Hi Jopie, I took a few minutes out to do a couple of searches in our CD copy of "A History of the County of Grey", our catalogue number CA0130. I found nothing under the spelling "Flemming" or for a place/house called Forest Lawn. Searching for "Fleming" however was a very different story! As I'm sure you are aware the Fleming name figures large in the History of Grey since it's earliest settlement. So much so I was a little swamped and couldn't spend the hours it would need to read and fully understand all implications of the "hits" the search generated. There were a couple which might be of specific help though: One was in the Appendix which contained a reprint of the Directory of the County for 1865 and which lists James Fleming as residing on Concession 6, Lot 9. This same directory also has an entry for William Fleming living in the village of Kilsyth which seems to be a bit of a suspicious coincidence since there were only 8 name entries for the whole village! The other was a listing of a James Fleming signing up in Owens Sound to "do his part" in the Great War (248th Battalion) which wouldn't have attracted my attention particularly except that the previous line was for a William Fleming signing up in Kilsyth! As this would be 1914 or so this is probably the next generation of Flemings who were signing up, so the names may, or may not, be meaningful. I'd say your lady might well consider that an extra "m" has been added to the family name at some time and should see if she can find enough factual matches between her Flemmings and the famous Grey Flemings to give her confidence in claiming them as her own. Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. Attn: Malcolm Moody - President P.O. Box 11, Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A2, Canada. phone: (613) 692-2667 e-mail: malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca Canadian web site: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca > From: "Jopie Loughead" <jopiel@sympatico.ca> > Date: 5 June 2006 10:42:28 GMT-04:00 > To: CAN-ONT-GREY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Flemming House > > > Hi List, > I know we are searching in Derby Township and I hope someone in the > area can help. The lady is scanning some pictures and will post them > so someone may regonize the house. > Jopie > > Hello, I'm hoping you can help me! > I have been searching for sometime for what must be a historical > place - if it still exists. But I have had no luck finding any > information at all about the residence, or the town, all that I've > found so far is that it was/is located in Grey County. I am mostly > curious to know if the following residence still exists. > I have many of my great grandfather's photos of his house from > 1890, on the back they all say: > Residence of James Flemming 1890 > Forest Lawn > Kilsyth, Ontario > > I have been searching for a while and literally can not find ANY > information on this home (which was a large estate with beautiful > lawns), nor this town. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm sure this photo > collection would be of great interest to some heritage society or the > Flemming family. > > Thank you! > Mari-Lou Shoulak > New Westminster, BC >