Hiking Mount Nemo

John and I did a post Christmas hike up to Mount Nemo from the Walkers Line access point, in Burlington.  The trail wasn't too bad with enough snow to cover the ground and was a bit icy in spots.  The hike has incredible views, steep cliffs and deep crevices in most cases an extremely short distance from the marked trail.  We ventured occasionally but seldomly off the beaten path.  With the snow and leaf cover, we could have easily fallen into hidden opening in the ground.  At one point on the path, we saw a bench, which was in a bit of an odd location as faced a row of bushes (maybe cedars?) and had a limited view.  

 

We wondered who this lady was who died so young and was memoralized on the trail.  My first thought was that she passed away from an illness and this was an area that she loved to hike but unfortunately was wrong.  

  Spring a lady from North York was out hiking with friends on the afternoon of Sunday September 8, 2013.  The group veered off the trail and ended up on an unmarked trail on private property.  Spring was sitting on the edge of the cliff attempted to take a picture of the escarpment.  She lost her balance and fell 24 metres below.(1)  A police officer and doctor were hiking at the time and were the first people to reach Spring.  They performed CPR until paramedics arrived to take over but unfortunately, Spring succumbed to her injuries.(2)

(1)https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2013/09/10/woman-who-died-at-mt-nemo-was-hiking-unmarked-trail.html

(2)https://www.toronto.com/news/toronto-hiker-posing-for-photo-prior-to-fatal-fall-from-mount-nemo-cliff/article_75b33df8-63b1-5578-b7f6-e92d310e9244.html

Robert Halton

John and I visited the Hamilton Cemetery before Remembrance Day and walked through the section with the stones of our fallen soldiers.  This one caught my eye for two reasons, Robert's young age and his last name, being the same as the county I grew up in.   

  Robert Halton attested on January 28th of the same year when he was 17 years 9 months old and was living at 43 Beechwood Avenue at the time with his father Alfred Edward.  He was born 10 March 1898 in Bolton England, was 5'6" and had brown eyes and auburn curly hair.(1) 

I did a quick search and quickly found his death record. Robert died on 19 May 1916 in Hamilton after 10 hours of haemorrhaging due to an accidental shooting.  He was a forge mechanic.(2)  His service record states that he accidentally shot himself (3) Geez, definitely not what I was expecting. I'll have to work my way over to the Burlington Public Library and see if I can get more details from the Hamilton Spectator.

RIP Robert, you were too young to die so senselessly.

(1)https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B3966-S049

(2)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 227

(3) Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)

Another little lamb in Hamilton cemetery

 Another lamb stone for a child in Hamilton Cemetery, not too far from Wesley Charles Spike.  Minnie Lee was born in England to parents Gibblum Lee and Grace Alice Walker (1) on March 29, 1909 and baptized in Hollinwood Church in Oldham, County England on July 14 of the same year(2) 

Gibblum and Grace were married on 3 February 1903 at Hollinwood Church.  Gibblum was a carrier and Grace was a doubler (yarn winding).  Gibblum's father Thomas (deceased at the time) was a collier and Grace's father William Thomas was a gas stoker.  Thomas and Sarah Ann Hill were witnesses (3)  

Minnie appears with her parents, older brother William(5 years), and recently born brother Henry in the 1911 Census of England at 30 Lee Street in Oldham, the home of her uncle Arthur Gilfoy and Aunt Martha Ann.  There were 4 rooms in the house, with 4 adults and 6 children living there. Her older cousin Lilly was already working at the tender age of 13 as a reacher for weaving! (4)  Gibblum's occupation was a gas stoker. It was noted that Gibblum and Grace had two other children who passed away and unfortunately as you will soon see, Gibblum and Grace would experience the loss of several more children

On 14 Sept 1911, Minnie, her mother (28), and brother William Henry (5) arrived in Quebec City on board the Empress of Ireland.(5)  Baby Henry appears to have not survived to make the trip. Grace was going to meet her husband, a city labourer in Hamilton, who arrived in Canada ahead of her in April(6).  Not too long after their reunion, they conceived their 6th child, who sadly stillborn on 25 Jul 1912.  The family was living at 313 Birmingham Street in Hamilton.(7)  The family welcomed another daughter Grace Alice on 30 October 1916 while living at 179 Birmingham Street in Hamilton.  Gibblum was a foreman for City Works.(8)

From the 1921 census it appears that Gibblum and Grace and had a son George in 1918(9) and another son Thomas in 1921.  I didn't see a record for a child born in the 1916 timeframe but I suspect that there may have been a child who did not live.

Our Minnie died on the 17th January 1919 from respiratory issues and had lymphatic leukaemia, the 5th child to pass at a young an age in the Lee family.(10)

(1) Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 260

(2)Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

(3)Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

(4) The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911

(5)Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-4781

(6)Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-4740

(7)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 181

(8)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 280; Record Group: Rg 80-2

(9)Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 62; Census Place: 62, Hamilton East, Ontario; Page Number: 29

(10)

Charles Wesley Spike taken by whooping cough

 John and I walked around the Hamilton Cemetery Sunday morning to look at the veteran's stones and we encountered a number of stones for children. A few with little lambs caught my eye. Charles Wesley Spike was born at 211 Picton St East (Hamilton, Ontario) on 24 April 1916 to mother Millicent Amy Needham and father Charles Thomas Spike, a soldier with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.(1)   Not even 5 months later little Charles developed whooping cough and died.(2)   Charles and Millicent were married 15 July 1915 in Hamilton(3) and Charles attested 10 Nov 1915(4).  I feel for Millicent, she gave birth without her husband, took care of her son without him and also helplessly watched her baby get sick and die without him.

Charles Sr. was a sail and tent maker prior to the war and emigrated from Devonshire England. When he returned home in 1918, he and Millicent had two more boys by 1921, Clifford and Harold.(5)

I poked a little bit into the history of Charles Sr.  It seems Millicent married a bit of a bad boy.  According to his attestation record, he was just shy of 24 years old, had several tattoos and had already had 4 years military experience.  He listed his experience with the 13th R.R (Royal Regiment), which is the militia in Hamilton but I also discovered that he served time in England.  He enlisted with the 9th Lancers on 24 June 1911, but by 27 Oct, he was reported to have deserted in Canterbury. (6)  By December of the same year, he was on the Empress of Ireland bound for Canada.(7)  Charles died at the age of 49 in the Christie Street Hospital in Toronto on 24 March 1942 of pneumonia and is buried in Prospect Cemetery.  His son Clifford reported his death and he stated that his dad's occupation was sailmaker but he had not worked in the job since 1929(8) I wonder if he had some lasting health issues from the war. Tragedy seems to have struck a second time for the Spike family in 1942.  Harold Leslie while serving in France with the Royal Regiment of Canada died on 19 August at the age of 21 and is buried in Janval Cemetery, Dieppe.(9)  You can see a picture of him here: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2317453.  According to the veterans website, Clifford also served in the war and there was younger brother Kenneth back in Canada in 1942.   In doing some further searching, Charles and Millicent had another child, a daughter who was born prematurely and died 7 Nov 1922 (scanned death records image on Ancestry for Wentworth County (Hamilton))

Millicent was born in Pontefract, England and emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1904 and by 1906 settled in the town of Indian Head, Saskatchewan.(10)  She seems to have well outlived Charles and died in 1959 (according to an unsourced ancestry tree).  There's a lovely picture of her on Ancestry.

(1)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 280; Record Group: Rg 80-2

(2)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 227

(3) Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 35710 

(4)Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)

(5)Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 63; Census Place: 63, Hamilton West, Ontario; Page Number: 12

(6)The National Archives; Kew, London, England; MEPO 6: Metropolitan Police: Criminal Record Office: Habitual Criminals Registers and Miscellaneous Papers; Reference: MEPO 6/54

(7)Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-4825

(8)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS 935; Series: M023563; Reel: 678

(9)Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom

(10)Year: 1906; Census Place: 43, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan; Page: 26; Family No: 7

Your friends in Scotland have not forgotten about you

 

I went on a bucket list trip to Scotland a couple of months ago and absolutely loved every minute of it.  So much rich history, beautiful buildings, and interesting stories.  While on a ghost walk, we visited GreyFriars Kirkyard. While standing at the entrance, near the GreyFriars Bobby memorial, I turned around to see this plaque on the wall.  I was 14 years old when this disaster happened but for whatever reason, I didn't remember the details. After a few google searches and the reading articles about incident and the everlasting effects of this catastrophe, I can only think that my brain has suppressed my recollection because my conscious mind cannot fathom the injustice served up to the people in Bhopal, which continues to this day.   While I'm deeply troubled, I am definitely not alone.  It seems that the Black Workers’ Conference of the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) was deeply troubled well before I was.  In 2014, the STUC unanimously passed a resolution to support the people of Bhopal and their rights to justice. (1)

(1) https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/scottish-workers-back-bhopal-gas-survivors-struggle-for-justice/story-iAXbaop1nu9Q3gzBaz3T8K.html

Impressive stone for an equally impressive man

 John and I visited the Beth Jacob cemetery on the outskirts of Royal Botanical Gardens last year while hiking and doing some geocaches.  This commanding monument definitely catches the eye.  I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about Solomon.  

