Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton
Notes
Matches 101 to 150 of 11,995
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| 101 | "He sold his farm [Brock Township] to keep a store at Wilfred". | HART, Reuben (I6258)
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| 102 | "He soon after removed to Brighton". | LAZIER, Gilbert D. (I10919)
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| 103 | "He took no part in political or community affairs." | BIGGAR, James (I4633)
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| 104 | "He was a Captain of Volunteers, in active service in 1837-38, and was afterwards promoted to a Lieut. Colonelcy." | LAZIER, Richard (I7451)
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| 105 | "He was a genial, kindly giant full of fun and jokes." "There was great affection between him and mother [Sarah Biggar Thompson] and he frequently drove over (12 miles) to our place to spend a day or night with us. He was an almost incessant smoker." | BIGGAR, James (I4633)
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| 106 | "He was a heavy loser by the depreciation of continental money during and after the revolution." | AINSWORTH, Daniel (I7518)
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| 107 | "He was a huge man, well over 6 feet in height and weighing 250 lbs without fat." | BIGGAR, James (I4633)
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| 108 | "He was a husbandman, and gradually added to his lands, which were made over to his son in 1725, with provision for the maintenance of himself and wife." | AINSWORTH, Edward (I16733)
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| 109 | "He was a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of the Court of Requests, and Boundary Line Commissioner", | APPLEBY, Thomas D. (I7448)
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| 110 | "He was an earnest Christian man, a successful farmer and a most excellent citizen. he was regular in his attendance upon the Methodist church, assisting the church at all times, financially and otherwise, and indeed, extending his charity and liberality of other churches as well". | TRUMPOUR, Joseph (I2331)
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| 111 | "He was an earnest Christian, and the upbuilding of the Methodist Church in that portion of Canada, is attributed by historians to the pious zeal of the Mordens and two or thrree other families who, by precept and example, influenced all about them to religious manifestation." | MORDEN, Joseph W. (I9864)
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| 112 | "He was an eminent lawyer, had been gazetted a Queen's Counsel, and was universally esteemed and respected." | MORDEN, Amzi L. K.C. (I10145)
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| 113 | "He was an enthusiast in military affairs and was out in the Mackenzie rebellion." | OSBORNE, John T. (I5128)
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| 114 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | REDNER, P.D. (I6777)
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| 115 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | AINSWORTH, B.C. (I2336)
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| 116 | "He was instrumental in founding the Belleville Canning Company, which is the largest canning establishment in Canada. The Bay of Quinte district has a wide reputation for fruit and vegetable growing, so that the cannery is most advantageously situated. The company cans and packs choice fruits and vegetables, their specialties being peas, corn and tomatoes. Their registered trade mark is Queen Victoria's head and bust; and their output is known as the 'Queen Brand'. Their immense plant has a frontage of one hundred and seventy feet, is three storeys high, has a depth of three hundred feet, and is built entirely of brick. The present firm consists of R. B. Morden and S. P. Hagerman." | MORDEN, Ransler B. (I10204)
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| 117 | "He was named after his grandfather, Philip Corbin." | AINSWORTH, Philip (I5883)
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| 118 | "He was of a quiet, honest and rather pious temperment, conservative in his principles and politics, but always supporting movements which he believed would advance the welfare of his township, county or county. To those who knew him, his integrity was proverbial, and it was a common saying that it would be safer to trust Daniel B. Way than many banks then in existence." | WAY, Daniel B. (I5734)
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| 119 | "He was one of the first settlers of the Township." | APPLEBY, Thomas D. (I7448)
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| 120 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | THOMPSON, S. (I4598)
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| 121 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | TRUMPOUR, E. (I2415)
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| 122 | "He was very active in the business of his community, introducing the traction engine to draw the lumber from his mills, of which he had several running in various parts at the same time. He also had several steam threshing machines at one time, in the early history of these machines." | WAY, William (I6169)
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| 123 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | WILSON, C.I. (I5986)
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| 124 | "Heinrich Schram and Anna Margaretha" were listed with five children. | SCHRAMM, Henrich (I4287)
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| 125 | "Henry Ainsworth bought land in Ameliasburgh, and having cleared a number of acres, was getting things into shape, when a man named Isaac Williams established a "prior grant". | AINSWORTH, Henry (I662)
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| 126 | "Henry Ainsworth was listed on the 'Original List of Subscribers to Building Fund' for the Rednersville Church." Philip J. Ainsworth noted that "Although Henry Ainsworth was a lifelong member of the Hillier Disciples Church, it is likely that this contribution resulted from the fact that his wife, Mary Redner, was the daughter of Peter Redner, and likely a member of the Rednersville Church. None of Henry and Mary's children appear as subscribers. Mary's four brothers, Lewis, William, Henry and Rynard, all appear on the list. The subscriptions appear to have been bought in 1849 as the church celebrated its 100th anniversary aroung January 1, 1950". | AINSWORTH, Henry (I662)
