Thanks Doreen, that is a good idea. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conlin" <conlin2004@hotmail.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records > > I understand that Vasey is north of Barrie, but there may be more than one > church there. So if you know the religion of your mother's family then > you could search through www.canada411.com for the Church there, or via > Google. I know there is a United Church there. Then you can write for a > copy of the baptism and at the same time you should send them a copy of > the obituary as they may make a note of her death in the column. (I've > seen that done elsewhere). > > Cheers! > Doreen > ========= > > >> From: darter@rogers.com >> To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:05:09 -0400 >> Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records >> >> Could any one please tell me whom I would contact for a copy of a baptism >> record. >> My mother passed away in March of this year. I was given a tin which >> contained many memoriam cards, and obits of people she knew or was >> someway related to. But amongst all of these, was my mom's baptism >> certificate. It was folded so many times, that over the years it fell >> apart. And it is missing 2 pieces. It said she was baptised at the Vasey >> Church. >> >> Any help or direction on this, would be so very much appreciated. >> >> Teresa Jones >> Searching: McLaughlin, Barr, McNeill, Hiltz, McAvoy/McEvoy >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! > http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Ruth, I will definitely do that. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth" <katolakrta@quadro.net> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records > Teresa > You could contact the Church in which she was baptized. > I e-mailed the Church to see if they had a record of mine, and it was > e-mailed to me. > Hope this helps > Ruth > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darryl & Teresa" <darter@rogers.com> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:05 PM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records > > > Could any one please tell me whom I would contact for a copy of a baptism > record. > My mother passed away in March of this year. I was given a tin which > contained many memoriam cards, and obits of people she knew or was someway > related to. But amongst all of these, was my mom's baptism certificate. It > was folded so many times, that over the years it fell apart. And it is > missing 2 pieces. It said she was baptised at the Vasey Church. > > Any help or direction on this, would be so very much appreciated. > > Teresa Jones > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com 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: satch42179 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What nice words on the death registration for John and Mary. 1881 census Essa, Simcoe South, www.familysearch.org CUNNINGHAM Samuel, 23, b Ont, farmer John, Ireland, 71 Mary, Ireland, 71 Isaiah, 23, Ont, farmer Lora, 20, Scottish, Ont Lora and Isaiah are likely married. Isaiah a brother? 1861 census Essa Simcoe Ontario [CD] CUNNINGHAM John, farmer, Ireland, married 1833, 45 Mary, Ireland, married 1833,44 Robert, Ireland, 16 Sarah Jane, UC [Upper Canada], 14 John, UC, 9 Samuel, UC, 6 James, UC, 18 If James is a son it should say born Ireland as he is older than Robert. Perhaps it means 18 mths. Marriage: Ancestry.ca Robert Cunningham, 24, b Ireland, farmer, living Essa, s/o John & Mary Cunningham, married Rachel Ball, 20, Medonte, same, d/o Absolom & Hannah Ball, witn: James Ball of Medonte & Huldah Fowler of Orillia , 8 Apr 1872, at Orillia, Simcoe. A possible marriage? Sarah Jane Cunningham, 22, b Canada, living Essa, d/o John Cunningham & Mary Reid, married Henry Ball, 21, Canada, Medonte, s/o Joseph Ball & Rebecca Neil, witn: Joseph Ball of MEdonte & Maggie Corbett of Essa, 19 Jun 1872, Essa, Simcoe. Another possible? Samuel Cunningham, 50, b Essa, living Essa, farmer, s/o John Cunningham & Mary Reid, married Emily Grace Parr, 20, Hamilton, Beaton, d/o William Parr & Ellen Wallace, witn: John & Mrs J A Corbett, both of Thornton, 24 Feb 1915, Thornton, Simcoe. 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 understand that Vasey is north of Barrie, but there may be more than one church there. So if you know the religion of your mother's family then you could search through www.canada411.com for the Church there, or via Google. I know there is a United Church there. Then you can write for a copy of the baptism and at the same time you should send them a copy of the obituary as they may make a note of her death in the column. (I've seen that done elsewhere). Cheers! Doreen ========= > From: darter@rogers.com > To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:05:09 -0400 > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records > > Could any one please tell me whom I would contact for a copy of a baptism record. > My mother passed away in March of this year. I was given a tin which contained many memoriam cards, and obits of people she knew or was someway related to. But amongst all of these, was my mom's baptism certificate. It was folded so many times, that over the years it fell apart. And it is missing 2 pieces. It said she was baptised at the Vasey Church. > > Any help or direction on this, would be so very much appreciated. > > Teresa Jones > Searching: McLaughlin, Barr, McNeill, Hiltz, McAvoy/McEvoy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