I attempted Google Translate on the stone and asked several organizations for help to translate his tombstone.  In the end, I was able to enlist the help of a co-worker's friend.  His inscription in Hebrew roughly reads:

His blood was lost for the flag The one who supported the poor Lived his life with Emuna and daat His trade was fair and profitable

Keeper of religion and faith Bread he gave to the poor And houses of worship testify His ways was straight and righteous

According to his death certificate, Solomon was born in Russia on Valentines Day in 1872 to parents Abraham and Sarah. (1)  Wright seems to be an odd name for a Russian and like my ancestors, I wondered if the name changed phonetically when he came to Canada.  I did some searching and found a couple of US Boarder Crossing records, which provided some useful information.  On 24 Feb 1910 Solomon crossed into the US from Halifax to visit his sister Mrs Abraham Epstein. He was 5' 6" tall with black hair and brown eyes. Luckily his place of birth was not simply Russia but Smolensk, Russia.  It also appears to provide his immigration information!  He landed in Halifax in Dec 1901 but the steamship was unknown. (2)  A second boarder crossing at Buffalo on 11 Feb 1915 to go visit his sister Jennie Mettzer recorded his other name "Schelter", which isn't phonetically pronounced as Wright! (3) A third boarder crossing record for 1910 offers his occupation as a junk dealer. (4)A few pieces of really helpful information, quickly found.  The 1921 census provides information about Solomon and his family.  His wife Anne (although recorded as Hannah) was also born in Russia and came to Canada a year after Solomon (1906). (5) Their house on 25 Railway Street in Hamilton appears to be still standing.  Solomon and Anne had two children Eva (20) and Barney (18) born in Russia and several children Sarah (13) Rose (11), Lilian (10), Jack (8), and Morris (6) all born in Canada. From the tombstone we know that Solomon and Anne had at least one more child Ida in 1918 but also had one more son, Percy born 30 August 1919 who passed away after Solomon, on 18 May 1938 at the tender age of 17. Percy sadly took his own life. I wondered why he was not buried in the family plot and I had a hard time making out what written on the death certificate.(6)  From what I was reading about historical views on suicides, it was possible that due to religious beliefs, he would not have received a funeral service and could not be buried in a Jewish cemetery.  How heartbreaking. I did a little digging and discovered that he was indeed buried in Ohev Zedeck Cemetery and has a very touching stone.   There are a couple of interesting things to note in his death registration.  The person who made the registration was none other than his deceased father Solomon B Wright, and his mother's name is recorded as Bessie Appelbaum.(6) It appears that Percy was not living with his mom at the time but it seems his dad was living at the same address :)  It was Percy who registered his father's death in 1934, but again in this record, his address differs from his dad's. 

  I suspected that Solomon lived in the US between 1901 and 1905 but that might not be the case. Two years before his death, Solomon made a third trip to the US and crossed on 13 Sept 1932.  This time the information changes slightly, he was born in Moscow and his arrival in Halifax was in 1904.  His place of residence, the same as when he died was 246 Victoria Ave N, Hamilton.  This house does not appear to be standing anymore.(7)

I visited the Burlington Public Library to see if I could dig up some obituaries or announcements for the family.  I scoured reel after reel and came up with a couple of things.  The first was an announcement of Solomon's passing and a wonderful picture of him was included.  It made the front page of the Hamilton Spectator on Oct 16, 1934.

