i'm looking for this person Name: Sarah Jane RICHARDSON Sex: F Birth: 4 May 1893 in Stanwix-Carlisle, Cumberland, England, Great Britain Death: 23 Jul 1960 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada Note: Born in Caledonian Buildings, Stanwix. Birth registered 23 May, 1893. In 1942 lived with John Norman (Curley) Smith at 410 Barto n Street East, Hamilton, Ontario. Buried in 50 Road Cemetary, Stoney Creek. ===== Pamela I don't accept attachments!!Only the people I know ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Thankyou Brian and all volunteers for all you do in the aid of others. Thankyou for writing to us about the origin and meaning of our Thanksgiving. Each of us should give thanks each day for being afforded the opportunity to do research on our own family history, as some folks cannot even get out of their beds. We take far too much for granted in this life. Enjoy each day, and remember to help someone along the way. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:00 AM Subject: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D Digest V04 #215

So often we forget all the wonderful people who volunteer their time to do lookups not only on this list' but also on our Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries website. If by chance you have had one of our wonderful volunteer do a lookups for you, I trust you have found time to send back a big Thank-you . Each person who has ever been involved in Genealogy has been at one time or another, has been helped by someone. Imagine how long and hard the road to find our family ancestors' would be, if no one stopped to assist you on the way. The world of genealogy is not a path taken alone, but rather by all the people you meet on the way sharing the same dream......... of knowing their "roots". Have you said "Thank-you" today for a random act of kindness? Sheila

