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William THOMPSON

Male 1803 - 1880  (77 years)


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  • Name William THOMPSON 
    Birth Abt 1803  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Since he was age 77 when he died on September 18, 1880, his birth year was calculated as circa 1803.
    Birth 8 Aug 1803  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 8 Aug 1803  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • William's birthdate was calculated by Cecil Holmes Thompson from his age at death on his gravestone. The gravestone said that he died aged 77 years, 1 month, 10 days on September 18, 1880.
    Marriage 1831  Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • There is a reference to the 1831 marriage of a William Thompson in Freshford in the Dublin Record Office.
    Residence Dec 1831  County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • At the time of his marriage, William was recorded as being "of Rahan, Co. Kilkenny". Since Cecil has put a question mark here, it is possible that Rahan could be in Queens County.
    Emigration 1832  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    to Canada, aged around 30, with his brother, Jacob Thompson, 
    Residence Aft 1831  Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Caledonia 
    Residence Abt 1832  Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    on a farm that was adjacent to his brother Jacob's farm 
    • The farms were "five miles south of Caledonia and one mile east of the Grand River".
    Religion Abt 1835  Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • When Seneca Village was being established, its people sought a place to worship. "In 1838 there was a Walpole Mission of the Wesleyan methodists and it included a congregation at Seneca on the Grand River.
      The Wesleyan Methodists met in the schoolhouse which was at the north-west corner of Onondaga Street and Argyle Streets [Caledonia]. In 1848 Thomas Cosford, the Minister, was stationed in Seneca. The lost 13, 14, and 15 on the north-west corner of Tuscarora Street and Argyle Street were acquired and the manse was built there.
      The congregation met in the schoolhouse until 1844 when a church was built on land which the congregation had previously obtained on King William Street. The lot was 2 chains by 3 chains. There were burials there before the church was built. In 1878, the Wesleyan Methodist built a new church in Caledonia, which is now Grace United Church. The original church at Seneca was sold. There were burials in the cemetery until almost 1900."
    Residence 1835  Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Seneca Village was established before 1835. "When a dam and lock known as number four were built at Seneca, and navigation commenced in 1835, enterprising men built mills there to make use of the available water power, and as a result a flourishing village of about 140 inhabitants was established.
      Jacob Turner, a contractor for the Grand River Navigation Co., had a saw mill, James B. Holden operated a grist mill and Alpheus D. Mackey had a wool carding mill and cloth factory. James Little opened the post office on January 6, 1839, which he ran there until 1846 when he and the post office moved to Caledonia.
      In 1846 there was also a planing machine, chair factory, two stores, three taversn, a physician, a cabinet maker, three shoemakers, three blacksmiths, one turner and a tailor.
      Seneca Village met the same fate as many other hamlets because the plank road went through Caledonia, the railway by-passed the Village, floods destroyed the dam and bridge and navigation on the river ceased."
    Residence 1837  Haldimand County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • William was living in Haldimand County. He was listed on the Haldimand County collector's roll for 1837. His brother, Jacob Thompson, was listed as well. William paid 1 shilling, 8 pence for the District Tax, and 9 pence for the 'Members Wage', for a total assessment of 2 shillings, 5 pence.
    Marriage witness 5 Mar 1849  Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    to the marriage of Mathew Gray and Jane Rudd, both of Seneca 
    Land petition 19 Mar 1850  Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    south 1/2 of lot 18 in the 1st concession west of the Plank Road 
    • Archives of Ontario reference: RG 1, series C1117, volume 3, page 15.
    Land petition 20 Apr 1850  Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    lot 5 on the 3rd concession "EOS" 
    • Archives of Ontario reference: RG 1, series C1117, volume 3, page 15.
    Land petition 13 Dec 1853  Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    lot 4, div of 5-7, on the 1st concession "WSCR" 
    • Archives of Ontario reference: RG 1, series C1117, volume 3, page 39.
    Land petition 24 Feb 1854  Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    north 1/2 of lot 15 on the 2nd concession "WSCR" 
    • Archives of Ontario reference: RG 1, series C1117, volume 3, page 42.
    Death 18 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    aged 77 years, of general debility which he had for about one year 
    • He did not have a physician.
    William Thompson died September 18, 1880.    		 William Thompson died September 18, 1880.
    Ontario Canada Registrations: Deaths. Registration #1880-001474 Onondaga Township, Brant County.
    William Thompson died September 18, 1880.    		 William Thompson died September 18, 1880.
    Ontario Canada Registrations: Deaths. Registration #1880-001474 Onondaga Township, Brant County.
