On 25 May 2000, at 3:35, Sask wrote: > I am searching two families that were at one time in the area. I > will try one. McMahon can be spelled MacMahon, or McMan or McMann. > > John McMahon > 1) JOhn Mcmahon died Jan 4 1895 in Kinmount. He left behind two > children under 7 and a grieving young widow that never remarried. He > was the son of William McMahon and Mary (browne) McMahon. > > Then all the others born in Hope township DURHAM COUNTY. > > William James (only one I have been able to find baptismal date for > born Feb 26 1850) Ellen Jane 1852, Edward 1854, Charles > Wesley(Definitely were Methodist)1856 Mary L or Mary ELiza, 1859 died > about 3,(1862) Mary Addeline born Feb 14 1862/3, and Albert 1865. I took a look in the Surrogate Court Index for Durham/Northumberland counties and found: McMAHON, James of Durham - #262, 1864 McMAHON, John of Hope - #1492, 1880 County Marriage Registers of Ontario - Durham County: John McMAHON, 23 of Hope, born Canada, s/o Michael and Rosa, married Jun 30, 1858 to Eliza Jane Gordon, 20 of Hope, born Canada, d/o John and Mary There are other McMahon marriages in Durham County, but the remainder are females. There is only one death in the Newspaper Index: Vincent Arthur McMAHON, drowned at Rice Lake whilst visiting his uncle, Charles McGuire - Aug 1, 1889 In the 1861 Map Tremaine Atlas I see the following: E. McMahon - Lot 17 & 18, Conc., 4, Hope Township This is about all I can find. Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

On 24 May 2000, at 12:40, Wendy Annis wrote: > Could you, please, check your newspaper and court index for a > mention of a William(also known as Edwin or W.E.) Annis. I saw a hand > written note in a book saying that he died August 8,1888 but I > couldn't find his grave nor his death registration. I haven't checked > the newspapers nor looked for a will yet.....I am hoping. I think he > was born around 1844 so if he did die in 1888 he would have been 44yrs > old Hi Wendy; There are quite a few mentions of the name Edwin ANNIS in the Durham County Newspaper Index. However, I do not think that this is the one which you are looking for, as this one died on Jul 9, 1922 at the age of 70 years. This would have made his date of birth about 1852. There is also a marriage as follows: Edwin ANNIS of Darlington, married Frances HOLDEN, d/o the late James Holden of Whitby, on Jun 15, 1882 There is a death of William ANNIS, of Darlington, father of Edwin, in Jun 1905 at the age of 92 years There are no Wills in the Surrogate Court Index, however, in the Durham County Marriage Registers, I see the following: John Waldron SCOTT, 25 of Listowell, born in Canada, s/o John and Mary, married Nov 4, 1862 to Jane ANNIS, 20 of Darlington, born Canada, d/o William and Elizabeth Do any of the above look familiar to you? Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

I am searching for info on Robert & Sarah FURSDON buried in Oshawa. They died in 1881 & 1872. He was a shoemaker, then tanner. They were in Durham at least since 1861 Census. Looking for any FURSDON, FIRSDON info. Cheers..................Don Firsdon

I realize that Whitby is not in Durham county, but have been unable to find a mailing list for Ontario county. Has anyone come across the name RAY in the Whitby area? This family is no relation, but the family were good friends with my husband's aunt, who died 5 years ago at the age of 89 years. Therefore, a lot of antiques in our house originated from the RAY family. My earliest record is of William G. RAY and his wife Martha LUNDY. William was born in the US in 1792 and brought up a quaker. It is not known when this family moved to Canada, but they did appear in the 1861 census in Whitby Town. In the 1870's Charles RAY and his wife, the former Elizabeth McDERMID owned Whitby House Hotel and Livery Stables. Charles was a well known horseman and was a trainer of thoroughbreds. He had the distinction of winning the Grand National at Westchester, NY. Their son, Nathaniel RAY was quite famous in horseman. He started as a jockey and became a well known steeplechase rider and then turned to trotters, which he drove mainly on US tracks. Nat had a nasty fall at Roosevelt Raceway in the fall of 1952 and died at his summer home in Florida in March, 1953. I have many pictures of this family with their horses, should anyone have an interest. Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

I would be interested in making contact with anyone researching the family of James and Elizabeth Martin who were living on the South half of lot 13, Con V - Hope Twp in the 1871 census. My interest in their son Samuel who was living in Wallace Twp., Perth Co. in 1872 when he married Margaret Hill. She died in childbirth April 1880. Jane Hemlin