Good morning from Toronto: Dora from Michigan has asked the origins of the Canadian Thanksgiving. The Canadian Thanksgiving, like your counterpart in the United States in November, has developed out of an ancient tradition of thanking God and being grateful for all that we have in our lives. You might see that the history buff in me comes out in the next few paragraphs! The act of "THANKS - giving" can occur for any reason. Religious services of Thanksgiving were often held after victory (or defeat!) in Battle, after recovery from a illness, when a child was born, when some one died (the Thanks being for the good life that the person had lived), etc. Octoberfest in Germany is form of the celebration! In fact many cemeteries have annual an annual Memorial Day ceremony - which is also a form of a service of thanksgiving. One of the first North American Thanksgiving services was held in the year 1578 - almost 40 years before the Pilgrim Fathers had their service in Massachusetts. In what was then the British colony of Newfoundland (the New Found Land!) Explorer Martin Frobisher (who was on a voyage to discover a North West Passage to China) had a feast of thanksgiving to be grateful for the safe crossing of the oceans. The timing of the festival known as "Thanksgiving" has evolved into a pattern of being celebrated when the harvest was, for the most part, complete for the year - the grain was stored, the vegetables were stored, and even some of the preserves had been made. The provisions were in place to allow the family to survive and function to a minimum level during the frigid winter months ahead. Remember these provisions were required as you had to feed the cow or goat all winter to get any milk that you needed for not only cooking and baking but also making butter. There were no canned goods, no boxes of cereal, no gasoline, no electricity (hence no refrigeration except in the "root cellars" or "cold rooms", or in nearby creek or lake waters), no refined oil. Most of today's generations have no comprehension of how to store food for months at a time. Some of the food storage problems were the reasons there were so many deaths. Simply put - the food our ancestors ate was not the best by today's standards and in many cases food (and unclean water) did kill them. I find it interesting that most of our ancestors never had a picture taken of them while they lived. Many of our ancestors never even knew what they themselves looked like - as not everyone owned a mirror and many did not even have any glass (to see their reflection in) in the windows of their home or barns. So when we stand before the graves and memorials of our ancestors and sundry relations with our cameras strung around our necks - remember that these people did live in a totally different time. Therefore when visiting the family graves and memorials it is perfectly fine and honourable to get down on your knees, or bow your head, and offer a private and personal "thanks-giving" to their memory. After all, if it was not for our ancestors - we would not be here. Cheers! J. Brian Gilchrist, 1969 - 2004: 35 years researching at The Archives of Ontario, Genealogical and Archival research analyst, Box 74503, 270 The Kingsway, ETOBICOKE, Ontario M9A 5E2 gilchrists@idirect.com "I have the reputation of being fearless and decided, and whether correct or not, it saves me much trouble." - written by the Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan, 1st Anglican Bishop of Toronto in 1846. ----- Original Message ----- From: dora crain To: gilchrists Sent: 2004 Oct 11 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [ON-CEM] Cemetery Maps and Thanksgivings for ancestors happy thanksgiving canada from dora & family from the states of michigan my family name in canada is julien/julian my father's family in the states we celebrate thanksgiving for the indians and pilgrims long time ago what is ur celebrations for my bf asked me? thank you for the answers gilchrists <gilchrists@idirect.com> wrote: Just a quick reminder to everyone who is sending in copies of cemetery maps that it is a good idea to date the map by even a decade if a specific year is not known. The reason I state that is many cemeteries have and are currently filling in roadways and pathways to make room for more graves, and so a current map of a cemetery may be much different from a map of the same cemetery of 50 years ago - especially in urban areas. Also on Monday please take time to pause and gives thanks to our ancestors who have gone before us, be they in Canada or from other countries. We are appreciative of the efforts of those whose names we enter into our genealogy notes ... Be appreciative of the bounty of food and clean water that we have in this land of Canada ... Remember that when your internet service is slow and you get frustrated more than one half of the population of this world have yet to make a telephone call ... Remember that 1 out of every 5 adult people who were born in Canada can not read nor write ... Remember that we who have the benefit of both time and money to do our genealogy research are indeed a very blessed people and have so much to be thankful for. Finally think to yourself - if an ancestor could return to Earth and meet you today for three hours and answer all your genealogical questions about them - at the end of that meeting would they be proud to know you as one of their descendants? J. Brian Gilchrist ---- Original Message ----- From: "GEN" To: Sent: 2004 Oct 10 9:28 PM Subject: [ON-CEM] AN Invitation for List members. > Wouldn't it be great if everyone on list would take a couple photos of > their local cemetery ? Interested? > Would you please contact me? > And added bonus would be if you had the transcript for that cemetery too. > A huge THANK-YOU to all the people who give freely of their time to do > look ups to assist people in their search to find family. > There has also been a great response concerning maps of cemeteries too. > It is hoped that we can add these maps online, and in turn they will > assist people to navigate in the cemetery. > Thanks and have a good Thanksgiving . > ( not so great, if you happen to be a turkey) > Sheila > shill@wightman.ca > > > > > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > READ the taglines! > Before you ask for a lookup ...check > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== Did you print off your sheet when you joined this list ? Got a branch meeting of the OGS or Historical Society ?...let us know NO VIRUS OR TEST MESSAGES !!! ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ cherokeewoman (dora) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!

Great Dave, I, for one, will watch for it to appear...Will the "fifty printout pages" be there too? Great job!!! Carol Lee Always searching for in Canada, Ireland, North Dakota,Minnesota A' H E A R N \ O ' H E A R N \ C O N L I N \ D U N N E \ F E R G U S O N \ S W E E N E Y V A L E N T I N E \S T. C R O I X \ W A R D --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.774 / Virus Database: 521 - Release Date: 10/7/04

