TALBOT TIMES
Newsletter of the
ELGIN COUNTY BRANCH
ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
VOLUME XXI ISSUE THREE SEPTEMBER 2002
Extracts of Genealogical information
Chairman’s Message
Where did the summer go? I hope everyone had success with their genealogy or enjoyment doing other activities. Despite the heat, I ventured out and updated several cemetery transcriptions during July & August. In addition to Trinity Cemetery in Port Burwell which was updated at our June meeting, the following cemeteries were checked for errors and new burials: Sparta Friends (begun by Lloyd & Norma Smith), Sparta South, Trinity Glencolin, Springfield, Firby, Lakeview, Berean, Seville, Burdick & Plains Baptist. Pat Temple updated Hunter cemetery in Southwold, and is working on a few others in that township. Of the 81 cemeteries originally transcribed by Elgin OGS, about 38 have since been checked and updated.
In checking these cemeteries this summer and those previously checked, nearly all our original transcriptions contained errors or information that appears on the stone but was missed. I have compiled a list of this information and it will be printed in our newsletter over a period of several issues.
My last message was written before I attended the OGS Seminar in May, so I will give a brief report of my activities there representing Elgin OGS. I attended the Annual General Meeting and the Chairs Breakfast where much useful information was received. I also operated our sales table but despite the large crowd, sales of our Elgin publications were disappointing, considering the time and expense involved to be present at Seminar. Having said that, the networking, exposure and assistance given to people who stopped at our table made it worthwhile. Our work is not always about selling books!
Work on our census indexing is progressing nicely. Thanks to the efforts of Marvin Ryder, assisted by transcribing done by Elgin OGS, there are only about 6 census returns remaining to index. In addition to publishing these indexes in paper format, it is expected a CD will be produced when the project is completed in a year or two.
We anxiously await the opening of the Elgin County Archives, expected this fall. Our November meeting consists of a tour of that facility.
Jim McCallum
Shirley May LIDDLE
Shirley May Liddle of Aylmer in her 74th year died Friday, August 2, 2002. Beloved wife of 51 years to Carl Liddle. Dear mother of Valerie Bowen and husband Doug, David Liddle and wife Brenda and Gail Gray and husband Philip. Born in Hamilton, Ontario on October 25, 1928, daughter of the late Harry and Viola (Elliott) Webb. Shirley grew up in Hamilton and went to McMaster University graduating from Teacher's College. She taught school in the Aylmer and St. Thomas area until her retirement in June 1987. She went from a one room schoolhouse to Principal. She was a member of Dunboyne United Church and West Group U.C.W. and the Elgin County Branch of O.G.S.
S T R A Y S
ELLIOTT , Andrew E. Who died at St. Martine, Sept. 10, 1873 in 64th year, third son of John Eliott and Isabella Turnbull. For 30 years a resident of South Dorchester, Elgin County.
Georgetown Presbyterian Cemetery, Beauharnois, Quebec (near Howick at Highway 13B)
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE HEARS INTERESTING HISTORY OF FAIRVIEW CEMETERY
Dutton Advance , October 11, 1945
The following history of Fairview Cemetery was presented by Mrs. J. M. Blue at the meeting of Dutton Women’s Institute on Friday. It will be incorporated in the Tweedsmuir village history book.
In the early nineties, Dutton citizens felt the need of opening a cemetery that would be convenient for Dutton and the surrounding district, as the neighbouring cemeteries, Black’s to the south, and Cowal to the north, were almost all taken up.
They decided to obtain land more centrally situated. They bought from Daniel Graham in 1896 a very suitable piece of land one-half mile south of Dutton. It was sandy and a very nice knoll. The Dutton Council purchased it and it was managed by the council, A. J. Leitch being reeve at the time. A suitable name was asked for and Mrs. Meredith Conn suggested “Fairview”, which was the name accepted. A great many hastened to buy lots which were then sold at five dollars a lot.
