
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 1987
BROWNLEE-ALLEN:
John J BROWNLEE
m c1876 St Catharines, Sarah Florence ALLEN
(dau/o James/Sarah)
she d 1890 St Catharines;
ch: Wilford, Louisa, John J (Jack); poss ch ran
Prince of Wales Hotel, Niagara; any info apprec
by Anna Gale, 1827 Hurricane Rd, RR#2,
Weiland, ON L3B 5N5
BURLEY: Anthony b 1801 NY, m 1) Mary who?
2) c1838, Almeda who? (both Beverly twp,
Wentworth
Co); ch: Eleanor HAGADONE,
Mary
Abigail RIBBLE, Eliza, Edwin, Thomas, Sarah,
Florena Almeda DENNIS; fam to MI c1847, to
Bayham twp, Elgin Co c1862; seek bid places/
dates, Anthony's
prts/sibs; any BURLEY info
Elgin/Lampton/Wentworth
Co to Mrs Norma
Byrnes, 4724 Briarwood
Dr, Lorain,
OH 44053 USA
BUTLER-GARRETT:
William Elkington BUTLER
b 1855 Oakville, Ont, bro
Frederick Charles
b c1854, sons/o Frederick of Cobourg, later
Kincardine who m 1853 Louisa GARRETT (2nd
dau/o A GARRETT, the late Lt (40th?) Reg't and
Barrack-master
at Niagara); any info anc/sibs
please to Robert Putnam, 246 Stanley Dr,
Waterloo, ON N2L 1H8
CALDWELL-MOTHERSElL:
John Henry
CALDWELL
b 1845 Westminster
twp, Middlesex
Co, m 1871 Lambeth, Elizabeth Frances
MOTHERSELL
(b 1853 Delaware twp); ch:
George Henry, Alice Frances BURLEY, Ida
Beatrice BURLEY, Mary Maude ADAMS, Binea
Elizabeth VARY; fam to Huron Co, E Frances
d c1886 (where? when?), John Henry d when?
seek all CALDWELLs
Huron/Middlesex
Co. Mrs
Norma Byrnes, 4724 Briarwood
Dr, Lorain,
OH 44053 USA
CAMPAIGN:
George b c1825 US (where?); ch:
Thomas b c1848 Mulmur twp, Simcoe Co; poss
rei to Squire Wm CAMPAIGN?
were they Fr
Huguenots?
Mrs Helen McCurdy, RR#3, Appin,
ON NOL 1AO
CAMPION: Robert (had sis Mary Catherine,
prts?) m c1868 Mary Elizabeth WARNER (184981); Ivd Ont; ch: William, Albert, Elizabeth, Ella;
seek info anc/sibs Robert. Wayne Dresser, Box
219, Carbon, AB TOM OLO
CAREW: seek data this fam from I re, settled
1825 with 67 families in Ennismore twp,
Peterborough
Co; did all come from
southeastern
co of Ire? any CAREW info please
to Mrs John Elwell, 254 Euclid Ave, Long Beach,
CA 90803 USA
CASWELL: James b c1799 Ire (Tipperary?)
m 1837 Ottawa, Eliza Jane (TOTTEN?),
ch: John
b 1838, William b 1840 Markdale? Margaret Jane,
Eliza, George, James, Samuel, Robert; Ivd Bruce'
Co; seek anc/des/sibs
this fam. Mrs Beulah
Caswell, 1276 Irwin Dr, Swift Current,
SK S9H 1Z7
CEWS-WOODCOCK-WOODSTOCK:
Isaac
WOODCOCK
b c1790 Hungerford
twp, Hastings
Co, m Nancy CEWS? ch: James Malkiah
WOODSTOCK
m 1860 Hungerford
twp, Mary
Name Game
Marshall ORFORD, they mvd to Wellington
Co
c1862, then Glamis, Bruce Co 1870s; also Mary
WOODCOCK
m c1862 Hungerford
twp,
Cornelius WOODCOCK;
any other ch?
seek anc/desc please. Mrs Bonita Smith,
55 Wilsonview Ave, Guelph, ON N1 G 2W5
CHAPIN: George Washington,
b 1841 Leeds Co,
s/o Ambrose of VT; m c1871 Ida May
SHERMAN; ch: 5 b Canada, fam then to North
Dakota; did George return after 1900? any info
to Carolyn Owens Loveall, 1631 S E Ammon Rd,
Toledo, OR 97391 USA
CLARK: Donald s/o Bert, grandson/o
Bert,
b c1910-20? seek his current address; Irene,
dau/o William, granddau/o
George, did she m?
any ch? seek any info, will corres with desc.
Mrs Jessie E Engan, 1417 Ponds Edge Rd, West
Chester, PA 19382 USA
CLARK: Thomas (William Thomas) b c1845 East
Gwillimbury
twp, York Co, prts? sibs? m 1867
Newmarket, York Co, Eliza RUTLEDGE
(b c1846
Ire, poss Tyrone?), Ivd Queensville,
East
Gwillimbury;
seek info anc these fams. Mrs
Sherry-Lyn
Irving, 284 B Dalehurst Dr, Nepean,
ON K2G 4J5
CLAYDON: Albert b 1856, arr Canada c1875, Ivd
Oxford Co, m Caroline CLARK (dau/o William/
Sophy BINGHAM);
apprec any info this fam
please. Michelle Clayton, 70 Holmcrest Trail,
Scarborough,
ON M1C 1V5
CLAYTON: Jemima b 1829 Parish of Stickford,
Lincoln Co, Eng, dau/o Thomas/Mary
who?
m 1849 Parish of St Nicholas, Nottingham,
William SMITH; ch: Thomas Clayton SMITH to
Toronto, seek anc/desc. will gladly exch info.
Dorothy Turner, RR#1, Rockwood,
ON NOB 2KO
CLEMETSHAW-McCURDY:
Mary
CLEMETSHAW
dau/o Wm of Maryborough
m 1856 William Philip McCURDY, teacher
Guelph twp; info to Helen McCurdy, RR#3,
Appin, ON NOL 1AO
twp,
COLLINS: Thomas (b when? where? prts?)
m Ann KELLY; his bro John m Mary BROWN,
ch: John b 1854 Guelph, m Josephine
WOLFORD of London, their ch: Walter,
Gertrude, Arthur (Myrtle LEAVENS), William,
John (Rose JONES); Thomas (s/o Thomas
COLLINS/Ann
KELLY) m Ann McCANN; seek
any info, all desc. Julie Collins, 23731 Pheasant
Run, Novi, MI 48050 USA
CONNELL-REYCRAFT
(RA YCROFT,
ROYCRAFT)-MORGAN:
Edward CONNELL
b Ire? d c1865 Kilmanock?
