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    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Lennox/Pearson
    2. > I am researching the family of James Harry Lennox and > Euphemia Pearson (Effie). They were married in Caistor To. > in 1889. Effie was born there about 1865. James was born > in Flos To. about 1864, son of Thomas and Jane. ... Raised in Flos Twp., but James Henry was almost certainly born in Essa. The Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register (Vol. 2, pg. 213) shows him as follows: James Henry LENNOX, b: 01 Oct 1863 in Essa, bap: 28 March 1864 in Essa. Other listed WMBR children of this couple were born in Flos Twp. as follows: David John: 14 Nov 1871 Flos, 11 Feb 1872 Flos (4/40) Charles Andrew: 9 Jan'y 1874 Flos, 6 May 1874 Flos (3/133) Richard Arthur: 15 Sep 78 Flos, 30 Apr 80 Oro (4/253) Albert Edward: 31 Jan'y 1880 Flos, 30 Apr 1880 Oro (4/253) Family doesn't appear in Simcoe Co. on the 1861 census transcription. In 1871, there are two possible heads of households: C-9961, Essa Twp., Thomas W. LENNOX, 32, Ont., WesMeth, Irish, farmer (F-3, pg. 37); C-9963, Flos Twp., Thomas LENNOX, 30, Ire., WesMeth, Irish, farmer (F, pg. 23). 1881 shows no LENNOX in Flos. In Essa, the following: C-13250: F-2, pg. 81: LENNOX: Thomas W., Irish, 42, Ont., fmr, CdnMeth + Jane Maria, Iri., 41, Ont., CM |__ George Luther, 15, Ont. |__ James Adison, 13 |__ Annie, 11 |__ Maria E., 10 |__ Joseph Henry, 8 |__ Minnie Matilda, 6 Notably, with the exception of James, none of the kiddies in the above household match with any of the WMBR baptisms. This James has a different middle name, so is seemingly not the same child shown on the WMBR. In Innisfil 1881, I found the following: C-13250: H-1, pg. 21: LENNOX Jane, 50, Ire., CdnMeth, Irish, Widow |__ James, 26, Ont., labourer, C-of-E |__ Andrew, 24 |__ Henry, 22 |__ William John, 18 The above James would have been born abt 1854, none of his siblings' names or dates match with the WMBR crowd. This apparently isn't the right family. In Flos, the correct family appears as follows: C-13251: G-1, pg. 20: LINNIX: Thomas, Irish, 41, Ireland, farmer, CdnMeth + Jane, Iri., 38, Ont., CM |__ James, 17 |__ Margaret, 16 |__ Mary, 14 |__ William, 11 |__ David, 9 |__ Charles, 7 |__ Richard, 3 |__ Edward, 1 The 1891 census index shows same family in Flos Twp. T-6368, Flos, D-2, pg. 37: LENNOX: Thomas 1843 + Jane 1846 --> Margaret 1867, Mary Ann 1869, William 1871, David 1873, Charles 1875, Richard 1878, Albert 1880, Harriet 1882, Robert 1885, George 1888. These names and dates do agree with WMBR (although all dates are apparently shifted by at least one year). The same family is in Flos in 1901: T-6496: D-3, pg. 03: LENNOX: Jane, 1 Apr 1834 (57 yrs), widow |__ Margaret, 18 Nov 1868 (33) |__ William T., 8 July 1870 (31) |__ David J., 18 Nov 1872 (29), (WMBR: 14 Nov 71) |__ Charles, 17 Jan'y 1876 (25), (9 Jan'y 74) |__ Richard A., 15 Sept 1879 (22), (15 Sept 78) |__ Albert E., 28 Jan'y 1881 (20), (31 Jan'y 80) |__ Robert, 28 June 1885 (16) |__ George, 28 Oct 1888 (13) next household: |__ James H., 31 Oct 1864 (36) widower (01 Oct. 63) |__ Olive J., 7 Apr 1895 (6) Enumerator evidently had difficulty with simple arithmetic, and has extrapolated all dates to reflect birth years at least one year later than they actually occurred (as evidenced by WMBR). >From my database, I show Thomas to have died 20 Dec 1900, in Flos Twp. His wife was Jane GAULEY, d/o David GAULEY (1800 s/o Thomas GAULEY + Mary ARNOLD) + Jane JAMIESON (d/o Andrew JAMIESON + Mary Jane McFADDEN). I've no information on the ancestry of Thomas. Patricia Sherman