There was no regular caretaker. Plot holders took care of their own plots, or hired it done with the result that some would be taken care of and others would be overgrown with long grass. The grass would be cut by scythe once a year. The money for the upkeep of the cemetery at that time was wholly from the sale of plots.
In 1928, there was an agitation to have the Dutton Council appoint a cemetery board which would have charge of the cemetery, and subsequently a board was named consisting of James Sifton, chairman; J. M. Blue, secretary-treasurer; and Thomas Shipley, Archibald Galbraith, Arthur Gow and Alex McMillan, directors. A great deal of voluntary work was done in starting improvements. The first aim was to have the plots levelled and the fences around the plots removed. Many people were unwilling to have this done, but without this, it was difficult to get a caretaker.
The son of A. J. Leitch, reeve of Dutton, was the first one buried in Fairview cemetery, in 1896.
In entailed a great deal of work to get the names and addresses of owners of plots those willing to assume responsibility for the upkeep of those plots. The board adopted a fixed rate of $1.00 per single plot per year, and $25.00 per plot for perpetual upkeep, and resolved that accounts be sent out every spring to all plot holders not having perpetual upkeep; that arrears would be included in the accounts till paid and also that all arrears had to be paid before accepting a plot for perpetual care, and that the money received for perpetual care was to be sent to the Public Trustee in Toronto for investment, so that the money paid in could not be used for anything else. There has been a wonderful response to the Perpetual Fund, especially from those from a distance.
When the Cemetery Board was appointed, they had approximately $400 on hand. Some people ask, “Is it necessary to go on collecting money when they have so much money on hand?”, and give that as an excuse for not paying the yearly rental. Surely, they do not wish others to assume their responsibilities. There are other expenses than that of caring for the plots. Fences and roads have to be kept up and walks trimmed.
There is an unfailing spring of water in the lower part of the cemetery, and some years ago they had the hydro brought in and an electric pump installed, hydrants put in different parts of the cemetery for the convenience of any having flowers there. Three or four years ago they had a landscape gardener put shrubs and ornamental pine, or ground spruce and perennials in the circle in the centre of the cemetery. They also filled a low corner with low growing trees.
There is a plot set aside for soldiers’ graves and “The Legion” sees that they are properly marked.
This year they added a power lawn mower to their equipment and plant to build better roads to and through the cemetery whenever material and labour are available.
The cemetery now presents a very creditable appearance under the care of Mr. W. Weston. ‘
FIRST SURVEY OF DUNWICH IN 1797
The Dutton Advance, June 28, 1967:
An Irishman by the name of Talbot was mainly responsible for the settlement of Dunwich, because it was there, following his arrival in 1803, that Colonel Thomas Talbot made his home and proceeded to assign land to settlers.
Yet the name Dunwich itself is not Irish, but English. The township was named during the first survey, made in 1797, some years before the arrival of Colonel Talbot, for a seacoast village in Suffolk, England. At that time both Aldborough and Dunwich were in the District of Suffolk, hence the names given these two townships. The surprising thing is that Colonel Talbot did not change the name of Dunwich for something more Irish. It remained for an East Elgin Township to be named for his ancestral home, near Dublin, Ireland - Malahide Township.
The first settler to follow Colonel Talbot to what is now Dunwich Township was George Crane, a discharged soldier from the British army, who came with the Colonel. He remained with Colonel Talbot for three years, then settled off the lake shore about four miles to the west of Port Talbot. His son Anthony Crane was raised on the pioneer farm and spent his entire life there.
Coyne’s Corners
Another name that stands out in the early history of Dunwich Township is that of Coyne. Henry Coyne, father of the late Dr. James H. Coyne, Elgin County Registrar of Deeds for so many years and historian of national note, came from Belfast, Ireland in 1817, to become established at what became known as Coyne’s Corners. He followed his brothers-in-law, Thomas Gardiner (said to have been the first schoolmaster in what is now Elgin County), and Singleton Gardiner.
