Ellen, Thanks so much! The John and Mary you refer to are John McDowell and Mary Heaslip - also my relatives. If you are able to do additional research, it would be most appreciated! Thanks! Chris On 2012-02-24, at 11:15 AM, Ellen Murray wrote: > Chris, went through my Manvers Twp Cemetery Transcriptions & only McDowell > (no McDowde) is a John & Mary in Janetville, also a Georgina. > > Am at Library tomorrow & can search a little futher if you like > > Ellen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Wilson" <ctwilson67@gmail.com> > To: <ONTARIO@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:14 PM > Subject: [ONTARIO] McDowell Help > > >> Hi, >> >> I'm having a devil of a time finding anything on the following people: >> >> Robert McDowell and his wife Caroline or Catharine. >> >> The only recorded item I can currently find is for their son's marriage >> record: >> >> Vol 10-Pg 91 Thomas McDOWDE, 28, farmer, Ireland, Manvers, s/o Robert & >> Catharine, married Ellen McDOWDE, 19, Manvers, same, d/o John (no mothers >> name given), witn: Henry HEASLIP & Thomas BEALL both of Lindsay on March >> 18, 1870 at Lindsay >> >> Transcribers have variously transcribed McDowell as McDowde (as above) or >> even McDoude! That said, I have even tried to search through census >> records by first name and still cannot find anything on either person. We >> believe that Robert was born in Ireland (likely Ulster or Bangor) around >> 1820 and that he perhaps died in Janetville in 1914. We don't have a >> maiden last name for Caroline (or Catharine). I have searched in both >> Durham County, where their son was married and in Simcoe County, where >> their son settled after his marriage, and neither county has any record of >> a Robert (as I said, I tried searching just on the first name) with a >> close enough last name and a close enough age for the census' of 1871, >> 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911. >> >> Their son Thomas' 1901 census, he indicated that he immigrated in 1861 >> (although the 1911 census indicated that he immigrated in 1860). We do >> know that he married his cousin, Ellen McDowell, and have plenty of >> information on her and her family. >> >> Any thoughts/input would be appreciated! I'm sure I've missed something >> or overlooked something! >> >> Thanks! >> >> Chris Wilson (3X great grandson of Robert McDowell) >> >> *********** >> Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >> http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ >> >> Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > *********** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: > http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message