    07/20/2007 11:33:37
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] NO 100% Winners - 1911 Canada Census Percentages
    2. muriel m davidson
    3. To all:- Many appreciate the 1911 census transcriptions finished to date -- but have you thought YOU could help with only one or two pages? Mathematically, it takes two pages of 50 lines to obtain only 0.01%. http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ Request -- if you do try -- and I know many griped the other evening when we could not access the census pages -- FINISH the 50 lines before CLAIMING. So many have left 2, 3, 9, 15 lines - and if claimed we have to have them opened -- the transcriber loses credit. We are closing in on the end -- hopefully by next week. British Columbia really needs some attention - lots of pages! Percentages:- ALBERTA...............................99.05% [Check Red Deer and Medicine Hat] BRITISH COLUMBIA............90.67% 100% for Nanaimo and Yale-Cariboo SASKATCHEWAN................99.68% One short page in Melville -- notification done PRINCE ALBERT -- short pages and more to finish. Please give me a going-away present --- by next week? Any questions -- please ask Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, ON

    07/20/2007 04:28:16
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Waverley School pics and Rememberance Day 1920
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: taylorkennedy_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/737.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Madeline You may contact me directly at the following, then I can forward on pictures you wish; taylor.kennedy@sympatico.ca What was your families surname? I have so many through the Swan files. Take care Taylor Kennedy 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.

    07/20/2007 01:58:30
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 354
    2. Lynne Kemp
    3. Hi Tracy: I checked the Beatty/Beattie and Gilbert names but couldn't find a reference for either, using the first names of Mary Anne or Hezekiah, in Simcoe (to 1881). Maybe you will have more success with the Dufferin County indexes. Good luck with your search. Regards, Lynne. > Thanks for your response and the information. I'm trying to find information> on a possible guardianship record for my grandfather, who was born (out of> wedlock) to Mary Anne McLean Beatty and Hezekiah Gilbert, probably in 1880,> at Stanton. He was shown on the 1881 census for Mulmur as Tracy Gilbert, 1> year old, living with his great uncle Thomas Walker. He appears in later> census records as Tracy Lawrence Walker and lists Thomas Walker and wife> Margaret as his parents. _________________________________________________________________ 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

    07/20/2007 09:51:09
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Simon Fraser
    2. Lynne Kemp
    3. Hi Frances: I found the entry for Simon Fraser who died in 1881. Here are the details. Name, FRASER, Simon/Residence, West Gwillimbury/Occupation, Yeoman/Death, May 4, 1881/Type, P/No. 1545/Date, May 21, 1881/Vol.&Pg. G736 Using this information, go to the Ontario Archives on-line site and follow the instructions for Simcoe County to find the correct microfilm of the P (Probate) Will. Regards, Lynne. > If you can spare the time (and don't mind stretching your kind offer > to Tracy) I would be grateful if you would check the Simcoe book for > Betsy GRAY (maiden name SUTHERLAND) whose husband John GRAY died in > Innisfil Township "in 1836".> > There were two children, a boy and a girl.> > In 1839 Betsy married Simon FRASER so please look for Simon FRASER as > well. The GRAY children were raised with her FRASER children at > Helmsdale Farm, West Gwillimbury Township (near Bradford). _________________________________________________________________ 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

    07/20/2007 09:42:45
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Lennox/Pearson
    2. virginia miller
    3. I am researching the family of James Harry Lennox and Euphemia Pearson (Effie). They were married in Caistor To. in 1889. Effie was born there about 1865. James was born in Flos To. about 1864, son of Thomas and Jane. There are three children recorded for James and Effie: Norman Wesley (1890), Olive Jane(!894), and Andrew Thomas (1897). Norman may have died-I can't locate him. Olive is living with her father in 1901 and 1911. She married Frederick Burton in 1919 in Hamilton. The family seems to be in Saskatchewan in 1906. There was a Mrs. James Lennox killed in a train accident in 1900 along with her father-in-law and sister-in-law. Does anyone have any information about this accident or the family? Or suggestions about where to search? Andrew seems to have been known as Stanley in the census and attestation papers. Regards, Virginia

    07/20/2007 12:46:10
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Waverley School pics and Rememberance Day 1920
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AngelaArmstrong34 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/737.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have just been browsing and saw your posting of Dec 2005, re Waverley School Pictures and Remembrance Day. The L. (Lloyd)Armstrong you mentioned as being in a picture, was my husband's father. He was born in 1907 and passed away 1971. Both my family and my husbands family lived many years in Waverley. We also went to school there. If at all possible even though you may already have the pictures identified, we would be most grateful if you could email us a copy of whatever pictures you can. Looking forward to your reply, Madeline E. Armstrong. 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.

