Hello Listers, The Montreal branch of the National Archives of Quebec re-opened yesterday to the puiblic at their new home on Viger St E (corner of St Hubert) Sincerely, Pennie Redmile

Heather Howard-Bobiwash >I looked up Ellis on the new Home Children National Archives >site (which is pretty good, by the way) Are you able to pass along the url for Home Children Naitonal Archives? I can't seem to be able to call it up. Thanks for your help. Roberta Kerr Turner Valley, Alberta

At 12:30 PM 03/08/2000 -0500, you wrote: >If anyone is related to or researching a William ELLIS who came from >Liverpool England in 1910 as a 14-year-old Home Child, I have a >photograph of him. The picture is actually of my grandfather (George >Howard) and William as boys taken just before they sailed together to >Canada. I looked up Ellis on the new Home Children National Archives >site (which is pretty good, by the way) Thank you for the kind words. The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa has been working on this project for several years now. My husband has transcribed data for three years. There is still a lot more work to do and the staff at the archives have their own preessures in trying to get our data ready to post. If you think an ancestor may have been a home child and you do not find him/her in the database, don't give up. There is still a lot more to come. Marg

Hello All, Does anyone know if the Montreal Witness (newspaper/magazine) still exist and/or where one might find the archives. I am trying to track down some articles written my a great grand aunt c. 1882. She was MARGARET DIXON McDOUGALL also wrote under the pen name Norah Pembroke. The Montreal Witness send Margaret to Ireland c 1882 to write about the plight of the Irish farmer. Thank you in advance for your help. Tom Beggs

If anyone is related to or researching a William ELLIS who came from Liverpool England in 1910 as a 14-year-old Home Child, I have a photograph of him. The picture is actually of my grandfather (George Howard) and William as boys taken just before they sailed together to Canada. I looked up Ellis on the new Home Children National Archives site (which is pretty good, by the way) and he did indeed sail on the same ship as my grandfather (the Corsican) and had the same destination - Sherbrooke (Gibbs Home for Boys). In my family oral history there is no further mention of Ellis, so I guess they lost touch once they got to Canada, but Ellis' name is on the back of the photo. One point of interest though is that my grandfather said he saw the Titanic as it was being built near the place where his ship was sailing from. My grandfather ended up in Shefford Co. - dropped off the train at Cleary Station. The photograph is actually a very nice example of the way in which the Homes attempted to portray the children as "good, clean, healthy, diligent-looking" in their standard little suits with the short pants. If anyone is interested, contact me. Heather Howard-Bobiwash Toronto

I am tracing the family of John Dickson and his wife Jean Ramsay. Their son James Dickson (b 1696) married Jean Frow. James Dickson (b 1696) and Jean Frow had the following children: Jean Dickson (b 1726) John Dickson (b 1728) James Dickson (b1730) William Dickson (b 1733) sp. Elizabeth Bell George Dickson (b 1735) Margaret Dickson (b 1741) Alexander Dickson (b 1749) William Dickson and Elizabeth Bell had the following children: William Dickson (b 1764) James Dickson (b 1766) sp. Ann Smith Jean Dickson (b 1767) James Dickson and Ann Smith had the following children James Dickson (b 1796) Jean Dickson (b 1798) George Dickson (b 1802) William Dickson (b 15 Jul 1804 Linlithgow, Scotland) sp. Christina Barrie Elizabeth Dickson (b 1806) William Dickson (b1804) and his wife Christina Barrie sailed from Greenock, Scotland on Apr. 30, 1841 to Montreal, Quebec and settled in the (Trenholmville, Quebec) Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. It is thought that Chistina Barrie (daughter of William Barrie and Margaret Wilson) or her father was send from France to Scotland, Ireland or England by their family to avoid the religious problems that they were facing in France. Little is known by the writer of this branch of the family and any additional details would be appreciated.. William Dickson and Christina Barrie had the following children: James Dickson (b Nov 5, 1827, Bathgate Scotland,) (d 9 Aug. 1829 Edinburgh Scotland) Margaret Dickson (b 8 Jul 1829) (d 23 Jul 1833 Glasgow, Scotland) * James (John) Dickson (b 12 Jan 1831 Dalkeith) (d 1813 Trenholmville, Que.) sp. Charlotte Trenholm * Ann Dickson (b 21 May 1833 Glasgow, Scotland) (d 19 Nov 1907 Eaton Colorado) sp. John Trenholm Jr. George Dickson (b 5 Aug 1835 Belfast Ireland) (d 19 Jan 1838 Glasgow, Scotland) * William Dickson Jr. (b 23 Oct 1838 Linlithgow, Scotland) (d 16 Sept 1887 Goldendale, Washington, USA) sp. Cordeila Brock * John Mitchell Dickson (b 13 Mar 1841 Glasgow, Scotland) (d 18 Aug 1920 Melbourne, Quebec) sp. Elizabeth Trenholm * Christina Dickson (b14 Jul 1843 (Kingsey, Quebec) sp. Andrew Smith * George Dickson (b 24 Nov 1854 Kingsey Quebec) * These families has scattered from the Eastern Townships in the Province of Quebec to points throughout Canada and the United States. I would be pleased to receive information on any possible connections. I will also be pleased to share any and all information I have on these and related families from this area such as STEVENS, POPEs and TRENHOLM(e)s, Lysters, Boasts which I am also trying to trace. All the very best Bob Dickson Robert Dickson 4 Thunderbird Circle Kingston, ONT CANADA K7L 4V1 e-mail dickson@limestone.kosone.com phone or fax (613) 546-6759

