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July/August 2005
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Looking for any info on 3rd Gr Grandfath Robert GARLAND;
born ca 1816.
Know he received land grant from Queen Victoria of England for 100 acres
in twsp of Grenville, Que (Lower Canada) on 23rd Oct 1838 as have the
document. The North half of a lot in the twsp Grenville, Montreal
District, Lot number 14 in 4th range of lots. He had one known
son, Peter Isaac & poss another son & dau Libby.
Looking for any family/date info or other relations, (wife (confirm), other
children, marr dates,
date of death, religion, country of origin, etc). Believe wife may be Anne
ALLEN
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The Mallory Family of Ireland... About 20 years ago Great
Grandmother Mary E. MALLORY (born 1899 ON & died 1991 in
Auburn, NY), wife of Jud MALLORY, told me a bit about my family
history. I remember she told me 3 things:
One of my relatives invented the Duracell Battery. I researched this to find
the name of Philip Rogers Mallory but have not been able to trace
lineage back to him. Mallorytown, Ontario was named after a
relative. Found this to be Nathaniel Mallory but like P.R.
Mallory not able to trace lineage back to him. Family migrated
from Ireland. Recently have been very interested in tracing the Mallory
name back to Ireland if that is in fact where we came from.
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Titus Simons died in 1824 in West Flamborough, Canada. He was a
loyalist who reportedly '"fled to Canada and joined the King's Army in
August 1777, as a Lieutenant." Would be interested in hearing
from his desc about his life in Canada or if they have info about where Simons
ancestors came from prior to the US.. My info begins with our common
ancestor, William Simons, born in 1659, origin unknown, prob England or
Scotland. Thank you for any
information,.
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Michael Mahoney, 209 Laurel Valley Road, Austin, Texas 78746-4407
Trying to find info on great great grandfath & his family. Recently
visited American-Canadian Genealogical Society - Manchester, NH. Where I found
the following infor on the 7 Mahoney children which are listed below.
This book shows Leeds baptism - St. Nicolas which I assume must be a church;
can't find any reference to this church & very little on Leeds, Ont.
Timothy & Esther would have come to Leeds after 5/26/1835 which is the
date they were married in St. Sylvester in Lotbiniere County. Any
information you can supply to make this picture clearer greatly
appreciated.
Family info:.
Timothy Mahoney
Born in Ireland about 1801
Esther (Bane) Mahoney
Born In Ireland about 1810
John Mahoney
Born in Canada 1836
Ellen Mahoney
Born in Canada 1838
Ann Mahoney
Born in Canada 1840
Timothy Mahoney
Born in Canada 1842
Ellen Mahoney
Born in Canada 1845
Elizabeth Mahoney
Born in Canada 1847
Catherine Mahoney
Born in Canada 1851
John King
Born in Canada about 1836
Susan King
Born in Ireland about 1837
(I think she might have been a Mahoney)
John H. King
Born in Maine about 1858
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Grgrgrgrandfather, Paul TERRY sr, was United Empire Loyalist, the
son of Gershom TERRY.. . He left Long Island, New York in 1784
after being on the side of loyalists in American Revolution, sett
near B'ville in Upper Canada. Do you have any info about him or
son born there, Paul TERRY jr?
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Am a descendant of Archabald Kincaid, have some info that he
arrived in the 1800's in B'ville. Can anyone tell me any history
about the Kincaid family or tell me the best way to find it. Also
wish to find info on CUSHMAN fam from Camden. Mother's paternal
side of family. Any help deeply appreciated.
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Searching a Randy McDonell born 1762 in Tryon County NY , was in the
Kings Royal Regiment of New York under command of Sir John Johnson in
1781 until 1783. Settled in the twsp of Yonge CO Leeds. In
some of the papers he goes by Randy McDonald. your list of
UEI? Any info about Randy McDonald & his desc?
