This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbdale_1 Surnames: Lowry Austin Davis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2672.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the information. I saw a transcription of Mary Austin's gravestone that said she was from County Armagh. That is part of the problem, as the Lowry's all seemed to have the same first names, even though they were from different families. There were two John Lowry's - one married to Mary Austin, and another married to Elizabeth. John and Elizabeth had a son John who married Catherine Hoey. They had a daughter Rachel who married a Davis. I believe the John and Elizabeth Lowry is part of my branch. Ann Lowry, who is listed as a daughter of Robert in the 1821 Irish census, is living with Rachel Davis in 1881. Anyway, it is good to get information from all Lowry relatives, to try and straighten out the tangled vines! It sounds like the Austin's were quite well to do! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: womantiques Surnames: AUSTIN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2672.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry, I neglected add I am a descendant of the Austin line. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: womantiques Surnames: Lowery Austin Hammell Richardson Classification: will Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2672.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This may be of interest. Robert William LOWERY's step-father was David AUSTIN and left Robert LOWERY and his brothers a legacy in his will. I transcribed David AUSTIN's probate file a number of years ago from visit to AO. Please excuse any typos. Simcoe County, Ontario, Estate Files, Archives of Ontario Detail: file #2256 Date: 7 Jan 1888 Notes and Summary of actual text: David AUSTIN estate probated 7 Jan 1888. David AUSTIN died Dec 1887, at Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario. David AUSTIN's wife and co-executor Mary AUSTIN inherited SE1/4 Lot 4 Con II Tecumseth Twp. (valued at $24,500). Step-sons Robert LOWERY, James LOWERY, John LOWERY and David LOWERY received $1000, and farm upon Mary AUSTIN's death. Un-named children of David AUSTIN's deceased sister Margaret AUSTIN: $500 ea., sister Mary Ann HAMMELL $1000, nephews Richard HAMMELL and Samuel HAMMELL $500 ea., friend John RICHARDSON $500. William ATKINSON, co-executor, to share in and pay out remainder of estate to Mary AUSTIN "as deemed necessary". "Erect a suitable monument". Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: womantiques Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What time period did the death take place? This sounds similar to a death of my grandmother's sister-in-law at Gravenhurst from Tuberculosis (consumption) around 1916. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jbee1838 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2669.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Sarge, Thank you for this info. I have been looking at that Joseph Poole family to see if there is an Irish connection but so far nothing. Jack Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HABertram Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, yes there are some headstones, they only started in the late 1950's. A monument company recently raised and power washed the headstone, in the process uncovering many more. I hope to get a nice day and go re-photograph the headstones. let me know who you are looking for. you can contact me off list if you like. aaron @ bmts.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I visited this site last year prior to the majority of the stones being power washed. It is a very peaceful, tranquil place. I was also able to get a copy of my great aunt's file going through the Government of Ontario web site. It was very inexpensive to do this. The information and letters were wonderful. Elaine -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: June-20-09 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Ontario Hospital, Orillia This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HABertram Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673.2/m b.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, yes there are some headstones, they only started in the late 1950's. A monument company recently raised and power washed the headstone, in the process uncovering many more. I hope to get a nice day and go re-photograph the headstones. let me know who you are looking for. you can contact me off list if you like. aaron @ bmts.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sarge736 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2669.