Churchville Cemetery has been transcribed by Halton Peel OGS. Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul and Ruth Robins <[email protected]> To: 'Kenneth Calder' <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:24 PM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Churchville, Ontario --- Peel County. > And THAT, as they say, IS PROGRESS !!!!!!!!! > IT IS ENOUGH TO BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES. > > Thanks Goodness, Ruth and I found it, along about 1994, from a small > black-and-white snapshot, taken in 1947, and the 1857 plaque, over the > central window. > > Thanks for the photos . particularly the '70's copy. Guard it well. > > Paul > > _____ > > From: Kenneth Calder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: June-10-09 5:35 PM > To: paul robins; fowke kenneth; Joan Phillips > Subject: Churchville > > > I recently passed through Churchville on my way to the annual OGS conference > in Oakville. I am happy to report that the cemetery is well kept and our > numerous family tombstones are still standing, although they are getting > harder to read. I also noted that the part of the tombstone of Alexander > Robert that used to be beside Robert's tombstone is no longer to be found. > > We also visited the Calder farm where the news is not so good. Everything > save the house Charles built in 1857 has been torn down and it faces the > same fate. The farm is to become part of Brampton's suburbia, covered in > 'estate homes'. I attach photos, one taken in the 70's and a few I took > this time. > > Cheers > Ken Calder > > To the subscribers of the " SIMCOE LIST" , The house , in question, was > built by our 2G-Grandfather, Charles Calder , in 1857 .....now slated for > demolition. It was still inhabited, when we last saw it.The Calders came to > Peel County, in 1816, from New Hampshire, U,S.A., where Charles' > Grandfather, Robert, had been a Secretary/ Gardener, Confident, of the Last > Royal Governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth. Everybody's world fell > apart, in 1775 !!!!!!! > > Paul Robins > > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >