TALBOT TIMES
Newsletter of the
ELGIN COUNTY BRANCH
ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
BOX 20060, ST. THOMAS, ON N5P 4H4
ISSN 0827-2816
VOLUME XX ISSUE THREE SEPTEMBER 2001
Extracts of Genealogical information
Chairman’s Message
Although Elgin OGS had no meetings during July and August, our work has continued throughout the summer. We continue to receive many requests for research and orders for publications. The publications committee has been extremely busy working on extractions and index for the Dutton Advance newspaper from 1940 to 1969 which should be ready for sale this fall. Work has also progressed on the index to the Aylmer Express from 1890 to 1907. Some finishing touches on the first volume (Malahide & Aylmer) of the Places of Worship Records Inventory Project were added, and it is hoped this publication will be available later in the fall.
Orders for microfilm we had placed with the Genealogical Society of Utah were received recently, and will be added to our library collection in the near future. Included are nine reels of the General Register from the Land Registry Office, which consists mainly of wills and administrations. An index to these records is being planned.
Four reels of church records were also received: Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, St. Thomas (2 reels); St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, West Lorne; and Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Thomas. Our attempts to purchase other Elgin county church records microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah were unsuccessful, even though we had received permission from some of the churches involved. Because there are records of more than one church on a single reel of microfilm, we were required to get permission from each individual church whose records are on a particular film. In the case of churches that are now closed, permission from the relevant Church Archives is required. Many of the records we were trying to purchase were of Baptist churches, some of which are now closed. The Canadian Baptist Archives in Hamilton refused to give us permission to purchase these records, citing doctrinal issues concerning the matter of baptism between the Baptist church and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Since permission had been given years ago for these records to be microfilmed by the LDS, this refusal of permission made no sense to me, but that is the answer I received. However, the LDS Family History Library in St. Thomas has agreed to order the microfilm on indefinite loan for their collection, at our cost, so a copy of these church records will be available for research there. A complete list of all churches included in this collection will be given elsewhere in this newsletter.
Elgin OGS has received about 90 discarded books from the local history collection at the Elgin County Library, plus a large collection of family files and several binders of George Thorman’s newspaper extractions. During the next few months, this material will be added to our collection in the St. Thomas Public Library.
In June, I met with Elgin County archivist Brian Masschaele and had a productive discussion regarding the future relationship between Elgin OGS and the Archives. Brian has accepted an invitation to speak at our November meeting.
Recently two volunteers have come forward to assist Elgin OGS with its research requests and other work as needed. This was very encouraging to the Executive and Committee members, who have been bearing the workload of the branch. Thank you!
# Church Records Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah which will be available for research in the George Thorman Room: (purchased by Elgin OGS)
# Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, St. Thomas (1312034 & 1312035)
# Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Thomas (0161545)
# St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, West Lorne (1312179)
# Church Records Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah which will be available for research at the St. Thomas LDS Family History Centre: (some were already in the collection, the remainder have been ordered for indefinite loan by Elgin OGS). Please check the LDS catalogue for a complete description of what records are contained on each microfilm.
# Yarmouth First Regular Baptist (0804329 & 0886755)
# Eden Baptist (0804328)
# Sparta Baptist & New Sarum Baptist (0886756)
# Fingal Baptist (0897914)
# Calton Baptist (0886755)
# Centre Street Baptist, St. Thomas (0804328)
# Knox Presbyterian, Belmont, & Kilmartin, Yarmouth Twp. (0161503 & 1061573)
# Alma St. Presbyterian, St. Thomas (0161544)
# Clachan Regular Baptist, Aldborough Twp. (0804351 & 0897913)
# Malahide Berean Baptist & Jubilee Lakeview Baptist (0804329)
# Iona Station Baptist (0804328)
# Port Burwell Baptist (0804351)
# Malahide - Aylmer Regular Baptist (0804328)
# Malahide - Bayham Baptist (0897916)
# Fingal Presbyterian (0161518)
# (Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church microfilm is already in the collection there)
TALBOT RESIDENCE SCENE OF MANY EARLY WEDDINGS
June 4, 1958 - Dutton Advance.