Recent additions to the Durham County Genweb Page include a genealogical/ historical narrative of the Lovekin family and Clarke Township, and a historical account of the village of Hampton, in Darlington Township....many thanks to Barb Douglas for her work in typing these valuable additions...Michael Stephenson VICTORIA COUNTY GENWEB PAGE HOST http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5715/Victoria/index.htm - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- DURHAM COUNTY GENWEB PAGE HOST http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5715/Durham/index.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY GENWEB PAGE HOST http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5715/Northumberland/index.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- Genealogical and Historical Databases for Central Ontario Researchers http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5715/Database.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------- Genealogical Research for PETERBOROUGH, VICTORIA, HASTINGS, NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM, HALIBURTON, ONTARIO COUNTY http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/5715/research.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------- Michael C. Stephenson email : mstephenson@trentu.ca 1174 Royal Drive, Peterborough, (705) 743-6423 Ontario, Canada. K9H 6R1 Trent University Geography (1996) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------

On 23 May 2000, at 16:30, John R. Strickley wrote: > I, too, would like to know where copies of old Canadian Statesman are > available. I purchased the fiche of the index to them from the > Clairington Library in Bowmanville via mail and found several entries > that are very intriguing. Now I need to know where I can read the > actual articles. Any ideas out there? I have obtained some copies from Durham Newspapers from the Whitby Library. I am not quite sure as to whether they have them all though. The only problem is, getting someone to do the copying for you. > Helen Strickley > Bodega Bay, CA > Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

I, too, would like to know where copies of old Canadian Statesman are available. I purchased the fiche of the index to them from the Clairington Library in Bowmanville via mail and found several entries that are very intriguing. Now I need to know where I can read the actual articles. Any ideas out there? Helen Strickley Bodega Bay, CA

Hi all! I am researching the following: COEDY in Whitby and Oshawa 1840-present FEWSTER in Whitby/Oshawa 1840-1890 GROSE in all Ontario, Durham, Northumberland Counties ALL WELLINGTON in Oshawa, Northumberland County ALL MCLEAN in Whitby, Pickering, and the rest of Ontario County 1800-1900 ADAMS in Whitby, Pickering 1790-1910 MCTAGGART in Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa 1800-1930 (the children of John McTaggart and Margaret Adams, including Robert & five others) PRINGLE in Ontario County 1800-1850 (especially a woman called Mehetable Pringle b.1808 or so) RITSON in Oshawa 1800-1880 I would love to hear from anyone who has info on these people! I also have lots of info on the following surnames which aren't quite my direct line, but distant relations. DINGLE, ROSEVEAR Robbin Coedy Guelph, Ontario (born in Whitby :)

Earleen I will keep your list of Johnsons as I hunt for my Johnsons, I think they must be related <grin> 'cause I can't find mine either Sylvie (sylby, Isabel, Sybll or some variation thereof) born about 1797 died in Kent County 1818 married ? Charles DeQuindre, death notice stated daughter of John Johnson who at one time held the "Brant Lease" regards Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: Earleeen Johnson <ejj2000@home.com> To: <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: Johnson/Johnston > Hello everyone, I am looking for Frederick Johnston or Johnson born 1823 where I am unsure married to Mary Ann last name unknown. They lived in the Uxbridge area and are buried in Hartman cemetery. Their children were Thomas who married Marjory Badgerow, William who married Hannah Fockler and Sarah Ann who I have no idea about. I do need help can't find where Frederick came from, can't find when he came here, can't find Mary Ann's last name. I have him on the 1851 census says he is English. I have been searching for a very long time and seem to be at a dead end can anyone help please. Thanks Earleen Johnson >

Greetings all, In my recent posting about Richard TRICK and Catherine ELLIOTT, I included information that should NOT have been there! I have reason to believe, and have 'assumed' so long that Charles TRICK and an 'Emlin' were Richard's parents, that at some point, I stuck the information from the FHC files into my personal file, date of birth (September 22, 1799) included. NEVER should do that kind of thing. Sooooo---in my posting, I naturally included that date. The PROBLEM is, obviously, I have no PROOF that these are his parents, hence am not certain that's his birthdate. If I were to go by his death record, his birth date would be abt. 1796--close, but not exact. I've deleted the date from my file so that that won't happen again, but wanted to alert you to the error in the post. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused! Thanks so much, Judy King

Searching the following surnames: Ontario county: Bagshaw, Smyth Cartwright Twp. Jackson Durham County: Henderson, Jackson, Johnson, Burns Pat Smyth

Hello everyone, I am looking for Frederick Johnston or Johnson born 1823 where I am unsure married to Mary Ann last name unknown. They lived in the Uxbridge area and are buried in Hartman cemetery. Their children were Thomas who married Marjory Badgerow, William who married Hannah Fockler and Sarah Ann who I have no idea about. I do need help can't find where Frederick came from, can't find when he came here, can't find Mary Ann's last name. I have him on the 1851 census says he is English. I have been searching for a very long time and seem to be at a dead end can anyone help please. Thanks Earleen Johnson