The influence of the Highland Scots soon became strong in Dunwich Township and for years, in that early period of Talbot Settlement, Gaelic was the chief tongue spoken outside of the limits of Coyne’s Corners and Little Ireland.
Dunwich Township also can claim a certain priority in the fact that it was from Port Talbot that the first road was blazed through the virgin wilderness. Talbot Road West started from there and it was along this lonely artery that most of the first settlers travelled to take up land, until gradually a real road was evolved.
In Dunwich, also, on the Dunwich-Southwold line, the first office for the registry of Crown land deeds was established, with Colonel Mahlon Burwell, Colonel Talbot’s road-blazing contemporary, the first registrar. The old registry office is marked today by a small cairn.
Development Was Slow
The development of Dunwich Township was slow, due it is said to the fact that Colonel Talbot had specially reserved this and Aldborough Township for his own settlers and his own land grants, while other incoming settlers were placed on government lands in other townships.
In consequence, by 1845, Dunwich had only about 700 inhabitants and only about 3,200 acres under cultivation with only two grist mills and two sawmills and what was little more than a footpath cut through from Talbot Road to the Thames River. The Irish remained predominant in Dunwich a century ago, although as has been stated, there had been a steady influx of Highland Scots and their linguistic influence, at least, was apparent. The Irish and Scottish settlers had one thing in common. They were all poor and struggling for existence.
Railroads Brought Change
As in so many other cases the coming of the steam railroads greatly changed the status of Dunwich Township communities. Old maps show Tyrconnell to have been planned as a large town with a harbor and harbor works. Streets were actually laid out in this Town of Tomorrow and named. Tyrconnell was prominent for some years as a Great Lakes shipping port and had a wharf to accommodate the larger sailing vessels and warehouses and sheds.
Marks Own Centennial
Dunwich became a municipality in 1850 and on October 15, 1950, it marked its own centennial at a memorial service in the Memorial Hall here. Rev. Dr. Robert Good of Ottawa, a former Duttonite, was the main speaker and taking part were Reeve A. J. Blue; Elgin Warden A. V. Coulter; clerk A. N. Walker; and Rev. D. A. McKeracher of Toronto; Rev. R. B. Cummings, Bridgen; and Rev. Norman Morris, Bothwell, all former township residents.
A massed choir of 60 voices from Dutton and Dunwich directed by Mrs. Norman Welch, Wallacetown, with Miss Helen Duncanson, Largie, as accompanist, led in the service of praise.
Every seat in the hall was occupied for the service and many other people were able to hear it from outside by means of an amplifier.
Dunwich Today
The affairs of Dunwich Township today are administered in a modern office building erected in 1951 for $15,000. A. J. Blue was reeve at the time. A Community Hall at Wallacetown is the scene of many gatherings of township people and all school children of the township attend a central school which went into full operation in September, 1966. At that time the several one-room schools, some of which had served many years, were abandoned. Former students gathered at several of them in the summer of 1966 in observance of their closing.
The population is 2,197 and total assessment for tax purposes, $4,338,605
MRS. CHARLES SHAW WRITES HISTORY OF LARGIE SCHOOL SECTION
Dutton Advance, September 25, 1957 :
Colonel Talbot was given a grant of 3,000 acres of land by the British Government in the southeast corner of the Township of Dunwich on Lake Erie in 1803, and about the same time, Colonel Dunn got a grant of 1,600 acres in the middle of the north end on the Thames River.
Colonel Burwell and family settled on land adjoining Colonel Talbot’s in the Township of Southwold, and Colonel Patterson and family settled on Lake Erie in the middle of the Township of Dunwich. Colonel Talbot and another bachelor cousin, named Eric [sic - could refer to James Airey], came and took possession and induced some families, among them the Goldies, to settle on his lands and work for him. He also brought cattle and as herdsman a young lad, named John Brown, whose descendants are still in the township.