Writing in the St. Thomas Times-Journal, Gladys E. Elliott provides further facts on early life in the Talbot Settlement:
On May 13, 1821, the marriage of Eunice Culver and O’Neil Cloes was solemnized by Col. Mahlon Burwell, Justice of the Peace. As yet there was no church in this part of pioneer Elgin. It was three more years before the first church, the now historic Church of England in St. Thomas, was built and another three before a church at Tyrconnell was begun.
It was still not very long from the beginnings of the Talbot Settlement and these were young pioneers. Their marriage certificate, written by hand and signed by M. Burwell, J.P., is one of the treasured possessions of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cloes, St. Thomas, the former of whom is a grandson.
The romance of his grandparents was a case of love at first sight, Mr. Cloes says. Pretty Eunice was milking a cow one day when O’Neil Cloes came along the Talbot Road, the main thoroughfare of the Talbot Settlement which passed right in front of her father’s homestead. He stopped, spoke and lost his heart then and there to the nicest girl he had ever seen.
It had been in March, 1816, that Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Culver and three of their children came to this part of Canada, leaving four of their family living in the Long Point area. Their daughter, Eunice, was nearly fifteen at the time, having been born on Nov. 23, 1801, and her memories of the early days of this district were still very clear when the late Squire Frank Hunt recorded her reminiscences near the end of the century. She told of how plentiful the deer were here then and the wild pigeons (now extinct) were so numerous that they sometimes “darkened the sun” and they migrated north in the spring.
The Culver family had some wealth when they came to the Yarmouth district and did not have to endure some of the hardships that most other settlers experienced. Mr. Culver bought a farm from William Wilcox which already had a clearing at the front and a saw mill on the creek which flowed along the back of the property. Six years later, he sold this farm to O’Neal at the time of his marriage, so it continued to be the home of his daughter, Eunice. Indeed, she was to live almost the rest of century there.
The girl, Eunice Culver, had a disposition that attracted many friends and it is said that she was often asked to accompany wedding parties to Col. Talbot’s home in the days when he performed the marriage ceremonies in the settlement. She described Col. Talbot as a fine gentleman and remembered the kind manner in which he received those bridal parties. When she herself was married, Col. Burwell had been made a justice of the peace and was performing the wedding ceremonies.
Mrs. Cloes
recalled incidents of the war days of 1812. She had seen the mills burning in the vicinity of Simcoe, set afire by the enemy, and remembered how the horses and cattle of the settlers had been driven off. There were other marauders, too, in the early days. Wolves were numerous and bold enough to attack and kill sheep even in the farm yards. Other pioneers told of cattle being killed as they roamed for pasture among the trees. Both cattle and sheep were very important for the pioneer family and such losses were serious.
It was the sheep that provided the wool for clothing, and nearly every homesteader also grew flax for linen. The spinning wheel was an essential in these early homes and Mrs. Cloes recalled that the flax spinning season was one of the occasions for pleasant social times.
Neighbors would receive a half pound of flax from a friend asking that they return it on a certain afternoon. When that day arrived the friends would gather at the hostess’ home, each bringing her half pound of flax all spun. The hostess’ Dutch oven would have been busy for days preparing for this social afternoon for at tea time the husbands too would arrive and the friendly gathering would continue through the evening. On her 90th birthday, Mrs. Cloes got out her spinning wheel once more and spun a skein of flax, being a little chagrined because it took a little longer than it had seventy years earlier."
PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRE GOOD HOMES
Jeannette Tyson of Toronto is looking for descendants or relatives of the following people so she can pass on photographs found in her Grandmother’s estate.
Snapshots of:
Mr. Avery and third wife
Mrs. Sam Goodwin and daughter
Mrs. Goodwin (Harold Goodwin’s grandmother)
Albert Welter and daughter
Albert Welter’s home with a description of the layout on the back
Blanche Welter
Blanche and Albert Welter and another person
Pearl Welter and another person
Postcards of:
Mrs. Burton and daughter and Mrs. Hobson
Mr. Ward (an older man)
Studio photos of:
Will Allen who ran the Waterworks’ pumping station in St. Thomas (in the pumping station).
