Liese, I have a whole list of researchers looking for Canadian and New York/New Jersey Updegroves! I was never able to make the link, though I believe they are of the same family originally. Do you want names? facts? encouragement to find the link? I can give you all three! Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Liese Uptegrove-Ade <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [ORIGINAL-13] Here comes Canada > Hi Roy, > > Do you know the approximate date of birth for Isaac Uptegrove, father of > H.R. Uptegrove? > > It's noted in Cathy Berger's compilation of Clyde Shanks works that there > has been one branch of Updegrove/Uptegrove's (etc) went to Canada during or > directly after the Rev. War. In particular, a "John", b. abt. 1735-1750. > > I've also done some research on this branch (still have a long way to go), > and it also appears that some of them stayed in NY/NJ, and some went up to > Canada and then came back down again in the early 1800s... some stayed in > Canada. According to land deeds, survey maps, and tax rolls, and marriages, > there are those who came back down from Canada who appear to be very closely > connected to my own branch who had settled in the Orange County NY, & Sussex > County, NJ border region. But there were also others that ended up > somewhere in the middle, between Canada & NY that at this point have not > been fit in to the mesh yet. > > I was just contacted by an "Ubdegrove" (a census is blamed for the spelling > <g>), who lives in Canada, and goes back many generations there. I have not > had a chance to exchange notes with this person yet, but if you'd like I can > either pass along what I find, or put you in contact with them. > > Liese > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roy O'Grady <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 2:35 PM > Subject: [ORIGINAL-13] Here comes Canada > > > > > > My Mother was Evelyn A. Uptegrove, daughter of H.R. Uptegrove and Grace > > W. > > Uptegrove(Hobson). H.R is son of Isaac U. > > In the Can. Census of 1871 we find Louisa Uptegrove,Fem.,64yrs.,Brn. New > > Brunswick. Canada. Baptist, Seamstress, Widow. Then Isaac > > Uptegrove,Male,21, > > Ontario,Methodist, Blacksmith, Single.Later this came up: Isaac > > Uptegrove,53yrs., > > Blacksmith, died 8 Dec.,1900, in Waterford, Ont.. Survived by his wife, > > 1son and 2 daughters. Thank you for this wonderful history of our > > family. > > Regards--Roy O'Grady, grandson of H.R. Uptegrove. > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >