pubquejulyaug2004

All readers are encouraged to place queries in this section of our newsletter. There is no charge & no limit to the numbers of queries per year. They will be printed as space permits & as soon as possible after receipt. Please type or write clearly. Write words in full for us to abbreviate to minimize errors. The following abbreviations will be used: B'ville (Brockville); E'town (Elizabethtown); Ed'burgh (Edwardsburgh); Gan (Gananoque);Lans (Lansdowne); twsp (township); b (birth); d (death); mar (married) & other usual terms. Please note that queries submitted to & published by this branch will also be published on our website.

Seeking info on grandfath Edward D. Wilson's possible first mar on his siblings & their

families. Also seeking info on the siblings and/or parents of Andrew Wilson & his wife

Elizabeth Richards. Any other connections to these fams greatly appreciated. This is the info

we have: Edward D. Wilson (my great grandfath), born 23 Jan (or Feb) 1854 in Leeds

County, bapt 18 April 1854 Wesleyan Methodist, died 24 May 1924 in B'ville, bur in Lehigh

Cemetery, Kitley Twsp. We believe Edward worked for or operated a hotel/summer resort on

the lake by Charleston in the summer & in the off-season worked as a Traveling Sales Agent

for Chase Brothers Nursery at the time he married Elizabeth Pollard. His parents are

Andrew Wilson & Elizabeth Richards. Andrew Wilson, born circa 1821 in County Down,

Ireland, died 10 October 1883, buried in Lehigh Cemetery. Andrew was a farmer. Elizabeth

Richards born circa 1828, ON, died 3 February 1904, age 76, buried in Lehigh Cemetery. His

sibs are: (1) Mary Ann Wilson, born 01 January 1857, Kitley Twsp, died 19 July 1947,

buried in Lehigh Cemetery. (2) Caroline Elizabeth Wilson born 25 November 1862, died 10

January 1877, buried in Lehigh Cemetery. (3) Samuel Andrew Wilson born circa 1867, died

06 September 1946. (4) Uriah Wesley Wilson born 29 June 1870, died circa 1955. Edward

D. Wilson mar Elizabeth Pollard circa 1896 or 1897 in Athens or Brockville, believed to

have taken place in the Bach residence. They had 4 children Wilhelmine Elizabeth (my

Beatrice Eveline and Edna Irine all of whom were born in Ontario. After Edward's death in

1924, Elizabeth and her 3 daughters moved to Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan where her oldest

daughter Wilhelmine lived. The supposition that Edward had been married, and had a

daughter, previous to his marriage to Elizabeth Pollard has been handed down through the

Grgrgrfath was John F. L. St. Thomas b New York near St. Lawrence River 1808 Or 09;

mvd to Cynthiana, Kentucky where he mar Barbary WEARY in 1840; had 2 daus: Anna

Margaret & Mary Catherine;mvd to Mich in 1867 where daus mar bros Romain & William

GASS. In 1879 John sold MI property & have not been found since. A picture in Gass fam

collection believed to be of John F. L. St. Thomas has on back "G.B. Murray, Successor to

A.C. Mcintyre, corner of Main & Market Sts, Brockville, ant. Negative No. 17759". Mary

Louise SAUVE of B'ville mar Lawrence St. THOMAS (relationship to John F. L. St.

Trying to find mar date & place for Jonathan GARRETT & Elizabeth CONNOR - should be

ca 1835/36 in Kitley twsp. Elizabeth Connor from Ire ca 1822 sett in Kitley with her moth

from Ire between 1815 (his approximate b yr) & 1835 as 1st child William (grgrfath) was b

Jan 1837 in Merrickville. 2nd child John b Kitley Dec 1838. By 1851 fam had mvd to

Grgrmoth Sarah (Anne ?) COOPER b ca 1824 to Can from Eng 1839; came with or stayed

in B'ville with Rev. Grant ULLERS; rel Church of England. In 1861 census of Durham Co

West, East Whitby twsp mar to James BROWN in 1849. James b ca 1824 in Upper Can,

Irish desc, Church of Eng. Mar not found in Anglican Archives. Would like to find James' b

Descendent of Daniel McEathron 1760 -1835, fa: John, mo. Margaret Reid; married

Mary Beech who was born abt 1765, fa: Sgt. John Beech, mo: unknown. All 7 children

were born in Elizabeth Town, Leeds, ON between 1791 and 1804. What information and

Wondering if anyone had Gabriel Gilbert Worden and his wife Catherine McBean as

Wish to find info re Charlotte SEELEY mar Matthew BEEBE; found listed under Justus

SEELEY in "Loyalists of America". Complete listing: Guy of E'town OC 21 Feb 1821; Peter

of Aug OC 26 June 1822; Olive mar Edmund G. RAWSON of E'town OC 6 Nov 1834;

Betsey mar Enos Beach Jr. OC 24 Oct 1831; Charlotte mar Matthew BEEBE of Leeds

OC 31 May 1830; Orilla mar John G. BORDEN of E'town OC 24 Apri 1810; John of E'town

Looking for info re grandfather Andrew Greenhill & his wife Agnes Somerville. Both born in

Scotland. came to Ontario at early age. met & mar in the Hamilton. Ontario area, moved to

Prescott probably in the 1870"s. Had a dry-goods & clothing store on the main street. Made a

two-month trip to Scotland & England in 1884 and kept a detailed journal which our family

has. Moved to Smith's Falls with their only child Eva (my mother) in the 1890's.

Was there a Greenhill family in Prescott before they came? The Historical Atlas of Leeds

and Grenville Counties, 1861-62, reprinted 1973, Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, ON

shows a group of King Street Stores, Prescott. A building called "Glasgow Warehouse" also has the name "Robertson Greenhill and Co."