Mr. and Mrs. (the third) Avery - Porter Studio, Youngstown, Ohio
Marguerite Coleman (a baby picture) - Hopkins, St. Thomas
Allie Dunn (Mrs. Knight) (as a young girl) - Hopkins, St. Thomas
Rev. and Mrs. Hayhurst (2 photos) - Foster studio, St. Thomas & Ferguson, St. Thomas
Rose Hendershot - Hopkins Studio, St. Thomas
Clara Humphries - Elliott’s Photo Rooms, St. Thomas
Chester Joiner and ? McLachlin
Mrs. Joiner - Stollery Studio, St. Thomas,
Muriel Jones (one of Etta Curtis Campbell’s pupils at Middlemarch school circa 1897) - McMichael studio - Detroit
Will McPherson who visited the Curtis family- Frank Cooper Studio, Dundas St. London
Miss Murdock (one of Curtis Campbell’s teachers therefore circa 1910 - Hopkins Studio, St. Thomas
Miss Reid (teacher) - Elliott Studio, St. Thomas
Rev. S. H. Rice - G. H. Cook Studio
Tom Robertson (Christmas 1900) - John Hopkins, St. Thomas
Mrs. Robertson (Christmas 1900) - John Hopkins, St. Thomas
Dr. Colin and Eve Treadwell (as children) - J. H. Hopkins, St. Thomas
Jeannette Tyson, - j.tyson@sympatico.ca
IONA to MANISTEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
In the obituary for John Lumley, of Bear Lake, Michigan, found in the Dutton Advance, Feb. 20, 1947, it states that "between 1868 - 1870 about 50 people left the Iona area to take up land in Manistee County, Michigan". The deceased John Lumley, age 86, was one of these people.
Hank’s Corner - St. Thomas Newspaper - date unknown
HIS WASHUP, THE SECOND MAYOR
There appears to be a dispute over jurisdiction in the city hall basement. One person does something and another person resents it. It’s about time the City Council decided just who is the Big Boss of the Basement. Perhaps the problem is too great for the Council to tackle. We may have to refer it to the electors next December. One suggestion is that a deputy chief magistrate to be elected, to carry the title of Cellar Mayor.
ANCESTORS AND DESCENDENTS OF ANDREW MOORE OF BAYHAM
OUTLINED FOR HISTORY
September 9, 1948
The following sketch, entitled “The Ancestors and Descendents of Andrew Moore of Bayham”, was prepared by Mrs. Elgin Hatch, now residing in Shedden, for the Bayham Women’s Institute “Lady Tweedsmuir’s Library”.
It is not only surprising but greatly regrettable that the average Canadian knows little of his remote, or even of his less remote ancestry. However, a few of us realize the vast amount of work the accumulation of such knowledge involves. Aside from the financing of the project there is the extensive traveling, the delving into ancient archives, the examining of old records, the visiting of long forgotten cemeteries, and the enormous amount of correspondence necessary. Then, too, one must have considerable executive ability to be able to number and place the many thousand names that appear in a few hundred years.
It is to John Moore Passmore that the descendants of Andrew Moore are indebted for the earliest authentic record of their ancestors.
Mr. Passmore has traced the family back to the reign of King James I, 1603-1625. King James had been brought up in the Established Church of Scotland, but to curry favor with the English Bishops, when he became their King, he joined the Established Church of England, and to curry favor still further he decreed that all religious societies must conform to the rules of that church or he would hurry them out of the land.
At that time, John Moore, a Quaker, or Friend, was living and farming near Glasgow, Scotland. In 1612, to avoid further persecution, John with his family migrated to Ireland and settled in the County of Antrim. He may have had other children, but the only one of whom we have any authentic information is James.