The newspaper explained that Solomon was a beloved and prominent businessman in Hamilton and active within the Jewish community.  He owned the Wright Fruit Company.   The Hamilton Public Library contains over a dozen pictures of the business and explains that he owned the company with his brother Percy.  The business started originally at 25 York Street and had additional locations at 31 York Street and 77 McNab. The sites include ripening rooms that were used to ripen their products before sale. (8)  

Solomon was the treasurer of the Hamilton Branch of Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society for 15 years and the grand treasurer for the society for 3 years.  He was an active member of the Beth Jacob Synagogue and served as an officer and president over the years.  He was also chairman of burial branch of the Hamilton lodge as well as past president of the United Hebrew Association, was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan. He gave generously to erect the Adas Israel Anshe Sfard synagogue on Cannon St in Hamilton and in celebration of their 37th wedding anniversary in 1933, Solomon and his wife donated the Holy Ark. (9)

(1)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 495

(2)The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1480; Roll Number: 163

(3)The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1480; Roll Number: 163

(4)The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Passengers Arriving at St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1464; Roll Number: 117

(5) 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 63; Census Place: 63, Hamilton West, Ontario; Page Number: 6

(6)Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 614

(7)The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: M1480; Roll Number: 163

(8) Hamilton Public Archive (Ont.) Local History and Archives http://206.130.179.229/index.php/ho96i

(9) Hamilton Spectator, 16 October 1934, page 1

Budded on earth to bloom in heaven

 John and I made another trip out to the Merrickville area a couple of weeks ago and of course we stopped for a geocache at a couple of local cemeteries. We took the looong way home and ended up in Plevna at the Holy Trinity Cemetery.  A large portion of cemetery is covered in a fragrant Wooly Thyme.  This little stone caught my eye. 

The bottom inscription lovingly reads.  “Budded in earth to bloom in heaven”.  Little Lila Card was born to Joseph and Mary on 20 August 1896 and passed away a month later on 20 September. Finding anything about Lila proved tricky.  I was able to find her parents in the 1891 census along with her older brother Allen(1).  Joseph was 33, Mary 30, and Allan 5 at the time.  I find them again in the 1901 and 1911 census records with Allan as their only living child. (2) (3)  So far I haven't been able to find a birth or death record for Lila.

(1)Year: 1891; Census Place: Clarendon and Miller, Addington, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6322; Family No: 109

(2) Year: 1901; Census Place: Clarendon and Miller, Addington, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 48

(3) Year: 1911; Census Place: 7 - Plevna Village, Frontenac, Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 23

Eliza and her son

 John and I were out geocaching a few years ago, which took us to two cemeteries that we've driven by countless times and never knew they were tucked away off the Niagara Parkway. I snapped a photo of this pic of a stone that seems to have survived remarkable well over the last 200+ years.  It's a bit hard to see but the stone reads:

Sacred to the memory of Eliza, wife of Thomas Dickson of Queenston who died on the 5th day of September 1802 in the twenty eighth year of her age. And their only son John Alexander Dickson who died on the 18th day of July 1821 in the twenty first year of his age.

Given the early dates, I decided to try a google search over an ancestry search to uncover some information.  I was immediately successful.  Thomas Dickson was a merchant, office holder, Justice of the Peace, politician, and militia officer during the War of 1812.  He was baptized on 19 Feb. 1775 in Dumfries, Scotland but came to Canada with his brothers.  He settled in Queenston in 1789, opened up a shop in Fort Erie in 1793 and then returned to Queenston in 1796.  He married Eliza Taylor, a widow (nee Wilkinson)  on 17 Nov. 1799. (1)(2).  John Alexander was baptized in Niagara (St Marks or St Andrew's Church) on 17 December 1800.(3)  When Queenston became a port of customs in 1801, Thomas was the first customs collector(4)   I tried to find information about Eliza and Alexander but no luck.  I'm wondering if I can try to find more information about her and Alexander in an old newspaper.

