Do wish folks would refrain from using abbreviations. So many of the place names in USA and CA are the same in both countries as well as in the Old Countries. Very confusing. ie ON CA which we here in Canada assume means Ontario, Canada however Americans assume it to mean Ontario, California. There are thousands more that can be confused. I'm assuming that Meaford C No. America - means Meaford, Canada, North America or Should you be looking for a Meaford County somewhere? Good luck with your research. Alfreda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Beatson" <tombeatson@cox.net> To: <can-ont-grey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-GREY] Meaford, Agenbough, etc. >I now have the copy of the pages from the Family Bible. There is no > mention of "Meathford", just Meaford, so apparently that was a > problem with my cousin's memory. The Bible makes it clear that my > Ggrandfather George William Chesterman was born "August 15, 1857 > Meaford C No. America". No other births were recorded. On another > page the marriage of George's parents was recorded. They were DJ > Chesterman and Martha Sandys on May 21st 1854 in "the Episcopal > Church city of Ogenburgh North America". My guess is that Ogenburgh > was actually Ogdensburg, New York, on the St. Lawrence River, and I > plan to contact the Episcopal church in Ogdensburg. > > The Chestermans didn't remain in Meaford very long, because they were > back in England for the 1861 census. Family legend claims that DJ > (David James) was a Methodist minister, and I am wondering if they > may have been involved with the Underground Railroad. The Chesterman > family is white, not black. If anyone in Meaford or Owen Sound can > provide me with a way to verify my Underground Railroad suspicion I > would be very greatful. > > Tom Beatson > Phoenix, Arizona USA > > On Sep 25, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Tom Beatson wrote: > >> Thank you Kit for the suggestion. I am awaiting delivery via snail >> mail of a copy of the pages from the family bible, to see if I can >> find any other clues. The GGgrandparents in this bible were David >> James (DJ) Chesterman and Martha Sandys. Their only child was my >> Ggrandfather George William Chesterman, who for some unknown reason >> changed his middle name from William to Sanford when he was about 25. >> George's Ontario marriage record in Lanark County, 20 July 1882, >> shows his birthplace as Meaford. I suspect that DJ and Martha started >> the family bible some years after their marriage in 1854 and the >> birth of George in 1857, when they no longer lived in or near Grey >> County, and had to kind of guess at the names of Meathford and >> Agenbough. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-GREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Good Point I was actually assuming there was a Meaford county based on the e-mail. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Alfreda Veenstra" <aveenstra@rogers.com> Reply-To: can-ont-grey@rootsweb.com To: <can-ont-grey@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-GREY] Meaford, Agenbough, etc. Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:27:50 -0400 Do wish folks would refrain from using abbreviations. So many of the place names in USA and CA are the same in both countries as well as in the Old Countries. Very confusing. ie ON CA which we here in Canada assume means Ontario, Canada however Americans assume it to mean Ontario, California. There are thousands more that can be confused. I'm assuming that Meaford C No. America - means Meaford, Canada, North America or Should you be looking for a Meaford County somewhere? Good luck with your research. Alfreda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Beatson" <tombeatson@cox.net> To: <can-ont-grey@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-GREY] Meaford, Agenbough, etc. >I now have the copy of the pages from the Family Bible. There is no > mention of "Meathford", just Meaford, so apparently that was a > problem with my cousin's memory. The Bible makes it clear that my > Ggrandfather George William Chesterman was born "August 15, 1857 > Meaford C No. America". No other births were recorded. On another > page the marriage of George's parents was recorded. They were DJ > Chesterman and Martha Sandys on May 21st 1854 in "the Episcopal > Church city of Ogenburgh North America". My guess is that Ogenburgh > was actually Ogdensburg, New York, on the St. Lawrence River, and I > plan to contact the Episcopal church in Ogdensburg. > > The Chestermans didn't remain in Meaford very long, because they were > back in England for the 1861 census. Family legend claims that DJ > (David James) was a Methodist minister, and I am wondering if they > may have been involved with the Underground Railroad. The Chesterman > family is white, not black. If anyone in Meaford or Owen Sound can > provide me with a way to verify my Underground Railroad suspicion I > would be very greatful. > > Tom Beatson > Phoenix, Arizona USA > > On Sep 25, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Tom Beatson wrote: > >> Thank you Kit for the suggestion. I am awaiting delivery via snail >> mail of a copy of the pages from the family bible, to see if I can >> find any other clues. The GGgrandparents in this bible were David >> James (DJ) Chesterman and Martha Sandys. Their only child was my >> Ggrandfather George William Chesterman, who for some unknown reason >> changed his middle name from William to Sanford when he was about 25. >> George's Ontario marriage record in Lanark County, 20 July 1882, >> shows his birthplace as Meaford. I suspect that DJ and Martha started >> the family bible some years after their marriage in 1854 and the >> birth of George in 1857, when they no longer lived in or near Grey >> County, and had to kind of guess at the names of Meathford and >> Agenbough. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-GREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-GREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message