    Occupation 18 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    a farmer on 
    Religion 18 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    a Wesleyan Methodist on 
    Death 18 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Abt 20 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • William was buried in Salt Springs Cemetery.
    Burial 20 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death registration 21 Sep 1880  Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    was made by his son, John Thompson, of Seneca Township, Haldimand County 
    Family Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Did William Thompson have other brothers (other than Jacob Thompson), cousins, or nephews who moved to Canada with the Thompson, Rudd, Wellwood, and May families? There are 46 Thompsons who were buried in Potter's Field Cemetery, Toronto, between 1833 and 1854. 5 of these people were born in Ireland.
    Land Onondaga Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • There were no records of the Thompson family in the collection known as the "Township Papers".
    Land Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • There were no papers in the miscellaneous land papers set called the "Township Papers" about the Thompson family.
    Reference Number 56.0 
    Religion Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    a Methodist 
    • The obituary of his son, Daniel Wellwood Thompson, said that William was "of old Methodist stock" and that "Methodist preachers always found a warm welcome at the home of William Thompson in those days when they had long journeys to their appointments."
    Will
    • [Did William Thompson leave a will? Was the will of William Thompson probated in Haldimand County or Brant County?] A "William Thompson will was listed in the probate index of Haldimand County as non-contentious business book 34, grant book 30, instrument # 670, register book # 746, book A.
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    • FHL microfilm # 1,819,303 items 4-6 T-V 1869-1919. He died September 18, 1880.
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    • Caledonia "Tweedsmuir". Does FHL have microfilm of this record. Is it at Archives of Ontario? See "Haldimand I & R". Catalogued as 'Tweedsmuir'; Ref: Toronto Tree, volume 14, no. 4, May 1983. Check Archives of Ontario microfilm lists; e-mail.
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    • Ontario Archives microfilm - self service cabinet 8, reels 060 to 064 (MS 700 reels 1 - 5) are Gore District Census & Assessment 1816-1850. Item # 12 is Grand River Tract (Indian Lands Township) census 1832. Item # 11 is Grand River Tract (Haldimand Township) census 1824, 1827, 1829, assessment 1816, 1818-1824. Ref: Research Aid FHL book 971.3 x23b
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    • Did the Thompson family come from Ireland to Haldimand County with other families?
      See query about the WILLIAM GRAHAM family in journal "Haldimand Past Time", Haldimand County Branch OGS, Volume 12, No. 4, December 2001, page 3. Write to Ordella McIntyre Park, 540 W. 500 N. #3, Provo, Utah, USA, 84601.
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    • Look at various resources in the library of the Haldimand County Branch OGS. 1.
      1. Haldimand County - Cayuga Circuit - Baptisms - index;
      2. Haldimand County - some1901 deaths and 1901 marriages;
      3. Haldimand County - 1851-2 census, heads of families and other surnames;
      4. Scrapbook of clippings, obits & weddings.
      Reference: "Haldimand Past Times", Haldimand County Branch, OGS, Vol. 12, No. 4, December 2001, page 4.
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    • FHL microfilm # 1403021 - Seneca Township - township papers. I looked at these at Archives of Ontario RG1 C-iv Ministry of Natural Resources, MS 658 Reel 437 (cabinet 9, reel 596), Envelope 7, Box 439, item # 11. March 9, 1987. nothing in Seneca.
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    • microfiche 6020358 to 6020382. Gazetteer. 10 volumes originally 3 volumtes. (1) A-Arm, (2) Arm-Car, (3) Car-Cus, (4) Dal-Gal, (5) Gal-Kil, (6) Kill-Mag, (7) Mag-Rap, (8) Rap-Tip, (9) Tib-You, (10) You to Z and index. Good for finding Methodist Meeting Houses. Ref: Lois Sparling, Irish SIG, 27 November 2002. See Ireland Methodists document for microfilm numbers
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    • Read book about Irish Methodist records. Lois Sparling mentioned Irish Methodist baptisms. Check Irish research books. My notes say "Methodist baptisms 1817-1850 at PRONI in Belfast
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    • Get an All-Alberta library card. Lois Sparling got it on Interlibrary Loan - U of A? Is this at FHL in Salt Lake City?
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    • May 2003 Hamilton Branch Newsletter - list of strays in mid 1850s. Also article on old-time names of illnesses (Ref: Newsleaf, OGS, Vol. 33, No. 3, August 2003, p. 69)
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    • re-read & check references in Barbara Martindale's book "Caledonia Along the River" - in my library
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    • book 971.337 H2n "Haldimand County in the Days of Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Bertram Nelles. PHOTOCOPY. Have already copied cover, inside page, contents page, 9 to 24, 71 to 74, 81 to 84, 99 to 102.
