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I am looking for info on the parents of Thomas Brennan born abt 1837.
I believe his father was Matthew Brennan but not 100% sure.
It's possible Matthew was a gardener in West Toronto in 1871.
I believe he was born abt 1809 in Ireland.
My Park line, and my Joslin/Joslyn line are both from Ontario. The Joslyns came from the US as UEL into New Brunswick and the Park's came from Scotland - both then into Ontario. I have found my Joslins in Oxford Co and the Park line in Oxford Co. and in city of Hamilton. The Joslins (all large Families) then shifted into Michigan. Some Joslins moved west to Manitoba and Saskatchewan as did my direct Park line.
If you think you may be connected, please contact me.
From the Quebec-Research mailing list -
Hi there,
Anyone using the Library & Archives Canada (LAC) website for their
research knows how precious a resource it is. What you may not know,
however, is that massive budget cutbacks and a recent change in
management policy are threatening the preservation of this institution.
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has just launched
an awareness campaing about what is really going on at LAC and the very
serious implication this will have on the future of the preservation of
Canada's cultural heritage.
To know more about this issue:
http://www.savelibraryarchives.ca/default.aspx
Cheers,
Mona
I'm researching the Pattersons in Ontario.Pehlam, Monck,Thorold, Welland County. Hugh Patterson (1825-1897) Margaret McCullum (???) Robert Patterson (1858-1943) Nellie Corman Patterson (????) John Corman Patterson (1903-1949) Gladys M. Saul Patterson (1908-1983) If these names are in your tree, give me a shout.
Sorry if this is a repeat posting, I just ran across it:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/03/ontarios-his...
Just found my way back to this group.
My line seems to come from Ontario, Dundas, Kent and Owen Counties.
Martha Campbell, b 1841, Kent> John Campbell, b 1815 (I think Ireland)
Simon Nelson Fader b 1835,> Matilda, Dundas Co.> Simon Fader,b1803,Dundus,>John Fader (Vetter) 1779 New York State,> Lucas Vetter, b 1723 Germany.
other name that show up are - Shaver/Shaeffer; Standford, Lamont, McNeill, Fraser, Quail. but I do not have much information on these.
Anyone connect to these people?
Debby W., Not only do I have brack walls but I am also geographically helpless!. I live in NJ and even with Ontario Locator I am having difficulties tracking my Pencil/Pencille family.
John Pencil, Sr was a Butler's Ranger who did not accept a land grant in Niagara but accepted one in Fredericksburg because his wife's family also had grants there. Besides his wife's kids from a previous marriage, John & Eva Pencil had 1 child, John Pencil, Jr. of North Fredericksburg who married Fanny Jackson of Richmond circa 1810-1816 (all this according to their own land petitions). John Pencil, Jr was nominated as a constable in Richmond c1809 & served in the Lennox/Addington militia until around 1830. They had several chidlren - some of whom remained in the Lennox/Addington/Frontenac/Kingston area.
Their younger children, however, stated that they were born in Waterloo. Orrin Pencil stated not only was he born in Waterloo but that his parents lived & died on the farm there. John Pencil III also stated that he was born in Waterloo but was living in Reach Twp. when he married a woman from Whitby. I found an elderly John Pencil living in Reach Twp. on the 1861 census with a younger wife as Mrs. Pencil. I assume this John is John, Jr. originally from Lennox & Add. who may have remarried. There are other suspected children James & William found in Whitby.
With the changing boundaries of several locations in that western part of Ontario, I have become entirely confused as to where to search for any records for this family. The original John, Sr. was listed as Church of England for religion. I suspect John, Jr & Fanny were involved with the early Methodist movement as most of their suspected children are listed E.M. or Wesleyan. The 1861 Reach Twp. John Pencil is listed as Adventist which was also the religion of John III according to his marriage record on Ancestry. Another suspected child Sara Timmerman was baptized into the Wesleyan faith when she was an adult. She was living in Flamborough Twp. Waterdown Village at the time c1844.
Given this geographic mess, who/what library/historical society should I be contacting for the younger children who moved towards the west?
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