    07/19/2007 08:29:01
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship Records
    2. Lynne Kemp
    3. Hi Tracy: Guardianship records are listed in the Index to Probate & Surrogate Court Records for Simcoe County 1828 - 1929. Once you get the information from this index, you then order the microfilm from the Ontario Archives. Saves having to order the index first. Mulmur Township is only listed until December, I880, before becoming part of Dufferin County. I have the Simcoe book if you would like a look-up. Just give me the name and the location. For dates after December, 1880, you would have to order the Duffern County indexes from the Ontario Archives to check for records you want. Regards, Lynne Kemp.> Can anyone suggest an on-line source for guardianship records in and around Mulmur? Would need to cover 1880-1885.> > Tracy Walker _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

    07/19/2007 12:16:48
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] on the death of two brothers
    2. Pam Tessier
    3. Thank you, Bill, for telling us the tale of your family and transcribing this sad poem. There are many sad, and sometimes gruesome, stories associated with the Establishments. They were hard times, as this poem illustrates. We will place it in our files for others to read. Pam

    07/19/2007 10:31:16
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Simcoe Co. - People - Places - Genealhistory(New word)
    2. Lanson Zuefelt
    3. With the kind permission of our enlightened administrator... My father, Lanson Zufelt, was born in Wyebridge in 1890. died in 1968 and is buried behind the Good Shepard Church. His father brought the family from Northumberland Co. in the mid 1870's and started a dray business that lasted until about 1910. I have a business diary dated 1883 that Grampa used to register what wagon team did what, with what kind of material and the cost. When my father was about 8 or 9 years he started to paste in this diary, newspaper clippings, tracts, and those vintage colored flat cards featuring angelic children, buxom ladies, bearded gentlemen and heroic visages. Until I decide what to do with these deteriorating treasures I will transcribe some of these items and publish to this mail list.. First is a poem "Composed by Mary Conlon, Orr Lake, Nov 1889, on the death of two brothers, who died on the march from Toronto to Penetanguishene on the 2nd of June 1831." ...Orr Lake... To the residents of North Simcoe my story I'll unfold Of hardships and privations endured by troops of old When Simcoe was a wilderness scarce broken by a trail And of Samuel and John McGarraty who in the march did fail. It was on the second day of June eighteen and thirty one The Seventy Ninth Regiment their march they had begun. >From Little York, now called Toronto, through forests decked with green These gallant men they took their way to Penetanguishene. They came to Holland Landing crossed Lake Simcoe in a scow, Landed at Kempinfeldt, where Barrie does stand now. >From there they marched to Craighurst, a long and dreary way Loaded with sixty pounds of baggage, that sultry summer day. They thought there to remain that night but duty must be done There orders were to reach the fort before another sun. So weary and disheartened, without their well earned rest This gallant band of heroes complied with the request. When yet a long way off the fort those brothers lagged behind. Their comrades thinking it was to rest dismissed them from their mind. When the Regiment reached the fort it was very late that night And being very much exhausted they took a short respite. In the morning they started their comrades for to find Little thinking of the dreadful fate of those they left behind. They traveled back the selfsame route they had come the night before Not thinking those two brothers in life they would see no more. When near the place they had missed them, one of them they did see Sitting a short way off with his back against a tree. They hurried in to help him not thinking life had fled But when they came up to his side they found that he was dead. In a short time they found the other within the bush he lay. It is supposed he had gone for water and perished by the way. On the tree trunk the date was cut likewise their age and name Done by one of those brothers before the summons came. That bade them meet their maker upon that flaming shore Where sorrow and privation, even death shall be no more. And where the Lord has said to them. Thou servants good and true, Thou last deserved the mansion I have prepared for you. With sad hearts the comrades raised them and back the corpses bore. Within a small enclosure the remains are resting there, Close to the Reformatory, search there you cannot fail To find corrobitive proof of this, my truthful tale..... End... A case of history and genealogy walking hand in hand. More to come, later. Bill Zuefelt, Rodney Ont.

    07/19/2007 07:48:39
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship Records
    2. Tracy
    3. Hi Lynne; Thanks for your response and the information. I'm trying to find information on a possible guardianship record for my grandfather, who was born (out of wedlock) to Mary Anne McLean Beatty and Hezekiah Gilbert, probably in 1880, at Stanton. He was shown on the 1881 census for Mulmur as Tracy Gilbert, 1 year old, living with his great uncle Thomas Walker. He appears in later census records as Tracy Lawrence Walker and lists Thomas Walker and wife Margaret as his parents. Thanks, in advance, for your help. regards, Tracy Walker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Kemp" <dent_48@hotmail.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship Records > Hi Tracy: > Guardianship records are listed in the Index to Probate & Surrogate Court Records for Simcoe County 1828 - 1929. Once you get the information from this index, you then order the microfilm from the Ontario Archives. Saves having to order the index first. Mulmur Township is only listed until December, I880, before becoming part of Dufferin County. I have the Simcoe book if you would like a look-up. Just give me the name and the location. For dates after December, 1880, you would have to order the Duffern County indexes from the Ontario Archives to check for records you want. > Regards, > Lynne Kemp.> Can anyone suggest an on-line source for guardianship records in and around Mulmur? Would need to cover 1880-1885.> > Tracy Walker > _________________________________________________________________ > News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! > http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > > ------------------------------- > 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

    07/19/2007 06:59:20
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship Records
    2. Frances Bishop
    3. Hi Lynn, If you can spare the time (and don't mind stretching your kind offer to Tracy) I would be grateful if you would check the Simcoe book for Betsy GRAY (maiden name SUTHERLAND) whose husband John GRAY died in Innisfil Township "in 1836". There were two children, a boy and a girl. In 1839 Betsy married Simon FRASER so please look for Simon FRASER as well. The GRAY children were raised with her FRASER children at Helmsdale Farm, West Gwillimbury Township (near Bradford). With thanks and best wishes, Frances > >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:16:48 +0000 >Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship Records >To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > >Hi Tracy: >Guardianship records are listed in the Index to Probate & Surrogate >Court Records for Simcoe County 1828 - 1929. Once you get the >information from this index, you then order the microfilm from the >Ontario Archives. Saves having to order the index first. Mulmur >Township is only listed until December, I880, before becoming part >of Dufferin County. I have the Simcoe book if you would like a >look-up. Just give me the name and the location. For dates after >December, 1880, you would have to order the Duffern County indexes >from the Ontario Archives to check for records you want. Regards, Lynne Kemp.> Can anyone suggest an on-line source for guardianship records in and around Mulmur? Would need to cover 1880-1885.> > Tracy Walker

    07/19/2007 06:18:16
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Global Genealogy eNewsletter - 18 July 2007
    2. Rick Roberts
    3. Topics in this Global Genealogy eNewsletter include: 1) NEW BOOKS this week 2) NEW SOFTWARE - (pre-order Family Tree Maker 2008) 3) WEB SITE - Updates - Ontario, Canada 4) UPCOMING EVENTS - News about Upcoming Events Scroll down this page for more information... ********************************** NEW BOOKS this week For a complete list of new publications and resources please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/new BOOK - Iron Mining at Bessemer, 1899-1914: The Hand of Father Time. (Mayo Township, Hastings County, Ontario) By Dave Hanes. Mining communities like this one in Mayo township, near Bancroft, Ontario, dotted our province during the 1800s and early 1900s, each one similar but each also with its own characters and stories to tell. Our history lives on when brought to life by authors who have spent countless hours, weeks and sometimes years to have their efforts put into a book for the public to enjoy. 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    07/19/2007 03:35:14
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Global Genealogy eNewsletter - 18 July 2007
    2. Rick Roberts
    3. Topics in this Global Genealogy eNewsletter include: 1) NEW BOOKS this week 2) NEW SOFTWARE - (pre-order Family Tree Maker 2008) 3) WEB SITE - Updates - Ontario, Canada 4) UPCOMING EVENTS - News about Upcoming Events Scroll down this page for more information... ********************************** NEW BOOKS this week For a complete list of new publications and resources please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/new BOOK - Iron Mining at Bessemer, 1899-1914: The Hand of Father Time. (Mayo Township, Hastings County, Ontario) By Dave Hanes. Mining communities like this one in Mayo township, near Bancroft, Ontario, dotted our province during the 1800s and early 1900s, each one similar but each also with its own characters and stories to tell. Our history lives on when brought to life by authors who have spent countless hours, weeks and sometimes years to have their efforts put into a book for the public to enjoy. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/hastings/resources/227020.htm BOOK - New Liskeard ~ The Pioneer Years (Temiskaming District, Ontario) By Bruce W. Taylor. What makes the history interesting are the men and women who were attracted to the Lake Temiskaming area in the last decade of the 1800s and the first few years of the 1900s. It was definitely not easy homesteading in Temiskaming before the turn of the century, and the pioneers had to be strong-willed, stubborn, resourceful people to make a go of it. This history is as much about these pioneers and builders as it is about the land itself and the events that shaped the history of Temiskaming. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227022.htm BOOK - The Lake in the Hills ~Strong Township and Sundridge 1875-1925. Compiled by Patricia Lee Edited by Alice May Robins. The first settlers arrived in Strong Township as early as 1876. This book is a record of those first settlers who came north on the Muskoka, Great North and Nipissing Roads and chose to settle around the shores of Lake Bernard. This illustrated history deals with the early settlement and development of the Township of Strong and the Village of Sundridge. Includes accounts of events written by pioneers and their descendants, the building of schools, churches, post offices, lodges and societies in the various communities making up Strong Township. There are sketches of pioneer families, copies of letters, newspaper accounts of social events and legal documents. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/parry-sound-district/resources/227021.htm BOOK - Temiskaming Treasure Trails by Peter Fancy. A series of eight books chronicling the dramatic development of Temiskaming from fur trading times, through logging and mining and pioneer settlement. Illustrated with many charts, maps and photos. Buy individual volumes or save by buying a complete set. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/22700X.htm BOOK - Northern Doctor, The Memoirs of Clifford Hugh Smylie M.D.. Compiled by Mary Belle Smylie. He portrays the life of a doctor in a rural practice, making house and hospital calls in all sorts of weather in the Districts of Temiskaming and Cochrane. Located in Matheson for many years, and covering distances too small for bush planes yet much too great for walking, Dr. Smylie used every means available to reach his patients. Hopping freight trains; driving horses; traveling at high speeds overland in a home-made "snowplane" (no modern snowmobiles yet); and bouncing over ruts in the early models of motor cars, he risked life and limb in the attempt to bring comfort and medical assistance to the people of the Northern communities and out-lying farms and camps. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227023.htm BOOK - The Age of Steam on Lake Temiskaming . By Bruce W Taylor. The Age of Steam on Lake Temiskaming covers from the arrival of the steamer Mattawan in 1882, to the burning of the Lady Minto in 1962, a period of 80 years. The region was transformed from a wilderness, to an extensive agricultural, mining, forestry and manufacturing district with modern communities. Steamboats were an important part of that transformation. This history chronicles the story of these boats, their accomplishments, their failures, their tragedies, and their eventual disappearance from the lake. As well, the history deals with the people behind the boats, the owners, captains, crew and passengers- the pioneers who developed Temiskaming to what it is today. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227017.htm BOOK - Boston Creek ~ Golden Echoes of an Ontario Mining Camp. By Peter Fancy. Northern Ontario has had so many mining camps come and go. Once the mines ran out of ore and closed, the miners left to find work elsewhere. And the communities they left shrivelled. And in some cases disappeared. For the young the mining camp was a place where much happened until you found another place with more. But if a mine lasted long enough older people found comfort in the set ways of a camp and deep pleasure in its familiar landscape. This Boston Creek book records a people busy with their lives and generously strong in their enduring pride. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227018.htm BOOK - From a London Pub to Mine Finder ~ Silver Miller Mines.. By Gladys (Miller) Wilcox. Adding another chapter to the mining history of the area around Cobalt, Ontario, this book brings alive again the unexpected development of Silver Miller and its associated mines in the mid-twentieth century. Prime mover in this story is Harry Miller, whose persistence in his quest for ore-bearing veins which he believed to be there, brought about the amazing recovery of the slumbering Cobalt Mining Camp and its continuance for another twenty years. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227019.htm BOOK - Reaching Into Yesterday. (Haileybury, Ontario). by Norman Abraham. Haileybury is steeped in history and has a very interesting and dramatic background. When the town was founded, a great mixture of people of different cultures made up the town's population and many developments were created by their presence. This is a more personal history of how the author's family history intertwines with the history of the Temiskaming District. Somehow they managed to survive and prosper under difficult and unpredictable conditions. Many photographs make this a captivating first-hand account for a lot of Haileybury history. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227024.htm BOOK - Silver Centre: The Story of an Ontario Mining Camp. By Peter Fancy. The story follows in detail the mining prospectors of 1907 their silver discoveries; the early mines-their success and failures; the depressing World War I years; then rebirth with the mother lode discovery of 1920 and its climactic decade of phenomenal silver treasure; finally, the inevitable exhaustion of known deposits. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/temiskaming-district/resources/227025.htm Books can be ordered online anytime, or by telephone at 1-800-361-5168 Tue to Sat 9-5 ET, Sunday 10-5pm ET For more Canadian genealogy and history resources see: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/resources.htm ********************************** NEW SOFTWARE - Family Tree Maker 2008 coming in August Family Tree Maker has been completely rewritten, adding dozens of new features and dramatically improving the usability of the popular family tree software. Pre-order now for mid-August delivery! Be one of the first to own Family Tree Maker 2008. (Your credit card will not be charged until the day that the software is shipped) Family history is a fun, rewarding hobby that connects you with your past and brings you closer to your present family. Just getting started? Family Tree Maker 2008 makes it easy to explore and preserve your family heritage. Already an expert? 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    07/19/2007 03:35:05
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Guardianship records
    2. Tracy
    3. Can anyone suggest an on-line source for guardianship records in and around Mulmur? Would need to cover 1880-1885. Tracy Walker