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    • put in query about Thompson, Rudd, Holmes
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    • ask about family history collection in Haldimand Branch OGS collection that is in Museum
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    • for collection of Haldimand Branch OGS collection that is in Museum
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    • update times open, what's in collection, contact, etc
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    • Ask Nancy Carson if I can borrow the "Irish at Home and Abroad" periodical for Volume 4, No. 3 - Kilkenny focus article. Ref: "The Septs", Volume 19, No. 4, October 1998, page 102. AFHS has 0501, 0502, 0503, 0504, 0601, 0602, 0603, 0604. In "Irish SIG" binder there is an index to all volumes - also my "Ireland" file?
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    • does AFHS Library have this book? Dunlin, Flyleaf, 1992.
      Quaker Records pages 15-40
      Methodist Records pages 139-161
      Ref: County Kilkenny Genealogical Records at http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/krecords.htm. July 23, 2005.
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    • CIHM series. See microfiche A00283, A00333, A00831, and A02351. Grand River Navigation Company reports
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    • Grand River. Book by Mabel Dunham. 1947. No circulation?
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    • CIHM series microfiche 83915. In the Grand River Valley. By Emma Buchan Reesor. 1905.
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    • Haldimand County map Family History Library map 971.337 E7j US/CAN X Large Folio - available. Also microfilm # 1597929 item 7
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    • CIHM series microfiche 05686. Report on Grand River Navigation. By Board of Trade of the town of Brantford. c. 1867. May have been reprinted in 1967. Was it originally in the "Brantford Courier"?
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    • CIHM series microfiche 43664. "To the settlers on crown lands, Grand River, C.W." Poster ? by F. J. Cheshire. Hamilton, Ontario, December 15, 1846. There are 3 microfiche with "ephemera". This is on # 1 with range 43662-43707.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 43664. "To the settlers on crown lands, Grand River, C.W." Poster ? Hamilton, Ontario, December 30, 1846. There are 5 microfiche with "ephemera". This is on # 3 with range 44568-44613.
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    • E99 .I7 (letter i 7) J63. The Valley of the Six Nations: a collection of documents on the Indian lands of the Grand River. volume 7 of the Champlain Society publications. Also could be in special collection SPC-12LT as FC15 .C526 V.7
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    • CIHM series microfiche 43897. "To wit: public notice is hereby given to the electors of the county of Haldimand" Poster ? c. 1857.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 81164. County of Haldimand in the days of Auld Lang Syne". Robert Bertram Nelles. I have copied some pages of this in the FHL.
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    • http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=6071. "The Early History of Haldimand County". Book by John Russell (1914-1983). Caledonia, Ontario: The Grand River Sachem, 1950. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, January 30, 2005.
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    • FHL microfilm # 171332. "Return of lands patented in Seneca Township, 1836-1867". Microfilm made by London Microfilming Ltd from originals in Cayuga, Ontario. Filmed by GSU 1958.
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    • FHL microfilm # 1015812 item 4. "The Township of Seneca History: centennial year 1867-1967. Seneca Centennial Historical Committee, 1967. 103 pages. Includes "The Six Nations Indians of Brant County" by Elliot Moses. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue www.familysearch.org, February 20, 2005
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    • Microfilm # 0203318. "Minutes of the Municipal Council, 1850-1905. Seneca Township Clerk. GSU microfilms made in 1958. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org January 23, 2005. Cound be the same as Ontario Archives fonds F1910 - microfilm MS 774 reels 1-3 (Archives of Ontario website, January 16, 2005)
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    • Book 971.337 V3 no. 2208. "Unity United Church Cemetery, Seneca Township, Haldimand County. OGS, Hamilton Branch, publication # 2208. Hamilton, 1982. Also on microfiche # 6050355. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005
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    • Book 971.337 V3 no. 2204. "Ebenezer United Church Cemetery, Seneca Township, Haldimand County". Haldimand County Branch, OGS, Cayuga, Ontario, 1994. Publication # 2204. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005
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    • Book 971.337 V3 no. 2204. "Ebenezer Cemetery, Seneca Township, Haldimand County". Hamilton Branch, OGS, Hamilton, 1982. Publication # 2204. Also on microfiche # 6050354. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005
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    • Book 971.337 V3 no. 2203. "East Seneca United Church Cemetery, Seneca Township, Haldimand County". Hamilton Branch, OGS, Hamilton, Ontario, 1983. Publication # 2203. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005.