Chatham? s/o James
CONNELL (QUISNELL)/Eliza
MORGAN;
m Mary REYCRAFT (b 1811 Skibreen, Ire, d 1894
USA, dau/o Joseph/Hester
MORGAN), em 1863
with sev ch to NY, then to Prescott, Ont; Ivd
Chatham and Kilmanock;
seek names ch, any
desc, info to Marcia McKay Leslie, 5445 SW
Palatine St, Portland, OR 97219 USA
CREASER (CREASOR):
Hannah (1857-1948,
George PERDUE), George Crozer (1862-1923,
Elizabeth WOOD, Ivd near Blaney, Manitoba,
181
both bur Maple, Ont), Emma Susan (1870-1941,
William H PALMER), Martha (1872-1941, Joseph
REDMAN, both bur Laurel Cem, Bolton, Ont); all
ch b near Markdale, Grey Co, Ont); seek any
info these fams please. Mrs M Joan Kardash,
1333 - 1st St East, Prince Albert, SK S6V OE4
CULP: Isaac Humphrey,
blacksmith,
b 1798 US,
d 1862 Stevensville,
Ont, em to Can c1824, Ivd
Drummondville,
Stamford twp, Weiland Co, m 1)
Lavinia RANDALL (she d 1836, dau/o Robert/
Deborah PETTIT) ch: 7 names unknown; m 2)
Margaret who? ch: Thomas, Sarah, Frances,
Isaac, Jenet, JT; seek any info anc/desc. Gary
Culp, 7589 Wilson Cres, Niagara Falls,
ON L2G 4S3
CURRIE: John Elliot (1877-1954) s/o Captain
George CURRIE keeper of Cove Island
Tobermory
Lighthouse/Mary
Ann ELLIOT; Ivd
1923 Beaver Mines, Alberta; seek any desc this
tarn, have lots info to share. Dean Jepson, 1111 40 Godstone Rd, North York, ON M2J 3C7
DAILY (DALEY): Henry b 1857 and Gaven
b 1866, both left Clifton, NB c1907 to "go west";
seek desc both these men please. Mrs R E
Bowley, 374 Hunter St W, Peterborough,
ON K9H 2M5
DALTON-SCULLY:
John DALTON b c1823 Co
Clare (where?) Ire, prts? sibs? em to Barrie, Ont,
1840, m Catherine SCULLY (b c1826 Co Antrim
(where?) Ire, dau/o John/Margaret),
ch: (all
b Barrie) Mary (b 1845, Solomon McKINNEY,
she d 1912 Erie, PAl. James (b 1847, Catherine
MURPHY, he d 1913 Toronto), John (b 1849,
d when? where? poss Ivd Erie, PA?), Thomas
(1851-?), Felix (1853-?); John Sr d c1856 Barrie,
wife Catherine d 1863 Barrie; any info anc/desc
to Sister Bernadette Dalton, 74 Wellesley St W,
Toronto, ON M5S 1C4
DUDGEON (DUDJEN):
Isabella b c1840 dau/o
James/Margaret
who?; m 1857 Irwin FOLLIS,
she d 1912 Chippewa Co, MI; any info please to
Mrs Donna Bundy, Rt 1, Box 433, Lake Isabella,
CA 93240 USA
DUNLOP: seek any info this fam in Durham Co,
Ont; also info Scottish Cem in Durham Co
(where?); seek bur info there of James LITTLE
(d 1860); any help apprec by Ora Jo Mathis, 703
South 28th Ave, Hattiesburg,
MS 39401 USA
EAGLE: William (b 1821) and Sarah (b 1825)
both from Eng, Ivd 1851 Puslinch twp,
Wellington
Co, then where? seek anc/desc this
fam. Douglas Gellatly, 124 Spruce Ave, Toronto,
ON M5A 2J4
EAGLE: Samuel b 1794 mAnn b 1799, from
Norwich, Norfolk Co, Eng, arr Canada 1836 with
ch: James (1831-1900), Elijah (1833-1908); any
info to Douglas Gellatly, see above
EATOCK (ETOCK, ETOUGH, EATOUGH):
seek
corres anyone with info this surname past or
present, all info apprec by Alan J Eatock,
23 Compton Place, Hamilton, ON L8T 3X9
ELLIOT:
182
John
(1830-85)
of Elliot's
General
Store, Highland Creek, Scarborough,
Ont; ch:
Archibald
b 1868; seek desc to share lots of info.
Dean Jepson, 1111 - 40 Godstone Rd, North
York, ON M2J 3C7
EVANS: Richard b 1861 St Andrews on the North
River, Argenteuil
Co, Que, s/o William/Hannah
WANSLEF (m 1845 St Jerome, Que); his sibs:
Thomas, Robert, William, James (all older) and
Elizabeth; any info apprec by Vera Gooch, 315 6A King William St, Hamilton, ON L8L 1P2
FAREWELL (FARWELL): Walter Aldorus b 1854
Grimsby, Ont, s/o James M/Hannah SMITH;
m Olive Alicia SEAMAN (prts? b Grimsby?) seek
date/place of d, any info apprec by Mrs Shirle
McGimpsey,
18 River Ave E, Dauphin,
MB R7N OJ4
FLOWERS-MURRAY:
Isabella MURRAY b 1834
Scot, dau/o George later of Westminster,
Middlesex Co, m Mr FLOWERS, ch: John
b c1859; seek death info on Isabella, will gladly
corres with desc, postage refunded. Herbert
Post, 3044 Sunrise Dr, Crown Point,
IN 46307 USA
FORD-NEWCOMBE:
James FORD b 1835 Eng
where? m Jane E NEWCOMBE
b 1840, both
d West Wawanosh twp, Huron Co; ch: George,
William James, Thomas, Cleophas, Bertha Jane
(b 1868 Darlington
twp, Durham Co), Mary Ella,
Hedley Jack; this fam Ivd poss Darlington
twp?
will exch info these fams. Mrs Margaret Finlay,
Box 86, Lucknow, ON NOG 2HO
FREEMAN-OGDEN-SWAYZE
(SWAYSIE):
Daniel FREEMAN m Phebe SWAYZE in Sussex
Co, NJ, then Ivd Charlotteville,
Norfolk Co, Ont;
ch: John, Daniel, Issaac (sp?), Mary, Amelia,
Phoebe; also John OGDEN m Patience SWAYZE
in NJ, em to Niagara area c1800-1826; seek desc
these fams, gladly corres, all replies to Peggy
Lindsay Dagg, 17446 Brady, Redford,
MI48240 USA
GOATBE: Capt Joseph, b Yorkshire,
Eng, served
with Wellington
at Waterloo, pensioned 1837,
m Eng, Ann SMITH, em to York Co, Ont, Ivd
Wheatly? twp (poss Whitby?), had 16 ch, seek
info these ch. Jerra Anderson, 5 Kenny Cres,
Barrie, ON L4N 5S4
GORWILL-DOVLE:
Ann GORWILL (wid/o
Thomas, shoemaker
Dunbarton,
Pickering, Ont),
m Timothy DOYLE; both d Desjardins Canal
Train Disaster of March 12, 1857 (were newly
mar); seek m date (Ann was Anglican, Timothy
poss Cath); seek their bur place, also of ch;
Thomas (age 3) and Patrick (age 17) in same
disaster; poss Hamilton cem? seek corres
anyone who studied Canal disaster. Mrs Carolyn
Gorwill, 81 Seaforth Rd, Kingston, ON K7M 1 E1
GOURLAY: Robert Sloan, b 1852 NYC (prts?
both from Scot?), m Fannie ANSTIE? (b when?
d 1918 Philadelphia);
ch: David (b 1878), Bertha
(b 1881, BRECKENRIDGE),
Wm A (b 1883,
d Victoria, BC?), Edith (b 1884, HAMILTON),
Albert Harold (1885-1962), Cora (1887-1903);
Robt Sloan piano maker in Toronto, seek any
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 198'7
info. Richard Carter, 550 Ontario
Toronto, ON M4X 1X3
St, Apt 503,
GRAHAM: Robert b c1845 Scot, m 1870 in West
Calder, Janet SMITH (b 1845 West Lothian), ch:
James, Joann (b 1872, Thomas RITCHIE), Henry
Smith (b 1874, Sarah KENNEDY), Mary Pollock
(b 1877, James WILSON), Alexander, Robert
(d age 6), Hume, Robert; all ch b Scot, Hume
and Robert stayed there; any info anc/desc to
Mrs S Harvey, 23 Phillip St, St Thomas,
ON N5R 1W5
GREISLER (KRAUSLER,
CRYSLER): Johan
Hieronymous
b 1713 West Camp, Green Co, NY,
m c1731 Maria Margareth HOOVER? or
BROWN?, ch: Adam (b 1732), Bathassar Balthus
(b 1734), Elizabeth (b 1737), Philip (b 1739), fam
then to Schoharie, NY 1740, more ch: Margarith
(b 1743), Johannes (b 1744), William (b 1746),
Maria (b 1748), George (b 1750); Johan d 1751,
Maria m 2) Michael HILSINGER
in 1760, seek
her prts and bid dates, also desc/o Balthus, will
share. Lorene Slack Cullen, #101,1419 22nd St,
Brandon, MB R7B 2P3
GREISLER: Johan Philip b 1670 Germany,
m c1699 Catherine who? (b 1670), em to
America 1710, ch: John George (b 1699 Ger),
Johannes (b 1710), Johan Hieronymous
(b 1713,
West Camp, Green Co, NY), Anna Catherine
(b 1714), Ann Elizabeth (b 1716), Margaretha
(b 1726); seek anc this fam, where bur? Please
write Lorene Slack Cullen, see above
GROAT: Caleb m Lydia who? (b 1777 Sutton,
d 1863 Chinguacousy,
Ont, she was cousin of
Rev Israel MARSH, and niece of William
Jacoband Randall MARSH); ch: Benjamin b 1804
Chinguacousy
twp; others? Any info please to
Lois Groat Russell, RR#2, Brampton,
ON L6V 1A1
HALL: Teasdale s/o Teasdale/Ann
or Nancy,
m Katherine BOWES, Ivd Woburn, Scarborough,
Ont; ch: Joseph, Christina, Ann, Adair, James,
John, Kate; fam em Cumberland
Co, Eng c1832;
info to Lois Russell, see above
HAMILTON:
Edith GOURLAY (1884-?) dau/o
Robt Sloan/Fannie
ANSTIE; m Dr W T
HAMILTON
of Toronto; known ch: Agnes, Mary,
both b pre-1918; other ch? seek desc this fam.
Richard Carter, 550 Ontario St, Apt 503,
Toronto, ON M4X 1X3
HAMLIN: Thomas Walrond (s/o William
HAMLIN/Mary
WALROND who em 1830s from
Devonshire,
Eng, Ivd Stephen twp, Huron Co).