James when quite young joined the Society of Friends and according to the reports of their monthly meetings he frequently held meetings in his home. He had eight sons, one of whom was Andrew. His son, Andrew, was born in 1688 and early in life joined the Friends. In 1715, he married Margaret Miller, and in 1723 came with his seven brothers to America, and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he built a tube mill.
Margaret must have died on the passage over, for in 1725, Andrew married Rachel Halliday. He seems to have been very prominent in the Friends Society for we find from monthly reports of their meetings that he was frequently chosen to smooth out the rough places in their religious and social life.
Andrew had a son Andrew, born in 1733 and married in 1754 to Rebecca Starr. He was a miller by trade, as were many of the Moores, but when he inherited a farm from his father he gave up milling and became a farmer till 1801. Some of the older of his twelve sons had gone to Half Moon in Pennsylvania and bought farms. Then Andrew decided to sell his property in Chester County and move to Half Moon where he could buy good land for his younger sons for less money than he could in Chester County.
The journey to Half Moon was begun. Andrew with his wife and the younger of his twelve sons traveled with two four-horse wagons loaded with household goods. Two cows were tied behind. They stopped at Harrisburg to spend the night; before morning Andrew was taken with very severe pain - he died in a few days. His remains were taken to Dauphen Co., and buried in the Friends Burying Ground in that place. The boys went on to join their brothers at Half Moon. His wife, Rebecca, who seems to have been a very capable woman, returned to Chester Co. to settle up the business and later joined her family at Half Moon.
The youngest of Andrew’s twelve sons was Moses. He ws born in 1779 at Salsbury, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. In 1802 he married Sarah Canby of Burks Co., and settled at Sillicott’s Mills, Howard Co., Maryland, where he lived until 1820. He then came to Canada and settled in Haldimand Co., where his brother-in-law Benjamin Canby, had been doing business for some years. This brother-in-law, Ben Canby, had by various means - perhaps honorable - acquired from the Indians that tract of land comprising the Township of Canborough and had given it and the Town of Canfield its name. Moses’ wife, nee Sarah Canby, died here and was buried in the Friends Burying Ground in 1835.
Moses joined his relatives in Fonthill and was for a time with his son Andrew in Bayham. Later he returned to Fonthill where he died in 1844.
Moses’ eldest son was another Andrew. He remained only a short time in Haldimand Co., then came to Bayham. The Township of Bayham, according to Smith’s History of Canada, was settled in 1813. Land was sold for very little, as low as 5 shillings per acre. In 1820, Andrew bought 88 acres from Hezekiah Thurston, a returned soldier. At various times he bought more land adjoining his 88 acres and this lot in now known as Lot 116, Concession 7, Bayham. The farm was lately sold by Neil McConkey to a new Canadian.
About this time Andrew’s friend Ambrose Wilson came from Pelham and established a sawmill on the Big Otter, near the George Procunier estate, and at some little distance a general store to accommodate the many men employed in the extensive business they operated. Ambrose Wilson operated the mill and Andrew Moore took charge of the store.
In time other business ventures were established, a grist mill, a carding mill, a fulling mill, and the thriving little business centre was known as Wilsonburg.
In 1831, Andrew had married Leah Wilson, daughter of Joseph and Ann Wilson of Fonthill, Welland Co. There were three children, Willson, Whitson Edward and Canby Benjamin.
About the time of his marriage in 1831, Andrew decided to devote more of his time to farming and clearing the land for grain crops. His eldest son Willson later took charge of the store and some of the account books which he used are still extant in the possession of Margaret and Ed Moore of Frome.
Andrew’s wife Leah had contracted tuberculosis and not long before her death in 1841 her father came from Fonthill to visit her. The war of 1837-1838 had not long been over and political prejudice was rampant. Mr. Willson was arrested and locked up till he could establish his identity.
Ambrose Willson married Ann Veitch, daughter of William and Isobel Veitch of Bayham. Years later the Willsons sold their property in Bayham and went to Colorado, thinking the climate might improve Ambrose’s health. He had, like his sister, developed lung trouble. He died in Colorado.