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    • Microfilm # 203317. "Collector's roll, 1895." 76 pages. GSU microfilms made in 1958. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org January 23, 2005. Cound be the same as Ontario Archives fonds F1910 - reference code F 1910-4 volume numbers 38-79. (Archives of Ontario website, January 16, 2005)
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    • CIHM series microfiche 18739. "A Descriptive and Statistical Account of Canada: showing its great adaption for British emigration." Thomas Rolph (1820? - 1883). Smith, Elder, London, 1841. 4 microfiche - 167 frames.
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    • Ontario Land Petitions microfiche. March 19, 1850. Petition to crown for south 1/2 of lot 18 1st concession west of the plank road. RG 01, series C1117, volume 003, page 15.
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    • Ontario Land Petitions microfiche. April 20, 1850. Petition to crown for lot 5 on the 3rd concession east of "S". RG 01, series C1117, volume 003, page 15.
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    • Ontario Land Petitions microfiche. Film 1376446. December 13, 1853. Petition to crown for 4 div of 5-7, 1st concession "WSCR" (west ?). RG 01, series C1117, volume 003, page 39.
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    • Microfilm # 1376446 has "Sales of Indian lands (cont.) volumes 2-7 some indexed 1832-1867".
      Microfilm # 1376342 has "Sales of Indian lands - series C-111-7: Certificates of sales - volume 1 - 1835".
      Ontario Land Petitions microfiche. February 24, 1854. Petition to crown for north 1/2 of lot 15 on the 2nd concession "WSCR". RG 01, series C1117, volume 3, page 42.
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    • "Journals of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, 1830-1840" with an index and appendix. 11 films all together: 862269-862279. (1) index 1825-1840 # 862269; (2) journals v. 1-4 1830-1835 # 862270; (3) Appendix 1835 # 862271; (4) Journal v. 5 1836 # 862272; (5) Appendix 1836 # 862273; (6) Appendix 1836 # 862274; (7) Journal v. 6 1836-1837 # 862275; (8) Appendix 1836-1837, Jornals v. 7-8 1837-1838 # 862276; (9) Appendix 1837-1838, Journal v. 9 1839 # 862277; (10) Appendix 1839 # 862278; (11) Journal v. 10 1839-1840, Appendix 1839-1840 # 862279. Ref: FHL catalogue February 21, 2005
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    • CIHM series microfiche 18854. "Emigration to the Canadas." Thomas Rolph (1820? - 1883). no publisher or date. 1984 reproduction. ISBN 0665188544. 1 microfiche - 10 frames.
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    • Book 971.337 V3c v. 1-4. "Caledonia Municipal Cemetery, Haldimand County". Haldimand County Branch, OGS, Cayuga, Ontario, 1997. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, February 27, 2005. no microfilms
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    • Book 971.337/C2 V3co. "Caledonia Municipal Cemetery, Haldimand County". Hamilton Branch, OGS, Hamilton, Ontario, 1983. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, February 27, 2005. no microfilms but has microfiche (2 microfiche) # 6051075.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 21855. "Comparative advantages between the United States and Canada, for British Settlers." Thomas Rolph (1820? - 1883). London, England, c. 1842. 1984 reproduction. ISBN 0665218559. 1 microfiche - 19 frames.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 22241. "The Clergy Reserves: their history and position, showing the systematic attempts that have been made to establish, in connection with the state, a dominant church in Canada ..." Charles Lindsay (1820 - 1908). c. 1851. 1 microfiche - 45 frames.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 36695. "A brief account, together with observations, made during a visit in the West Indies, and a tour through the United States of America, in parts of the years 1832-3: together with a statistical account of Upper Canada." Thomas Rolph (1820?-1883). c. 1836. 4 microfiche - 154 frames.
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    • FHL microfilm # 0171326 - Seneca Township - abstract index book 1823-1956
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    • FHL microfilm # 0171326 - Caledonia - abstract index book 1852-1957
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    • FHL microfilm # 0171287 - Haldimand County - general register 1800-1883 - has wills and administrations that involved land transactions
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    • FHL microfilm # 1927502 item 6 - deeds of miscellaneous townships - 1840-1846 - v. 200 no. 1-489. Also, microfilm # 1927502 item 7 - deeds of miscellaneous townships 1846-1852 - v. 200 no. 490-5700.