Is anyone else researching Richard Booth who was from Ireland and settled in Shefford? His second wife was Mary Byrne and his children included Jane born 20 Feb 1821 in Ireland, John, Eleanor born 4 Sept 1827 in Shefford, Richard Nelson born 17 October 1833 in Shefford, Ephraim born 1 April 1839 in Shefford, and my ggg grandfather William Booth born 1 Dec 1834 in Shefford, who married Eliza Booth, dau of Thomas Booth and Catherine Taylor of Shefford. I do not know when Richard and Mary Booth died or where they are buried and where in Ireland they came from. Their son William lived in Montreal and died about 1868 but I have not found his death record either. Any help or suggetions will be appreciated and will gladly share information I have. Thank you! Christine

I know that my grandfather was baptized at St. Jude Church of England, Montreal in 1890. Could someone please tell where this is located and what district should I look in to find the family in the Census records. Thanks in advance, Gail (Newmarket, ON)

Reposting my interests for the new members of the lists. Welcome aboard and if I can help you in any way, please do contact me. Dear List Members: I am researching my family in the Glasgow area of Scotland, into the East of Scotland (including Edinburgh and area) and then back to Bearsden, Dunbartonshire. Family History and Genealogy in Scotland 1585-1867: (just the basics are published) http://members.tripod.com/scotlandkerrs/index.html All surnames associated with my family: SCOTLAND - 1585-1867 | AITKEN-1 | AITKEN-2 | BETSON | CHRIGHTON | DUNCAN | | ELDER | GIB | HARDIE | HENDRY | JACKSON | KING | | MCKENLY | MASON | PEDIE | TAYLOR | WALLACE | EASTERN TOWNSHIPS, QUEBEC, CANADA - 1867-PRESENT | CRACK | BEATTIE | BECK | BIRD | BROCK | DRIVER | | EWING | FINDLAY | FRANK | GARDNER | GALLUP | |GARSIDE | GLOADE | HARPER | HISLOP | KILEY | LAY| |LYVER | McINTOSH | MAJOR | MARTIN | MOORE | |MORTIMER | PATERSON | PICKFORD | PURDER | STEW | |STIMSON | VICKERS | WAY | WRIGHT | KENORA, ONTARIO, CANADA - abt. 1904 | FISHER | SPENCER | WARD | Should you see any connections.....or even a possible connection please contact me with your information. Kind Regards, Joanne Eastern Ontario, Canada

We're new to the list and have information on the following from Megantic County. 1. Thomas EAGER, from Ireland (possibly Wicklow County) 2. Robert EAGER (and sibling Thomas Eager), also born in Ireland, married Martha PORTER. They married in Quebec City. Three PORTERs were witnesses at their wedding: Joseph, Joseph and Henry. One Joseph was a blacksmith in Quebec. The other was from Leeds, as were Robert and Martha. We suspect the four Porters to be relatives (father and 3 children?). 3. William EAGER, born in Inverness, 1837. (siblings Thomas, Sarah, Susan, Joseph, Robert, Henry, John, Jane, Charles Edwin, Mary Ann, and Samuel John) married Nancy Jane (Ann) BYERS, born 1834 in Canada. 4. Martha Porter EAGER, born in Leeds, 1862. (siblings Ann Macauley, Robert, Sarah Jane, and Margaret Susan) 1. Peter HAMILTON (sibling John, parents John HAMILTON and Mary SHAW) married Ann McCURDY (siblings Donald, Robert, Lauchlon, Mary, William, Janet, Christian; parents John McCURDY and Janet TAYLOR). Both originated from Arran Island, Bute, Scotland. 2. John E. HAMILTON, born in Halifax, Quebec 1859. (siblings David, James, Peter J. and Robert) Martha Porter EAGER married John E. HAMILTON in Littleton, NH, USA in 1888. We would welcome hearing from anyone with information on any of these folks. Paula and Rob Petterson

