Hi! I too, have a Yorkshire emigrant who left England in the 1840's, quite possibly lured over by one of the ads placed by the Canada Company, as he appears in one of their early remittance books sending money home to his wife and small family to bring them to Canada. Joseph Claughton (c1809 - 1886) came to Oshawa, Ontario County, Ontario about 1841/2 from Horsforth, Guisley Parish, Yorkshire leaving his wife and young children behind. He sent for them about 1844, and later removed to Reach Township, Ontario County. In the remittance books, about the same time as Joseph Claughton sent his money home, William Townend (sic) of Oshawa sent money home to Mrs. Bessy Townend, of Horsforth, near Leeds, Yorkshire, the same location as Joseph's. I am guessing that these two men may have immigrated to Ontario together, but have no family lore to back it up, nor any connection to the Townend family that I am aware of. A quick check of a couple of the Utica Cemeteries where Joseph is buried revealed the following people from Yorkshire: Thomas Watson (c1786 - 1863) & wife Sarah (c1783 - 1872) William Crosier (c1809 - 1903) & wife Elizabeth (dates illegible) James Bentley (c1813 - 1875) & wife Mary Watson (c1811 - 1901) Robert Hodgeson & wife Ann (c1813 - 1854) John Mortson (c1815 - 1869) William Hart (c1819 - 1886) & wife Hannah (c1815 - 1886) John Tennyson (c1818 - 1896) (& his Canadian wife) William Holtby (c1815 - 1872) & wife Ellen (c1816 - 1857) Elizabeth Holtby (c1815 - 1876) [perhaps the second wife of the above William?] John S. Holtby (c1817 - 1900) & wife Elizabeth Holbourn (c1821 - 1854) & wife Katharine Holbourn (c1838 - 1873) (2nd wife born London, England) Robert Dobson (1819 - 1907) & wife Martha (c1821 - 1895) ---- Probably a comparison of the families in the 1861 census of Reach Township and the IGI would locate some of their Yorkshire roots. (a job for another day) : ) ---- Note: John Sykes (c1800 - 1876) and his wife Ann (c1811 - 1890) are also interred in the same cemetery as Joseph Claughton. No nativity is mentioned, although the census index of 1871 lists England as John's place of birth. Joseph's son, Seth Claughton, married Ann Sykes, the daughter of John & Susanna Sykes. Happy Hunting! Stephen Wood Doug Porteous wrote: > My gg-grandfather left Yorkshire (possibly from Elvington where he was born > in 1818) for Upper Canada some time before October 10, 1845 when he > purchased a tract of Clergy Reserve land in Upper Canada (REACH Township). > > My theory is that it's quite possible my gg-grandfather was part of a group > of fellow emigrants from Yorkshire.