    07/18/2007 07:36:25
    1. [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Mrs. Moles turns 100
    2. Cliff Carter
    3. Hi. How often is it we have a local resident reach young age of 100? Perhaps this local Genealogy News Article may be of interest to a few on the list. I noticed it in Stayner Sun (July 11, 2007) and decided to post it here. Might be there is a tidbit of new or interesting information for you. Sorry, can't answer questions about Mrs MOLES. I have no family connection to Mrs MOLES, excepting that the article does mention "George CONN". George is a relation of my wife. The article follows . Mary Moles passes the century mark this weekend .birthday girl in Clearview Township. Mary Moles of Batteaux turns 100 years old on Sunday. The local woman, who now lives with her daughter Ellen and son-in-law Norman, talked about her first century during an interview last Thursday. For starters, Moles said she doesn't exactly know how she got to be 100. "I'm really not sure to be honest. I guess you just have to live one day at a time," she said. And Moles - still quite spry - added she doesn't view her 100th birthday as a big deal really, even if others do. "Really it's just another day to me," she said. Moles was born in Nottawa, to Ida and Joseph Chase. At the time the family lived in a two-storey, clapboard house on Cty. Rd. 124, across from where Smart's Storage is now located. The home no longer stands. Her father operated a mill and later a farm - where the Chase family lived - on the south side of Batteaux Sideroad. Moles was the youngest growing up. She had three older sisters and an older brother. She noted that longevity is somewhat of a family trait. Her dad died in his 89th year, her mother in her 90th year and her sister in her 101st year. "So I guess from that you can see it's kind of in the genes," she said, chuckling. Growing up, Moles attended the old Nottawa Elementary School and Collingwood Collegiate Institute, which was located at the corner of Hume and Hurontairo Streets in Collingwood. After finishing Grade 13, Moles said she went to Toronto Normal School for one year in order to become a teacher. "I always liked children and at that time there weren't a lot of opportunities for the females," Moles explained, when asked to elaborate why she chose to become a teacher. Her first job was at a one-room, yellow brick schoolhouse in Bruce Township. Officially the school was known as School Section (S.S.) 9. "But after two years my parents, who were getting older, wanted me back at home so I came back to the Batteaux," she said. Moles would then get a job at S.S. 20 Nottawasaga - the decommissioned school that is located directly across from where she now lives on Nottawasaga Concession 6. "I started there in September 1929. I guess there were about 20 to 30 students," she remembered. Class ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Most of the students lived on farms and walked to and from the red brick school each day. For Moles the days were long and busy. She taught Grade 1 to 8 students math, reading, history, geography and so forth. "Often at nights I'd be marking papers or getting ready for the next day. There were no secretaries to help out back then," she said. And did Moles ever find need for the strap, when students got out of line? "Occasionally - but not very often," she said, laughing at the question. After three years at S.S. 20, Moles moved to a school in Kirkville - a tiny community west of Collingwood. She taught in the one-room school for seven years and then transferred closer to home - to Nottawa Elementary School. In 1941 she married her husband - Ross Moles, a farmer. The two met when she was teaching in Batteaux. They made a home at the farm her parents had moved to on the Batteaux Sideroad and later built the house that she lives in today. Moles said she left teaching in 1942 to start a family - going on to have her daughters Ellen (Klinck) and Lenore (Presley). But after 10 years it was time to get back into the classroom, she said. Her posting was S.S. 13, also located on Nottawasaga Concession 6. "So much had changed though when I went back," she noted. "The school system was different, the books were different, and the administration was different. For the first little while I just stumbled through." Moles eventually found her footing though and went on to spend seven years at the school, until it was closed. "She really was a wonderful teacher," recalled 60-year-old Donna Robinson of Stayner. "She was a very helpful teacher, she always had control of her classroom, Grades 1 through 8 - I never had any complaints about her." After leaving S.S. 13, Moles went to Baywood School on Fairgrounds Road. The building is now home to the Manito Shrine Club. "I was there until retiring in 1968," she said. In total, Moles said she taught for 32 years. Her career, she added, was very satisfying. And because she's stayed in the area, Moles has been able to keep in touch with some of her students. "Unfortunately so many of the older ones are dropping off now. They are in their 70s," she said. "Just recently though I got a nice thrill. A little girl I taught years ago - she is 76 now - sent me a birthday card and a nice letter." In her retirement years - her husband died in 1980 - Moles said she has been able to enjoy reading, television and putting together history books for the different schools where she taught. She's also put together family history books. Today she can't read much due to bad eyesight but Moles said she does enjoy playing solitaire. "I don't always win though," she quipped. Another favourite card game is cribbage. Moles plays with another retired teacher who comes to visit about every six weeks. She worships at the Anglican Christ Church in Batteaux as well. Getting older though means making periodic changes and Moles said at 85 she had to give up her driver's licence. And today she doesn't get out much either. "I don't like to go out often. I have excellent health really - but my big complaint is my eyes and my ears...they aren't good and that makes it difficult for me in crowds," she explained. Looking back on her life, Moles acknowledged she's seen a lot of changes. She lived through the First World War, The Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the societal changes of the 1960s and 1970s. "I can remember my first car ride," she pointed out, when asked about all the different things she's done. "I was nine years old. There were two people in Nottawa who had a car: Bill Copeland and George Conn. Bill took me for a ride. I don't know what make it was and I don't know where all we went. It wasn't far though." Friends and family can take a car ride of their own on Sun., July 15 - stopping at Christ Church cottage in Batteaux, where a birthday come and go tea will be held in honour of Moles. The social runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cheers Cliff Carter St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

    07/18/2007 05:24:03
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350
    2. Daniels
    3. I cut Sean and Colleen Frawley's hair in Tonawanda, New York. Would they be related to you? Sean is about 43. -----Original Message----- >From: chris hunt <cah1800@earthlink.net> >Sent: Jul 17, 2007 5:20 PM >To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350 > >How cool is that- I have had dreams like that!!! >Anyone looking to give family memories away I am available- I would love to >find any information about any of my ancestors trip from Ireland- >Simcoe families- Frawley, McAvoy, Hussey, Marlow- from Medonte >I am taking my vast reams of documents and reports to my first sibling >family reunion this weekend- and some one had better be interested- I know >I do this for myself but heck!! > >chris hunt > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Neil Cameron <neil@heritageheartwoods.com> >> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 7/17/2007 3:21:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350 >> >> Some 12 years ago I was cleaning out a barn/workshop, for a customer who >was >> not related to her grandmother's husband. She had no interest in his >family >> history and knew of no one who did. As a result, I was told to dispose of >> the family bible and numerous pictures, many of which were not identified. >> By good fortune there were two gentlemen I knew, since deceased, who knew >> who some of the people were and I identified the pictures they recognized. >> Until this spring I had no luck finding a relative. >> >> I am on the York list as well as Simcoe and came across someone who >was >> researching Ezzard and on a chance, I wrote her. Here was the missing >link! >> The family artifacts are going to a family member as soon as I am free for >> an afternoon. >> >> Neil Cameron >> _____ >> >> From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> can-ont-simcoe-request@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:03 AM >> To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com >> Subject: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

