Hi Pam: I have a connection (through marriage) to one of the Louis LaChapelle's. I will see what I have on the family and contact you at your personal e-mail. I did a little searching when I was trying to find the right LaChapelle family and I'll go back over what I did and see if I can assist you. Regards, Lynne Kemp. P.S. Have a busy day so probably won't get back to you right away. > Anyone knowing who the above people are or if you have a connection to > any Simcoe or York County Lachapelles, perhaps you can help solve this > problem. _________________________________________________________________ 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

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ldodds21 Surnames: ritchie, holmes Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2504.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: that Eldred R. HOLMES could be the right one then. his obit says funeral in Beeton but service at St. John's Church, Sixth Line,. Which cemetery would that be, the one you refer too?? thanks for pointers. 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 Wayne Yes, this would be the one. What is Hunter's book? Regards Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "wcook" <wcook@rogers.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Searching for George Walker and family 1832onwards > Hi Kevin, > > Could this be your George? > > Further west, in concession 7, on lot 1, George Walker, a native of > England, > settled in 1833. He had been a soldier before coming to Canada, and > received > this land for his services. His death occured on May 24, 1888. (From > Hunter's book) > > > Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) > Host for the Simcoe County Genweb site at > http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Ontario, Canada > Host for the Parry Sound Muskoka Genweb site at > http://www.waynecook.com/parrysound.html > 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 1,588 Plaques online > http://www.waynecook.com > 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html > 3. Tombstone Territory (online gravemarkers in Simcoe County) > http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html > 4. CHAT at http://www.waynecook.com/chat.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Walker" <kevin@learningcreations.co.uk> > To: "Simcoe List" <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:13 AM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Searching for George Walker and family 1832 > onwards > > >> Hi List >> >> Making my first enquiry into emigration from Somerset to Canada. George >> WALKER was born 27 Nov 1803 at West Lydford. He married Jane ASHFORD on >> 20 >> May 1830 at West Lydford. They had one son, John , baptised 8 Jan 1832. >> >> This family does not appear in any UK census that I can find. Yesterday I >> discovered a GenForum message saying that this family emigrated to Canada >> in >> 1832, >> initially to Toronto, and then to Medonte Township, Simcoe County. I have >> found the >> death records for George and Jane on Ancestry.com, but I cannot find any >> immigration or census records for them. >> >> Can anyone on the list suggest places/sites to look for immigration >> records, >> census records for Simcoe Co, and BMD records for Simcoe Co please? I'm >> sure >> this would really get me started to find this family and names of other >> children. The informant for the deaths of George and Jane was a George >> Walker - my guess is that he was their son, born in Canada. They had 8 >> children in all, so lots of research to be done. >> >> Any advice welcomed. >> >> Kind regards >> Kevin Walker >> France >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Hi Ruth Sound advice. Judging by later posts, a basic error on my part not to check there first. Regards Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Berden" <berden@advnet.net> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Searching for George Walker and family 1832onwards > Kevin, don't forget the LDS site! They're adding to their records > constantly. http://www.familysearch.org They're hoping in 30 years to have > their whole collection online. > > Ruth > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: wrwarnica Surnames: Holmes Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2504.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I can not see an Eldred Holmes buried in Beeton. There is an Alfred Holmes 1876-1949 in the Beeton Simcoe Manor Cemetery but nothing else closer to Eldred. Do you know exactly where he would be buried? I see there is an Eldred R. Holmes buried in the Blackburn Union Cemetery, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario. Sorry 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: rowhall Surnames: McDermott, Gauadaur, Hall Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/855.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Catherine, I have family ties with the McDermott Family: James and Catharine(Walsh)McDermott, their son Thomas married Margaret Kelly, their daughter Ann McDermott married Charles Gilmore Gaudaur, a Great Uncle of mine. If you reguire any family details for this branch, please contact me. 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 also have a George Walker from Medonte, he married Jane Robins, sister to Jethro and James Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Walker" <kevin@learningcreations.co.uk> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Geo Walker born England > Hi Rob > > Thanks for the reprint details. You've probably seen my reply to Dave > Milsom > by now. > > I'm certain we all have the same George WALKER, as we all have the same > wife > and first child. I'm keen to learn where or how a birth date of 21 Dec > 1801 > arose. Like you say, it may have been stated in Land or Military > documents. > > It varies from the copies of the West Lydford parish records (the parish > George was born, baptised, and married in) I have. Happy to share them as > jpeg or pdf files with any other researcher. > > Regards > Kevin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JRMcGinn" <rob.lou@acoservices.com> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:42 PM > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Geo Walker born England > > >> Hi Kevin and list >> >> Your Geo Walker should be in the Upper Canada Petition and Land Books >> available on micrfilm from the Ontario and Canadian Archives >> >> In my Index for these same Land books I have a Geo Walker Soldier, >> >> Township not given Date 05 July 1832, Land Book P Page 229 Petition W55. >> >> These petitions often have revealing family stuff . >> >> Also since Hunter gives a lot and concession number in Medonte one can >> check the property/lot abstract for that particular lot to see just how >> the property changed hands .Andrew F Hunter is the Author of "A History >> of >> Simcoe County" >> The original work dates from 1910 or so and the book has been reprinted >> in >> 1998 by Mackinaw Productions, 65 Beatrice St West >> Oshawa Ontario L1G3M7 . >> >> Of course there is no guarantee this is your George but I would certainly >> follow these leads to prove or eliminate this soldier as your family. >> I searched the 1851 census and found no family fitting the description >> you >> have so well provided. I guess they all went fishing on enumeration day!! >> Cheers >> Rob McGinn >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 sks who owns a copy of this book please check to see if there is any information on John Dennison (b.1847) and his wife Grace (b.1851). Thanks, Patti Wallace