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Patricia R. Reed 403.663.1467 telephone
403.663.1674 facsimile 403.875.1411 mobile
Need help with some info about ancestor & her fam. From the PERSI
index at the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN, US, obtained
a copy of the following obituary from the Brockville Recorder:
TAUGHT SCHOOL IN CORNWALL AND NEWINGTON
Mrs. Mariah Landon Canfield, a former resident of this district, passed
away on January 17 (she died in 1925) at her home in Sioux Falls, N.D. she was
born in Algonquin, South Augusta, daughter of Samuel Landon, school
teacher and she herself taught schools at Algonquin, South Augusta, Newington
and Cornwall. Later she went to Illinois and taught school in the town of
Austin, where she was married to a Mr. D. Canfield, also an
educationalist. They conducted a private school in the town of Grenell, Ia.
And later the deceased removed to Sioux Falls.
The late Mrs. Canfield lived to a good old age and reached her 89th
birthday on December 7th last.
Some years after the death of her father, her mother was married to Alexander
Mackenzie. She was the first postmistress appointed in Ontario and had
charge of the office at Wright's Corners, now known as Algonquin.
In the 1880 US Census, Maria Landon Canfield listed her parents as
having both been born in Canada, so I am wondering if her father could have
been the son of the Samuel Landon that is shown in the list of
"Our Ancestors?" She listed her age as 44 in the 1880 US Census,
which was taken in June of that year. That puts her birth year at 1835, which
is consistent with family records. I would greatly appreciate anything you can
tell me about her Landon family, as well as her mother and her mother's
family (for instance, if her mother's family were also UEL or had a different
heritage).
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Searching for Ont Smalley's - two Smalley's in Front Leeds
& Landsdowne Cem. Wish to see if there is tie-in to early
Smalley's that came to Ont. in 1803 & sett north of Toronto off of
Lake Simcoe
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John R. Burton, Ph.D., Department of Family and Consumer Studies,
University of Utah,
225 South, 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0080 801-581-8332
Am a direct descendent of Elisha Crippen (1745-1815) & Mary Goodrich
(1745-1840) their son (John Crippen abt 1891-1853 & Mahala
Clark? ). The name Crippen was sometimes spelled with a G.
I understand that these Crippens were UEL but am not certain. Mahala
Clark may also been from a line of Clarks who were UEL..
Understand, they lived in Grenville County post Am. Rev to the early 1800s.
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Lucinda Croskery CROSKERY@KINGSTON
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Trying to trace my faily tree from my mothers side on her mothers side. They
lived between Bedford Mills & Yarker, with the last name of EAGLE.
In the early 1900 's. Can you help?
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Terrence J. Boyle, 1245 34th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007
Looking for anyone with info on HILLIARD, SMITH, BREBANT, COOPER
fams.
Johannah Julia Dillon (1854 - 1908, d/o David Dillon & Elizabeth
Gavin of Yonge) marr. 4 May 1874 @ B'ville William Leonard Hilliard
(1842 - 1935, s/o John Hilliard & Julia Brown) had six children: Cecilia,
David, John, William, Robert & Ethel). Oldest son David
HILLIARD (1877 - ?1936) marr 19 Apr 1899 @ Gananoque to Margaret
SMITH (ca. 1879 - 19??, d/o Patrick SMITH & Mary BURNS of
Escott). Second oldest son John HILLIARD (1880 -
?1909) marr 27 Feb 1900 @ B'ville to Florence BREBANT (1882 - 19??, d/o
Andrew BREBANT & Mary CARBONEAU of Brockville). David
HILLIARD & Margaret SMITH had (at least) one child: Mary Veronica
(Vera) HILLIARD (1901 @ Brockville - 1978 @ Detroit, MI), who marr ca.
1924 @ Brockville to Leonard COOPER (1893 - 1955, s/o Edward COOPER
& Elizabeth DAVISON of B'ville).
John HILLIARD & Florence BREBANT had (at least) one child: Margaret
Lillian HILLIARD (1900 @ B'ville - 19?? @ ????). who may or may not have
marr.