Teresa You could contact the Church in which she was baptized. I e-mailed the Church to see if they had a record of mine, and it was e-mailed to me. Hope this helps Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darryl & Teresa" <darter@rogers.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:05 PM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Baptism records Could any one please tell me whom I would contact for a copy of a baptism record. My mother passed away in March of this year. I was given a tin which contained many memoriam cards, and obits of people she knew or was someway related to. But amongst all of these, was my mom's baptism certificate. It was folded so many times, that over the years it fell apart. And it is missing 2 pieces. It said she was baptised at the Vasey Church. Any help or direction on this, would be so very much appreciated. Teresa Jones

Hello Barbara; i do not know if this connects but I have a Sarah Jane Lange c/b Large married to a William Clark Cunningham. They had a daughter Mary Jane Cunningham married to a William Raplh Smalley in 1884 and in 1908 married to a Samuel Blanchard. I do not know if these connect but if so I can be reached off net at gamalley1@cogeco.ca George Smalley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordan and Barbara" <barbara_graham@shaw.ca> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] John and Mary Cunningham > I'm wondering if your John & Mary are the same folks as i have in my > records. They had a son willliam married to Sarah Jane Large. Also son > Samuel married to Grace emily Purr. Would this fit with the folks you are > looking for? Please email my off line and we could share notes. > Barbara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > To: <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:39 AM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] John and Mary Cunningham > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: renoqueen >> Surnames: Cunningham >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I am looking for more information about this couple. I have both of their >> death registrations. Mary was born 1806, Tyrone Ireland. John was born >> 1794 Ireland. They died within weeks of each other in 1896. >> I have one known son Samuel. Looking for more. >> I am wondering if my ancestor, William Cunningham is one of theirs. >> Also hoping to find Mary's name before marriage. >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-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-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Could any one please tell me whom I would contact for a copy of a baptism record. My mother passed away in March of this year. I was given a tin which contained many memoriam cards, and obits of people she knew or was someway related to. But amongst all of these, was my mom's baptism certificate. It was folded so many times, that over the years it fell apart. And it is missing 2 pieces. It said she was baptised at the Vasey Church. Any help or direction on this, would be so very much appreciated. Teresa Jones Searching: McLaughlin, Barr, McNeill, Hiltz, McAvoy/McEvoy