Thank you Brian. You have always given us so much help. Your words of thankfulness (sp?) for our ancestors really makes me think of what they went through. In transcribing death registrations, people died of what we would consider very minor illnesses. During the WW1, my grandfather managed to live through scarlet fever. This was only found out through his war records, and a family story was proved incorrect. I am thankful that my grandfather lived through scarlet fever, was returned to his family. My father was an only child. I love him and I am thankful for my family. Heather in Orillia Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ For Ontario Birth, Marriages & Deaths -----Original Message----- From: gilchrists [mailto:gilchrists@idirect.com] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 12:10 AM To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Cemetery Maps and Thanksgivings for ancestors Just a quick reminder to everyone who is sending in copies of cemetery maps that it is a good idea to date the map by even a decade if a specific year is not known. The reason I state that is many cemeteries have and are currently filling in roadways and pathways to make room for more graves, and so a current map of a cemetery may be much different from a map of the same cemetery of 50 years ago - especially in urban areas. Also on Monday please take time to pause and gives thanks to our ancestors who have gone before us, be they in Canada or from other countries. We are appreciative of the efforts of those whose names we enter into our genealogy notes ... Be appreciative of the bounty of food and clean water that we have in this land of Canada ... Remember that when your internet service is slow and you get frustrated more than one half of the population of this world have yet to make a telephone call ... Remember that 1 out of every 5 adult people who were born in Canada can not read nor write ... Remember that we who have the benefit of both time and money to do our genealogy research are indeed a very blessed people and have so much to be thankful for. Finally think to yourself - if an ancestor could return to Earth and meet you today for three hours and answer all your genealogical questions about them - at the end of that meeting would they be proud to know you as one of their descendants? J. Brian Gilchrist ---- Original Message ----- From: "GEN" <gendreamer@wightman.ca> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 2004 Oct 10 9:28 PM Subject: [ON-CEM] AN Invitation for List members. > Wouldn't it be great if everyone on list would take a couple photos of > their local cemetery ? Interested? > Would you please contact me? > And added bonus would be if you had the transcript for that cemetery too. > A huge THANK-YOU to all the people who give freely of their time to do > look ups to assist people in their search to find family. > There has also been a great response concerning maps of cemeteries too. > It is hoped that we can add these maps online, and in turn they will > assist people to navigate in the cemetery. > Thanks and have a good Thanksgiving . > ( not so great, if you happen to be a turkey) > Sheila > shill@wightman.ca > > > > > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > READ the taglines! > Before you ask for a lookup ...check > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== Did you print off your sheet when you joined this list ? Got a branch meeting of the OGS or Historical Society ?...let us know NO VIRUS OR TEST MESSAGES !!! ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/

Just a quick reminder to everyone who is sending in copies of cemetery maps that it is a good idea to date the map by even a decade if a specific year is not known. The reason I state that is many cemeteries have and are currently filling in roadways and pathways to make room for more graves, and so a current map of a cemetery may be much different from a map of the same cemetery of 50 years ago - especially in urban areas. Also on Monday please take time to pause and gives thanks to our ancestors who have gone before us, be they in Canada or from other countries. We are appreciative of the efforts of those whose names we enter into our genealogy notes ... Be appreciative of the bounty of food and clean water that we have in this land of Canada ... Remember that when your internet service is slow and you get frustrated more than one half of the population of this world have yet to make a telephone call ... Remember that 1 out of every 5 adult people who were born in Canada can not read nor write ... Remember that we who have the benefit of both time and money to do our genealogy research are indeed a very blessed people and have so much to be thankful for. Finally think to yourself - if an ancestor could return to Earth and meet you today for three hours and answer all your genealogical questions about them - at the end of that meeting would they be proud to know you as one of their descendants? J. Brian Gilchrist ---- Original Message ----- From: "GEN" <gendreamer@wightman.ca> To: <CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 2004 Oct 10 9:28 PM Subject: [ON-CEM] AN Invitation for List members. > Wouldn't it be great if everyone on list would take a couple photos of > their local cemetery ? Interested? > Would you please contact me? > And added bonus would be if you had the transcript for that cemetery too. > A huge THANK-YOU to all the people who give freely of their time to do > look ups to assist people in their search to find family. > There has also been a great response concerning maps of cemeteries too. > It is hoped that we can add these maps online, and in turn they will > assist people to navigate in the cemetery. > Thanks and have a good Thanksgiving . > ( not so great, if you happen to be a turkey) > Sheila > shill@wightman.ca > > > > > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > READ the taglines! > Before you ask for a lookup ...check > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Wouldn't it be great if everyone on list would take a couple photos of their local cemetery ? Interested? Would you please contact me? And added bonus would be if you had the transcript for that cemetery too. A huge THANK-YOU to all the people who give freely of their time to do look ups to assist people in their search to find family. There has also been a great response concerning maps of cemeteries too. It is hoped that we can add these maps online, and in turn they will assist people to navigate in the cemetery. Thanks and have a good Thanksgiving . ( not so great, if you happen to be a turkey) Sheila shill@wightman.ca