Hi Kevin and list Your Geo Walker should be in the Upper Canada Petition and Land Books available on micrfilm from the Ontario and Canadian Archives In my Index for these same Land books I have a Geo Walker Soldier, Township not given Date 05 July 1832, Land Book P Page 229 Petition W55. These petitions often have revealing family stuff . Also since Hunter gives a lot and concession number in Medonte one can check the property/lot abstract for that particular lot to see just how the property changed hands .Andrew F Hunter is the Author of "A History of Simcoe County" The original work dates from 1910 or so and the book has been reprinted in 1998 by Mackinaw Productions, 65 Beatrice St West Oshawa Ontario L1G3M7 . Of course there is no guarantee this is your George but I would certainly follow these leads to prove or eliminate this soldier as your family. I searched the 1851 census and found no family fitting the description you have so well provided. I guess they all went fishing on enumeration day!! Cheers Rob McGinn

Hi List Making my first enquiry into emigration from Somerset to Canada. George WALKER was born 27 Nov 1803 at West Lydford. He married Jane ASHFORD on 20 May 1830 at West Lydford. They had one son, John , baptised 8 Jan 1832. This family does not appear in any UK census that I can find. Yesterday I discovered a GenForum message saying that this family emigrated to Canada in 1832, initially to Toronto, and then to Medonte Township, Simcoe County. I have found the death records for George and Jane on Ancestry.com, but I cannot find any immigration or census records for them. Can anyone on the list suggest places/sites to look for immigration records, census records for Simcoe Co, and BMD records for Simcoe Co please? I'm sure this would really get me started to find this family and names of other children. The informant for the deaths of George and Jane was a George Walker - my guess is that he was their son, born in Canada. They had 8 children in all, so lots of research to be done. Any advice welcomed. Kind regards Kevin Walker France

>> Hi List >> >> Making my first enquiry ... George WALKER >> born 27 Nov 1803 at West Lydford. ... >> >> Kevin Walker ... This family can be found in "The Heart of Simcoe County" database at: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=simcoe Best wishes to you in your research, Patricia Sherman

Hello List, Another name on the list of Drummond Islanders is ETIENNE LACHAPELLE. Sometime after the Migration in 1828/1829, he is said by A.C. Osborne to have moved to Holland Landing, probably around 1837. Research done in the last month, has revealed zip on Etienne Lachapelle. The Lachapelles in Simcoe (Midland, Creemore) and York (Georgina, Newmarket) appear to be different families but they have used the same first names creating a very confusing situation for researchers. Louis is by far the most popular! Francois Lachapelle & Josette Cloutier (found in Beaverton records) Esther Lachapelle & James Doyle (married 1837, second marriage for Esther, previously married to Weak, two Doyle children baptized in Penetang with sponsors from Georgina Township) Anyone knowing who the above people are or if you have a connection to any Simcoe or York County Lachapelles, perhaps you can help solve this problem. Please contact me off list. We can post the results of our collaboration to the list at a later date. It would be nice to know Etienne’s fate or, better yet, where he was in 1828! Pam

Hi Kevin The family of George Walker & Jane Ashford are included in the book, Medonte, A Township Remembered, compiled by Mary Garbutt and Published by the Township of Oro-Medonte, 2003. There are over 100 descendants listed and numerous pictures including one of George & Jane. John F. Wright Barrie, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Walker Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:14 AM To: Simcoe List Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Searching for George Walker and family 1832 onwards Hi List Making my first enquiry into emigration from Somerset to Canada. George WALKER was born 27 Nov 1803 at West Lydford. He married Jane ASHFORD on 20 May 1830 at West Lydford. They had one son, John , baptised 8 Jan 1832. This family does not appear in any UK census that I can find. Yesterday I discovered a GenForum message saying that this family emigrated to Canada in 1832, initially to Toronto, and then to Medonte Township, Simcoe County. I have found the death records for George and Jane on Ancestry.com, but I cannot find any immigration or census records for them. Can anyone on the list suggest places/sites to look for immigration records, census records for Simcoe Co, and BMD records for Simcoe Co please? I'm sure this would really get me started to find this family and names of other children. The informant for the deaths of George and Jane was a George Walker - my guess is that he was their son, born in Canada. They had 8 children in all, so lots of research to be done. Any advice welcomed. Kind regards Kevin Walker France ------------------------------- 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