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Her Death record and the census states she was born in Canada. Death Record Name: Sarah Fletcher Death Date: 21 Jul 1919 Death Location: Grey (Fleshereton) Gender: Female Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830 Birth Location: Canada Widow of James Fletcher 1871 census Name: Sarah Fletcher Gender: Female Age: 41 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birth Place: Ontario Marital Status: Married religion: W Meth Origin: Irish Province: Ontario District: Wellington North District Number: 35 Division: 02 Subdistrict: Peel Subdistrict Number: b Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Fletcher 41 Sarah Fletcher 41 Thomas Fletcher 19 William Fletcher 18 John Fletcher 16 Mary Fletcher 14 Catharine Fletcher 11 Elizabeth Fletcher 9 James Fletcher 3 Sarah Jane Fletcher 7m 1881 census Name: Sarah Fletcher Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Age: 51 Birth Year: 1830 Birthplace: Ontario religion: Methodist Church of Canada Nationality: Irish Province: Ontario District Number: 155 District: Grey East Sub-District Number: A Subdistrict: Artemesia Division: 1 Household Members: Name Age James Fletcher 50 Sarah Fletcher 51 Thomas Fletcher 30 James Fletcher 13 Sarah Fletcher 10 Malinda Fletcher 8 1891 census Name: Sarah Fletcher Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Age: 61 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: Ontario Relation to Head of House: Wife religion: Methodist French Canadian: No Father's Birth Place: Ireland Mother's Birth Place: Ireland Province: Ontario District Number: 69 District: Grey South Subdistrict: Artemesia Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age James Fletcher 61 Sarah Fletcher 61 Thomas Fletcher 40 Sarah J Fletcher 20 I am not sure this is her father Joseph Poole born England 1800. But it is the only Joseph Poole I find with a birthdate that fits Sarah's birthdate of 1830. Name: Joseph Poole Gender: Male Age: 52 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Birthplace: England Province: Canada West (Ontario) District: Northumberland County District Number: 24 Sub-District: Brighton Sub-District Number: 224 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Poole 52 Jane Poole 30 William Poole 20 John Poole 18 George Poole 15 Hester Poole 17 Joseph Poole 11 Joseph Poole 11 James Poole 13 Willis Poole 7 Chad (or Chas) Poole 5 Elizabeth Poole 9 Fanny Poole 3 Lucas Poole 1 Of course given the age of the wife Jane at 30 and the baby Lucas being 1 this would be a second wife. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

What was the survival rate at that time? I have someone who died of "appendicitis" and her husband who died a year later of cancer of the appendix because he refused to have the operation that killed his wife (so the family legend goes). You may have just provided an important clue to solving this mystery. Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McAllister" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:26 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Attestation & Draft Papers > Similar story with my grandfather. He enlisted in 1914 and was > discharged in 1917 due to chronic appendicitis, which he was unwilling > to have operated on (given the survival rate at the time, who can blame > him). He was drafted in early 1918 and shipped overseas, seeing action > in France before the end of the war. He ended up with two serial > numbers and a rather disjointed set of papers. > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sarge736 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If ther person yopu arew researeching died between 1869 and 1934 and you will piost the name we can research them for you. Could be a simple case of active tubuerculosis and not mental illness. Two hospitals come bach if you google hospitals located in Orilla. Health care The Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is a 179-bed hospital located in the city. It is presently undergoing an expansion to 231 inpatient beds, scheduled to open in 2008. The Province of Ontario also operates the Huronia Regional Centre, a home for people with severe developmental disabilities. This facility is scheduled to close in 2009. The planned closure, which has attracted controversy from patient's families and public-sector unions, will see patients moved into a community setting. " The Huronia Regional Centre, formerly an asylum that later became an institution to house disabled people, was one of the areas largest employers for many decades, until the de-institutionalization movement of the 1980s and 1990's." http://us.three.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?auction=16826515&mo=auction http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgraceystinson/3269784708/ http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1504740&auth=COLIN MCKIM, THE PACKET AND TIMES Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia () - Opened in 1876 - Originally called the Orillia Asylum for Idiots. It was renamed the Ontario Hospital School. - Resident population in 1971: 1,875 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Similar story with my grandfather. He enlisted in 1914 and was discharged in 1917 due to chronic appendicitis, which he was unwilling to have operated on (given the survival rate at the time, who can blame him). He was drafted in early 1918 and shipped overseas, seeing action in France before the end of the war. He ended up with two serial numbers and a rather disjointed set of papers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gwilanne Surnames: Burns McLarty Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello: Looking for info on Ontario Hospital in orilla. I have a death registration, that lists death took place in Ontario Hospital, under occupation it lists Patient in Ontario Hospital. For burial it lists institutional cemetery. Is this the type of hospital I think it is? Is the cemetery still in existence? Are the graves marked? Any info would help Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have the papers of a relative who enlisted in 1916 & then after 6 months in the service was discharged as medically unfit & then erroneously was called back up in 1918 & medically discharged in 1918. So it does happen Bonnie