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    • DEEDS of Seneca township: Family History Library microfilm
      # 0171327 - index of deeds (1847-1876),
      # 0171328 deeds v. 1, no. 19-6474 (1847-1858),
      # 0171329 deeds v. 2, no. 6531-16220 (1858-1868),
      # 0171329 deeds v. 3 no. 1-72 (1858-1868),
      # 0171330 deeds v. 4, no. 73-469 (1868-1872),
      # 0171331 deeds v. 5 no. 470-932 (1872-1876),
      # 1639682 deeds v. 4-6 no. 73-1140 (1868-1878),
      # 1639683 deeds v. 6-8 no. 1141-2362 (1875-1887),
      # 1639684 deeds v. 8-10 no. 2363-3597 (1888-1899),
      # 1639685 deeds v. 10-11 no. 3597-5254 (1899-1912),
      # 1639686 item 1 deeds v. 16, no. 9788-10053 (1952-1954).
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    • DEEDS of Caledonia: Family History Library microfilm
      # 0171262 - index (1852-1875),
      # 0171263 deeds v. 1, no. 1347-16213 (1852-1871),
      # 0171263 deeds v. 2, no. 1-120 (1852-1871),
      # 0171564 v. 3 no. 130-601 (1871-1878),
      # 1639706 deeds v. 4-5, no. 634-4573 (1879-1901),
      # 1927463 item 3 v. 157 no. 1347-12345 (1852-1863),
      # 1927464 deeds v. 158, no. 12358-129 (1863-1871),
      # 1927464 v. 159 no. 130-601 (1871-1878),
      # 1927464 v. 160 no. 602-983 (1878-1886),
      # 1927465 item 1 v. 160 no. 983-1100 (1886-1888),
      # 1927465 item 2 v. 161, no. 1101-1760 (1888-1905),
      # 1639707 items 1-2, v. 8-9, no. 445-5407 (1946-1954).
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    • z CIHM series microfiche 47642. "Letter of Dr. Thomas Rolph, of Ancaster, U.C. to the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. A. Mcdonell, Lord Bishop of Kingston." Thomas Rolph (1820? - 1883). Kingston, Ontario, 1837. 1984 reproduction. ISBN 0665476426. 1 microfiche - 13 frames.
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    • CIHM series microfiche 49614. "The Emigrant's Manual: particularly addressed to the industrious classes and others who intend settling abroad - together with "The Memoranda of a Settler in Canada", being an account of his first settlement, daily occupations, prices of labour, provisions, travelling, etc." Thomas Rolph (1820?-1883). c. 1841. 2 microfiche - 59 frames. ISBN 0665496141.
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    • microfilm # 0171265. Returns of Lands Pattented in Caledonia, 1845-1867. Crown Lands. Ref; Family History Library catalog on www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005.
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    • Microfilm # 0203185 Minutes 1859-1881. Microfilm # 0230186 Minutes 1881-1904. "Minutes of the Municipal Council, 1859-1904. Caledonia. GSU microfilms made in 1958. Cound be the same as Ontario Archives fonds F1572-1 microfilm MS 766 reels 1-3 (Archives of Ontario website, January 16, 2005). Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, January 23, 2005.
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    • book 971.337/C2 V2g "The Grand River Sachem: Wednesday March 7, 1886 to Wednesday February 19, 1868. W. Craig Burtch. Contains newspaper extracts of births, marriages and deaths. Includes a surname index. The Grand River Sachem was published in the town of Caledonia. Stratford, Ontario: Bur-Mor Publications, 1986. 19 pages. ISBN: 1550240331. Also on microfilm # 2055175 item 1.
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    • book 971.3 V2y "Register of Births for the District of Niagara, 1848-1854". Brenda Young, transcriber. Niagara Peninsula Branch, OGS, 1998. 14 pages. Ref: Family History Library catalog online at www.familysearch.org, March 13, 2005.
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    • book 971.337 V2 "Haldimand County Marriages, 1803-1856". William R. Yeager. "Marriages taken from newspapers and civil and church records. Includes indexes." Simcoe, Ontario: Norfolk Historical Society. No microfilm. Ref: Family History Library catalog online at www.familysearch.org, March 13, 2005. Where are my photocopies? Is this book online?
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    • CIHM series microfiche 56292. "Emigration and colonization: embodying the results of a mission to Great Britain and Ireland, during the years 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842." Thomas Rolph (1820? - 1883). London, England, c. 1844. 1986 reproduction. ISBN 0665562926. 5 microfiche - 206 frames. Ref: U of C Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • Microfilm # 0170145 Niagara District - registrar of deeds - Grantor Index 1796-1833. Microfilm # 0170146: Grantee-grantor index 1837-1840, and Grantee-grantor index 1833-1837. Microfilm # 0170147: Grantor-grantee index 1837-1840. Other films with land record books and numbers.
