My connection to Ontario is my ancestor Albert William SCULTHORPE and his wife Mary DESORMEUAX. My grandfather came over to Canada from England and my grandmother was born in Ontario. My great grandfather Richard Walter SCULTHORPE also brought most of his large family to Canada with him. Some followed later. My grandmother was Catholic, but became a Baptist. I did find proof on Ancestry that one of Richard's children converted from Church of England to Catholic. My grandmother's parents were Napoleon and Annie Smith. I've tried to find out who there parents were, but that is my brick wall.

Anyone have any information on Margaret A GLOW b 1812 in Stamford, Ontario? She was married to William KALAR b 1807 in Stamford as well. I would like any information anyone has on her parents!

Interested mainly in the counties of Leeds & Grenville and Lanark.

Ancestors settled in the Cobourg area - anything on NOBLE, MCBRIDE, MCMANN, ARMSTRONG would be appreciated!

My grandmother was Vinetta Tremaine BUTCHART, sometimes spelled BUTCHARD. She was born in Mildmay, Bruce County on May 19, 1889 to Edward Neil BUTCHART and Maria MOYER. Edward was born in Carrick Township in 1863 and Maria, the daughter of Aaron MOYER and Veronica BOWMAN, was born in New Dundee, Waterloo County in 1866. I have a lot of information to share on these families and I'm always looking for more.

My family line in Ontario is;
Cohoe - Pelham and Norwich, primarily
Willson - Norwich
Plus assorted others!
I just returned from a trip there. The Norwich Archives are great!

DYER family settled in PERTH CO., after coming from Ireland, ...includes Owen , Bridget, all their children were born in PERTH CO. looking for info on birthplace of Bridget b. abt 1816 and Owen b. abt 1821...in Ireland...Canadian census records just say they were born in Ireland.

For genesnoopy: You won't find more than "Ireland" as a place of birth on the census records, so you need to look in other records - their death records (if they died late enough for birth place to be recorded), their children's death records which may list more than Ireland, obituaries, etc. It isn't just death records you should be looking for though.

I had exactly the same problem as you do - trying to find precise locations in Ireland where my McGinnis family were born or lived. See Carnival of Irish Heritage: My Key to Ireland to see how I finally found my Irish ancestors' place of birth. You might also get ideas from Tracking the Elusive Fanny Downey McGinnis.

Hi I am searching Wentworth Co., and Hamilton Co., for Smith's and Bradts. My Ira Smith and his wife Emily Ann Bradt were born in Wentworth Co, 1866-1868. They went to New York, she died and was buried in Barton Twnsp. He remarried and lived in Rochester with my Grandfather. I do not have any death or burial info on Ira. And I cannot find back any farther on his side than his father and mother: Daniel Smith and Margaret Jane Young.

For Mickey McCall - Mickey, I'm a Bradt descendant too. My line daughtered out with Maria Bradt's son Isaac Van Valkenburg aka Vollick, a Loylist in Ontario.

I think we connect through the Ryckman family too. Your Emily Ann's parents were Stephen Bradt and Mary. Were Stephen's parents Walter Bradt and Elizabeth?

One thing you can do when you are stuck on a line, is search the siblings.

So find your Daniel and Margaret's children and search all of them. You may find more info in a death record or obit or marriage or... look for witnesses at marriages, informants at deaths. Remember all those siblings share the same grandparents (who you are trying to find)

Ronald Cox has a nice list of children for Daniel and Margaret, with dates.

for Lorine McGinnis Schultz- Lorine, Stephen Bradt's parents (according to the Bradt Society) were Simon Van Antwerp Bradt and Elizabeth Young. (by elimination they say for who was in the area at the time he was born). Simon was the son of Andries Bradt UEL, and Rachel Ryckman. Was your Walter their son also?
Yes, I gave some of Ron's info to him on the Daniel and Margaret children (formal first name for me is Margaret) ! thank you so much. Still trying to sort the Smith's is almost futile.
I think we tie in through the Ryckman's too. I have some indo on them.. Also on the Rymals, whom the Smith's and the Bradts married into I believe. Will have to check that out. Know for sure the Smith's did.

Hi again Mickey (cousin Mickey!). I'm not totally convinced by the Bradt society reasoning :-) The 1861 census for Barton (Wentworth Co.) shows a Stephen Bradt age 22 born Canada with Walter Bradt 66 b USA, wife Elizbeth age 70 and 2 siblings Jacob 23 and Elizabeth 26.

