Published Queries

May/June/July 2009

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All readers are encouraged to place queries in this section of our newsletter.  No charge & no limit to the number of submissions  – printed as space permits & as soon as possible after receipt.  Please type or write clearly.  Abbreviations will made by the editor.  We  use abbreviations such as: Brockville-B’ville;Elizabethtown-E’town;  Edwardsburgh-Eds’burg; Gananoque-Gan; Lansdowne-Lans;  township-twsp; birth-b; death-d; & other usual terms.  Queries submitted & published in the newsletter will also appear on our website.  Please give a mailing address as well as your email so everyone can respond.  

Edward Swan      edward_swan@bellsouth.net

 Looking for descendants of Henry Ross Swan who sett in Kemptville ca 1870 marr Elizabeth Jameson  August 19, 1867. They had a large family. He was chairmen of the Bank of Ottawa in Kemptville.

 1. Cecilia Jessie b. August 14, 1896 d. 1960, intered  Kemptville Union Cem

 2. Douglas Alan b. April 2, 1898                     3. Joscerline Mary b.January 3, 1901

 4. Florence Isabelle b. January 3, 1901, d. 1965 intered  Kemptville Union Cem

 5.Genesta b. October 22, 1902, d. 1971 intered in Kemptville Union Cem

  6. Harriet b. October 1902       7. Gerald Ferguson b. Sep 13, 1909 d. 1961 intered  Kemptville Union Cem

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Pat Burke,  Apt. 102 – 552 Dansey Ave. Coquitlam  BC  V3K 3E8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Martin CONNELL   b 7 July 1844  marr Nancy SEE  b 1851  Frontenac Co  dau of Wm. SEE & Sarah/Mary ACKROYD  lvd St. Joseph Isl.                                                                                                               Samuel Connell  b 7 July 1844  marr 31 Aug 1874 S, Crosby to Eleanor KERR  b 1854 Leeds Co  dau of Thomas KERR & Sarah Burnette                                                                                                                      Thomas Attridge CONNELL  b 7 Jan 1891  Bedford Mills  d 9 Apr 1968  Elgin  bur  Halladay cem  marr 22 Dec 1917  Bancroft  marr   Sarah “Maude” Esta Halladay  b 7 Oct 1891 Elgin  d 9 Mar 1976  B’ville  bur Halladay cem  dau of Edgar W. HALLADAY & Sarah Abigail JUDD                                                              William CONNELL  {poss son of Thos; grson of Rev Thos} marr Elizabeth Ann ATTRIDGE  came to Can from S Kibereen, Cork  Ire; poss with bros & sis.  Chdn:  Thos; Wm; Richard; Elizabeth; Catherine marr Wm. B. FLINDALL, Brighton  ON; James; Martin & Samuel [twins]; poss also Edward; George; Harriett.  Looking for dates of b;m,d’s other info, pics.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ******************************************

Andy Hillhouse,  130 Degrassi St., Toronto  ON  M4M 2K6

                                    andyhillhouse66@gmail.com  

Searching for any info related to David Hillhouse (b. 1811) & wife Isabella Hutchinson (b. ca 1827/1828). David from Ayrshire; Isabella  from Romford, Essex, per  death record. Listed in the 1861 & 1871 census living in E’town,  marr 1843 per  1861 census (which would have made her only 15 or 16 at time of  marr). Likely lived there in the 1850s as  son John  listed as born  B’ville  1848, although can't find them in 1851 census. Heard that David had come over with army and am curious if anyone knows anything about Scottish regiments receiving land allotments in the area. Don't know if they met in Ont or whether she came over with him. Are there other Hutchinsons in the area who may have come from Essex.

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James Gunnis   44 Honeyman Road  Basking Ridge, NJ  07920  USA                                                                

 Can anyone verify a marriage between Patrick Barry, Jr, son of Patrick & Deborah Barry to Esther Johnson?  Marr prob before 1813 in Kitley.  Patrick Barry, Jr is shown as head of household in 1813 census.

  Stu Anderson     gstu@shaw.ca

Searching for info on any of the following gentleman or their wives:   1. Matthias Johnston b 21 Apr 1831 in Kitley twsp in ON, marr to Jane McDonald b 22 Sept 1832 on Wolfe Island.       2. Matthais S. Johnston (son to no.1) b 4 Oct 1866 in Cape Vincent, NY & marr  Isabelle Moore d in 1955.    The above gentlemen are found in the 1881 Canadian Census in Amabel, Bruce North, Ontario.         3. Austin Rodney Johnston b May 24 1896 Wiarton, ON, marr to Norma Day Nuckles  b Oct 21 1906 in Arkansas.

