Hello, These are my families that have immigrated through Canada. The Bell family arrived 1850 or 1851 and settled in St. Catharines, Ont, prior to moving to Michigan in 1864. Family consisted of Hamilton and Jane, with their four sons, Samuel, James, William and John Alexander Bell, who was born 1851 in St. Catharines. William Dredge Hawkins, Mary Ann Goddard Hawkins and their four children came in 1842. The youngest child Martha died at Montreal at age 2. Her death was the only clue that they stayed in Canada while William worked in the shipping yard, before moving across Lake Erie to settle in Trumbull County, Ohio. Edward and Phoebe Jones Thorpe left Leitrim Co. Ireland with four children. They had two more while in Canada and two more after arriving in Geauga Co., Ohio in 1835. I am very interested if anyone else is researching family that arrived through Canada with common names. Sincerely, Sue Bell < Suebell913@aol.com>