    07/17/2007 07:01:53
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350
    2. chris hunt
    3. How cool is that- I have had dreams like that!!! Anyone looking to give family memories away I am available- I would love to find any information about any of my ancestors trip from Ireland- Simcoe families- Frawley, McAvoy, Hussey, Marlow- from Medonte I am taking my vast reams of documents and reports to my first sibling family reunion this weekend- and some one had better be interested- I know I do this for myself but heck!! chris hunt > [Original Message] > From: Neil Cameron <neil@heritageheartwoods.com> > To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> > Date: 7/17/2007 3:21:14 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350 > > Some 12 years ago I was cleaning out a barn/workshop, for a customer who was > not related to her grandmother's husband. She had no interest in his family > history and knew of no one who did. As a result, I was told to dispose of > the family bible and numerous pictures, many of which were not identified. > By good fortune there were two gentlemen I knew, since deceased, who knew > who some of the people were and I identified the pictures they recognized. > Until this spring I had no luck finding a relative. > > I am on the York list as well as Simcoe and came across someone who was > researching Ezzard and on a chance, I wrote her. Here was the missing link! > The family artifacts are going to a family member as soon as I am free for > an afternoon. > > Neil Cameron > _____ > > From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > can-ont-simcoe-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:03 AM > To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > Subject: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

    07/17/2007 11:20:17
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350
    2. Neil Cameron
    3. Some 12 years ago I was cleaning out a barn/workshop, for a customer who was not related to her grandmother's husband. She had no interest in his family history and knew of no one who did. As a result, I was told to dispose of the family bible and numerous pictures, many of which were not identified. By good fortune there were two gentlemen I knew, since deceased, who knew who some of the people were and I identified the pictures they recognized. Until this spring I had no luck finding a relative. I am on the York list as well as Simcoe and came across someone who was researching Ezzard and on a chance, I wrote her. Here was the missing link! The family artifacts are going to a family member as soon as I am free for an afternoon. Neil Cameron _____ From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of can-ont-simcoe-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:03 AM To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com Subject: CAN-ONT-SIMCOE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 350

    07/17/2007 09:18:23
    1. Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Genealogy!
    2. Eve Roberts
    3. It is very sad how some people regard this as a worthless hobby. My siblings have no interest in the research part and one even pokes fun at me because I am more interested in what our grt grt gramps did for a living, than who the latest celebrity is to go into rehab...But my nieces and nephews (as well as my own kids) are the ones who are now saying "...this is amazing, where did you find all of this stuff...this is fascinating" History was one of my best subjects in school, so I guess it was only logical that I would be interested in genealogy. Like a lot of us, I didn't have the time when I was raising a family to take it up as a hobby...but I did save things...I just wish I had taken notes too...but thank goodness I remembered some of the old folk's conversations...and was interested enough at the time to recall some names and places. The best treasure was a trunk that my mother wanted to get rid of and no one wanted...she said "Take that old thing if you want it. It's full of junk...just throw the junk out or burn it." . I used the trunk as a coffee table...Good thing I kept the "junk" inside because later when I had the time to look through it, I found photos and scrapbooks belonging to my father before he married my Mom in 1934. There were old deeds, newspapers and clippings 1917 -1930s. I learned so much about my father that I didn't know... his involment with sports...I didn't know that his father was a Barrie Alderman 1933-39. There was a clipping of a letter my father had written home during WW1 that had been published in the newspaper. And so much more that told who he was in his younger days. I'm babbling here...but what if I had not been interested and tossed it all. All of that information and the clues they contained would have been lost. And my children would only know their grandfather as a feeble old war vet in a veteran's home. Eve (One of their favourites is the story relayed in 1920-30ish Barrie newspaper article about Pop and a friend "speed testing" a seaflea on Kempenfelt Bay and reaching the high speed of 40 mph before flipping the boat near Minets Point. Both survived...they were rescued by Cliff Carley who was apparently quite acustom to having to pull people out of the bay) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie C. Welfare" <leslie.welfare@sympatico.ca> To: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca>; <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Genealogy! > This would be funny if it wasn't so sad, but YIKES I bet that has happened > to a lot of genealogy when left in the hands of disinterested folk. > > Leslie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> >> "A genealogists nightmare" [from CAN-MARITIME-LIFE@rootsweb.com] ... >>Papa mentioned something about >> letting the society the man was from have all his work since nobody in >> the family cared anything about a bunch of people who had been dead for >> 200 years. Papa died the next week. I am so sorry papa and the two >> generations wasted so much of their life on such worthless hobbies and >> hope your family will follow something more interesting. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 42 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

    07/17/2007 06:28:53