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Norman Ferguson 1114 Nokomis Place N.W. Calgary,
Alberta T2K 2P4
Looking for parents of Anna McCready, b. 1838, died d.1915
in B'ville, Ontario. Anna marr to
Abiathar Billing b. 1817 in B'ville, d. 1903 in B'ville
Anna's parents,: Anthony McCready b. abt. 1810, all other info unknown.
He was married to: Rachael Buell b. abt. 1814, The only child of this
marr that we know of is Anna McCready cited above. The
little info we do have comes from Bessie Bryson Billings genealogy called:
History of the Billing(s) Family.
I represent a very large family group that is attempting to start up a
historical society, and appreciate any help we can get. We are calling it the
Marion Historical Society in honour of my mother who is turning 90 on July
27th. Her mother Eva Tayler was born in Brockville in 1874. Reuben
Mott 1759-1839 marr Esther Thompson b. 1777 listed as
being a United Empire Loyalist. Any info on his ancestors &
descendants ??? ( have the father of Esther Thompson - listed as
Jacob).
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Looking for more info on ancestor, a Samuel ADAMS of Connecticut.
Great-great grandmoth Elizabeth Hart CURTIS was born in Bath Township,
Allen County, OHIO in 1813. Her mother Elizabeth Hart ADAMS was
born in Bristol, Connecticut. Elizabeth HART ADAMS marr Chancey
CURTIS (born 29 Nov. 1784 in Wallingford, New Haven township, CT) on 29
July 1805. Elizabeth Hart ADAMS' father was named Samuel
ADAMS.
Dr. Samuel ADAMS married a Martha CURTIS. There is a very
old story in our family of a link between an ADAMS and a Martha
CURTIS and the ADAMS family of Braintree, Massachusetts.
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Ernie E. Burkett, 277 Terry Lane, Heath, TX 75032
972-772-8613
Herrington's came from Canada to the US, Illinois, in the early
19th century.
Thomas Herrington, born Dec 1, 1794 possibly in NY state; died Jan 28,
1864 in Joe Davies County, IL
Anna Booth, born Feb 20, 1797 possibly in Canada; died Feb 28, 1871 (no
idea where)
Thomas B Herrington, born Feb 2, 1823 in Canada possibly; no death info
John Thomas Herrington, born Aug 17, 1844 possibly in the US; died July
9, 1900 in Tescott, KS
Goal is to find out the parents' names & locations of Thomas Herrington,
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On checking the 1871 census for Brockville I found a John Steacy, age
55, who was listed as a contractor and may be architect that I am trying
to find. On checking the death records at the FHC
found a John Steacy that verifies some of the census data. The record
shows his death as 3 July 1888 in Brockville, but gives his Rank or Profession
as Gentleman. Looking for an obit or other info.
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Donald C. Bristol, 275 Ben Putnam Rd., Resaca, GA 30735
Grandmoth Jane Summers born in or near Cardinal. Believe she had
two sis and three or four bros. Married Curtis Mansfield Bristol
& they lived near Ogdensburg, New York. Do not have very much info on her
family or if there are any relatives living. Tommy Service from
Cardinal was either related to Jane Summers or a friend of the family
& we used to visit him near a canal in Cardinal. Believe another
great grandmoth, Louisa or Lovisa Dillabough (daughter of
Jacob Dillabough) was from South Falls, Ontario. She was the second wife
of my great grandfather, Truman Bristol. They lived in DePeyster, New
York. Thank you for your time
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Looking for information re Daniel SHIPMAN
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Looking for info on Scott family relatives. GGGG Grandfather was
James Scott (born in 1812 Scotland) and his wife Susannah Walker Scott (born
in 1817 England). They had several children :Matthew Walker Scott, Anna
Maria Scott, Walter Scott, Mary Swan Scott,George Hitchen Scott. All
resided in Halifax, York, England except for Matthew who lived
Westport, ON until he died in 1907. Does anyone have any info in their fam
searches that might be similar interest to mine.