Andrew Moore was married a second time to Jean Veitch, daughter of William and Isobel Veitch of Bayham. There were three children from this marriage, William, Charles Melvin, and Elizabeth. Andrew was a Friend and frequently attended the old meeting house 1 ½ miles east of Summers Corners. Especially interesting were the Yearly Meetings when his relatives came from Fonthill to visit the family and attend those meetings at Sparta.
About 20 years ago this old Meeting house, a landmark on Talbot Street, was sold and moved away. The money from the sale was placed in the hands of a trustee to be used for the upkeep of the burying ground which surrounded the meeting house.
Willson went to Missouri. He married Clara Cook. He died in Missouri. Whitson Edward was three years old when his mother died. He was taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Willson of Fonthill, where he remained till a lad of fifteen years. He then returned to his father’s farm at Maple Grove. He never forgot the interest he aroused in this Methodist community dressed in his Quaker garb and top hat.
He became a student under the school superintendent George Warburton, who became a friend with whom he kept in touch as long as Mr. Warburton lived. It was he who as Superintendent of Education issued him his certificate of qualification to teach school.
Mr. Moore
taught at Smuck School at Maple Grove and at Corinth. He was 84 years old when in 1922 he very ably addressed the old teachers and pupils of Corinth School gathered to bid farewell to the old building with all its memories, and which was to be demolished to make room for the present modern building.
A few years after his marriage in 1861 to Miss Catherine Stewart, daughter of Duncan and Margaret Drummond Stewart of Maple Grove, Mr. Moore gave up teaching and farmed in Bayham. His first farm was the Todd farm. Later, he sold this and bought the Auston place, which he sold after some years to Ambrose Jackson in 1872. He then bought a farm at Frome.
In the early spring of that year he drove from his home near Straffordville to Frome to finish up negotiations over his new farm. On his way home he passed through St. Thomas, where a sale was being held. A farm in Bayham was being sold for taxes and just to help the sale he put in a bid and to his consternation a 200 acre farm was knocked down to him. He now had 400 acres of land on his hands, a lot of land in those days.
However, that same Spring, he sold 100 acres to Alex Grant Sr. Later, the other 100 of his acquisition to John Neville. Some time after this land passed into the hands of the Rollason brothers, who finished paying for it.
Whitson Edward was a prominent member of the then Methodist Church at Frome and superintendent of the Sunday School until his death in 1924. He was an early riser and when it became necessary for him to “slow up”, his family wanted him to rest longer in the morning. He said, “When I was a young man I resolved that the sun would never find me in bed and it hasn’t”. He was very fond of reading and if he saw any of the children idle he would say “Don’t be idle. If you have nothing to do, get a book”. There were seven children - Allen, Margaret, Mary, Leah, Edward, Lilly, Whitson.
William was the eldest of Andrew and Jean’s children. He went to Missouri when a young man but returned and kept a general store at Corinth, later moving to Toronto, where he kept a grocery and fruit store on Spadina Ave. William married Adda Ostrander. They had one son Eugene who is a broker in Toronto.
Charles, the second son, was 17 when he went to Missouri with his father, but returned after his father’s death and farmed in Bayham. He married Eliza Johnson, daughter of Peter Johnson. There was one daughter Ida. Ida married Dewey Cook. Their family was three daughters - Estella married and living in Detroit, Mary living near Aylmer and Mabel, married and living at Brantford.
Elizabeth married John Bell, of Toronto. They had one daughter Edith, who died when she was about 15. Her mother, Elizabeth, died about the same time.
Allen married Sarah Brown of St. Thomas. He farmed at Frome till 1911, when he returned and lived in Talbotville for several years then decided to visit a farm he had bought near Dauphin, Manitoba. He liked the West but always intended to return. He died in Dauphin. He had one adopted daughter, Mrs. McKinnon.
Lilly taught school at Avon then went West and taught. She married William Newton, a farmer. Mr. Newton died in 1932. Mrs. Newton is now living with her daughter in Edmonton. There were two children, Catherine and Jack.