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    • FHL microfilm # 0171286 - Niagara District - general register 1840-1846 - might have wills
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    • BX8251 .C354 1867 "Case and his contemporaries: or, the Canadian itinerants' memorial, constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the province till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855". Book by John Carroll (1809-1884). 3 volumes. 12th floor U of C library - special collections. No circulation - use in library only. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • BX8251 .C354 1860 "Past and Present: or, A description of persons and events connected with Canadian Methodism for the last forty years". Book by John Carroll (1809-1884). 331 pages. 12th floor U of C library - special collections. No circulation - use in library only. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • TORONTO info. BX8495 .C37 A3 "My boy Life: presented in a succession of true stories - a book for old or young." Book by John Carroll (1809-1884). 288 pages. (1) Mackinnon Library Tower - circulates, (2) 12th floor U of C library - special collections - no circulation - use in library only, and (3) internet - http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=6084. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • William THOMPSON: died September 18, 1880 in BRANT County, but check Haldimand anyways. Check microfilm # 0589520 - Haldimand County probate index v. 1-2 1851-1969. Also, Register books A (1851-1876) microfilm # 0589521, B (1876-1889) microfilm # 0589522, C (1889-1901) microfilm # 0589523. Also probate papers starting microfilm # 0589524. Brantford # 640? Not in Brant County yellow index.
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    • FC51 .C3496 No. 05315 to No. 05320. "Case and his contemporaries: or, the Canadian itinerants' memorial, constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the province till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855". Book by John Carroll (1809-1884). Original in 5 volumes. CIHM Microfiche series fiche no. 05315 to 05320. 3rd floor U of C library - microform area. ISBN: 0665053150. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • Family History Library book # 971.337 E4fd. Farmer's Directory for the County of Haldimand 1891. Haldimand Branch OGS. 26 pages. Not on microfiche or microfilm.
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    • Family History Library book # 971.337 E4f. Farmer's Directory for the County of Haldimand 1906. Haldimand Branch OGS. 28 pages. Not on microfiche or microfilm.
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    • 2 Family History Library books # 971.337 Ew and Ew v.2. Farmer's Directory for the County of Haldimand ca. 1891. Vol. 1 has Canborough, Cayuga, Dunn, Moulton, Oneida. Vol. 2 has Rainham, Seneca, Sherbrooke, Walpole. Brant County Branch OGS. On microfilm # 15971914 as items 7 and 8.
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    • newspaper on microfilm. 3rd floor U of C library AN5 .G695. "The Grand River Sachem: Wednesday March 7, 1886 to Wednesday February 19, 1868
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    • serial 971.337 D25h "Haldimand Heritage". Haldimand County Museum, Cayuga, Ontario. Family History Library has no. 15 (Jan/Feb 1989) to no. 55 (Apri/May/June 1998), missing no. 52 and no. 53. ISSN: 1480 0365. Persi CNHD. Look for May/June 1997 for an article by W. D. Goodyer on "History of the Methodist Church in Haldimand County."
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    • U of C map library 2nd floor library G3524 .H 25 1998. MapArt 1998 map of Hamilton, Ancaster, Grmsby, Stoney Creek: Caledonia, Cayuga, Dundas, Dunnville, Lincoln, Smithville. ISBN: 1551983273. 1 inch = 0.4 mile. 1 cm = 250 m. 1:25,000. Ref: U of C library online catalogue, January 30, 2005.
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    • Family History Library book # 971.337 R4h. 1837 Haldimand County Collector's Roll. Corlene Taylor & Gregory J. Miller, transcribers. St. Catherines, Ontario: Niagara Peninsula Branch, OGS, 1986. 5 pages. No microfiche or microfilm copies. Ref: Family History Library catalog online at www.familysearch.org, March 27, 2005.
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    • Family History Library microfilm # 1414871. Another copy is # 1602648. Niagara District assessment and census. From Archives of Ontario RG 21 (14668, 14670, 15223, 16100). Haldimand County - 1828 Census and Haldimand County 1837 collector's roll. Also, townships: Bertie, Canborough, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Humberstone, Louth, Pelham, Rainham, Thorold, Wainsfleet, Unidentified. Also, Canby's Settlement. Ref: Family History Library catalog online at www.familysearch.org, March 27, 2005
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    • CIHM series FC51 .C3496 No. A00050. "Gazetteer & Directory of the Counties of Haldimand and Brant". Also, No. A01852 and No. A01380. Farmer's Directories 1884 to 1896. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • Book "Architecture of Haldimand County". Book by Bonnie Armstrong. Cayuga, Ontario: Haldimand County Museum, 1983. 88 pages; 22 x 29 cm. Ref: University of Calgary Library catalogue online, January 30, 2005.