Any info please to Elizabeth Kay, 869 Clearview
Ave, London, ON N6H 2N3
HARVEY: William b Eng s/o George/Marie,
m Emma JOHNSON;
ch: Arthur, Frederick, Amy,
John, George Ernest, Gertrude, Thomas; seek
info their desc plus anc/sibs this fam. Mrs S
Harvey, 23 Phillip St, St Thomas, ON N5R 1W5
HASLETT: Matthew b c1799 Whitehill Townland,
Co Donegal, Ire, farmed Termonbecca
Townland, Templemore
Parish, Co
Londonderry;
bro
Elizabeth, Jane, Marjorie,
Name Game
Molly, Mary, Sara, William, John; cousins
em 1846 to Rawdon twp, Hastings Co, Ont;
seek anc/desc these fams. Earl Haslett,
33 Hurlingham
Cres, Don Mills, ON M3B 2P9
HAY-MURRAY-DUNBAR:
Margaret HAY b Scot,
m 1) James MURRAY poss in Scot, 2) James
DUNBAR before 1854 when they sold land in
Westminster,
Middlesex Co to George MURRAY;
seek origins in Scot of these fams, will corres
with desc, postage refunded. Herbert Post,
3044 Sunrise Dr, Crown Point, IN 46307 USA
HENDERSON:
Walter b 1824 Peebles, Scot,
m Joanna BELFRY of Bradford, Ont; ch: Sophia
(b 1852), Jane (1854, m T LOGAN), John C
(1857-1932), Jane B (1859), Martha (1862),
William (1864), George Sherman (1870-1929);
fam Ivd Maryboro twp 1861, 1871, mvd to
Harriston then Portage la Prairie, MB 1877;
Walter d 1904; fam cont apprec by Helen
Simpson, 3345 Wordsworth
St, Victoria,
BC V8P 4C1
HEWLETT: William Henry b 1843 Frome,
Somerset, Eng (d c1897 where?), m 1872
Batheaston, Somerset, Eng, Ellen Dew
FELLOWS (she d 1936, Bronte, Ont); ch:
(b Somerset) William, Florence, Reginald, Mabel,
Agnes, Hilda, Harold, also (b Toronto, Ont)
Gladys, Godfrey, Raymond, Doris, Elizabeth;
any info these fams to Teresa Harvey,
3642 Artesian St, Riverside, CA 92503 USA
HITCHCOCK:
Miles Sr, UEL b c1740 USA, m
1763 NY, Martha Patience SECORD; Ivd Newark
and Gainsborough,
Ont; ch: 2 unknown plus
John (Martha BELL), Mary (Thomas BELL),
Deborah, Miles Jr (Catharine TAYLOR, had
large fam); Miles Jr or Sr? bur St Ann's Cem,
Lincoln Co; any info apprec, all replies
answered. Margaret Davis, 445 Broad St,
Tonawanda,
NY 14150 USA
HODGKINSON
(UEL): William b c1753 Pa
(where? prts?) to Can before 1792 with bro
John, both Butler's Rangers, William m Mary
JONES (dau/o James UEL), Ivd Grantham twp,
Lincoln Co, had 12 ch (son Eleazer b 1806
m Elizabeth WILSON from Scot, had 11 ch, he
d 1896), William d 1847; seek corres desc. Mrs
Gladys Tiedman, 194 Division Rd N, Apt 210,
Kingsville, ON N9Y 1E4
HODNETT -BOYDEN-LA YTON: Susan
HODNETT m Otis Hugh BOYDEN,
photographer
in Bathurst and Dalhousie, NB; ch:
Mary E b 1863, Sara b 1865, Ida Bertha b 1871,
Otis b 1873; another Susan HODNETT m 1834
Nelson, NB, John LAYTON, ch: John b 1853, Ivd
1861 with uncle Thomas HODNETT, any info
desc these fams to Mrs R E Bowley, 374 Hunter
St W, Peterborough,
ON K9H 2M5
HODNETT-LITTlE:
Louisa HODNETT m 1857
New Bandon, NB, John LITTLE, John owned
land Que, taught school in NB (at New Bandon,
Bathurst, Dalhousie, and Newcastle), ch:
Frederick Thomas (b 1861), Ernest E (b 1863),
Hugh (b 1865), Emma Margaret (taught at
183
English Settlement,
Newcastle), seek desc this
fam please. Mrs R E Bowley, see above
HOHMAN: Isabella BOX b c1854 Stephen twp,
Huron Co, dau/o James BOX, m Carl R A
HOHMAN; ch: Robert A, George A, Edith May
Hagey, Maud Jane DESROCHERS,
Goldie
Rosella HELSER; any info to Elizabeth Kay,
869 Clearview Ave, London, ON N6H 2N3
HUFF: Paul W b 1843 Ont where? m when?
where? Cynthia Clarinda ROSEBUSH dau/o Ira/
Susan GUERNSEY, ch: 10 born, Ivd 1880s MI,
Paul d 1929 Alabama; seek names his prts.
George L Trigg, 275 Beaver Dam Rd,
Brookhaven,
NY 11719 USA
HYSLOP (HISLOP): Anne b c1826 (Que?) dau/o
Robert (b Scot?), sis/o Mary (m 1861 Alfred
KNIGHT); m 1844 (where?) William FERGUSON,
to Wawanosh twp, Huron Co 1848, she d 1870;
ch: Mary Jane, Andrew, Agnes, John, Margaret,
Anne, Martha; seek anc/prts/sibs.
Mrs Elaine
Dumba, 512 3rd Ave N W, Weyburn, SK S4H 1R1
IDE: Willis Aylmore IDE, blacksmith,
m 1827
Hampshire, Charlotte CAVE; em to Islington,
Ont, 1855; ch: Willis (m Frances
HANNINGTON),
Martha (or Pattie, m Thos
TIER), Sarah (m Robt Hopwood TIER), John
Cave (m Elizabeth Ann YOUNG); all bur St
George's on the Hill Ang Cem, Islington, Ont;
have IDE fam documented
back to 1592,
compiling
book, seek desc, will exch info. Mrs
Helen Kyle, 59 Graham Ave N, Hamilton,
ON L8H 4J8
MADDOX? Anyone with info the above please
contact L D McKay, 1106 - 66 Falby Court, Ajax,
ON L 1B 3L 1
KINCARDINE
TOWNSHIP
PIONEERS: research
for twp history in progress; pioneer fams in
villages of Millarton, Bervie, Kingarf, Glamis,
Arnow, Inverhuron,
Lorne, Stoney Island; much
info gathered, need input from desc; all letters
answered; those with pictures/info
on anc/desc
please contact Wanita Fletcher, RR#4,
Kincardine,
ON N2Z 2X5
LANE: Thomas Kingston LANE, b 1836
Cranfield, Bedford, Eng, s/o Thomas LANE/Ann
JOHNSON
(she later m Mr WRIGHT); he
reversed his name to Thomas Lane KINGSTON
then m c1862 Elizabeth HITCHCOCK
(dau/o
Miles Jr/Catherine),
ch: Isaac A Lane
KINGSTON
(b 1864, m Mary CAUGHELL),
Benjamin, Huldah, Annie, Lydia; all bur Victoria
Lawn Cem, St Catharines; all replies welcomed
by Margaret Davis, 441 Broad St, Tonawanda,
NY 14150 USA
LANGLEY: William of Toronto, ch: Mary; seek
desc, have info to share. Dean Jepson, 1111 - 40
Godstone Rd, North York, ON M2J 3C7
LA YZERT (LAZERT, LlEZERT): George, Joseph,
John and Fanny (Enoch LARABEE), ch/o
Joseph James LAZERT/Loruhamah
BUCK; boys
owned land Raleigh twp, Kent Co 1884, all em
from Grenville Co by 1881; any info to Miss
Katherine Paterson, 20 Sackville Place, Toronto,
ON M4X 1A4
JACKSON-POTTER-PEARSON:
John
JACKSON b 1817 Augusta twp, m c1838 Sabena
POTTER (1820-1867), he d 1879 Augusta; ch:
James b 1865, m Alice PEARSON (b 1867
Blackpool,
Eng, d 1895 Brockville,
Ont); seek
info prts/ch. Mary Jackson, 5138 Maxwell Rd,
Macedon, NY 14502 USA
LEAVENS: Edwin m Amy DALSON (or
DALTON), ch: Edwin Jr b 1868, m Margaret
MITCHELL
(b 1840 Liverpool, Eng), Ivd Lindsay
1888, their ch: Myrtle (Arthur COLLINS),
Harry;
Edwin Jr/Margaret
bur Scottsville
Cem, London;
seek any info, all desc. Julie Collins, 23731
Pheasant Run, Novi, MI 48050 USA
JEWEL: Ezekiel b c1819 Norfolk Co, m Mary
Jane BOUGHNER
(b c1820), ch: Elleanor,
James, Catherine, Margaret, Ezekiel; seek
further info this fam. Nancy Brown, 311 Elgin St,
Sarnia, ON N7T 5B5
LEIGHTON:
George b Ire (when? where?), Ivd
Mono twp c1845, m Margaret ISLAND (b Ire
where?); any info please to Helen McCurdy,
RR#3, Appin, ON NOL 1AO
JESSIMANE:
Peter b 1859 (Scot? Ont?) d 1930
Toronto; m Toronto, Catherine TUDHOPE
(b c1862, Oro, Ont), she d 1925 Toronto; ch:
Christina Blanche Eleanor b c1889, Jennie
Evelyn, Hazel (b 1891); seek anc/desc this fam.
Lillian Rook, 7219 Brookcrest
Place, Annandale,
VA 22003 USA
JUNKIN: John Robert, James McConnell
(b in
Can, em 1882 to ND), Frederick Charles(b ND),
two other bros in Canada and well documented;
also Arthur Dane JUNKIN b c1875 in Can, em
1889 to US, baker by trade, last known in 1901 in
WA state; seek corres desc these fams please.
V E Junking, RR#1, Ridgeville, ON LOS 1MO
KANE: Mary Clara b 1880, d 1959 Toronto,
adopted by James/Margaret
of Markham St,
bookbinder
with Brown Bros; m 1917 Garfield
McKAY, ch: Francis b 1918, Edgar b 1922,
Donais b 1924; Mary's true ma poss Frances R
184
LETHBRIDGE:
John b 1841 Devon, Eng, m Mary
YOUNG from Belfast, Ire; worked RR as freight
conductor
Port Hope and Midland (1879); ch:
John, James, Frederick, Flo, Carry, Doll,
Richard; he d 1908 Midland; seek anc/desc this
fam. Mrs Diana Hunter UE, 61 Montgomery
Ave,
Toronto, ON M4R 1C9
LllLFORS:
Alto Alarik, b 1877 Honkajoki,
Finland, m 1914, em to Canada after 1903; seek
any desc this fam, info please to Elizabeth Haro,
837 Shepard bush Rd, Birmingham,
MI 48008
USA
LITTLE-SMITH:
Thomas LITTLE b 1832 Ire, em
to Canada c1841, m 1860 Sarah SMITH (b 1837
NY); ch: (all b Canada) Sarah (b 1863), William
(b 1870), James Lindsay (b 1861); fam Ivd Grand
Forks, ND 1880, East Grand Forks, MN 1900;
James m 1889 Rensselle, ND, Barbara
HAMILTON
(dau/o Gademan or Gavin b 1829
Scot, and Barbara STEWART b 1834 NB,
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 1987
Canada, dau/o Peter STEWART/Annabella
GRANT); seek anc/desc, will exch info. Ina
Harnden, 14812 N 45th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85032
USA
LOBB: George (of St Teath, Cornwall, Eng)
m Mary HOLMES (of Co Tipperary,
Ire), Ivd
Goderich twp, Huron Co; ch: Kezia BEAR,
Thomas, Hannah COSTELLA,
Elizabeth,
William, Joseph; interested data all LOBB fams
Canada and/or USA, any info to Mrs Donald
Lobb, RR#2, Clinton, ON NOM 1LO
LONG: Robert b 1854 NY City, s/o Richard
(1824-1901, Wood House Hotel, Pt Dalhousie, of
the LONGs of Longfield, Cashel, Co Tipperary,
Ire), Robert's sibs: Emma (b 1860 Covington,
KT), Charles Henry (b 1868 Port Dalhousie,
Ont); any further info to Dale Caragata,
77 Winchester St, #4, Toronto, ON M4X 1B1
lOWE: Jane b c1767 NJ (prts? sibs?),
m Obadiah HOPKINS, Ivd Thorold 1794, she
d 1849; ch: Rev Silas, Elizabeth BROWN
(b 1791), Mehetable MARLATT (b 1798), Lydia
HAUX, Jane PARKINSON
(b St Johns 1811,
d 1890 Iowa); any info to Mrs Ruby Parkinson
01neY,5 Key Largo Course, Corte Madera,
CA 94925 USA
LYNCH: Ellen b c1837 Ire dau/o Thomas/Bridget
COSGRAVE (COSGROVE),
m 1859 Oakville,
Ont, William M KING, she d 1930 Oakville; seek
origins in Ire, where in Ont prts Ivd. David King,
27 Walker Ave, Toronto, ON M4V 1G3
MACINTOSH:
Gilbert, b Dornock, Scot, early
1800s, s/o William (d 1833 Scot) and Catherine
GORDON (1777-1865), who m 1797; Gilbert to
Canada 1835, m Mary McDONALD,
mvd from
New Glasgow, NS, to London, UC, 1847; seek
desc near Woodstock
or Embro, info please to
D H Stepler, Apt 1407, 60 Pleasant Blvd,
Toronto, ON M4T 1K1
MACKEY: Henry b 1831 Enniskillen,
Ire, Ivd
Dunnville, Ont, m Sarah HAMILTON
(b 1825), he
d 1905; any further info to Richard Mackey,
3451 Rosamond Ave, Richmond,
BC V7E 1A6
MAHONEY-SCULLY:
Michael MAHONEY
b c1820 Co Cork, Ire d when? where? em c1840
to Nottawasaga
twp, m Mary Ann SCULLY
(b c1821 Co Antrim (where?) Ire, dau/o
John/Margaret,
d 1861 Barrie), ch: Ellen (b 1844,
m 1864 Toronto, Joseph MARTIN), John (Ivd
Winnipeg c1899), James, Mary Anne, Catherine,
Michael, Francis, Catherine Mary; info anc/desc
to Sister Bernadette Dalton, 74 Wellesley St W,
Toronto, ON M5S 1C4
MARSHALL:
Robert neph/o Euphemia Troup
FORSYTH, Chatham twp, Kent Co, b 1835
Musselburgh,
Scotland, m Anne CLARK (b 1838
Ire); ch: b 1866-73 Lillias, Tessie (Jessie), Jane,
Ivd St David's Ward, Toronto, 1881; seek
anc/desc please. M E Dunlop, 25 Stanley Ave,
Chatham, ON N7M 3J1
MARSHALL-LAMB:
James MARSHALL
m Mary
LAMB, ch: Nathaniel (1854-1921), James
(b when?), Robert (b when?), Mary Jane
Name Game
(b when?); prts from Westmeath,
Ire, but ch poss
b Halton Co, Ont? info to James Brohman,
7443 Hwy 38, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 USA
MASSEY-TROMBLEY:
Adeline MASSEY
b c1850, Ivd St Marys, Perth Co (photo 1860s
with 3 sibs by J L. WILSON of St Marys), m Mr
TROMBLEY,
ch: Bertha b 1871, Josephine;
hus d, m 2) c1880, Benjamin D BURROWS of
Saginaw, MI, there raised 2 daus plus Ethele
b 1882; Bertha m 1890 Saginaw, MI, John Jacob
KREUZBERGER;
seek corres anyone with info
these fams. Lynn Yaghoubian,
14243 Greenleaf
St, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 USA
MATTHEWS:
James b c1835 Norfolk, Elgin area,
m 1859 Elgin Co, Elleanor JEWELL (see JEWEL
query), ch: Peter (b 1860), Philip (b 1866), Mary
Catharine (b 1868), Wellington
(b 1871), Frank
(b 1873), Ida (b 1875); any info this fam to Nancy
Brown, 311 Elgin St, Sarnia, ON N7T 5B5
McCONOCHIE:
Hugh d April 1888 Grand Trunk
RR accident poss near Pickering? seek name of
widow and info desc (3 sons, 2 daus); also seek
connection
his paternal grandma Margaret
WATSON (1745-1822) to the MONTGOMERYs
and to LOCKHART
(sec'y to Oliver
CROMWELL),
the WATSONs poss from
Ayrshire, Scot; any info please to Elizabeth
McConochie,
217 E Florence St, Cambria,
WI 53923 USA
McCRAW (McGRAW):
Napoleon b 1845
Montreal, m when? Amelia FOLARDEAU
(FOLARD), d 1912 Detroit, MI; seek any info this
fam early 1800s-1900, will exch info. Willoughby
Butler, 8130 Long Lake Rd, Hale, MI 48739 USA
McDOWELL-HEASLIP:
John McDOWELL
(18051901) m Mary HEASLIP (1816-1922), both
b where? (Ont? or Ulster, Ire?), Ivd Port Hope,
Ont, both bur Janetville Cem; ch: Ellen (185198), Joseph (1852-1922), Mary Anne (18541919), Sarah Jane (1856-1917), Robert James
(b 1864), John (1865-1930); any info to Mrs
Patricia Heglund, Tyribakken
16,0280 Oslo 2,
Norway
McGIMPSEY:
seek all info fams this name in
Canada, Scotland, Ireland; send replies please to
Mrs Shirle McGimpsey,
18 River Ave E, Dauphin,
MB R7N OJ4
MciNTIRE-CURTISS:
Martha MciNTIRE b 1804
Canada West, m 1827 UC, David Hardy
CURTISS (b 1804 Essex, VT), ch: Mary b 1827,
Percia Sylvina b 1833 in Canada, other ch b later
Ohio; info please to Shirley O'Leary, Box 641,
Belle Fourche, SD 57717 USA
McKAY: Garfield b 1884, d 1934 Toronto, s/o
James/Mandy;
m 1917 Mary Clara KANE, he was
butcher with Gunns Ltd; ch: Francis Garfield
b 1918, Edgar b 1922, Donald Hadley b 1924; any
info to L D McKay, 1106 - 66 Falby Court, Ajax,
ON L1S 3L1
McKAY-FERGUSON-McDOUGALL:
John
McKay b 1751 Scot, d 1839 Glengarry Co, Ont,
s/o Angus/who?
m c1781 Catherine
McDOUGALL
(b c1759 Scot, dau/o Maj
185
John/who?);
ch: Angus b c1785 m Margaret
FERGUSON (b c1786, d c1866 Williamstown),
he
d 1853 Martintown;
seek spouse first Angus, any
info anc/desc these fams, Marcia McKay Leslie,
5445 SW Palatine st, Portland, OR 97219 USA
McLEAN-STRANGE:
Allan Neil McLEAN
b c1824 Kingston, Ont, m c1845 Isabel
STRANGE (b c1826 Kingston), fam to Toronto,
from "old Kingston families"; seek anc/sibs of
both, also death dates. Robert Putnam,
246 Stanley Dr, Waterloo, ON N2L 1H8
MEAGHER: James s/o William/Ellen
SWEENEY,
m 1861 Marysville, Ont, Mary SHAUGHNESSY
(dau/o John/Hanora
FITZGERALD);
ch: Mary,
Agnes, Margaret, Rosanna, John, Julia, Theresa,
Catherine, Thomas; fam members mvd to
Ottawa, Ont, and to NY; seek desc. John
Meagher, 67 Appalachian
Cres, Kitchener,
ON N2E 1A3
MEAGHER: John (s/o William/Ellen
SWEENEY)
m Marysville, Ont, Catherine (McDONNELL?);
fam to NY c1890, John d 1895, Catherine d 1908;
ch: Mary, Patrick, William, John, others? seek
info desc. John Meagher, see above
MITCHELSON:
Jane dau/o John/Margaret
(OMMOND?)
of West Wawanosh, m 1864
Lucknow, Ont, Thomas Bennett SOMERVILLE·
her sis Mary Ann m Mr McKAIG, and bro John 'M
m Ann MAYO; seek rei these sibs; any info to
Mrs Nancy Schoonover,
1624 - 101 Ave, Dawson
Creek, BC V1 G 2A9
MORE: John b 1801 NY, em c1832 to Dunnville,
Ont, d 1885 South Walsingham
twp, Norfolk Co;
third wife: Angeline Wyant McDONALD;
an
uncle Ebenezer MORE was priest, St Augustine,
FL, USA; seek info prts, fam in US; replies to
Dianne Fick, 55 Lisgar Ave, Tillsonburg,
ON N4G 3K7
MUNSON: Edwina b c1815, m Jesse TRULL
(poss from Port Darlington,
Ont s/o John/Lydia
tASEY? see TRULL query), ch: Lillian b 1838,
Libby; seek birth/marr
records, Dorothy Bremer,
1274 Bird Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
NATTRASS: Alfred b 1845 Durham Co, Ont, s/o
Thomas/Mary
DEXTER, m 1867 Harriet SING
(dau/o Samuel/Lucretia),
Ivd 1871 Brock twp,
ch: Mary A; seek anc/desc this fam. Craig
Nattrass, C23, 80 Galbraith Dr SW, Calgary,
AB T3E 4Z6
NATTRASS-RICHARDSON:
Ruth NATTRASS
b 1847, Durham CO, m 1867 James
RICHARDSON,
her sis Mary Jane b 1840 m 1864
Joseph RICHARDSON
(bro
James); seek any
info anc/desc please. Craig Nattrass, see above
NEWBIGGING:
William Jr, b 1858 Hamilton,
Ont, m ci885 (at home of uncle James W
PAXTON, Camp Dennison, Ohio) Effie Day
BUCKINGHAM;
Ivd South Milford, Ohio,
manager Milford Manufacturing
Co, Milford;
Director Boston School of Music 1903 in
Springfield,
Mass; Director New York
Conservatory
of Music in Boston 1905; bur
186
where? seek anc this man. Mrs Mary
Belchamber,
Box 22, Morriston, ON NOB 2CO
NORMANDIN:
Napoleon Paul b c1825 where?
prts? m when? Angelique
KAVENEL dit LALIME
(b c1830 St Pie or St Hyacinthe, Que), Ivd
Paincourt, Kent Co, Ont c1856; father of
Appolinaire
b 1851, and grandfather
of Valerie
NORMANDIN
GROOME b 1889 who lives
London, Ont, aged 98 yrs; will share info. Linda
Vincent, Box 2233, Chelmsford,
ON POM 1LO
NORRIS: Pte James b 1811 Templemore,
Ire
(prts?), arr Quebec City 1844, disch 1856,
requested pension sent to St Giles, Que;
m Susan who? (b c1819 Que of Scotch desc);
ch: Anne Marie (b Que 1847), Caroline (b 1849
Ont), Milia (1853), Marshall (1859, m Mary Ann
HENRY), Ellen (1862), Sarah (1867), Mary
(1870); Ivd Kingston area; seek desc this fam.
Mrs Beatrice Martingale,
1624 Trossacks Ave,
London, ON N5X 2G4
O'CONNELL-LYN:
Patrick O'CONNELL
m Nancy LYN; ch: Richard, Bridget, Ella,
Minnie, Elizabeth, Rose Ann (b 1864) near
Elizabethtown,
m 1887 Ogdensburg,
NY, George
B TINDAL); seek prts/o Patrick/Nancy;
all
replies to Mary Jackson, 5138 Maxwell Rd,
Macedon, NY 14502 USA
ORR: James b c1792 Ire, m Elizabeth RAINEY
(b c1798 Ire, d 1842 Que), ch: John b 1832 Que,
d 1878 Brantford, cem? John known as Black
Jack, owned inns in Cainsville, Ont, m 1863
Catharine Jane WESTBROOK
(b 1838, d 1912
Brantford);
any info on ORR's apprec by Harris
Orr Bragg, 20 Springfield
Dr, Brantford,
ON N3R 1N2
OSCHEFSKI:
Joseph b 1896 Radautz, Bokovina;
em to Canada early 1900s, Ivd Sask, then to Ont;
last known info Kirkland Lake 1940, mechanic/
blacksmith,
d Ont; any info OSCHEFSKI,
OSCZEVSKI,
OSCHEVSKI,
OCZEWSKI fams to
Joan Meyer, 7 Norris Rd, Regina, SK S4S 5N1
PARKINSON:
Joseph b 1787 Preston,
Lancashire, m Ellen HODKINSON,
Ivd Eramosa
1824, shoemaker/farmer,
had 12 ch, he d 1851;
seek info their prts/desc. Mrs Ruby Parkinson
Olney,S Key Largo Course, Corte Madera,
CA 94925 USA
PARSONS: Eliza (niece/o John SMALL of
Toronto) b 1783 (where? prts?), m 1805 Samuel
Smith RIDOUT (eldest s/o Thomas RIDOUT of
Tor/Isabella
who? sister-in-law
of John
DONOVAN, postmaster Hancock, MD, USA
c1776); seek info PARSON and SMALL fams.