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Looking for info on  Bulger from the Bastard, South Burgess,  &  Dwyer from Albion, Peel,

 Have a marr record for Augustus Bulger b 1837, parents Partick & Mary Lyndsay to Catherine Moran b 1845 parents Patrick Moran & Mary Grady.   Catherine  bur  Phillipsville RC cem.

Children: James b 1865 marr Margret Dwyer           Joseph b 1867 

Augustus then marr  Ellen Mars(O'Mara), b 1851 South Emsby, ON Jan 8, 1873  Westport

Children: Mary b 1874 marr Edward Bolin b 1861 prnts John & Catherin Bolin Plum Hollow, Bastard Albert  Lewis b Nov 20,1877 d Mar 15, 1937 Bottineau County ND: marr Hattie Rogers(widow) in 1917 Lewis, Bottineau, ND. Children: Lucille Rogers & Dorothy

 Augustus b 1878:      William b 1881       Reuben b 1882 marr Artisima Arta Ivy b 1876 prnts James Ivy & Jessie Ann Myers.marr Sept 3, 1905 in Warburton, Bastard

The Bulger family listed in 1871 & 1881 Census.  James and Albert immig to  US, North Dakota area 

 Charles Dwyer b 1825(abt) d Jan 20, 1897 son of Michael Dwyer and Isabella Wells of Albion, Peel, O. marr to Margret Keenan b 1831. Married Sept 8, 1849 in Albion Simco,

Children: Margret b Nov 12 1867 d May 11, 1925 . married James Bulger

                 Ambrose Charles b 1872 Albion, Cardwell, Ontario and Naturalized US Dec 6, 1899

                Thomas b 1854 married Anora Fitzgerald b 1871 Quebec

                James b 1857   Charles b 1862       Agnes b 1864   Frances b 1870  Mary b 1874

 James Bulger received land grant  Hastings Twp, Bottineau, North Dakota in 1902

.Have parental info on both great-great-great parents but no dates or origin. 

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James A.Martens,      Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 2N7

Lineage connects with Jennet MacDonell Leonard who received her 200 acre claim by Order in Council, dated 23Feb1809, as one of the many daus of John MacDonell, elsewhere referred to as John of
Ed’sburgh, as in Wm Reid's _The Loyalists In Ontario_,on the KRR NY by Cruikshank &Watt, revised edition. Under the column heading "Where Settled...",  don't see a John MacDonell settled in RT6
(Ed’sburgh). To confuse matters, he may have owned his 200 acres in Ed’sburgh, but res in Augusta or vice versa..  Which John MacDonell of KRR NY is  fath of Jennet MacDonell ?  Would then know which KRR NY  John MacDonell to research,   Could be mistaken & John of Ed’sburgh was not in  84th regiment..  Was  told  that he was of  KRR NY, & originally from North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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Bobbi-Anne Smith     (drbasmith@gmail.com)

 Would like to contact someone who has knowledge of the churches, genealogy documents, & history of E’town.  Am researching relatives in the area, in particular, on the 1861 Canadian Census for E”town, Leeds     Fisher, Israel, farmer, b. Germany, married in 1852, aged 26   Fisher, Ann, b. Upper Can aged 27
Fisher, Thomas, b. UC, aged 8     Fisher, Levi, b. UC, aged 5        Fisher, Allen, b. UC, aged 3
                                                                                                                                                       

 Linda Romero   romero89@earthlink.net

 Peter Nicol (Nichols) & Lois Anne Moore lived  Oxford  1851 with chldn & his moth Christienne Nicol. He immig from Scotland in 1823. Where did he live in Canada prior to & after 1851? He immigrated to Illinois in 1856.  Looking for Christienne Nicol's death record,  birth records of  chldn, mar record.  
 He b May 9, 1813 Blair Loche, Logie, Perth, Scotland near Castle Sterling,  d Dec 14, 1904 Ponca City, Kay, OK      Bur: Ponca City  Baptism: May 30, 1813 Logie, Perth, Scotland   Immig: 1856 from Canada to USA
Occupation: Farmer   Religion: Church of Scotland   Father: John Nicol    Mother: Christian (Cristiana) Ferguson      Spouse: Lois Anne Moore   death: 1867 Trempeleau, Wisconsin   Her Fath: William Moore  (1780-1851)    Moth: Ann (Nancy) Buell (1797-1888)                                                                          