Colonel Talbot became very fond of a young lad named Dan McBeth, who was to be his heir, but was unfortunately drowned. His brother, George McBeth, became Colonel Talbot’s heir except for a few hundred acres which he willed to Jeffrey Hunter, who had married Colonel Talbot’s housekeeper.
The McBeths were with the Gunns, McKays, Mathesons and Bonnermans. These families were brought by Lord Selkirk from Scotland, through Hudson Bay to Fort Churchill and thence by Indian guides to Fort Garry, on the Red River in the early part of the nineteenth century, around 1814.
Becoming dissatisfied, they made their way to the western part of Upper Canada, then called the Huron Tract; and the London District. Angus Gunn, Benjamin and William Bonnerman, George Matheson and Angus McKay settled on the Talbot Road in the townships of Dunwich and Aldborough.
The Leitchs, Grahams, McArthurs and Crawfords came to North Dunwich in 1842. They were six years without a school although Archibald Leitch’s children were of school age when they arrived - Donald being eight and Angus six years of age.
Largie School Secion No. 12 was named after the post office which was kept in a farm house near the school house and after Largie district, in the peninsula of Kintyre, Argyleshire, Scotland. The school section at first comprised the northwest part of Dunwich from the Dunwich-Aldborough Townline to Lot No. 17.
First School House
The first school house was built in 1848 in the northeast corner of Lot 11 on the 2nd Concession.
The first teacher was James MacDonald, who afterwards became a merchant and then postmaster in Ridgetown. After leaving Largie he next taught at Coyne’s Corners.
The second schoolhouse was built in 1854 on the northwest corner of Lot 11 in the 3rd Concession. It was a pretentious low lot cottage, 24 feet square, hewed inside and covered with shingles. It had two desks for writing along the north and south walls and a small desk and chair for the teacher. The benches were made of a long two-inch plank of a uniform height of about 16 inches. When writing, pupils faced the desks and at other times sat with their backs to the desk. Mr. Leitch, on whose farm the school was built, was paid one dollar each year for the 20 years it was occupied.
The third school was on the east side of Lot 1, in the 2nd Concession - its present site. Arbitration had to be resorted to in order to locate the school house in the middle of the school section. The third school house was a large frame building in 1872. Forty soft maples were planted in 1879.
The Teachers
Teachers of Largie School have been: James McDonald, George McCallum, Neil McKillop, Duncan McIntyre, James March, Haycroft Mulholland who moved from the first to the second schoolhouse; John Ward Wardel, Alexander McGregor, Donald McCauley, John Thompson, John Leitch, Alexander McPhail, who moved from the second to the third school house; Annie Begg, Hank Clay, Donald Campbell, Donald McMillan, Daniel McEachren, John D. Blue, Gustin Welch, John R. Paton, Will Backus, Daniel S. McMillan, Alexander G. McMillan, Miss Kilgour, Mary Jane Duncanson, Gloria Love, Rowland Webb, Millie Doyle, Celia McRae, Mabel Whitelock, Bessie Wilson, Janet Walker, Eldon Gwamley, Roderick Finlayson, Mary Hornel, Edith Allison, Jean McMillan, Marion McDonald, Margaret Leitch, Mary B. Campbell, Alice McGaw, Annie Ripley, Agnes Jean McWilliam, Florence Leitch, Mrs. Murray Little, and the present teacher, Mrs. Ethelwyn Bell.
LIDSTER HOME AT LAKE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
(By A. S. Garrett in The London Free Press)
Dutton Advance, February 26, 1953 :
About three miles east of Tyrconnell, there is a large colonial-like farmhouse that combines the skill and permanence of early architecture with an attractiveness that harmonizes with its picturesque surroundings. It stands on lot 13, concession 10, Dunwich Township, this being the lake road extension of the pioneer Talbot Road in the heart of Col. Thomas Talbot’s “Little Ireland” settlement. The property, comprising 200 acres, is now owned by George Lidster & Son.