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    • book 971.33 H2m "Heritage Highlights: stories from Haldimand and Norfolk". Cheryl MacDonald. Nanticoke, Ontario: Heronwood Writing Services, 1994. 120 pages. Originally published in the Simcoe & Nanticoke Times "Regional Heritage" and "Heritage Lane" columns.
      Look for:
      (1) mention of an article by Anne Corliss on "History of Caledonia and District" quoted in "Heritage Lane."
      (2) mention of an article by W. D. Goodyer on "History of the Methodist Church in Haldimand County" quoted in "Haldimand Heritage" May/June 1997.
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    • Microfilm # 0573954 (cemetery transcriptions) and # 0573955 (historical and genealogical notes - indexed). "Dr. W. G. Reive Collection: Cemeteries and Graves in the Niagara District, Ontario." Counties: Haldimand, Lincoln, & Welland, and some miscellaneous. Cemeteries are arranged by county and then by township. The names are arranged alphabetically within each cemetery. Ref: Family History Library online catalogue at www.familysearch.org, March 30, 2005.
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    • check Haldimand Atlas for Thompson's and related families. PHOTOCOPY and/or SCAN.
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    • check Brant County Atlas for Thompson's and related families. PHOTOCOPY and/or SCAN.
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    • Brant County, Onondaga Township - township papers. I looked at these at Archives of Ontario RG1 C-iv Ministry of Natural Resources, MS 658 (cabinet 9, reel 513). March 9, 1987. nothing in Onondaga.
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    • also Family History Library microfilm # 1414871. Another copy is # 1602648. Niagara District assessment and census. From Archives of Ontario RG 21 (14668, 14670, 15223, 16100). Haldimand County - 1828 Census and Haldimand County 1837 collector's roll. Also, townships: Bertie, Canborough, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, Humberstone, Louth, Pelham, Rainham, Thorold, Wainsfleet, Unidentified. Also, Canby's Settlement. Ref: Family History Library catalog online at www.familysearch.org, March 27, 2005
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    • 941.5 K23c large Q. "List of registers for the Church of Ireland, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and Congregational Churches". 93 leaves. No microfilms or microfiche. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005
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    • microfilm # 0100220 item 3. "Rent rolls: County Leix, 1783-1790". Includes index beginning on page 6. Microfilm copy of original manuscript at the Genealogical Department, Dublin, Ireland. Ms. no. 660. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005
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    • book 941.5 K2prc and microfilm # 0990494 item 7. "Irish Methodism". Randall C. Phillips. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1897. 107 pages. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 4, 2005
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    • FHL microfilm # 0281226 items 30-33 contain Canboro, Cayuga, Rainham and Walpole Townships. Check Cayuga for Caledonia & Seneca.
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    • FHL microfilm # 0281227 item 21. Ref: Family History Library catalog online, April 9, 2005.
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    • William THOMPSON died September 18, 1880. Family History Library microfilm # 0,589,529 covers # 598-718, 1878-1881. Probate of a William Thompson in non-contentious business book 34, grant book 30, instrument # 670, register book 746, A. Is this in Haldimand or Brant?
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    • The Wesleyan Methodist Church in the former Seneca Village was sold around 1878 when a new church was built in Caledonia. It became Grace United Church. Check at the United Church Archives.
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    • Before he Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in the former Seneca Village around 1844, it may have been part of the Walpole Mission. Check at the United Church Archives.
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    • Article "Researching In Ireland" by Joseph Wearing, Toronto Tree, Toronto Branch OGS, volume 47, Issue 4, July/August 2016, pages 1,3,4,5. Copy in Thompson file, also newsletter copy Toronto Tree binder, and pdf on computer.
      4 families: Thompson-Campbell; Faunt-Egan, Bradshaw-Woods, Lougheed-Henry.
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    • Surrogate Court Index: Is it worth checking any of these?
      William THOMPSON, Brantford, 597, 1877. William THOMPSON, Burford, 640, 1878. Sarah Elizabeth THOMPSON, Brantford Twp., 1499, 1892. John ThOMPSON, Brantford Twp., 896, 1884. John THOMPSON, Brantford Twp., 1438, 1891. Frederick TRUMPER, S. Dumfries, 1615, 1893.
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    • William THOMPSON, Seneca, 1222, 1890.