Miss M R Dallas, 459 West 40th Ave, Vancouver,
BC V5Y 2R5
PATTINSON:
John H b c1848 Eng (where?
prts?) em to Ont when? m Jennet DICKSON
(b 1848 Scot, where? prts?), ch: Margaret,
Florence, Mary, John, Gordon, Harry; any info
this fam to Mrs Carol McClelland,
152 - 1050
Springfield
Rd, Kelowna, BC V1Y 8J7
PELESKY (PELESKI): Frank b where? d where?
m Annie REX (b Cannington,
Ont when?,
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 1987
d where?), ch: John Arthur b when? d Oct 22,
1981 Renfrew, Ont; all replies please to Mrs Olga
Lewis, 190 Massey Cres, Renfrew, ON K7V 4C1
PIGGOTT-GARBUTT:
James PIGGOTT b 1811,
d when? m 1837 Toronto, Lavinia GARBOTT
(b 1817). Ivd Milton or Malton, Ont; ch: Mary,
Harriet, William, Charlie, James (1844-1917),
Matilda (b 1849), Elizabeth (b 1852). Hannah
(b 1853), Caroline (b 1859), Bessie, George
(b 1862); prts b where? bur where? Mrs L
Patricia Heglund, Tyribakken
16,0280 Oslo 2,
Norway
POWERS: John E b enroute from Ire (June 2,
1852 or 1842?), m 1871 Christena MILLER of
Markham; Ivd Jack's Lake, Sunnidale twp,
Simcoe Co; ch: Mary Ellen (Nellie), George
Edward, Wesley (d inf), Jonas; seek anc/desc
John, from where in Ire, Ivd where in Ont?
any sibs? Any info please to Joy Dexter,
62 Blueberry Dr, Agincourt,
ON
POWERS-GILBERT:
John POWERS (b c17931800) m Nancy GILBERT (dau/o John of
Canaan, NY) of Belleville; ch: Sarah Ann b 1828,
m 1849 Madoc, Edward S RIGGS (by Rev
Stephen MILES, Meth); poss John POWERS
and Nancy both b NY? seek anc this fam.
Wallace Leavitt, Rt 2, Box 129, Mound City,
KS 66056 USA
POWERS-GILBERT-RIGGS:
Sarah Ann
POWERS b 1828 Belleville dau/o John/Nancy
GILBERT, m 1849 Belleville Wes Meth Ch,
Edward Squire RIGGS (b c1824 Adolphustown,
Ont or Kingston, NY); seek anc these fams
please. Wallace C Leavitt, see above
POWLEY: James b 1785 s/o Jacob/who?
m 1812
Kingston, Rachel BABCOCK
(1790-c1875 dau/o
Benjamin BABCOCK
UE/who?), ch: Charles,
John Benjamin, Eliza Jane, Jonathon, Louisa
Ann (1818-80, John SANDERSON),
Sarah
Lucinda (1821-1879, William SANDERSON),
Henry Ryan, Aseneth Maranda, Joseph Warlren,
Sabra Mariah; James d 1838, he and Rachel bur
where? Any info to Mrs Kellie Love, RR#1,
Woodville, ON KOM 2TO
REED (READ, REID): David m Clara (Clarissa) in
Eng (Suffolk? London?) em early 1870s to Ont
(where?), Ivd Bracebridge
area 1881-91, Clara
d 1895 (cem?). David d when? cem?; ch: Arthur,
Rev Charles, George (Orillia), William, Richard,
Albert, Thomas (AB and BC), Sarah; info
welcomed, postage refunded. Mrs Mildred Berry,
21166 Old Yale Rd, Langley, BC V3A 4M7
REID: John b c1835 Cornwall, Ont (prts? sibs?),
Ivd where? em to MI, m 1868 Pentwater, MI,
Jennie (Mary Jane) FLAGG, Ivd MI, he d 1923,
seek further info anc/desc. Mrs John Elwell,
254 Euclid Ave, Long Beach, CA 90803 USA
REINHARDT
(REINHART):
Francis (b 1809, Ger,
s/o who?/Mary
she b c1786 Ger), m Catherine
who? (b 1806, Ger); ch: John (b 1835), Mary
(b 1836), Catherine (b 1842, d 1918 Red Lake
Falls, MN, USA), Francis (b 1845); any info to
James Brohman, 7443 Hwy 38, Grand Rapids,
MN 55744 USA
Name Game
RICHARDSON:
Alfred b 1823 Kidderminster,
Worcestor, Eng, m 1854 Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, Louisa Ellen MANLEY (b 1824
Taunton, Somerset, Eng, d 1910 Stanton, MI,
USA); he d 1891 London, Ont; ch: Harry, James
J, Louisa Ellen, Alfred William (b 1854
Melbourne, Aust), others? seek birth dates ch,
when fam arr Canada. Edward Tomblin, RT 1,
Box 223A, Monett, MO 65708 USA
ROONEY: Thomas b 1796 Co Leitrim, Ire, Ivd
N Arthur twp, Wellington
Co; ch: Thomas Jr
(Ann Jane MORRISON),
Robert, Liam, Ann; ch
of Thomas Jr: Robert (Isabel GATES), Sarah
(John LAING), Thomas (Mary BOYD), Mary
(Edward LAING), Richard, Arthur, Rachel (Peter
DOBSON), Matilda (Gregory TERNAN),
William; seek any info, all desc. Julie Collins,
23731 Pheasant Run, Novi, MI 48050 USA
ROSE- TERRYBERRY:
John ROSE mEllen, Ivd
Bathurst twp 1845, ch: James (Methodist
preacher, m Jane TERRYBERRY,
he d 1895, bur
Burford twp, cem?), fam where after 1849? other
ch? need gravestone info for James. Margaret
Amey, 23434 River Rd, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7E6
ROUSE-VAN DE CAR: George ROUSE Sr,
b 1782 New Eng where? m c1815-20, St
Catharines, Ont, Anna VAN DE CAR (b 1788
where?, d c1835-38 Ont): ch: George Jr (b 1821),
William, James, Horace, Edward, Alex (or
Alice?), Sarah, Ruth, Charlotte, Jane; all
b before 1840; all ROUSE info welcomed, will
refund postage, exch info. S K Thode,
802 Sheridan Rd, Waterloo, Iowa, 50701 USA
ROWAN-MOORE:
James ROWAN s/o
John/Emma
HOGAN, m 1905 Sudbury, Ont,
Louisa MOORE dau/o John/Mary
MORIN; wit to
wed: Wm James SUTHERLAND/Emma
MOORE
SUTHERLAND;
any info apprec by Rita
Jolicoeur,
Box 703,902 Hwy 69 W, Hanmer,
ON POM 1YO
ROY: William b c1853 Ire (where? prts?) em to
Can when? m 1875 Uxbridge, Nancy SHAVER of
Goodwood,
Ont, worked RR construction,
poss
Toronto-Nippissing
Railway, he d 1925, bur
Goodwood;
any info anc/desc this man please to
Mrs Carol McClelland,
152 -1050 Springfield
Rd,
Kelowna, BC V1 Y 8J7
RUMMERFIELD:
John Ivd King twp 1850s,
m Margaret who? ch: Mary (Peter OWENS),
William Henry (Elizabeth PARSONS, Ivd Mara
twp 1871); seek prts, birthplace for John. Donald
Schell, Box 224, Station A, Toronto,
ON M5W 1B2
SAGER: Staats or Stants SAGER b 1819
Richmond twp, s/o John/Elizabeth,
m Sarah
Jane KIMMERLEY
(b 1822); ch: Sanford Miles
(b 1845), Amelia E (b 1850), Alvin (b 1852),
Almina (b 1854), Catherine (b 1857), all
b Richmond twp; Sarah Jane d c1857, Staats
then to Elzevir twp, he m 2) Eliza Ann LEWIS, ch:
Alford b 1870; fam back to Richmond; any info
apprec by Mrs Elizabeth WOOd, RR#1, Madoc,
ON KOK 2KO
187
SCOTT: Annabelle (poss rei to bro of Sir Walter
SCOTT?), she m Michael OGIL TREE; em c1830
to Canada; ch: Elizabeth (1811-96, m Thomas
BODDY, Ivd Leeds twp, son James BODDY
m Ann SCOTT dau/o Abraham/Alice
BENNETT)
all Irish origin; have info to share. Mrs L Taylor,
RR#1, Lakeshore Rd, Beamsville, ON LOR 1BO
SNELL: John b 1826 Eng where? m Jane
DUNDAS, em to Pickering area, Durham Co with
bro Samuel, John Ivd c1854 Turnberry twp,
Huron Co, Samuel stayed Pickering; seek
anc/desc these fams. Mrs Margaret Finlay,
Box 86, Lucknow, ON NOG 2HO
SNIVELY: Rosina b 1808 poss Weiland Co
(prts?), m George Albert SMITH (from US after
War of 1812); from Chippewa to Brooke twp,
Lambton Co 1852; ch: (b 1826-54) Peter,
Catherine, Mary, William, John, David, Caroline,
George, Emma Jane, High (Hugh?), Margaret;
any info to Elizabeth Haro, 837 Shepardbush
Rd,
Birmingham,
MI48008 USA
SOPER (SOPHER): Orrnus b c1833, Ivd
Sunnidale twp 1870s, m c1857 Letitia SCHELL;
ch: John, Margaret, William, David, Benjamin,
Albert, George, Ellen, Bertha; seek prts and
birthplace of Ormus, replies please to Donald
Schell, Box 224, Station A, Toronto,
ON M5W 1B2
SPENCE: William b 1811-33? Ire, s/o Thomas;
bro
John (Toronto),
Richard (Regina), Ed
(Walkerton),
Lucinda BLACK (Orangeville),
Mrs
MOORE; Wm Ivd poss Toronto, or Bruce Co, or
out west? have photo to share. N Black, Barrie
Terrace, Barrie, ON L4M 1E8
SPENSER-SMALL:
William A SPENSER b 1822
Orkney Is, Scot, m when? where? Caroline
SMALL (b when? where?), ch: John, Alexander,
Edward (b 1856 Carlton, SK, or The Pas, MB),
Charles, Arthur (bpt 1860 Berens River, where?),
Mary, Charlotte, Sarah, Janette; William with
Hudson's Bay Co 37 yrs, began 1838 Lake
Superior, advanced to postmaster, clerk, and
then freeman in 1875, worked across Canada,
final post English River (where?); any info to Mrs
M Joan Kardash, 1333 - 1st St East, Prince
Albert, SK S6V OE4
SPROULE: William s/o who?/Charlotte
WALLACE, b Simcoe Co? m 1871 Manitoba,
Catherine ROBINSON;
his sibs: Robert (Tillie
MOONEY), Joseph (Sarah MOONEY), Annie (to
US), Margaret (Joseph GILROY), Marie (John
GILROY), Mary (William McBRIDE), Charlotte
(Fred WAKE), Eliza (Jim WAITTES), Jemima
(Harry DEVOLVE, Harry GULLI HER); any info
apprec by Gwen Sproule, 1046 Downing St,
Winnipeg, MB R3G 2P8
STEWART-HAMILTON:
David Hamilton
STEWART m Rebecca (BROWN?), worked as
fireman, Toronto, under Chief ARDAGH, Hook
and Ladder, Provincial Engine Co #6; David
d 1899 Barrie, Ont; ch: John Hamilton (b 1856),
Rebecca (b 1861), Sarah (b 1863), Rebecca Ann
(b 1869), Paul (b 1874), James, David; any info
188
anc/desc to Claudia Stewart, PO Box 30,
Penetanguishene,
ON LOK 1 PO
STEWART-HAMILTON:
Paul STEWART em Ire
1845 to Toronto as Missionary,
m Rebecca
(BROWN? or HAMILTON?),
ch: David Hamilton
(b 1834), John Hamilton (b 1836), Paul Henry
(b 1838, Dep Treasurer Simcoe Co 1886-95),
Sarah (b 1849), all bur St James Cem, Toronto:
seek anc/desc. Claudia Stewart, see above
TANNER-SUMNER:
James TANNER b c1811
Eng (where? d when? where?), m Sarah
SUMNER (b c1815-19 Eng where? d when?
where?); Ivd Brant Co, Oxford Co, and MI; ch:
William, Abram, John, Jonathon, Les?, James,
Sarah, John Henry, George, Mary A, Marjory E,
all b 1837-58, poss Brant Co? Any info please to
Mrs Elaine Culling, 69 Nethercott
Dr, Stratford,
ON N5A 7G3
TANNER-SUMNER-GREENWOOO-BARE:
185080, Ivd Brantford twp (Brant Co), N Norwich twp
(Oxford Co), Forest (Lambton Co), Orangeville
(Dufferin Co), Guelph (Wellington
Co), and
Toronto; also Rockford, IL, and Isabella Co,
Gratiot Co in MI, and Isle of Man; any info these
fams to Mrs Elaine Culling, see above
THOMAS: Peter (1780-1847) m 1) Elizabeth
JANECKE (?), ch: Mary, Elizabeth; m 2) Barbara
BURKHOLDER
of Saltfleet, dau/o Jacob/Sophia
de ROCHE, ch: Catherine, Sophia, Keziah, John,
Jacob, Martha, Peter, Sarah, Susannah, Daniel,
David; seek any info anc/desc this fam. Gary
Culp, 7589 Wilson Cres, Niagara Falls,
ON L2G 4S3
TIT MAS (TITMUS): John Seth Hubbard b 1851
Eng, m 1871 then em to Can 1872 as paymaster
on Cornwall Canal; when finished went to
Brantford silk mill; sibs: Joseph, William, Harry
followed to Brantford, several ch b there; seek
any info this fam, replies to Robert Titmas, 156
Riverside Dr N, Bricktown,
NJ 08724 USA
TITMUS (TITMAS): Sarah Jane sis/o Benjamin,
David, George, Ann, Ivd Beverly twp, Wentworth
Co, 1851-99, Jane bur Westover Cem near
Dundas; also Simeon TITMUS Ivd Beverly twp;
any and all info needed these fams. Robert
Titmas, see above
TOMBLIN: John b 1804 Parish of Bray,
Berkshire, Eng, m Harriet who? d when? ch:
Charles George (b 1834, Canada?), plus 7 others
(names? dates?); John rec'd land grant Eldon
twp, Victoria Co after 5 yrs Royal Artillary, Ivd
near Toronto early 1800s, also Beaverton,
Thorah twp, Ontario Co c1837; any info apprec
by Edward Tomblin, RT 1, Box 223A, Monett,
MO 65708 USA
TRISH (TRISCH): Barbara (German/Prussion,
prts?) m 1) who? TRISCH, ch: Barbara Ellen
(1848-1915, m Corp Walter BRAGGE 2nd Batt
Royal Fusiliers b 1838 Yeovil, Somerset, Eng,
d 1901 St Catharines, Ont); m 2) John BRANDT
(BRANT), Ger Lutheran, Ivd Paris, Ont; any info
to Harris Orr Bragg, 20 Springfield
Dr, Brantford,
ON N3R 1N2
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 198'7
TRULL: Jesse m Edwina MUNSON, ch: Lillian
b 1838, to MI by 1856, and Elizabeth; fam Ivd
where in Canada? Jesse poss same as Jesse
TRULL of Port Darlington,
s/o John W/Lydia
CASEY, this Jesse b 1806, drowned 1839; is this
same Jesse that m Edwina? Dorothy Bremer,
1274 Bird Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA
VIRTUE: Mary Jane b c1836 Fermanagh, Ire
(poss dau/o Robert/Phyllina?
later of
Enniskillen,
Ont), sls/o Sarah (SHERR ITT),
Hannah (FLOODY) of Huron Co; em to Canada
c1840; m 1854 George GIBSON, Ivd 1860
Wawanosh twp, Huron Co, she d 1879; ch:
Edmund, Robert, John, Mary, George, Charles,
Levi, Filina; any info anc/prts/sibs
to Mrs Elaina
Dumba, 512 3rd Ave N W, Weyburn, SK S4H 1R1
VOLLMER (FOLMER, FULMER): Thomas m
Catherina ULMER, Ivd Mornington
twp, ch:
Charles (b 1843, m Francisca PFEI FFER 1870 to
Formosa), Joseph, Moritz, Jacob (b 1849, to
Saugeen), Mary (b 1853, m who? Ivd poss
Wilmont twp?), William, John; replies to Wayne
Vollmer, 66 Dunbar Rd S, Waterloo, ON N2L 2E3
WALKER: David John b 1854 Hungerford,
s/o
Daniel/Mary,
m 1880 Madoc, Susan Jane
CAMPBELL
(b 1848 Madoc, dau/o Daniel/
Susan); seek desc this fam. Barry Campbell,
14 Bering Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3K OE9
WEBSTER-SCOTT:
Hugh Vail WEBSTER
b 1856 Norwich, Ont, s/o Lindley/Sarah
(GOODFELLOW,
WELCH), m 1881 Norwich,
Jennie SCOTT (dau/o John/Mariah
who?
Quaker fams); seek any info. Mrs Shirle
McGimpsey,
18 River Ave E, Dauphin,
MB R7N OJ4
WELCH: Patrick 1797-1880 of Ire, mAnn
GANNON (1799-1877, b Co Sligo, Ire); Ivd 1852
Cornwall twp, Stormont Co; prts bur RC Cem St
Andrew's West, Ont; ch: Patrick (b 1838), James
(b 1842), William (b 1844); these 3 where after
1861? also Mary Ann (m 1849 Patrick
GLANCEY),
Ellen (m 1857 Hugh FRASER),
Bridget (m 1870 Silas RUPERT), Thomas
(m 1860 Mary Ann KAVANAUGH);
will share
info. Wm D Amell, 421 London St, Peterborough,
ON K9H 3A2
WHITNEY: Sir James P WHITNEY, b Oct 2,1843
at Williamsburg,
s/o Richard; also John
WHITNEY em London, Eng, 1635, to Waterdown,
Mass, USA; looking for connection
between
these two, can anyone help? Any info these fams
please to W G Whitney, 185 Becker Cres, Fort
McMurray, AB T9K 1M6
WHITTAKER:
John b 1795 Co Wicklow, Ire, m
Jane SCARF, em c1847 to Grimsby, Lincoln Co;
ch: William, Hugh, Sarah (Jeremiah DEMPSEY,
Ivd London). Maryann (Charles DOWSER), John
Samuel (Ann Maria O'FARRELL),
James,
Benjamin (to CAl; seek any info, all desc. Julie
Collins,23731
Pheasant Run, Novi, MI 48050
USA
WILKINSON:
William Lewis b 1845 Eng, m
when? Elizabeth DOYLE, he d 1901 London,
Ont; seek info prts, and ch this couple, will
gladly exch info. Willoughby
Butler, 8130 Long
Lake Rd, Hale, MI 48739 USA
WILLIAMS:
Frederick m Marianne DEPEW, came
to Canada 1786 with step-day Mary (Polly)
WEAVER; fam Ivd Ancaster area 1789, seek
anc/desc these fams. Mrs Helen Lewis, RR#1,
Simcoe, ON N3Y 4J9
WILSON-ALLEN:
William Theodore WILSON
b 1851 Eng, watchmaker,
s/o George/Mary,
m 1876 St Catharines, Lincoln Co, Mary
Elizabeth ALLEN (b 1857 Niagara, dau/o
James/Sarah),
Ivd St Catharines 1879, then
where? any ch? Replies please to Anna Gale,
1827 Hurricane Rd, RR#2, Weiland, ON L3B 5N5
WINN: Silas b 1838 s/o John/Christianna,
Ivd
Port Col borne, Ont c1867, m Amaritt Matilda
STERNAMAN
(b 1843), he d 1888, his sib:
Elizabeth (b 1841); seek any info this fam please.
Richard Mackey, 3451 Rosamond Ave,
Richmond, BC V7E 1A6
WOOD: Annie b 1858 Torquay, Devon, Eng,
dau/o William/Georgina
who? m 1876 Toronto,
Thomas Clayton SMITH; was Susan WOOD rei?
Any info apprec by Dorothy Turner, RR#1
Rockwood, ON NOB 2KO
YORK-ARMITAGE:
Henry YORK b c1815 US,
m Matilda ARMITAGE;
ch: Harvey, Alexander,
Barbara, Hannah, Mary, Charles; Ivd Tiny twp,
Simcoe Co mid 1860s; seek anc/desc this fam.
Deborah York, 120 Romany St, Ft McMurray,
AB T9H 2W8
YOUNGS-HORTON:
Abraham YOUNGS m 1807
Windham, Norfolk Co, Susannah HORTON
(both b Sussex Co, NJ); ch: (b Windham 181017) Samuel, Mary, Margaret, Experience, then
(b Southwold,
Elgin Co 1820-27) Benjamin,
Sarah, Abigail, Abraham, then (b Windham,
Norfolk Co 1830-38) Nancy, Thomas, John; prts
d Windham; seek desc. Peggy Lindsay Dagg,
17446 Brady, Redford, MI 48240 USA
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family research there or in other Toronto area
repositories.
Will also undertake photo
assignments.
Very reasonable and resourceful.
All requests handled promptly. Send SSAE to
Mrs. Deborah J. Cushing, #521 - 55 Ellerslie
Ave., Willowdale,
Ontario, M2N 1X9.
HISTORIC DRUMMOND
HILL CEMETERY
TRANSCRIPTIONS
(With additional
references,
over 300 pages) ISBN 0-920001-13-0.
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$38.50 + $3.50 P & H to NIAGARA RESEARCH,
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ancestors' home town or village. KENTOPHILE,
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KINGSTON,
ONTARIO - Experienced
researcher will do research in Kingston Public
Library, Queen's University Archives, church
archives, census & local land records. For further information
contact Mrs. Dawn Broughton,
Box 346, R.R.#2, Kingston, ON K7L 5H6.
NIAGARA RESEARCH also offers SURNAME
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Send $10 + your
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located
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NORTH/EAST
YORKSHIRE ANCESTRY?
Teacher of Family History and experienced
genealogist
will undertake research in these
areas. No obligation
advice/quotation
sent on
receipt of details - Sue Carsey, 81 Coldyhill
Lane, Scarborough,
England Y12 6SE.
PRAIRIE CONNECTIONS?
Experienced
researchers specializing
in Manitoba genealogical
records. Free initial consultation.
Minimum
deposit. Hourly rate. Write: Prairie Connections,
368 Maplewood Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3L 1A9.
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ANCESTORS?
After finding one usually many more can be
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Write or telephone for:
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Write with all known details to:
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0892-72-2272
SCOTTISH HISTORICAL
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Perthshire, Kinross, Forfar, Angus and Fife. RA
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SCOTTISH ANCESTRY?
-Genealogical/
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Henslowe Road, London, England SE22 OAP.
SHORT OF TIME? EXPERIENCED
RESEARCHER
will do searches in most
Southern Ontario repositories.
Also will search
Scottish parish & census records. Fee by the
hour. Send details of information
sought to:
V. Joanne Packham, BA, 50 Elmhurst Drive,
Hamilton, ON L8T 1C6.
The only extant, complete collection,
privately owned, of the Delaware Advertiser
and Farmer's Journal, published by W.A.
Mendenhall,
Wilmington,
Delaware, from
Sept. 1827 through Dec. 1831, has been
microfilmed
and extracted for all residents of
Delaware. Over 3000 individuals and over
7000 entries. The book is Casebound,
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272 pages. $26 U.S. prepaid.
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- Joan
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(Hons). HISTORICAL
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ASSOCIATES,
7 Lancasterian
Street,
Carrickfergus
BT38 7AB, N. Ireland or
41 Ormiston Crescent, Belfast BT4 3JQ,
N. Ireland. For initial evaluation please enclose
$5.00.
M. Frazier, 44 Toyon Terr. Dept. 0, Danville,
CA 94526
1881 Canadian
80 Pages
Census
Central Algoma Division
From: Ontario
Other publications
available:
send SAS.E. for information.
DELAWARE ADVERTISER
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Extracts
Margaret Mendenhall
Frazier
$12.00 ($2.00 postage
extra)
Genealogical
Society Sault and District Branch
P.O. Box 1203
Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Canada P6A 6N1
More of the 1881 Census to follow.
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Advertising
submissions
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to the
Ontario Genealogical Society, 40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 253,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4R 189
192
Families,
Vol. 26, No.3, 1987
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The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) was founded to collect and preserve genealogical and historical data, to assist members in their study of genealogical research, and to issue genealogical publications, especially relating to Ontario. It was organized in 1961, and received its Ontario charter in 1967.
Membership is based on the calendar year. There is no initiation fee. Annual dues are $25.00 plus $5.00
for each additional member of a family in any household. This provides one copy of each of the four
issues of Families and Newsleafto
each household, and one notice of all general meetings a nd semi nars.
Correspondence
concerning OGS, Families, Newsleaf, the annual Seminar, the Reference Library and
other enquiries should be addressed, accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, to:
Ontario
Genealogical
Society, 40 Orchard
View Blvd., Suite 253, Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada M4R 1B9.
Honorary
Patron
Colonel The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, P.C.,
K.ST.J., Q.C., B.A., LL.D., Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Honorary
Vice-President
Milton
President
Vice-President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
of Finance
Rubincam,
FASG
Bill Reynolds
Judy Mitton
Everard Zytveld
Roderick McLeod
John Dunnill
DIRECTORS
Marie Charbonneau
Kenneth Collins
Hal R. Courchesne
Bruce Elliott
Robert Half yard
Mary L. Heasman
Anthony Hofstee
Louise Hope
Alison Lobb
Roderick McLeod
Judy Mitton
Bill Reynolds
Robert L. Rodman
Ann Rowe
Bert Wees
Everard Zytveld
OGS BRANCHES
Brant Co.
Bruce & Grey
Elgin Co.
Essex Co.
Hatton-Peel
Hamilton
Huron Co.
Kawartha
Kent Co.
Kingston
Lambton Co.
Leeds & Grenville
London
Niagara Peninsula
Nipissing Dist.
Ottawa
Oxford Co.
Perth Co.
Quinte
Sault Ste. Marie & Dist.
Simcoe Co.
Sudbury Dist.
Thunder Bay Dist.
Toronto
Waterloo-Wellington
Wh itby-Oshawa
Annual General Meeting is held during the Seminar. Seminar 88 is scheduled
University of Ottawa in Ottawa.
Head Office is in Toronto,
Ontario.
Office Administrator:
for May 20-23,1988
Mrs. Claudia McArthur,
at The
Toronto.
OGS Reference Library is located at the Canadiana Collection, North York Public Library, 35 Fairview
Mall Drive, Willowdale, Ontario. Please call for information regarding hours that the library is open. Tel:
(416) 733-5624/25.
All library mail and donations should be sent to the OGS Office correspondence
address above. Librarian: Mr. D. Grant Brown, Toronto.