The old house crowns a commanding site on the hillside, above the winding road of yesterday. Although the original portion has been standing for over a century, possibly as long as 125 years, it is still in a wonderful state of preservation. Its builder was Stephen Backus, Sr., one of the early settlers.
There are 16 rooms within its time-honored frame walls. There is a more modern verandah along most of the front and across the east end of the house. Around it are the grounds with their lovely old trees and shrubs, also beds and borders of old fashioned perennials, the whole neat and attractive.
For the past 39 years - since 1914 - the place has been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George Lidster and family. Not long ago, Mr. and Mrs. Lidster celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.
Stephen Backus, Sr. is believed to have come to the Long Point settlement from Pennsylvania and later moved to Dunwich, settling on the homestead in 1810. The next year, he married Anne Storey, daughter of Mrs. Mary Storey, who, with her relatives, had been among the earliest settlers.
The first Backus home is thought to have been a log abode, later replaced by the dwelling that is subject of this sketch.
The Backus family were Anglicans and from old parish records it has been learned that Stephen and Anne Backus had at least six children - Thomas, Mary, Olivia, Robert, Sarah Ann and Stephen Jr. The latter survived until 1914.
Stephen Backus Sr. is recorded as having re-veneered the outside of St. Peter’s Church, Tyrconnell, with pine siding, about 1838, after the original roughcast finish had become obsolete. He was one of the earliest musicians and on many occasions played the flute in connection with the church services.
Mrs. Anna F. Docker and J. E. Pearce wrote of the early days, viz. - “Another of the difficulties of this period was the Rebellion of 1837, when every able-bodied man was serving his country on the Detroit frontier and only the women and children were left in the community. Even the children were placed where they could be of some use, as for instance, Stephen Backus Jr., who was born in 1825, was sent to take care of Mrs. William Pearce and the young children, being the only man (he was 12 years old) on the place for several months.
In 1910, Stephen Backus Jr. donated two memorial windows to St. Peter’s Church - one in honour of his wife, Elizabeth Burgess (1840-1907), and the other in memory of his parents, Stephen and Anne Backus, and also his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Storey, who died at the old Backus home, July 22, 1842, at 84. Mr. Backus also made liberal financial donations to St. Peter’s Church, Tyrconnell. ‘
McBRIDE’S ONE OF EARLY FAMILIES IN COWAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Dutton Advance, June 26, 1957
History of Farm Owned by John Preston McBride, Lot C, North of A (Dunwich)
John McBride and his wife, Catherine McCallum came to Canada in 1836 by sail boat. They had three children, Margaret, Neil and Duncan. They docked at Port Stanley and lived in that area six years. During that time their son, John, was born.
In 1842 they moved to Lot C, Concession 5, North of A, where Peter and Mary were born. This farm was bought from Talbot McBeth, consisting of 80 acres and the bill of sale was for $800. In November 1871, a deed was obtained from McBeth’s widow, giving the land to Mrs. Catherine McBride.
A log house and log barn were built on the farm on the townline on Dunwich and Southwold. A creek runs through the farm and the hills was the first land cleared and seeded to they had natural drainage. Many a mighty oak and walnut tree were cut and burned. While clearing his land a tree lodged in another tree and fell, killing John McBride in 1843, leaving the mother with six small children.
The trail from Middlesex to Port Stanley went by this farm. Many a farmer on his route stayed with Mrs. McBride and family. On his way home from getting his wheat ground, a bag of flour was left with her.
In 1852, the oldest boy died at the age of 19 years. In 1857, Duncan died at the age of 22 years and in 1860, Peter died, aged 18 years old. Her early help was gone but Mrs. McBride, John and his two sisters carried on.
In the seventies, John built a log house on the west side of the creek on the 5th concession. In 1873, a frame barn was erected and later a frame house was built and still remains.