I dropped in on Rockwood cemetery last week. It is on Hwy-7 halfway between Georgetown and Guelph.ont. (south side) The pioneer section was in the very back and was a group of stones all cemented into a cairn. I took Photos, and will sent them to our 'field-of-stones' lady this week The rest of the cemetery was about ten acres and only half finished, AND UNIQUELY, was a bulletin board in the middle govered with glass and fify printout pages of all the internments.

Hi everyone! How many people on this list have a map of a cemetery? If you do, would you please contact me. A large number of photos have been received and will be added shortly to "Field of Stones" website. Thanks to all who have taken the time to send the photos. Does anyone on this list have a small family cemetery located on their property? Years ago it was common for people to buried their family members on their farms. It would be nice to know that some of these cemeteries have not be forgotten and still exist Sheila shill@wightman.ca Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.!

I want to thank all for your replies and as most mentioned it would help if I posted the names. Here is a list of names that I am trying to find info on: L. HILTON WELDON, born ab.1833- Upper Canada, only found him on the 1851 Middlesex Co. census with family, age 18 ISAAC WELDON, born ab. 1835 Upper Canada, same as above, he was age 16 IRWIN WELDON, born ab. 1840 or 1846 Upper Canada , ditto info for him, age 11 on 1851 census & the 1861, age 15 2nd generation - Children of James Weldon and wife Derenda Rooney ( I do have copies of 1861 & 1871 Cartwright Twp, Durham Co. Census on this family) THOMAS ANDREW WELDON, born Jan 1854, Durham Co. died ? , buried in Mt. Pleasant. TO. - wife MARY JANE DAVIS buried Mt. Pleasant, TO & children - JOHN, died ab age 6, THOMAS CECIL,born ab. 1880 died 1915, age 34, buried Mt. Pleasant, TO (?) MYRTLE IRENE , born Mar 1896, died ? she married a William Henry Holland ( think he is buried in Guelph). JOHN IRWIN WELDON, born about 1856, Durham Co, died possibly 1884 in Brantford, Ont. JAMES WELDON, born about 1865, Durham Co. died ? SKELTON WELDON, born ab. 1867, Durham Co, died? ROBERT VINTON WELDON, born May 1870, died ? Buried Mt. Pleasant, to wife- CLARA EGERTON (OWREY) WELDON, born July1874, Buried Mt Pleas. to ISAAC H. WELDON, b ab1874, Oxford Co.(?) LILLIAN WELDON, born ab 1877, Oxford Co. (?)died ? husband - BRUCE BROWN - nothing known ANNA ADELAIDE WELDON, born Oct.1880, Oxford Co.died after 1909 husband- "FRANK" FRANCIS ALBERT SMITH -nothing known I am primarily interested in burial information so I can order death certs but if anyone had census or any other info on the above mentioned, would also gladly welcome this too. I do have the census info where I have mentioned census year. Appreciate all the help, Grace

hi iam new and was wondering if anyone can do a lookup for daniel julien/julian 1850/52 he died 11-13-1900 in chatam married to christine brown 1857 she died 9-18-1882 but i have no idea what cemetery they are at. and jacob julien/julian 8-28-1821-1-28-1877 married to julia ann fox 6-27-1823-6-22-1861 they died in wheatley but i have no idea what cemetery can any help me?? and where is fairview cemetery it looks like some of there kids are buried there. confused and marc wigle can u email me? thank you i hope i did this right. cherokeewoman (dora) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

unsubscribe CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 208 Today's Topics: #1 (ON-CEM) REID/SMITH in Hagersville ["rosscox1" ] Administrivia: We are sorry that you are leaving our list. To unsubscribe from CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D, send a message to CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D list administrator, send mail to CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:38:57 -0700 From: "rosscox1" To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: (ON-CEM) REID/SMITH in Hagersville & Simcoe areas. Hello listers, Thank you very much to the listers who responded and provided so much information. PS. I meant the town of Simcoe, in Norfolk County, not Simcoe County. Ross Cox.