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| 127 | "Henry next secured - this time direct from the Crown - two lots, No. 74 and 75, in the 5th concession of Hillier, amounting to two hundred acres. He applied himself to clearing and cultivating the soil. It is said that when he first took his grist to Demorestville, employing for that purpose four or five yoke of steers, he dared not return at night because of the danger from wolves. Deer were plentiful. Feed was so scarce, that often he had to browse his stock in the bush. He raised his own flax, and grew his own wool, and the spinning wheel spun material for use by the family." | AINSWORTH, Henry (I662)
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| 128 | "Henry Redner, late from New Jersey, with a family of five children, and by trade a weaver, applies to be admitted as a settler. He is the father-in-law of James Johnson, and as well as him, is recommended by Lieutenant Buskirk. A certificate for 200 acres of land is granted him and the oath of allegiance administered." | REDNER, Henry (I4642)
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| 129 | "Her husband and eight of her children died before I was born." [George Brace b 1808] | BRACE, Mary (I16347)
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| 130 | "Her only son, George, was lost at seal fishery in 1820, supposed on the 2nd or 3rd April." [Was George the son of ___ Jordan or Richard Hales?] | BRACE, Mary (I16347)
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| 131 | "His house was used for religious services, and any clergyman visiting the neighborhood was eagerly welcomed." | WAY, Samuel (I6378)
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| 132 | "His veterinary office was under a farm building." | THOMPSON, Samuel Jacob (I5223)
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| 133 | "His work required him to be away a good deal, when the farm was run by his wife and older boys." | THOMPSON, Samuel Jacob (I5223)
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| 134 | "However, he soon discovered that Isaac Williams had made a prior claim of this particular property." [This land is on what is now Victoria Road.] | AINSWORTH, Philip (I5883)
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| 135 | "I cannot recall any social, political, or community enterprises in which he took part except church work." | THOMPSON, Wesley (I4588)
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| 136 | "I ought to have told before that George, my father's brother married a widow who had three children, she was the sister of Kate Stamper's mother. He never had any children." | BRACE, George (I16356)
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| 137 | "I remember attending old Esqr. Lazier's funeral. I was then but nine years old. They had singing at the funeral, and I thought it Heavenly music." | LAZIER, Nicholas Jacobus (I4740)
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| 138 | "I was christened 'John' but I added 'Doxsee' to distinguish myself from two ofther John Trumpours, one of whom lived in Adolphustown, 7 miles from here, and the other in the Township of Athol in this county. Doxsee was my mother's maiden name." | TRUMPOUR, John (I2347)
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| 139 | "Ichabod Bowerman, being desirous to settle in this Province, prays for 200 acres of land, and his character being found to be unexceptionable, it is granted to him." | BOWERMAN, Ichabod (I2606)
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| 140 | "In 1703 he sold out his possessions at Roxbury, and removed to Woodstock, Connecticut, where a large contingent from Roxbury had previously settled". [Woodstock was in Massachusetts in 1703, but later was part of Connecticut] | AINSWORTH, Edward (I16733)
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| 141 | "In 1812 he had to lay aside the ploughshare for the sword, and in the War of Defence was many times in action. during the progress of the war his house at Pleasant Bay was a rendezvous of the British officers while they were engaged in watching and directing the operations of their respective commands." | OSBORNE, Richard (I4372)
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| 142 | "In 1874 he united with Peaceful Dove Lodge, I.O.O.F., Cannington, but on account of the distance from his home he finally dropped out of the fraternity". | WAY, Seth R. (I6192)
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| 143 | "In 1901 the farm was sold at his wife's insistence and they moved to Hamilton where he became a laborer in a farm machinery factory. Her insistence was due chiefly to her desire to live in a city, but probably also because the farm was not providing a very good living; several of our neighbors sold their farms about this time and moved to the west." | THOMPSON, Wellington (I4596)
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| 144 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | AINSWORTH, D.S. (I5976)
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| 145 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | AINSWORTH, D.S. (I5976)
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| 146 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | AINSWORTH, H.W. (I7276)
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| 147 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | BASTIAN, B.K. (I15761)
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| 148 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | COVERT, R.N. (I15736)
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| 149 | "In an article in Lyons Repubican on October 3, 1924: A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward DeZutter in Williamson, when their only daughter, Christine, became the bride of Ralph Nelson Covert of Lyons. The large living room where the ceremony took place was attractively decorated in palms, ferns and the shades of autumn. Miss Pauline Bennett (later Pauline De Zutter, wife of Freeman) was maid of honor and Freeman DeZutter, Christine's brother, was best man. The bride wore a gown of ivory satin fastened at the side with a pearl ornament. Previous to the wedding ceremony Miss Eccleston of Rochester rendered "At Dawning" on the violin and the wedding march was played by Eastman School of Music students." | DEZUTTER, Freeman (I15754)
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| 150 | "In an article in Lyons Repubican on October 3, 1924: A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward DeZutter in Williamson, when their only daughter, Christine, became the bride of Ralph Nelson Covert of Lyons. The large living room where the ceremony took place was attractively decorated in palms, ferns and the shades of autumn. Miss Pauline Bennett (later Pauline De Zutter, wife of Freeman) was maid of honor and Freeman DeZutter, Christine's brother, was best man. The bride wore a gown of ivory satin fastened at the side with a pearl ornament. Previous to the wedding ceremony Miss Eccleston of Rochester rendered "At Dawning" on the violin and the wedding march was played by Eastman School of Music students." | BENNETT, Pauline (I15755)
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