Leah married Elgin Hatch, a farmer at Maple Grove. Their family was three sons, Dean, Kenneth, and Fergus.
Whitson taught at Avon, then in the West. He bought a farm and sold it. He then owned a lumber yard. He has a nursery now in Biggar, Sask. He married Henrietta McCrea. They had no children.
Margaret, Mary and Edward remained on the homestead. This brings John Moore Passmore’s records up to date. It is for future generations to carry on.‘
AMERICAN REGISTRATION DATES BEGAN IN
State Deaths Births State Deaths Births
__________________________________ __________________________________
Alabama 1908 1908
Alaska 1913 1913
Arizona 1909 1909
Arkansas 1914 1914
California 1905 1905
Colorado 1907 1907
Connecticut 1897 1897
Delaware 1881 1881
D.C. 1855 1871
Florida 1915 1915
Georgia 1919 1919
Hawaii 1896 1896
Idaho 1911 1911
Illinois 1916 1916
Indiana 1882 1882
Iowa 1880 1880
Kansas 1911 1911
Kentucky 1911 1911
Louisiana 1914 1914
Maine 1892 1892
Maryland 1898 1898
Massachusetts 1841 1841
Michigan 1867 1867
Minnesota 1900 1900
Mississippi 1912 1912
Missouri 1910 1910
Montana 1907 1907
Nebraska 1905 1905
Nevada 1911 1911
New Hampshire 1905 1905
New Jersey 1848 1848
New Mexico 1919 1919
New York 1880 1880
North Carolina 1913 1913
North Dakota 1908 1908
Ohio 1909 1909
Oklahoma 1908 1908
Oregon 1903 1903
Pennsylvania 1906 1906
Puerto Rico 1931 1931
Rhode Island 1852 1852
South Carolina 1915 1915
South Dakota 1905 1905
Tennessee 1914 1914
Texas 1903 1903
Utah 1905 1905
Vermont 1857 1857
Virginia 1912 1912
Washington 1907 1907
West Virginia 1917 1917
Wisconsin 1907 1907
Wyoming 1909 1909
Submitted by Norma Smith
QUERIES
DOWN
-- Ed DOWN, Shedden d. 1975. He had an old parchment deed to the Shop farm in Broadwoodwidger, Devon, UK and an account book for the Shop farm belonging to Robert DOWN who came to Canada in 1847. When Ed died, his wife, Norah DOWN, (no children) sold and gave away a lot of things and moved to BC. Ed's sister's descendants are not aware of any parchment or account book and suggested that maybe Norah gave these items to a local historical society. Does anyone know if these items were donated to the historical society or museum? Norah died in 1988. I would love to see these documents if they still exist.
Jane Down - marble@travel-net.com
CROMWELL
‘s of Elgin County - Marriage Registers of Upper Canada -- Vol 1: Talbot District book lists about 4 or 5 Cromwell's. Some, if not all, were married by Rev'd George J. Ryerse, Regular Baptist Minister. From what Baptist Church did he belonged ? or was he a circuit rider? Can anyone help with these Cromwell marriages or Rev. Ryerse?
Sue Cromwell -- GeneBugSue@aol.com
MURRAY - COONEY: Andrew MURRAY
& wife Ann COONEY bur. Holy Angels Cemetery
Ann Osterhout — Osterhout9@msn.com
BARTER
- James Samuel BARTER & wife Elizabeth: The last of their children John Easterbrook BARTER immigrated from Plymouth, England September 1854 arrived Quebec October 12 then arrived "here" on Sunday the 22nd at 6 o'clock in the evening. He had family farming in the St. Thomas area. Is the “here” St. Thomas?
Joe Barter -- BJBarter@aol.com
ATKIN - HILBORN - Quaker's in Sparta
Marilyn -- marilyn@attcanada.ca
LIPSCOMB: John LIPSCOMB
- pos b. in Virginia 1806 Who/when did he mar? On son’s death certificate Samuel, b Dec. 31 1828, Canada - mother Catherine ?; son Cornelius, b. May 16 1831, St. Thomas - mother Margaret ?; son Charles Morton, b. April 3, 1838, Canada. - mother not given.