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    • 8th floor library tower. Book NA746 .O5 A76 1983. "Architecture of Haldimand County [Ontario]" by Bonnie Armstrong, Maxine Lint, Carolyn Oster. Editor: Rene Tunney. Cayuga, Ontario: Haldimand County Museum, 1983. 88 pages
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    • 3rd floor library tower microform area. FC51 .c3496 No. 36695. "A Brief Account, together with observations, made during a visit ... together with a statistical account of Upper Canada." Thomas Rolph, 1836.
    _UID 5162BF6E090541ACAD5A68546ABA0D3E0D2F 
    Person ID I647  Everyone
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2019 

    Father William THOMPSON,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F1071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth WELLWOOD,   b. 12 Jan 1804, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1886, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Dec 1831  Ossory Diocese, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • The marriage date could have been the 8th, 18th or 28th. The entry is difficult to read. The minister was the Rev. John A. Begnil (sp?).
    Marriage 8 Dec 1831  Ossory Diocese, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • The marriage date could be the 8th or 28th - both are mentioned. They were married by licence.
    Marriage 28 Dec 1831  Ossory Diocese, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 20] 
    • William and Elizabeth were married by Rev'd John A. Begnil [?]. [2]
    Children 
     1. W. THOMPSON
     2. Joseph THOMPSON,   b. 14 Mar 1834, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1864, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     3. John THOMPSON,   b. 18 May 1836, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1891, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     4. Robert THOMPSON,   b. 19 Jul 1838, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1902, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     5. Eliza Ann THOMPSON,   b. 8 Jan 1842, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1842, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. E.J. THOMPSON
     7. D.W. THOMPSON
     8. Alice THOMPSON,   b. 7 Mar 1847, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1847, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Sarah Jane THOMPSON,   b. 23 Jan 1849, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1849, Haldimand County, Canada West, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2015 

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  • Notes 
    • (Research):Cemeteries in Haldimand County:

      St. Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, York Village, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario.
      Cemetery transcription by the Ontario Genealogical Society, c. 1977. 64 pages.
      Surnames checked: Hull - 1, May - 1, Rudd - 0, Thompson - 1, Wellwood - 0, Waldron - 0 - none
      I gave my copy to the AFHS Library, March 2005

  • Sources 
    1. [S1142] Registrar General, Government of Ontario, Canada, Canada. Ontario. Vital Registrations: C. Deaths, #1880-003981 Onondaga Township, Brant County. William Thompson died September 18, 1880. (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S322] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00263, 5 Dec 2001, A00263. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S509] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00253, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938), 6 Aug 2003, pages 1 & 3, A00253. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S551] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00472, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938-1950), 2 Aug 2004, page 3, A00472. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S355] Transcription, A00290, (c. 2001), 17 Feb 2002, FHL microfilm # 596418, # 4076, parish register - marriages. Item 138 of 978., A00290. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Burials 1796 - 1878., A00275. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 2 (typed # 41; stamped # 47), A00576. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S509] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00253, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938), 6 Aug 2003, page 1, A00253. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 4 (typed # 42; stamped # 49), A00576. (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S724] Ontario Genealogical Society, Hamilton Branch, A00634, (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 1988), 19 Jun 2005, page 4, A00634. (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S271] Corlene Taylor and Gregory John Miller, transcribers, A00230, (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada: Niagara Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986.), 20 May 2001, Notes page 4., A00230. (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S798] A00705, (Milton, Ontario, Canada. c. 2000), 16 Oct 2005, page 107, A00705. (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S626] Archives of Ontario, A00543, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1979.), 21 Feb 2005, A00543. (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S497] Elizabeth Hancocks, compiler and editor, A00419, (Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. 1983), 28 Jul 2003, pages 95 and 96, A00419. (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S662] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00575, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 9, 1987.), 2 Apr 2005, (cabinet 9, reel 513), A00575. (Reliability: 3).

    16. [S662] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00575, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 9, 1987.), 2 Apr 2005, Reel 437 (cabinet 9, reel 596). Envelope 7, box 439, item # 11, A00575. (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S551] Thompson, Cecil Holmes, A00472, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. c. 1938-1950), 2 Aug 2004, page 21, A00472. (Reliability: 3).

    18. [S672] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00585, 5 May 2005, A00585. (Reliability: 3).

    19. [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Marriages 1794 - 1857., A00275. (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S338] Margaret Wellwood Duerr, A00275, (8 February 1977.), 21 Dec 2001, Aghnes Church, Diocese of Ossory, County Kilkenny: Marriage 1794 - 1857., A00275. (Reliability: 3).


 

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