  Children :  1/ Caroline M. (Carrie)  b abt 1843 Canada   d 1866 Wisc            2 / John Sherwood   b Jul 5, 1845 Perth   d Jun 11, 1912 North Yakima, WA           3/ Annie  b: abt Sep 1847 Can   d Oct 27, 1866 Wisc    4 / William Buell  (Twin)  b  Aug 26, 1850 Toronto     5/ Thomas (Twin)  b Aug 26, 1850   d Dec 17, 1866 Wisc        6/ Elizabeth   b Sep 4, 1852              7/  Lois Ann   b 1855    8/ Isabelle (Belle) Frances   b: abt 1858 Lindenwood, IL    d aft 1905      9/  Mary  b abt Feb 1860 Illinois         10/ Julia Agnes (Aggie)    b May 11, 1862 IL  d  Nov 29, 1946 OK          11/  Henry:   b Sep 1864 Trempeleau, Wisc   d  bef 1920 

 Peter Nicol 1851 Census Grenville County, Oxford, page 113:   log home, 1860 Census in Monroe Twp., Ogle Co., Illinois, Post Office

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Bob Lendt  1403 Maple Grove Rd.  Lapeer Mi. 

                       rlendt@tir.com

Interested in tracing three Caswells who were early settlers in  Leeds County, all receiving their land grants before 1802.  They include:

1.  Lemuel Caswell   a well-known United Empire Loyalist from Kingsbury, NY who received several land grants in both Landsdowne & E’town twsps for his service in the Queen’s Loyal Rangers.  Wife Hannah; he several children including Phoebe (c.1789-1876) m. Peter William Clow,;  Welthy (ca.1790-1839) m. Henry Bissel 28 April, 1835;  Stephen  (c.1791-?) m. Mary (Polly?);  Mary (c.1796-?), Zacharias, Jesse, & Christian.  Have census records for 1797, 1801, & 1802 in Johnstown District Municipal Records.  Have no census records after 1802 for this family.  Have a record that shows that Welthy petitioned & received 200 acres of land as daug of an United Empire Loyalist.  Her land grant dated 16 August, 1816.

2.  William Caswell  In his land petition  dated 23 Jan, 1798,  describes himself as an “UE”.  No idea if he is related to Lemuel or where he originated but assume in one of the 13 rebellious colonies due to his“UE” status.  His petition was granted &  received 200 acres in  Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Twsp (Lot No. 10 of Con III).    On 25 June, 1800, he & 15 others again petitioned to receive land in compensation for building an improved road from Gananague Falls to the Kingston Mills.    William,  his wife Mercy and their growing family appear regularly in the census records between 1800 and 1808 for the Rear End of Leeds& Landsdowne after which their census record ends.  Missing from the 1809 township census returns on.  In 1808 the family consisted of William & Mercy  with Harriet (c.1798 -?), Milton (c.1801 -?), Dianthe (c. 1802-?), Himan (c.1805-?), & Parthina (1807-?).

Stephen (or Steven) Caswell  received grants of land on 6 March, 1798 for properties in E’town, including the west half of lot 30 in Con III, the east half of Lot 31 in Con III, and Lot 9 of Con VII (Lot 9 shared with William Every).  In addition he granted Lot 18 & the western half of Lot 19 from Con XII in Lansdowne. prior to 17 May, 1802.  Know nothing of Stephen’s fam or res in Leeds County.

 Only other info I have re these Caswells is that in the 1862 Leeds County Atlas, Lot 30 is listed as being shared by Capt. S. Caswell & W. Caswell.  The original land grants from the 1790’s provided the west half of lot 30 to the above mentioned Stephen Caswell, and the east half of Lot 30 Con III in E’town to Lemuel Caswell  Any additional info readers may have re these three individuals, their fams,  their relationship to each other would be greatly appreciated.

Researching maternal grandmother's fam  from Prescott. 