Walter Bradt is not my line. Mine is Maria Bradt who had the illegitimate son Isaac Van Valkenburg aka Vollick. He was a Loyalist in Butler's Rangers. You can read about the Bradt family by clicking on the link in my first post here, also Ryckman.

I'm researching my WOODHOUSE ancestors from around Guelph, Wellington Co., Ontario. If anyone has this family connection, I'd love to exchange information with you.

I need help. Where can I research in Upper Canada for my gggrandmother AMY DEAN b ca 1810? All census records state she was b Upper Canada. She was married to James D. Pierce/Pearce in NY. I think Niagara Co. Not proven, but her father could have been Josiah Dean and mother Margaret Bailey. One of her sibbling was Alexander Dean b ca 1813 Upper Canada. Amy Dean d 20 March 1886 Kalamazoo Co, MI.

Jacqueline - depending where in Upper Canada your Amy came from, you may find early tax or assessment records for her family.

See http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/index.shtml for more information on this. Also check the Ontario GenWeb site for whatever county she lived in (in Upper Canada) and check http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ for more info on early census records

Bumping this up because I think it got lost in the shuffle, so to speak, when I posted it on July 12:

Lorine, Yes, it was a Catholic wedding. As I stated, it was at St. Hugue's in Sarsfield, Ontario. At the time, it was most likely either Russell, or Russell-Prescott County. I've even viewed the microfilmed records from the parish, about 20 years ago, and was unable to locate it there at the time. That's why I'm so frustrated with it. I've even checked the Drouin records available at Ancestry.com.

Bride: Flora Miriam Foubert age 23 yrs d/o Napoleon Amable and Ellen Swain
Groom: John Leonard O'Neill age 27 s/o Leon(Leandre) and Margaret Stewart.
Church: St. Hugue's, Sarsfield

It's a French-speaking parish, and one time when I sent a note mentioning the "English" button on the parish website didn't work, I got a message that it was because French is the language spoken by parishioners. It was a bit snippy. I don't know how receptive they'd be to any inquiries. So, I've left them alone.

Hi everyone, Several of my lines moved to Ontario, most shortly after the US Revolutionary War (some as Loyalists, some not). Most initially settled in Niagara County and then moved on to Oxford County. Some of the Oxford County flock moved on to neighboring counties, though my direct line stayed in Oxford County till moving down the US in the 1890s. In Oxford County, my tree was primarily concentrated in Zorra Township (later split into East and West Zorra, but they lived in both), East Nissouri Township, and the towns of Innerkip and Blandford within that region. There is also a different line that moved to Ontario for less than a generation that I have been unable to trace back past it. They are supposed to have originated in England (according to self-reporting on documents) but unfortunately have the very common surname of Evans. They lived in East Nissouri immediately before moving to Michigan in the States in the late 1800s.

Lorine, thanks for the answer on Amy Dean. The problem is I have not idea where in Upper Canada she came from. Only on census records, she was born there ca 1810.

thanks Lorine will try both sites.... the hunt continues !!!!!

Hi,
I'm researching William Gardener lived in Woodstock, Ontario and Eli Gardener in Simcoe County, Ontario.

Hi - I have a lot of relatives in Canada, most around Ontario area. Surnames are McCallum, Stalgitis, Dixon, Muir, Primrose, Chaplain. My gt grandparents Dugald McCallum and Bella Dixon married there in 1910 after emigrating from Scotland separately. Virtually all their brothers and sisters had also emigrated. However, Dugald and Bella came back to Scotland, probably with his work on the railways and they were stuck when WW1 started, so ended up staying - otherwise me and mine would all be over there (Canada) instead of over here (Scotland)!

I am looking for my gg grandmother who was born in Nassagaweya, Ontario in 1847. Her name was Alexena Frazer. According to her death certificate her father was David Fraser and Mother Catherine McBean. I found her on the 1861 census but was not living with her parents. She left Canada in about 1865 and came to the Untited States. I have not been able to find her parents. Any idea where I might look next for her and her parents?

Ryckman's Corners Hamilton Times, (Hamilton Times, January 7, 1904), pg 3, Hamilton Times:
"Ryckman's Corners: The funeral of the late Mrs. Daniel Smith took place from her son's residence to
Barton Presbyterian Church on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Mr. McDerment of Hamilton conducted the services. The pallbearers were Isaac Allison, John Yeo, Miles Smith, Wm. Allison,Thos. Yeo., and Seth Smith. Ira Smith of Rochester came home to attend his mother's funeral". Barton Stone Church Cemetery: Burials, Vol. 2, M-Z, Allison Gordon H.