**UPDATE** Feb 20, 2023

I've always been interested in Canadian history and lately have focus on Niagara and War of 1812.  John bought me a book about loyalists in Niagara. I flipped through it hoping to find something about Eliza.  I wasn't disappointed!  The first mention of Elizabeth is that she was counted in the 1783 Census of Niagara Loyalist in the Indian Department, along with her parents Robert Norton Wilkinson and Amelia Everett, her younger brother Walter Butler and her younger sister Amelia.  In 1784, Robert appears on Lot 17 in the 1784 Shubel Walton map.  Robert and Amelia, sister of Peter Everitt (a member of the  Kings Royal Regiment of New York),  were married 14 December 1773 and had Elizabeth about two years later.  The book states that when Robert applied for his land grant (presumably Lot 17) he stated he was previously from Cornwall.   At a date not known, Amelia must have passed away because Richard married Helen McDonnell on remarried on 10 May 1792. (5) On 5 March 1798, Elizabeth married Nathaniel Taylor Jr in Kingston by license(6)   It seems that the couple were busy that year acquiring land. On December 8, Elizabeth and Walter inherited several parcels of land from their uncle Peter who at the time was a lieutenant of Sir John Johnson's Regiment.(7)  Nathaniel, in 1797 petitioned for and received 600 acres of land.(8)    It seems however that once he heard that other men who did not served in the military, had received 1200 acres of land, he spoke with John Graves Simcoe about the matter and petitioned for 1200 acres(9) It appears that Elizabeth and Nathaniel were busy in other ways too.  They conceived soon after their wedding, as their daughter Eliza was baptized on May 9 of the following year.  Sponsors were John Taylor, Elizabeth's half sister Eleanor Wilkinson and Ann McDonnel.(11)  Sadly, we know that Nathaniel died soon after they conceived their daughter andI searched around for a bit for a death record and checkout out the Lower Burial Grounds records (12) but did not find a record of Nathaniel's death.  I did come across a land petition made by Eliza in 1800 on behalf of her daughter Eliza for all of Nathaniel's lands but have yet to confirm that the transaction completed before Eliza Srs death. (13)

  With respect to Nathaniel, it seems he was quite a bit older than Eliza. In this 1796 land petition,   he explains that he left Boston, Massachusetts in 1779 to be with his father's family in Quebec City and had early left Boston in 1775 to serve with his majesty's troops.  With that statement I was hooked and decided to explore Nathaniel a bit. Nathaniel was born on 30 Sept 1761 to parents Nathaniel and Sarah (Minot).(14)  Nathaniel Sr served as a Deputy Naval officer in Massachusetts until he and his family were evacuated by the British in 1776 to Halifax.(15) He was later named in the Banishments Act of the State of Massachusetts.(16)   

I did a few searches of Quebec Drouin records to see if Nathaniel had married prior to Eliza.  The first record I found was unfortunately for the death of his 29 year old sister Elizabeth who passed away not too long before him in Quebec on March 5, 1798.  Nathaniel Sr was listed as a justice of the peace(17)

Although I haven't yet determined his exact date of death or the cause, I have been able to narrow down the timeframe.  Notice of his death appears in the Massachusetts newspaper the Columbian Centinel on 7 Nov 1798 (page 2) so he didn't live long enough to see the birth of his daughter(18).  I tried to signup for an account on genealogybank to look up the notice but sadly had problems and could not register my account.  I was able to get in touch with a gentleman on RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) in Boston and he was able to provide me with a transcription of the notice.  At the time of his death, Nathaniel was the Commissary General of Upper Canada and passed away in Hallowell(Prince Edward County) of yellow fever.  At the time of the writing, 14 people had contract yellow fever in Hallowell and he was the only one who died from the virus.  It's odd that I've yet to uncover information about his death from a Canadian source.  The Lennox Addington Historical Society published a transcription of early deaths but he is not referenced.(19)

(1)NOTL newspaper archives at Brock: https://ocul-bu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007612539705152&context=L&vid=01OCUL_BU:BU_DEFAULT&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,%22niagara%20peninsula%20papers%22&mode=basic
(2)http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/niag-mar.htm
(3)http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/niag-bap.htm

(4)https://vitacollections.ca/notlheritage/details.asp?ID=2494147

(5)(7)Woodruff, Gail, Loyalists and Early Settlers on the Niagara River Parkway, Col. John Butler (Niagara) Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, page 30

(6)https://electriccanadian.com/history/ontario/parishrecordskingston.pdf

(8)Library and Archives Canada, Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865 Microfilm C2832  Year 1796, Volume 495 Bundle T2, Petition 19 Reference RG 1 L3

(9)Library and Archives Canada, Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865 Microfilm C2833  Year 1797, Volume 495 Bundle T3, Petition 17 Reference RG 1 L3

(10)https://www.ontariogenealogy.com/uppercanadalandpetitions/t_landpetition.html

(11)http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/kingstn2.htm

(12)https://www.lowerburialground.ca/burials/

(13)Library and Archives Canada, Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865 Microfilm C1743  Year 1800, Volume 151 Bundle D5, Petition 17 Reference RG 1 L3

(14)Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

(15)https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/forthavoc/html/Evacuation-Boston.aspx?culture=en-CA
(16)https://archives.gnb.ca/exhibits/forthavoc/html/Mass-Banishment-Act.aspx?culture=en-CA'

(17)Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.

(18)Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. '

(19) https://lahistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DEATH-IN-UPPER-CANADA.pdf