James Lipscomb, -- jplipsc104@aol.com
CARON, DERROUGHS, DISHERS, HUNSBERGERS, CHRISTIES
residing primarily around Aylmer, St. Thomas, Kingsmill, Malahide area.
Caron Cave — ccave@cyberlink.bc.ca
HATCH: William HATCH
1870-1880 and migrated to Arkansas. His wife who ? died prior to or during the trip. William died by the 1880 census leaving three survivors - two sons and one small daughter, Ethel Mae HATCH, died a few days after giving birth to my grandfather. Is the Ethel May HATCH buried in Elgin County his daughter ?
Dan & Libby Frith -- dlfrith@earthlink.net
GRIFFIN:
Reverend Henry Francis Griffin, Baptist, came to Canada around 1872 about 26 years old. He was in Scotland in 1873. Port Burwell in 1875, and Barrie in 1876.returning to England in 1881.
Diane Rayburn -- Diane26@btinternet.com
WALTON - Joseph
& Mary WALTON, b. Sept 22, 1852, Ireland. 1901 lived in Wardsville Ont. with 2 sons - Joseph and Wellington. Joseph mar Lillian Fisher and had a son Clifford Kell Walton, b. March 2, 1897.
Gil-Liz@attcanada.ca
PEPIN - STRAWN
- Michel Pepin and Hannah Strawn mar. 11 17 1825, St. Thomas -Children Parmelia and Sylvanus PEPIN where born before this date - was there a previous marriage? They settled in Howard County, Iowa in the mid 1800's.
Susan Schnur, Islesboro, ME, USA -- srschnur@midcoast.com
GAGEN - George GAGEN,
b. c1862 in England came to Canada on the Allan Line's Circassian, sailing April 19, 1882, arriving in Quebec City on May 16, 1882. Is the George GAGEN buried in St Luke's Anglican Cemetery, Vienna the same person? His daughter, Charlotte moved to British Columbia around the turn of the century and married in Vancouver in March 1901.
Ed Gilman, Ladysmith, B. C — e.gilman@home.com
BROWN - SLATER
- Can anyone identify with this "Aylmer" newspaper clipping? I am looking for the name of the parent(s) of A. A. BROWN. --- “Aylmer, June 10 [or 16- no year given, possibly between 1907-11] - Grant Hugh BROWN, who has been chiefly instrumental in forming the ten million dollar company which will build warships at Sydney, Nova Scotia, is a nephew of the late A. A. BROWN formerly a merchant here whom he has visited several times. Last year he gave an address before the Canadian Club in London, and while there was the guest of his niece, Mrs. David SLATER, formerly of this place, who has visited him in his magnificent home at Goshen, N.Y.” ("his niece" - Grant had no nieces, she was his cousin and A. A. BROWN'S daughter).
Marjorie Herren, -- herfam@usit.net
CUTHBERTSON MEIRHEAD
- John CUTHBERTSON. b.when/where? Innkeeper? d. Sept 21, 1854 bur Talbotville Royal Cem, his wife Jane/Janet CUTHBERTSON b&d when/where? Was her maiden name MEIRHEAD? did she remarry? children’s names?
JoAnn Cuthbertson Welton jwelton01@home.com
TOLES
- Info wanted on Jane Benjafield Wilton TOLES, d Nov. 4, 1892, Aldborough age 85.
WILTON
- Joseph WILTON, died after a car accident in St.Thomas. When and where was he buried? His wife predeceased him and is buried in West Ave. Cem.