I'm wondering if your John & Mary are the same folks as i have in my records. They had a son willliam married to Sarah Jane Large. Also son Samuel married to Grace emily Purr. Would this fit with the folks you are looking for? Please email my off line and we could share notes. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] John and Mary Cunningham > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: renoqueen > Surnames: Cunningham > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for more information about this couple. I have both of their > death registrations. Mary was born 1806, Tyrone Ireland. John was born > 1794 Ireland. They died within weeks of each other in 1896. > I have one known son Samuel. Looking for more. > I am wondering if my ancestor, William Cunningham is one of theirs. > Also hoping to find Mary's name before marriage. > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com 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: renoqueen Surnames: Cunningham Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2539/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for more information about this couple. I have both of their death registrations. Mary was born 1806, Tyrone Ireland. John was born 1794 Ireland. They died within weeks of each other in 1896. I have one known son Samuel. Looking for more. I am wondering if my ancestor, William Cunningham is one of theirs. Also hoping to find Mary's name before marriage. 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: satch42179 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2538.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1881 census Essa, Simcoe South, Ontario www.familysearch.org ARNOLD Joseph, 71, Ireland, farmer, C Presbyterian Fydeman,57, b Ont Alexander, 24 Mary Jane, 22 David, 21 Lissie, 18 John, 16 Elisha, 14 Maria Ann, 12 Sarah, 8 Robert,7 James, 4 1871 census Joseph Arnold Age: 57 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814 Gender: Male Birth Place: Ireland Residence District: Simcoe South Residence Location: Essa Ethnic Origin: Irish Religion: Canada Presbyterian / C. Presbyterian Occupation: Laborer Division: 3 Microfilm Roll: C-9961 Page: 59 Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household. 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: jkonojacki Surnames: Arnold, Clarke Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2537.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I seem to have made a mistake here. The parents of Margaret Jane Arnold were Andrew Arnold (not Thomas Arnold) and Margaret Coleman. Margaret Jane married John Clarke in 1881 in Ivy, Essa, Ontario. She died February 1930 in Toronto. She is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orangeville. I found several Arnolds in the Ivy (Presbyterian Church)and Thorton Union cemeteries. If I can be of help let me know. Judy 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: renoqueen Surnames: Arnold, Speers, Cunningham, Pearson, Corbett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2538/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joseph Arnold's death registration has an interesting notation. According to the registration he was born 1810 in Ireland. He died 15/02/1890 The notations read: "weaver,old soldier, and a true old Britain" at the bottom another note by the registrar(?) I believe the old man was 10 years older than above" Is anyone researching this old fella? 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: renoqueen Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2537.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: At the moment I am working on a database of all Arnold's living in Simcoe County between 1800-1900. I have only one Thomas Arnold born in Ireland, no birthdate yet. (SO far). This guy did have one known daughter, Mary Ann, who married Andrew Stewart of Picton, Prince Edward County in 1865. There are SO many people with the same name it's hard to figure out which one is which! I am surprised at how many men had the middle name of Alexander as well. They must be connected to the original settler (Alexander Arnold). Are you aware of the old naming patterns? The first born son of a family was usually named for his paternal grandfather. WE have several Alexander Arnold's in the area in the early days. Can we surmise that they are all first born grandsons of an Alexander Arnold back in Ireland? Could it be that a gang of cousins immigrated together? All questions for us to investigate. 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: jkonojacki Surnames: Arnold, Clarke, Coleman, Whitley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2537.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have Arnold in my ancestry. My gr. grandmother was Margaret Jane Arnold b. 1857 in Simcoe county, Ontario. Her father was Thomas Arnold and her mother Margaret Coleman. Let me know if you see a connection. Judy 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.

Hi thereCorbett is a name I am researching as well. Lyman Downing married Elizabeth Corbett do these names show up in your research? ----- Original Message ----- From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" To: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Simcoe County Pioneer families Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:43:40 -0000 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: renoqueen Surnames: Arnold, Speers, Cunningham, Corbett, Pearson, Creighton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2537/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am interested in having some dialogue with anyone searching these families: Arnold, Speers, Cunningham, Corbett, Pearson, Creighton These families (my ancestors included) have intermarried in Simcoe County and back in Ireland. I have a lot of loose ends which I believe I can weave back in by cooperating with others searching these families. 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. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- We've Got Your Name @ www.mail.com!!! Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ Domains