Great great grandfath was William Murphy b. 1828 poss b Ireland.  Marr Temple Murphy in 1848. Her name may have been Guy,. Their son, my great grandfather, was Edward Picker Murphy b. 1855 in Prescott.  Believe. Edward marr great grandmother, Laura Annis Wallace b. ca 1852, on 30 Oct. 1877 somewhere in Grenville.  Had 3 children, Albert Lorne b.17 Aug. 1878, my grandmoth, Nettie Louise b. 3 Sep 1880 & Eva b. about 1883, all in Prescott.    In 1890, Edward died as a result of the doctor giving him the wrong medicine. At this time, Laura took a job as the housekeeper for a doctor!!! very interesting! She eventually moved to Fort William, ON (now Thunder Bay) where she lived with my grandparents, Nettie & Frank Backus. Laura died there 1917 while reading a story to my mother who was 3 at the time.   Laura had fam left in Prescott, someone named Sarah Murphy, Mrs. Mary Hutchcroft of Pittston, Mrs. M MacDonald of Shanly, Mrs. H. L. Soper of Iroquois, Mrs. W. Armstrong of Cardinal, Mrs. James Raney of St. Catharines & Mr. D. Wallace of North Dakota.   Any of these fams  still in the area?

Hoping to fill in blanks on William & Temple Murphy e.g. birth, marr , death dates & place of internment.  Wonder if either William or Edward was in militia in area. Would there be any militia roster of names?

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Looking for any info on Ennis or O'Meara/O'Mara fams.   Gr. grandfath Patrick Ennis (marr Margaret O'Meara/O'Mara b.1829), sett in Kingston area c.1855 then onto Newboro (and possibly even Westport) per 1881 censes. Their children: Catherine (1859), Michael (1860), William (1862), Patrick Jr. (1865) & Thomas (1867).  Patrick Sr. died between 1868 & 1881. No record of either Patrick Sr. or wife Margaret’s death/burial info. It would be great to hear from anyone w/ any info or possible family ties as well.

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Steven Couldridge   scouldridge@rogers.com

 Trying to find info  on gr grandmoth Margaret Ann Stevens, wife of Rev William Henry Stevens.  Fam in  Kemptville, ca 1905 where W.H.Stevens was short time minister at South Gower Baptist Church. In 1905 Rev Stevens officiated at funeral of Mrs .Sandford Beech in South Gower. (Kemptville Advance transcribed archives.) His mother in law  Mary Boyd subsequently marr Mr.Beech.  Margaret Ann's half sister was Lillian Glady who marr in Kemptville Red & White store merchant Angus Parkinson; had two daugs, Mabel & Lousie.  Mabel marr Samuel Campbell. Margaret Ann d after 1901 (Census) & before August 1910 when Rev Stevens remarr in Sterling, ON.  Have located the graves of Mary Boyd, Lillian & Angus Parkinson in Kemptville Union Cemetery but not where Margaret Ann Stevens d & is bur. All Stevens children relocated to Alberta  by 1916 but were quite well known  & remembered in the Kemptville area as late as the 1940's.

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Keith Mixter      e-mail: mixter755@comcast.net

 Looking for info on the following two families:   Daniel Mixter b; unknown m: 6/17/1806 Deborah Brown, dau of Thomas Brown & Desire Hulbert   Daniel Mixter b: 7/05/1809 Prescott d: 1/07/1889 Harrison, MI USA  m: 12/08/1833 Catherine Putnam of Cornwall  Would be happy to share info that I have on them. 

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Patricia Rogers     rogers.patricia@gmail.com

  Trying to trace my husb's lineage.  Are back to Oran (Orean, Oren, Orin, Orrin) D. Rogers (Rodgers, Roggers), b 1837, living in Gan.  Found in census in Leeds South.  Haven’t found names of Oran Day Rogers’ prnts.  Found that Oran D. Rogers b. 1837 marr Sarah Meggs,  was a Methodist.  Two other Orrin   b about same time that are Baptist or Unitarian.  Oran Day Rogers ( husband's anc & Meth) had son born 1872, also named Oran Day but called  "Oda", still raised  Meth.  From census saw that Oran's fath was b in the US &  moth  b in Eng. A couple of leads:  First, John A. Rogers, born in NY, moved to Leeds, marr to woman  b in Scotland.  John A. Rogers was a Methodist minister.  The other might be Hiram Rogers, but  don't know much about him.   Hiram came from US, but where wife born or her name unknown.  Hiram Rogers was  blacksmith as was Oran Rogers--but many Rogers' of that day were blacksmiths.  Hiram was  Universalist, so may not be Oran's fath.  

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Marcia Eggleston    Massena, NY
meggleston60@gmail.com      megglest@nncsk12.org

.Great-great grandmoth d in B’ville  14 September 1929.  Would like to find a copy of her obit. She is bur in St. Alexander's Cemetery in Lochiel, just outside of Alexandria. Can't figure out what she was doing in Brockville & am hoping to discover who were parents were

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