This is the Obit for my Great Great Grandmother. Can anyone help me tie the surnames in the article to her (Margaret Jane Young Smith), or her husband Daniel Smith, or their children who married and had children. Their children were Beverley Smith who married Ida Rymal; Ira Smith who married Emily Bradt (my great grand parents); Leeming Smith who married Miss Pixley, Minervia who married Frederick Thomas Smith. I do not have Margaret Young Smith's parents, or Daniel Smith's. They were living in Barton or born there. Beverley and his wife lived in Ancaster. That's about all I have and still searching. THank you.

Mickey - How lucky for you that an obit was written for your gg grandmother! If I were you I'd research each of the pallbearers - trace them back to find out how/if they connect to Margaret or her husband. Often pallbearers are family members so you may find the connection you need to Daniel or Margaret by tracing those involved in her funeral.

Abigail - re your FRAZER search. You may already have thought of these ideas but in case you have not -- have you checked land records in Nassagewaya for David? I had a quick peek at the 1858 Tremaine Map for that township (which is in Halton Co.) and there is a Hugh FRASER living on Conc 11, Lot 5. Don't forget that FRAZER could be mis-recorded as FRASER, FRAZIER, FRASIER , etc.

I'd check the Abstract Indexes to Deeds for that specific piece of land to see when/how Hugh bought it, who he bought it from and who he sold or granted it to. It is very possible that your David is part of the family. See Searching Land Records in Ontario for more help with this

Also have you consulted the CLRI to see if your David was a first time buyer of land?

I don't know if you have seen Halton's Historical and Newspaper Records online. You can search newspapers, bdm notices, census, cemetery and other records here. It is not the only place you should look for these items but it's a great place to start!

Thank you Lorine!
Mickey

Lorine -- I have searched Frazer by all the variations. On her death certificate and gravestone it is spelled Frazier, but on her marriage license and certificate it is spelled Frazer. I have searched Halton's Historical documents. I did see that their was a Hugh Frazer that owned land but have not been able to connect him to the family. I have also wondered if the names on the death certificate on right. Thanks for the help!

Abigail -- All I can think of right now is Obits or Land Records - that might be most helpful to you

Our family is one of the first five families of European descent to have a permanent settlement (1742) in what is known today as Ontario (Windsor, across the Détroit River from Détroit Michigan.

Hi Iam looking for the birth of Charles Crawford around 1816.Family story is he was French Canadian .His father was John Crawford a baker to trade.Charles was a mariner came to London around 1847 married and stayed in London.In one UK census it has Montreal as his place of birth.Thank you

Answer for Timothy Hal - Timothy, Montreal is in the province of Quebec so you would be better to post your query in another discussion board as this one is for Ontario. You might also check Quebec Genealogy for help. Your time period (1816 birth) is during the British Regime. Vital statistics are preserved at the Archives Nationales du Québec

Hello, I'm new to this site, and have no query for now. I live in California, but have done some research on my Ontario roots both on-site and on the www. My great-great grandfather, John Laskey Aunger, a tin-miner from Cornwall, England, came to Canada (Northumberland County) in 1852, and eventually settled in Hastings County, working the iron mines at Blairton. My other Ontario lines that I am following include Brown, Dafoe, Holcomb/Holcombe, Pringle, Schoman/Shewman, Keller, Merriam and Wilde.

Hello , My Grandparents settled in Cramahe , Asa Houghton and Rebecca Conklin
anyone researching this family line would love to her from you .

Donna :)

i have dyer fmily linein muskoka ontario canada mrred into muir family line

does anyone know about a family history for dymond? Came from england? and settled in toronto area maybe 1930s or as far back as 1800s.My grandfather was howard dymond born in toronto early 1900s thanks

Looking for living descendants of Stephen Charles Smith and Mellicent "Jean" Teasdale. They married in England during WW I, he was 1st gen Canadian, she was from Co. Durham. He received a medical discharge in 1917 and returned to Canada.
Charles was a steamfitter and lived until 1970. He was born in Bartonville and lived near there in Hamilton until he died with the exception of a few years after the "Great War" in London, ON,
His father was Erdmund (Edmund) Schmidt (Smith) who emmigrated with his parents and sister from Germany about 1850.
His sister married a Waller and had a large family.

I have more data, please let me know if this matches anyone.