Time for another Drummond Island story……….. It is the women in A. C. Osborne’s “The Migration of Voyageurs….” that are intriguing and mysterious. Many of these women are the result of a relationship between a French voyageur and a First Nations woman, others have Aboriginal ancestry many ancestors back in their lineage and others are..... interesting..... among other things. Archange Desmaisons was a woman with a dubious reputation and a number of large question marks about her past. Osborne states “Desmaisons, Archange, the daughter of Francois Desmaisons, became the wife of Henry Modest Lemire.” She first appears in the St. Ann’s Church baptismal register in 1839 as the mother of Marie Archange. No poppa is listed. Twenty one years later, when Marie Archange is married, the daughter tells the priest her father is Amable Girard. Mere Archange must have tried the patience of the poor Fathers at St. Ann’s. From 1841 to 1857 she gave birth to six more children and not a pere mentioned in any record. The priests showed their displeasure by labeling the children illegitimate or bastards in the register entries. The lady wouldn’t repent and change her ways, so the priests made sure posterity would know exactly what she had done. The children knew something that Archange was not about to reveal to the priests – the names of their fathers. Presumably, she told her children who fathered them because at least two of them used other names during their lifetimes. As Marie Archange had done at her marriage, Narcisse named his father - Louis Chevalier. This must have really impressed Louis’ new wife – the birth of his son to another woman just two months after his marriage. In the 1861 census, Archange Desmaisons, living with her children, claims to have been married the year before the birth of her first child Marie Archange in 1839. She states she was born in 1816 on Mackinac and was married in 1838, supposedly after she arrived from Drummond Island. Is Desmaisons her married name or her maiden name? Could she have married a Desmaisons fellow who headed for the hills immediately after the marriage and stayed there all through the years? Why is there no record of any marriage to anyone for Archange in the Penetanguishene church registers? Who was Henry Modest Lemire? Where was he while all this conceiving and birthing was going on? He received his land patent in 1834 and is heard from no more. In 1881 when Archange died, the priest used the name Desmaisons when he wrote out her burial record. It was a common practice of French speaking priests of the time to use the woman’s maiden name all through her life; a custom imported from Quebec to Ontario. The lady took her secrets to her grave and has created a bit of a problem for her descendants by doing so. Because there is nothing known about her prior to her supposed arrival here in 1828 and very little is known about her between then and her death in 1881 (except the names of seven little kids), none of her descendants will be accepted for membership, based on her parentage, in the Metis Nation of Ontario. Francois Desmaisons, said by Osborne to be her father and the person who supposedly owned the land where the first St. Ann’s Church was built. Later historians claim Pierre Giroux was the donor of the propery and they may well be correct. No patents were issued to Francois Desmaisons for property on Roberts Street, where the church was built, but Pierre’s next door neighbour was Henry Modeste Lemire! Another puzzle created by Osborne. There is no record to prove Francois’ relationship to Archange. A few other Desmaisons appear in the early records, but who they are and how they fit into the bigger puzzle is unknown. Especially interesting is the Pierre Desmaisons who was born in 1773 in an unknown place and died in Penetanguishene in 1857. Who was he in relation to Archange? What a mysterious woman! And now we come back to the real questions. Just when did she arrive in Penetanguishene and where did she come from? Pam Tessier Research Co-ordinator Genealogy & History Research Centre Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives

The event honouring the Drummond Island families will be held Friday, September 19 to Sunday, September 21, 2008 - one great big family reunion! We will have BIG news for all of you later next week. If you are interested in helping to make this the best family reunion ever, please contact me off list. Pam

Leslie ..... Do any of your SPEERS RECORDS ever cross over to SPIERS ???? Am looking for any info on FRANCES A. (Fanny) Spiers, born January 1881, Marquette, Manitoba, to JOHN SPIERS, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, (1851-2 to 1900, died Virden, Manitoba) and Frances Elizabeth Calder ( my connection ) 1853-1881 . She evidentially died shortly after giving childbirth . Am dead-ended here. Would just like to know what happened to the baby ? Paul Robins

Corbett is a name I am researching from that area. My paternal great grandparents are Lyman Downing and Elizabeth Corbett from Sydenham, ON1886 Wireton area, ON Elizabeth Corbett. b. 1816 married around 1850I have their children as well.Linda M Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" To: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Simcoe County Pioneer families Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:43:40 -0000 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: renoqueen Surnames: Arnold, Speers, Cunningham, Corbett, Pearson, Creighton Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2537/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am interested in having some dialogue with anyone searching these families: Arnold, Speers, Cunningham, Corbett, Pearson, Creighton These families (my ancestors included) have intermarried in Simcoe County and back in Ireland. I have a lot of loose ends which I believe I can weave back in by cooperating with others searching these families. 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. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- We've Got Your Name @ www.mail.com!!! Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ Domains

I would be interested in the is Drummond Island Settlers group...I have an ancestor who was born on Drummond Island. Could you tell me more please.Thank youLinda M Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Tessier" To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Drummond Island Families 2008 event Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:42:33 -0400 Our second planning meeting for the 2008 Settlers' Day events honouring the Drummond Island families will be held at the Penetanguishene Museum on Saturday, September 22 at 10:00 AM. All are welcome to attend. We need your suggestions, ideas and assistance. Please join us, even if it is for this only this meeting. Pam Tessier ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- We've Got Your Name @ www.mail.com!!! Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ Domains