On 22 May 2000, at 19:19, Frank Churchley wrote: > Do you know if James Bigham of Clarke Twp , who died 1868 is in the > Surrogate Court index? Hi Frank; Sorry, no he isn't! However, I do see a James Bigham in the Durham County Newspaper Index, as follows: BIGHAM, James - of Tyrone, husband of Janet Jardine, died Sep 28, 1910, aged 78 years. Any good? I took a look in "Out of the Mists" by Helen Schmid and found the following on page 145: Under the heading "Presbyterians" "To make it more accessible for those presbyterians in the more northern part of the township; occasional services were held in James Bigham's barn, Lot 24, Conc., 4. John Waddell, as well as a dozen other children, was baptised in this barn by Rev. Cassie on Sep 18, 1836." There is another piece regarding the Bigham family on page 79: Dr. John Bigham studied at Queen's University in Kingston, and after a short stay in Bluevale, Huron County, came to Orono in the 1860s and was made a coroner. It is interesting to read in a letter dated 1862, written to John Waddell at Bluevale from his uncle in Orono - "George Bigham was here last night and left a box for his brother, the doctor - about 25 lbs, containing bones, I think he said - shall I send it up right away or wait......." Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

On 22 May 2000, at 19:23, olear15@attglobal.net wrote: > Are the Durham County newspapers accessible? Is so, where might I find > them? I'm in Michigan, but our State Library has a wealth of Canadian > resources. Hi Marilyn; I cannot remember where I purchased my fiche, but I do know that someone on the list posted where these could be purchased, quite recently. Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Hi all: I have been looking for info on James Bigham , born 1794 of Irish descent - lived in Clarke Twp and had Presbyterian services in his barn in the early years.Died 1868. Any help greatly appreciated. I can't help note that many immigrants came to Durham County from Ireland in 1820's and 30's. Does anyone know of any of them coming to Canada as a group? Frank Churchley, fchurchley@home.com

I am still researching my husband's mother's (Martha Virtue) side of the family; the Virtues originally came from Enniskillen, N. Ireland, but likely about 1840 emigrated to the Enniskillen area of Darlington Twp. She was a granddaughter of one of the eleven children of Robert Virtue and Philina Morrison, Archibald Virtue (1815 -1891) , who was married to Martha Hillier (1833-1886). I am interested in the other ten children but specifically Archibald's family . Their oldest daughter Elizabeth married John Stainton; the next Philina married Dr. Robert A. Lee ; William married Annie Thompson (and had Lillie, Violet, Charles, Russell, Edna, William, Great, and Grace); Edward m. Flora Smith; Robert (my mother-in-law's father) m. Elizabeth Strong of Bowmanville but that family was to move to the Orillia region and then on to southern Manitoba; John (Jack) 1866-1921 m. Laura Hamley and I believe there was an Albert L. The three daughters of Robert Virtue and Philina Morrison who present the greatest problem as to getting information about are Hannah who m. Charles Floody, Margaret who m. Charles Sherrett and Philina who married Charles Chambers. I have a little more on the other two daughters but not much on Anne Virtue who married Jacob Scott (both born in the 1820's), and Elizabeth who married Johnson (John) Niddery. Perhaps some of these names will ring a bell as far as somebody out there is concerned. I have the Waid pages and have obtained some of my information from them but I find there are various omissions, etc. and they have not been brought up to date. Leah Joys Medicine Hat, Alberta