Margaret married Peter McBride and Mary married Archie Gillis. John married Jane Preston in 1878 to which union was born six children: Alice, Katie, Margaret, May, Preston and Mary. May died when four years old with scarlet fever. Katie married Fred Delavan and made their home in Michigan. Alice married Sam Waar and Margaret married William Goldrick and resided in Strathroy. Mary married James Clark and was a widow shortly afterward. She resides with her brother, John Preston McBride, who never married. They till the farm cleared by their grandfather, 115 years ago.
John McBride died in 1921 and his wife Jane in 1934. Both are buried in the cemetery on the farm . ‘
Also see the
CATHARINE McCALLUM-McBRIDE-McLACHLIN article in March 2002 Talbot Times
DEXTER
O. L. Fuller’s - 1865 and 1866 Directory for Counties of Elgin & Norfolk
This place was settled in the year 1855. It is a small post village, in the Township of Yarmouth, and East Riding of the County of Elgin. Dexter is distant from St. Thomas, the County Town, 10 miles; Sparta, 4 miles and Union 6 miles. It contains a population of about 75.
Barrett, Frank, broom maker,
Collier, William, postmaster and dealer in groceries
Parker, Wellington, blacksmith and horse shoer
Peffer, John, cooper,
Spatler, William, hotel keeper
Stephens, Hugh, blacksmith and horse shoer
SINCE FORTY YEARS AGO - the 8th Concession, South Dorchester
The Aylmer Express, April 20, 1939
Changes on the 8th Concession, South Dorchester.
Very few of the Old Stock Now Remain.
Dedicated to the Pioneers of South Dorchester.
By Lloyd S. Babcock, Springfield, R.R. 1 (Poet Laureate of South Dorchester)
I’m thinking while I sit and write, of many changing scenes
The pioneers who have passed and gone, it only seems a dream
Yet in fancy, they come back to me, the ones I used to know.
There’s very few, which now remain, since forty years ago.
Upon the 8th, of which I write, they like the years have flow
My father’s neighbours, one by one, most now are dead and gone.
“Elias Bowen” and the “Weir Boys”, the ones he used to know,
With “Dave and Dan” above remain, since forty years ago!
“Sam Weir” with “George”, and “Old Man Sherk”, “Wm. Tapsell” we all knew.
With “George” his son, and “John Wilcox”, changed this life for a new.
The “Ferguson Bros.”, Duncan and John, have passed on (as we know),
Did moor their barque down the “River of Peace”, since forty years ago!
Then “Stafford Irish”, my grandsire, his life’s work now is o’er,
With “Hyma Smith and Oscar” too -- have passed to Heaven’s shore.
“John Marr” who ran the blacksmith shop, he too was called to go.
Like “Robert Newell”, who drew the milk, since forty years ago!
“John Wilson”, and “John Koyle” both, are sleeping ‘neath the sod,
Both righteous men, and large of heart, have gone to meet their God.
With “Johnnie Sinclair”, near the school, like timbers in a row,
All pillars of “Mt. Vernon Church”, since forty years ago!
Their wives, they too, they all are agone, they’ve crossed the Jordan o’er
Good-hearted souls were every one, we’ll see them never more.
Till some day up in Heaven we meet, those ones who had to go,
My parents, neighbours, who have deceased, since forty years ago!
The old schoolhouse, it too is gone, a new one in its stead,
It also, like the church took flight, where once our books we read.
The church, they used to sing those hymns, in chorus sweet and low,
Has passed away, a vanished dream, since forty years ago!
The forests which used to crown the hills, the tall and stalwart woods,
Have changed to fields of verdant grain, around the neighbourhood.
The autos and the tractor came, have made a marked show,
Replaced the sickle and the scythe, since forty years ago!
Still o’er those scenes, my memory broods, marked by the “Hand of Time”,
Brings back to me, those thoughts of your, to nobler things sublime.