Searching for the exact date of death (day, month and year) of my great grandmother,

Catherine (Heffenan) Neff. She was buried at Philipsville Roman Catholic Cemetery, ON &

according to the headstone died in 1904 ( I have the transcription from the headstone)

Although other family members believe she died in 1903. Unable to find her in the Ontario

death index. Wondering if there would be a newspaper for the district of Soperton or the

town of Delta or the town of Phillips viI Ie, Ontario. Would you be able to tell me the name of

the newspaper? Or the other possibility would be to contact the church. Would there have

From Duane & Helen Carey Krause. Helen's great great grandfather Patrick Carey

immigrated to Kitley Corners (Toledo) in about 1828. His son John Carey married

Ellen Trainor & moved to Nebraska in about 1871. We have found that Patrick had

a sister Rose married to an O'Regan, probably Edmond who died between 1844 &

1849. Last name was probably also spelled Reagan. In 1951 Rose Reagan listed as

a 62 year old widow. Rose died in 1862-3. Patrick died on Dec 23,1867 age 71. His

brother John Carey died in 1908 at the age of about 83. Can anyone help me find

obituaries on these people, especially Patrick and John Carey. They were Kitley

folk; Patrick & John are burried in 81 Philip Neri cemeteries. I have no record of

Rose's death or burial. I have researched 8t Philip marriages. deaths, and burials

My wife (Australia) descended from Isaac YOUNGS/YOUNGE, who married Betsey

Dillonbougb, born around 1811 in Ontario Canada. Have been told that she was dau of Peter

Tillabougb of Wolford & marr 21 May 1833 in B'ville (This info came from THE

Youngs, who jumped ship in South Australia in 1850s. Fam of Isaac's and Betsey's sett in

Jefferson CO NY ~vhere most of census info came from. All sho~v that Betsey '''as born ca

181 I in Canada and Emery also around 1831/2. IGI gives Emery Youngs birth to Isaac

YOUNGS and Charlotte (Unknown) 29 April 1831 & christened 17 July 1832 in Montague

Have in my notes that my Great, Great Grandfather, Elmore Stotts, had a stepson

from Brockville, Ontario. Do you have any info on Elmore Stotts, or his two sons:

Jerome, born in 1853, and Jason, Born ca 1844. His wife's name was Phoebe Mott.

Our family was abandoned in Prince George,B.C. There were three of us. myself & two

brothers, Joseph John Peterson b June 3 1954. Pearl Pauline Peterson b March 13

1955, Ian Arnold Peterson b September 9 1957. We were left in a motel room and were

put in and raised in foster care. We would very much like to meet any family members as we

have no, family as well as we would like to know medical history. Our father's name is

Peterson (nee) Lawrence. If you know of or have any information we would greatly

John F. Gregson, 315 - 10741 10th Street Dawson Creek, BC VI G 4N7 jfgregson@shaw.ca

WANT TO FIND. Birth Record for my grandmother: Minnie Jerusha Forrester, born on

or about 18 Nov 1868, Ventnor, Grenville, Ontario. Date and place not proven, but seem very

likely. Father: Daniel Forrester 1823(?) - 1920 Mother: Laurina Cowdrey (many

Ascendants include John Dulmage & Margaret Switzer, and John Lawrence & Sophia

Heck (through John Lawrence Jr. & Margaret Dulmage, whose daughter, Catherine

Lawrence, mar Asahel Hurlburt, a son of Heman & Hannah). Moses Hurlburt was original

settler on the conc jot next to Paul & Barbara Heck, and his son Heman, together with

Heman's wife Hannah are among those with the Hurlburt name in the Blue Church cem.

Researching hush's line, interested in acquiring any info on Francis Scott. His paternal grmoth

was a Scott & according to a newspaper article in the August 3, 1995 issue of The Muskoka Sun

was a desc of "United Empire Loyalist Sergeant Francis Scott of Jessup's Loyal Rangers".

Beatrice Alfreda Florence Scott ( husb's grmoth) was daug of William James Scott, who was

James Froom Sr on Loyalist list is direct ancestor. Do you have any more information on him,

For those searching for any connections to Wood family in Augusta. Amasa Wood's father

was a Joseph Wood from the U.S.A. somewhere, to Canada circa 1800, but that was a very

dead end. Amasa was said to be a brother to Solomon Wood (wife Anna Lakins).

Thad Leavitt wrote about your Wood family, in his 1879 Leeds - Grenville History.

My great grandfather William Wood was born in Mallorytown on 14 Apr 1844 to George and Elizabeth Wood. I

know there probably isn't any census for that year. He also had two sisters born in Leeds. Mary Jane in 1846 and

Arvilla in 1848. I was wondering if maybe there was a tax census or some way to get their birth records for that time

period some how. I'm also trying to find census records for Ontario for 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901. I'm looking for

George Wood in those years. I'm not sure what townships he may have been in for those years so that's why I say

Ontario. Any help would be appreciated. Patrick in MI.

From the 1842 census of Bastard Twp., Leeds Co., I have found three

separate CAMPBELL families living in the township. JOHN CAMPBELL on Lot 18, Con. 5 is possibly

my wife's ancestor and I wish to find out more about his family and descendents in the Harlem, area. He

arrived in Canada c. 1825 from Ireland with his wife Mary. Some of the children are Robert CAMPBELL

b c. 1826, Mary- who married Wm. BISHOP and Alexander CAMPBELL born 1840, married Annie

McMILLAN c. 1873 and died 1919- buried Harlem Cemetery.

Robert Campbell married Charlotte HENDERSON in Perth, Ont. in 1844, but both were from Bastard

Twp. I am trying to find Charlotte's parents as well.

Where would the copy book of wills be located in Leeds County to see if there is a will for John Campbell c. 1863-1868?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.