On 22 May 2000, at 17:08, Carol-Anne Hamilton wrote: > Can you tell us what books you have? I am always interested in books > on Durham. Hi Carol-anne; I have the following books: "Out of the Mists " - A History of Clarke Township by Helen Schmid and Sid Rutherford "A Place Called Solina" by Marguerite Fraser "The First 200 Years" - A brief history of Darlington Township by Sherrell Branton Leetooze Sherrell Leetooze is on this list and maybe she can advise you of all the books she has written. They are well worth purchasing. Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Hi Stuart... I don't see an immediate connection to the WEBSTERs I'm tracing, but perhaps Charles WEBSTER is a cousin somewhere along the way. I am tracing the ancestors (and descendants) of Thomas and Elizabeth WEBSTER from County Wexford, Ireland about 1817. I'm pretty sure that there were Websters left behind and some may have come over at a later date. There were 5-6 children as far as I can see. Richard born abt 1801 (there is some question as to whether he was Thomas' son or brother); Barbara born 1804 married Samuel John BEST and had 10 children; William born 1807 who married Mary DAVIDSON and had 12 children; Robert born 1811 married twice, 1st Amelia Anne DAVIDSON, 2nd Margaret HENDERSON and had about 11 children; Elizabeth born abt 1814 who does not seem to have married, and Abraham who married Maria HENDERSON and had 4 children. William and Robert moved to Mariposa Township and lived at Oakwood. None of their children are named Charles, but one has Charles as a middle name. Abraham had 3 daughters and one son who died young. His eldest was named Emaline, but she married Henry EWING and died 1895. The surname POGUE is connected, but through a great-granddaughter of the Barbara Webster listed above. Lorne POGUE married Jean GREIG (born 1904) and had 2 daughters: Shirley and Marie. One of them moved to New Zealand. Chris Bradshaw bradshawchris@home.com Searching for BRADSHAW in Paisley Scotland SMITH/COOPER in Rosedale North Riding Yorkshire HAY in Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Scotland FORAN/WHITE Buffalo NY and Canada WEBSTER in Wexford Ireland MCDERMID/MCNEIL/TAYLOR IN Argyllshire Scotland GORING/SKILLING in Surrey TAYLOR/FINNIE in Aberdeenshire Irish HENDERSONs in Ontario Irish CAIRNS/CARNS/KEARNS in Norfolk Co. Ontario DOWSON/BARKER/HALTON in North Riding Yorkshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Armstrong" <stuarta@aros.net> To: <ONDURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: May 22, 2000 6:54 PM Subject: Charles Webster > Chris Bradshaw: > > You said you were looking for Webster's in Victoria etc. > Does the following ring a bell? > > 1. Charles Webster was born circa 1830 in United States. He married Amelia _______ in 1855. Charles and Amelia were on the 1861 census in Emily Township, Victoria County, Ontario. Charles settled in Emily Township between 1851 and 1861. He was a carpenter. In 1861 he had 2 boys and a girl. By 1871 he was no longer in Emily Township. > > Amelia _______ was born circa 1830. > Children of Charles Webster and Amelia _______ were: > > 2. i. Emeline Isabella Webster, born 9 FEB 1861 in Emily Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada; married Joseph Pogue. > > Generation Two > > 2. Emeline Isabella Webster was born on 9 FEB 1861 in Emily Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Charles Webster and Amelia _______ (487). She married Joseph Pogue, son of Samuel Henderson Pogue and Jane Campbell, on 18 DEC 1880 in Bobcaygeon, Verulam Twp, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. She died on 13 NOV 1921. She was buried at St John's Cemetery, Bury's Green, Somerville Twp, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. > > She was living in Omemee, Emily Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada, in 1880 before her marriage. She and Joseph Pogue appeared on the census of 1881 in Verulam Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada and on the census of 1901 in Somerville, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. > > Joseph Pogue was born on 31 OCT 1855, presumeably in Mariposa. He was living in Verulam Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada, in 1880 before his marriage. He died on 15 FEB 1937. He was buried at St John's Cemetery, Bury's Green, Somerville Twp, Victoria, Ontario, Canada. > > Children of Emeline Isabella Webster (242) and Joseph Pogue (262) were as follows: > > i. Amelia Jane Pogue... > ii. Thomas James Pogue... > iii. Samuel Wesley Pogue... > iv. Laura Lucinda Pogue... > v. a child > vi. Emeline M. Pogue... > vii. Lily Agnes Pogue... > viii. Gladys Pogue... > ix. Wilbert Pogue... > x. Maggie Pogue... > > I am researching the Pogue line. > > Stuart Armstrong > mail to: stuarta@aros.net > web page: http://cgi.aros.net/~stuarta > >

On 22 May 2000, at 16:20, Steph wrote: > Is there any mention of any Eddy's in your County Marriage registers > 1858-1869 for Durham County? Hi Steph; There are none in the Durham County, however, there are the following in Northumberland County Marriage Registers: Alen EDDY, 21 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, s/o Harden and Nancy, married Sep 1, 1859 to Jane BEATY, 19 of Seymour, born Seymour, d/o not known and Catherine Baze EDDY, 20 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, s/o Harden and Nancy, married Dec 31, 1862 to Ann CUE, 19 of Cramahe, born ? d/o James and Maria Charles EDDY, 24 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, s/o Elisha and Elizabeth, married Jun 23, 1863 to Maria WAIT, 21 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, d/o Smith and Elmira William James KEELER, 25 of Haldemand, born Oswego, NY, s/o James and Elizabeth, married Jan 15, 1862 to Elizabeth EDDY, 16 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, d/o Carlton and Jane James WINTER, 22 of Haldemand, born Haldemand, s/o Henry and R. married Jan 1, 1863 to Elizabeth EDDY, 20 of Haldemand, born Cramahe, d/o Elisha and Elizabeth John McCARL, 23 of Haldemand, born Canada, s/o Michael and Elizabeth, married Oct 1861 to Lucy EDDY, 21 of Haldemand, born Canada, d/o Elisha and Elizabeth Would these be of any value to you? Kind regards Kathy Witheridge Sarnia, Ontario, Canada