MacKenzie Family of Petrolia, living there between 1860 and 1900's
Looking for family descendents of
John 1834-1899 and Jessie Primrose (Dunlop) MacKenzie 1849-1939
Christopher 1836-1915 and Katherine (Web) MacKenzie 1848-1927
thanks and regards Carolyn

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Hi Everyone, Nearly all of my family in Ontario can be traced back to Lanark County. As such, I have started a Families of Lanark County group. If any of you are interested in it, it can be found here: http://www.genealogywise.com/group/icantracemyrootstolanarkcountyon...

Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I posted here, so I thought I'd do it again. I am researching many families in Ontario, centered in Zorra and Blandford Townships, Oxford County, especially the little farming town of Innerkip. Most of them came to Ontario from the new United States after the Revolutionary War, though how soon after varies a lot (some were Late Loyalists), most of the groups starting out in Niagara before moving on to Oxford County, typically within a generation. However, there is a separate line that came from England in the mid-1800s (also to Oxford County), though many of the next generation moved down to the US in the late 1800s. Some of the many surnames I am researching are Brown, Stewart, Rowel/Rowell, Burch/Birch/Burtch, Evans, and Smith (I know).

Hi Liz,

Did you know that what looks like all the gravestones in Oxford County have been photographed and are available on the Web? it's a fantastic resource.

Address is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/

In fact, I do! :-) Many of the people I am researching have their graves up on that site - it's been nice to see them without having had the opportunity to travel to Innerkip.

Did you know that the Tweedsmur Histories are being put online by the Ontario Genealogical Society? I'm also thrilled about that! They're some of the few publicly available documents of Innerkip and many of the other tiny towns in the area. (My cousin sent me copies of some of the documentation of Innerkip after she visited OGS.)

Hi all!
I am looking to connect with descendants of Donald MacDonald and Catherine MacGillis. They left Knoydart on the Macdonald in 1786 and settled in Glengarry Ontario. I am a descendant of their son Angus Roy MacDonald. Interested in knowing more about the Macdonalds that stayed behind in Knoydart or who were ancestors of these emigrants to Canada. Thanks!

Last names are English and Mitchell

Good day all
The Worsfold family of my tree immigrated to Canada in 1905 and 1906. They lived and many still do in the Trenton - Belleville area. Richard Benjamin and Sarah Jane Worsfold came from London, England. Because my computer gave up the "ghost" as things do happen, I lost many email addresses of family in the Belleville area. Other surnames by marriage of my Aunts are Chumbley, Albard, Sanderson and Hutchinson. Uncle's Jesse and Ben moved to Alberta in 1910 as they were able to work for the railroad. My g. grandfather Richard moved here shortly after they did to farm in the Big Valley area. My grandmother married Harry Louden in 1908 at the Bridge Street United Church. He was a blacksmith and owned his own shop, which I was recently told the sign was still there on the side of the building. They moved to Alberta in 1912.
Other families in Ontario I am searching are: Dent, Ross, and Bradford. These families were also in the Palmerston area. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello friends,
I'm new here, but thought I'd post my biggest challenge currently in my family tree. I'm a Waite descended from Griffin Wait (b.1809, m. Elizabeth Sprung) and his father Samuel Waite (b. 1873/5, m. Rachel Tarbush). They came from Dutchess County, NY to Haldimand township around 1812, then on to Cramahe township in the 1820's.
I'm trying to trace Samuel's parents. I have some notes that his father was George, but no documents to this extent. There was a George that settled in the area, as well, and some speculation that it might be the same George Wait who was father to Enoch and Briggs Wait, who both eventually settled in Quebec. Enoch was also in Haldimand/Cramahe in 1797, it seems.
Making this link to Samuel's father would really help, especially as I do the DNA test to help flush out the Waite genealogy project.
Thanks for any knowledge, and let me know if I can provide any insight in return. Other families in my tree include McShane, Denyes and Lattimore.

Have you seen the 1802 list of Haldimand residents? There are several WAIT men on it. There are later years too

Also, have you checked Upper Canada Land Petitions to see if your men submitted petitions for land? if they did those petitions can be a wealth of genealogical/family information

Also you might want to check the CLRI ( Ontario Land Record Index) for your names

The Computerized Land Record Index (aka Ontario Land Record Index) summarizes land grants of Crown Land, sales of land from Canada Company sales or leases and from Peter Robinson settlers' grants. If your ancestor settled anywhere in Ontario and he was the first time owner of Crown Land, he should be on these lists.

The information from the lists includes date of purchase, type of purchase, residence of purchaser, land location (lot, concession, township), type of purchase (very important to knowing whether or not there are more records available!), archival reference (where full record can be found) and often more info such as date of land ticket, or date of petition for land, etc.