Could I recall, once more those years, those days of long ago,
Alas! Like cherished hopes have fled, since forty years ago! ‘
QUERIES
DRAKE - Benjamin and his father William DRAKE bur Old English Cemetery, St. Thomas - Dexter Drake - mishkadex@yahoo.ca
SANAGAN - John and wife Mary Julia of St. Thomas. Child: Edward, b. June 1831 carpenter, resided on Walnut St. in 1861 Census and in 1902 2651/2 Talbot St. d. Sept. 13, 1907 in St. Thomas. - Michael Sanagan, Box 157, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, X0A 0C0 - msanagan@hotmail.com
SILVERTHORN - Elizabeth bur St. Thomas West Ave Cemetery (Ref# 580). Hoping to discover her connection to the GREEN and STODDART families.- Kate Johnson, 2026 Race St. Denver, CO 80205-5636 (303) 322-5530 - katej@idcomm.com
HOWE family from Elgin. I have collected substantial information on the family and related families (Squires, Hunters) in recent months and I am compiling this information on a website. I will also happily share my information with others that might be researching the same families. - Deborah Reichert -deb-reichert@attbi.com
LAWTON - William Lawton (Jr) b Albany, New York 1829 to William & Mariah, who moved to Canada in 1832. Family is in St. Thomas during 1841 and 1851 censues. They moved to Mosa, Middlesex County for 1861 and 1871 censuses, but William Jr. isn't with them. In the father's 1872 will, all children get $50 except for William Jr. who gets only $1.00.
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COWAL-KELLY - Looking for relatives and ancestors of Abner Kelly mar Elizabeth Cowal, both of Southwold, 27 Dec 1836 by Rev. James Skinner. Witnesses David Kelly and David Clay. - Elaine Magnan 2411 South 9th St., Minneapolis MN 55406 - epmagnan@mn.rr.com
HAMILTON - Glenn HAMILTON, also William, Jennie, Jack, and Roberta HAMILTON, Fingal Cemetery - Jon Atkins, Windsor, ON - jka40@cogeco.ca
BAKER - information wanted on one-time residents of Elgin Co. and any descendants who remained in the area when the family moved on to Michigan. They are: Eli (Levi) and Selina BAKER and son Sanford C. b. ca. 1878 Elgin Co. And William & Mary BROWN and daughter Dollie, wife of Sanford BAKER. -Fran Hindmarsh - hndmarsh@amtelecom.net
BAKER - Info wanted on Dollie & Orren, BAKER, buried Richmond West Cemetery, Bayham, also Judge H., BAKER, Mary (Abell), BAKER, Sanford C. BAKER buried in Seville Cemetery, Malahide - MJ Wilde, sundogrr@attbi.com
McCORDIC - Susan McCORDIC b. New Brunswick c1832, 1840 moved to Yarmouth Township d/o Robert McCORDIC and Maria FLETCHER, bur in Arkona Cemetery, Arkona, ON. She married James NEWCOMBE and they had one daughter, Susan NEWCOMBE who married James TYLER. I understand that Susan McCORDIC died at age 18 and is buried in St. Thomas Cemetery. The McCORDIC's left Elgin County and seven moved to Lambton County and two moved to the United States. Susan and Elizabeth (1853) died in Elgin County -Robert McCordic, - rfmccord@htl.net
PHILLIPS - John (1) PHILLIPS b. USA. had 3 children by his 1st wife, UNKNOWN. John b. March 15, 1853 Dutton, ON, resided in Glen Rae & Alvinston, Lambton Co; ON. Robert, lived in McGregor, MI; and Bell who married James LITTLE lived in Walkerville, ON. John (1) marr Margaret RICHMOND and they had one daughter who married Mr. RANDLES and lived in Loraine, Ohio. The residences are listed from the obituary of John (1) who died September 16, 1919 in Walkerville, ON. bur. Alvinston Cemetery, Alvinston, ON with his second wife. - Robert McCordic, - rfmccord@htl.net
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