Hi Kevin, Could this be your George? Further west, in concession 7, on lot 1, George Walker, a native of England, settled in 1833. He had been a soldier before coming to Canada, and received this land for his services. His death occured on May 24, 1888. (From Hunter's book) Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) Host for the Simcoe County Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Ontario, Canada Host for the Parry Sound Muskoka Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/parrysound.html 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 1,588 Plaques online http://www.waynecook.com 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html 3. Tombstone Territory (online gravemarkers in Simcoe County) http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html 4. CHAT at http://www.waynecook.com/chat.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Walker" <kevin@learningcreations.co.uk> To: "Simcoe List" <CAN-ONT-SIMCOE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 4:13 AM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Searching for George Walker and family 1832 onwards > Hi List > > Making my first enquiry into emigration from Somerset to Canada. George > WALKER was born 27 Nov 1803 at West Lydford. He married Jane ASHFORD on 20 > May 1830 at West Lydford. They had one son, John , baptised 8 Jan 1832. > > This family does not appear in any UK census that I can find. Yesterday I > discovered a GenForum message saying that this family emigrated to Canada > in > 1832, > initially to Toronto, and then to Medonte Township, Simcoe County. I have > found the > death records for George and Jane on Ancestry.com, but I cannot find any > immigration or census records for them. > > Can anyone on the list suggest places/sites to look for immigration > records, > census records for Simcoe Co, and BMD records for Simcoe Co please? I'm > sure > this would really get me started to find this family and names of other > children. The informant for the deaths of George and Jane was a George > Walker - my guess is that he was their son, born in Canada. They had 8 > children in all, so lots of research to be done. > > Any advice welcomed. > > Kind regards > Kevin Walker > France > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Kevin, don't forget the LDS site! They're adding to their records constantly. http://www.familysearch.org They're hoping in 30 years to have their whole collection online. Ruth

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mariap621 Surnames: Mason; Mercer; Barkley; Stinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2503.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the info. It appears that John Mason's father and one of his brother's were named Stewart. The son Stewart may have been born in Ireland. There is at least one other son named Samuel. Not sure how Mary Jane and Georgina Mercer fit into the Mercer family yet. That would appear to be the Barkley connection. I didn't know that John Mason had a second marriage and it seems like Mary Ann Stinson might have been a widow. 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've added 2 more cemeteries to the Simcoe site, Dalston Union Cemetery in Crown Hill, and Lawrence Cemtery 1844 formerly in Vespra but now within Barrie city limits. Three more cemeteries that should be added sometime in August will be Midhurst Cemetery, Little Brick Cemetery and St. Johns Craighurst. The surnames for Dalston are as follows: Archibald Armstrong Arnem Arrol Baldwick Baldwin Beardsall Beelby Bell Benham Bertram Bidwell Bonney Bowen Brown Bruce Bulman Burgess Burlack Cairns Cannon Carson Chapel Church Clifford Coutts Craddock Crawford Crispin Crose Dale Dawson Deans Debenham De Jong Dorry Douglas Draper Drury Dunn Dunsmore Dupuis Dwinnell Edwards Emms Farrell Ferguson Fisher Floyd Foley Forbes Fraser French Gardner Garvin Gavin Giliespe Graham Gray Green Handy Hanes Hart Hickling Higgs Horne Houden Hunter Jones Jory Keat Kerridge Key Kilgore Kirkup Kissock Knowles Lang Lavender Lawson Lee Lennox Liebig Lister Luck MacDonald Madden Maxim May McClean McGrady McLaren McLean McLelland Milbee Moore Neve Nixon Orser Osborn Osborne Ostertag Palmer Panousos Parker Partridge Patterson Peacock Perkin Perkins Plaxton Plewes Priddy Rice Richardson Robson Rolling Rudge Rugman Russell Sampson Seyfried Shaughnessy Shaw Simpson Skinner Slack Slessor Smith Soper Spence Stephenson Stewart Storey Stout Stranaghan Stuve Sweet Taylor Thompson Thornton Torrie Trudgeon Turk Turner Van Berkum Wait Walt Watson Whates White Williams Wilson Wood Wreggit Wright Wursten The surnames for Lawrence Cemetery 1844 are as follows: Bishop Hickling Larkin Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) Host for the Simcoe County Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Ontario, Canada Host for the Parry Sound Muskoka Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/parrysound.html 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 1,588 Plaques online http://www.waynecook.com 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html 3. Tombstone Territory (online gravemarkers in Simcoe County) http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html 4. CHAT at http://www.waynecook.com/chat.html