unscribe CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 209 Today's Topics: #1 Cemetery Transcripts [Mary Swank ] #2 NEWSUBSCRIBER NEEDS HELP ["Vint Weldon" ] Administrivia: We are sorry that you are leaving our list. To unsubscribe from CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D, send a message to CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-D list administrator, send mail to CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 08:26:55 -0700 From: Mary Swank To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Cemetery Transcripts Hello, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have been off the list from Sept. 10 - today. If any one has requested a lookup for the cemeteries I listed before, and have not received a reply, please send your request again. Mary Swank ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 11:31:12 -0600 From: "Vint Weldon" To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: NEWSUBSCRIBER NEEDS HELP I just found this list this morning and read through most of the messages and think this one may be of help. I live in Cold Lake AB and have no access to either a micro film reader (none in our library) or FHC which is over 4 hours away. My husbands ancestors all immigrated to Ontario then some came west.I do not have very many death dates and thought a lister could help me to obtain the necessary information so I could order death certs. There is a number of ancestors buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto that we do know of and there could be more. Is there a lister that could find the info and photograph any they find and send to me. I would gladly pay for the costs of this. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Grace

I just found this list this morning and read through most of the messages and think this one may be of help. I live in Cold Lake AB and have no access to either a micro film reader (none in our library) or FHC which is over 4 hours away. My husbands ancestors all immigrated to Ontario then some came west.I do not have very many death dates and thought a lister could help me to obtain the necessary information so I could order death certs. There is a number of ancestors buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto that we do know of and there could be more. Is there a lister that could find the info and photograph any they find and send to me. I would gladly pay for the costs of this. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Grace

Hello, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have been off the list from Sept. 10 - today. If any one has requested a lookup for the cemeteries I listed before, and have not received a reply, please send your request again. Mary Swank

Hello listers, Thank you very much to the listers who responded and provided so much information. PS. I meant the town of Simcoe, in Norfolk County, not Simcoe County. Ross Cox.

Hello. If Joan Dawdy Wilton is on the list, can she get in touch with me? It's regarding cemetery photos. Many thanks! Best wishes, Jan jjones@bam.on.ca "Every little obit helps" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janjones/ObitsHome.htm

Hello Listers, I'm new to this list and hope to find some information on the following relatives, who had lived in Hagersville area, and may be buried in Simcoe. Cornelius (Neil) REID married Sybil SMITH . Both were from England, Sybil (my great aunt) having been born in Northamptonshire in about 1885. I have no records on Neil's date or place of birth. According to a relative,they had several children, including Nellie, Leonard and Sybil. A relative also said that they are probably buried in Simcoe and that Neil was about 103 yrs.old. Would anyone be able to provide information as to the names of cemeteries in the Simcoe and Hagersville areas, as well as the administators' names? I apologise for the sketchy information, but it's all I have! Ross Cox, born Brantford, Ont.

Hi Carol I have checked the book "Those our Ancestors Were" which was done in 1976 and don't see them in there. There are a lot of errors in this book though. There are several cemeteries in the Bracebridge area. Bracebridge is Muskoka District and in Monck township or McCauley township depending just what area of Bracebridge your looking at. Janine -----Original Message----- From: Carol McNerney [mailto:cmcnerney@rogers.com] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:40 PM To: CA-ONT-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ON-CEM] Cemetery Lookup Requestuest Hello: I was wondering if you could tell me which County or District Bracebridge would be in. I have a couple of family members buried in Bracebridge but I don't know which cemetery or where to go about looking it up. There names are Elizabeth Fenn, nee McNerney. She was married to Frank Fenn from Muskoka. The other one is Dorothy Fenn, nee McNerney. She was married to Harold Fenn of Muskoka Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Carol ===== All the bestCarol ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== READ the taglines! Before you ask for a lookup ...check http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237