Yes, it was that kind of hospital. Below are links to photos and the transcribed notes. Heather B. Should be able to help you. Look under Tomstone Territory on Wayne Cookes Simcoe Couty page or past link below. http://www.waynecook.com/Hur_Reg_Cem.html --- On Fri, 6/19/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Ontario Hospital, Orillia To: [email protected] Received: Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:43 PM This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gwilanne Surnames: Burns McLarty Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello: Looking for info on Ontario Hospital in orilla.  I have a death registration, that lists death took place in Ontario Hospital, under occupation it lists Patient in Ontario Hospital. For burial it lists institutional cemetery. Is this the type of hospital I think it is? Is the cemetery still in existence? Are the graves marked? Any info would help Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ***************** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jamesabooth Surnames: Booth Steele Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/691.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have family (Booth) buried here. This is taken from the church's website regarding your family names: http://www.coldwater-medonte-parish.ca/Fairvalley/Cemetery/Index.html STEELE, Eliza Jane 1M 37-44 STEELE, Elmes Capt. R.N. 1M 37-44 STEELE, John C. 1M 37-44 STEELE, Mrs. Elizabeth 1M 37-44 As I said, I have family buried there and I want to get up there (about 2 hours drive from where I am). I can take photos if you want of the plots mentioned in the link above. Let me know. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Thanks for the church website link to the names in the cemetery. Wayne Cook does have a number of cemeteries of Simcoe with pictures at http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html. Fairvalley is not (yet) one of them. Hopefully if pictures are taken it can be added to that collection. On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jamesabooth > Surnames: Booth Steele > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/691.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have family (Booth) buried here. > This is taken from the church's website regarding your family names: > http://www.coldwater-medonte-parish.ca/Fairvalley/Cemetery/Index.html > > STEELE, Eliza Jane > 1M 37-44 > STEELE, Elmes Capt. R.N. > 1M 37-44 > STEELE, John C. > 1M 37-44 > STEELE, Mrs. Elizabeth > 1M 37-44 > > As I said, I have family buried there and I want to get up there (about 2 > hours drive from where I am). I can take photos if you want of the plots > mentioned in the link above. Let me know. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbdale_1 Surnames: Lowry Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2672.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: After reviewing the census film, I have a couple of corrections to the above list. Anne Lowry, daughter of Robert was 7, and Elinor, daughter of William was 14. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My thanks to all those who replied to my questions about the Attestation and Draft papers. You had some very good and logical reasons why the word Special would have been stamped on a fellow's papers and why there would have been a discharge from the service and then a draft notice issued later for another fellow. I have lucked out and discovered that the husband of one of our volunteers is a former military man with a huge library and interest in all things military. Hopefully, he will be able to come up with some explanations also. Pam

Just in case someone has lost track of this family.............. Mrs. Mary ROSE, mother of Alexander born in Penetanguishene, was living in Keystown, Sask. in 1916. By 1917 she had moved to 2156 Robinson St., Regina, Sask. Pam

Joan Atkinson wrote: > Was he too young to serve and found out? > No, he was at least 18 years old. > Was he released on compassionate grounds or to do essential work? > He was a labourer - whatever that meant. > What were the circumstances of his first discharge? > Don't know. > Was he serving a jail sentence? > Doubt it. All Penetang boys were good boys. Ahem. > Apologies to his family. > Accepted on their behalf. > Was he given a special assignment when he re-joined? > Only his service record would reveal that.