Jim Cobban, -- jcobban@magma.ca
DePeel:
“Portrait and Biographical Album of Lancaster County, Nebraska" pages 739-741 refers to: Alexander DePEEL and Keziah?, settled near Corinth, Bayham, moved to Yarmouth, where Mr. De PEEL rented a farm. In 1850 he left Canada and went to Jackson Michigan, where he embarked in the hotel business where he remained until his death in 1882, 80 yrs. Keziah d 1853, 45 years, while on a visit to Canada. They had the following children: Maria (deceased), Edward, Alexander, Martha, Elizabeth, Althea, Melissa, an infant who died and Michael A. b. Nov. 8, 1840, Bayham, employed for 7 years by Isaac Mills, Yarmouth, mar Catherine POUND 26th of October, 1868. Alexander’s second marriage was to Mary BROTHERS, and by their union four children were born.
George R Cooley -- Jray4570K@aol.com
EASTMAN
- Emma EASTMAN, b 1875 St. Thomas, d 1918 Detroit d/o William EASTMAN & Emma McCONNELL. c1900 immigrated to Detroit, marr Nathaniel Hugh JONES, s/o John Thomas JONES & Annie McLACHLIN
Tom Jones, --KathieLeo@worldnet.att.net
WYATT
- - William John WYATT, b March 1863, St Thomas,
LIPSEY
- Martha Burrell LIPSEY, b. Dec 1861, St Thomas, &
Ferguson
- Jane FERGUSON, b. May 1828, St Thomas.
Marilyn -- msordahl@yahoo.com
SMUCK - William SMUCK
b 1811. John SMUCK b1828 s/o Peter & Elizabeth settled Lot 13 Conc 5. Bayham. Peter bur Fingal Cem. What is relationship between John and William - brothers or uncle/nephew?
Debbie Taylor -- misimms@home.com
BAKER
- Simeon Baker who lived on Concession 6, lot 28 in the 1842 census.
Stanton Baker — s.baker@worldnet.att.net
McCOLL
- John & Catherine McCOLL lived in Yarmouth, St. Thomas - when/where? From the Estate Files who was James TODD that mar ? McCOLL.
Pam McCoquodale, Sidney, BC -- pammcc@home.com
BALCOM- LOZON
- Edward Balcom from Vienna/ Aylmer area, mar when/where ? Rose LOZON of Aylmer or Wallaceburg went to Michigan in 1916 and resided in the Detroit area. He was an accomplished carpenter and artist and donated some of his art work to the city hall - which city, when?
Mary (Balcom) Riedel -- ladybalcom@aol.com
HUNTER - Thomas HUNTER
b. N.S. (1823-?), resided & d. Southwold had two wives - Amelia Read & Eliza ? His sons, Albert & Flelming settled in Mich. were there other children?
Ralph Hillman -- RlphEdwd@aol.com
COLE
- Winifred Mary Cole, bur. Aylmer Cemetery
Kathy Read, readrk@dowco.com
MAC LAUGHLAN - MAC LAUGHLIN
- James Mac LAUGHLIN b. 15th. September 1802. Loughgall, Ireland. 1822 emigrated to Scotland, On 2nd. April 1835 he took over the business of the Inverness Tanyard from James Wells going into partnership with a Mr. MacDonald, to whom he sold the business. His wife was Catherine Anne COLLINS, b 1825 Inverary, Scotland. On 2nd August 1849 he departed for Canada with his two children, settling in Fingal, Southwold . Family tradition says he ran another Tanyard there & that he also farmed. He died Wed. 7th November 1867 Buried R.C. St. Thomas. Children - James, vanished; Louis b c1849, d. 21 Jan 1928 Detroit; Catherine b.1850 mar. William MOORE d 3 Jan 1927 Detroit; Ann b. 1851/6. mar Detroit, Felix WILLIAMS d 11th July 1926 Rochester N.Y.; Clementine b. 30th May 1857 mar 6th April 1891, Detroit John KILEY d. 10th January 1914, Rochester, N.Y. and Francis Charles (Frank) b. 24th February 1859 mar 6th April 1891, Detroit Stella EVANS, retired to the south of France & settled in Nice on the Cote d' Azure.
Susan F. Tollemanche -- sftolly@gofree.indigo.ie