Thanks it's a great link Melody(Knapp) Campagna http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/m/Melody-A-Campagna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Les Taylor / Rita Perry <taylor@igs.net> To: <QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 2:23 PM Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Benjamin PAGE, Quebec 1797 > An excellent source of information is Early Canadiana Online > (http:\www.canadiana.org) > It contains scanned pages of many original early Canadian documents. Among > them I found this: > > History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada > C. M. Day (Montreal: J. Lovell, 1869) > > on Page 261 is a list of the founders of Bolton Township, and among the many > names are Jeremiah Page, Samuel Page, Benjamin Page and Roger Hibbard. > > Which brings me to my problem. About 3 years ago Roger Chatell of Rhode > Island posted queries about a Benjamin PAGE who was married to Elizabeth > HIBBARD and who died in St. Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1860. Being interested in > the PAGE surname I wrote him and said I would keep my eyes open for more > info on Benjamin Pages. Now I have found Benjamin PAGE and a HIBBARD on the > same document, and he has changed his e-mail, so I can not reach him > anymore. If anyone out there knows Roger's new e-mail address, please pass > this on. > > If anyone has information about the descendants of any of the PAGE families > in Bolton Township, please send that to me. > > Thanks > > Les Taylor > Buckingham, Quebec > > > >

An excellent source of information is Early Canadiana Online (http:\www.canadiana.org) It contains scanned pages of many original early Canadian documents. Among them I found this: History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada C. M. Day (Montreal: J. Lovell, 1869) on Page 261 is a list of the founders of Bolton Township, and among the many names are Jeremiah Page, Samuel Page, Benjamin Page and Roger Hibbard. Which brings me to my problem. About 3 years ago Roger Chatell of Rhode Island posted queries about a Benjamin PAGE who was married to Elizabeth HIBBARD and who died in St. Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1860. Being interested in the PAGE surname I wrote him and said I would keep my eyes open for more info on Benjamin Pages. Now I have found Benjamin PAGE and a HIBBARD on the same document, and he has changed his e-mail, so I can not reach him anymore. If anyone out there knows Roger's new e-mail address, please pass this on. If anyone has information about the descendants of any of the PAGE families in Bolton Township, please send that to me. Thanks Les Taylor Buckingham, Quebec

I am searching for information on the following persons: 1.John TARDIF/TARDY b.1855 in Halifax,Canada. m.Deliha BOUFFARD (b.1863 in Quebec,Canada) on 20 Aug.1883 in Biddeford,Maine. 2.Florence Caroline BOCKUS b.(1870-1900?) in Canada Seeking information on parents and children. Any information would be appreciated! THANK YOU! Sincerely, Richard S. EMERY

Would the person who was asking about Horace INGALLS - please contact me .. thank you... Pennie

Hello Canada, I am researching the surname GAULEY, which is in every province of the country. My great-grandmother was Mary GAULEY, who married Robert SHANNON,Jr., about 1875, in or around the Grenville, Lachute, Arundel area of Quebec, Canada. Some names of the men in the pioneer family were Thomas Gauley, William Gauley and of course Eliza Gauley. The information I have shows the matriarch of the clan was ELIZA GAULEY. From a brief outline written in 1962 by ALICE GAULEY-NICHOLSON, Eliza Gauley's children were: Elizabeth Gauley; mother of Alice Gauley Nicholson. Sarah Gauley; Kenneth Ault's mother. Mary Gauley; Wilfred and Lenore Shannon's mother and my great-grandmother. James Gauley George Gauley David Gauley. Taking from a letter I have, the Gauley family in Canada was begun by the Gauley brothers who emigrated to Canada from Ireland around 1835. There were possibly three of them. An unidentified brother returned to Ireland. The rest of the family settled in the Grenville, Lachute and Arundel areas of Quebec, but as the family grew, they spread out across the country. The letter I have, written in December 1962, was given the return address of "710 Smyth Road "Elmville Acres", Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Alice Gauley Nicholson says she was married around 1951 to a military man by the name of Mr. J.D. "Nick" Nicholson, who in 1962 was 17 months from completing his military service time and he planned on a career as a bookkeeper. This was Alice's second marriage. She refers to her son Captain Davison Curling, an Army man who on December 11, 1962, took his wife Lois and their two daughters, to Germany on a three year assignment. Alice's mother Elizabeth Gauley passed away in 1945. My great-grandmother Gauley-Shannon, passed away in 1912 in Michigan USA. Alice may have had a brother named Harry. The letter refers to "Kenneth and Elsie" whom I'm assuming are the Ault's; and an "Aunt Bertha." The name "Harry Davison" is there, probably related to Alice's first husband. He may have been a pharmacist. "Nick " had other brothers who apparently were in the Navy. If anyone recognizes these names or circumstances, please let me know. I'll gladly share any family information I have. Sincerely, Kevin O'Brien Laguna Hills, CA Researching: Shannon Perkins Warner Dorchester Van Schaick Gorman Pinkerton Gauley Lowe Gillie Halley Smith (Jefferson County, NY's Smith's)

Margaret Thank you so much for such an unexpected and indepth look at George KERR--I only wish he was one of ours. Unfortunately to this time we have no George KERRs in our family of that time period. I'll pass this info along to our KERR webmistress in case we later discover he is a distant cousin from our prolific ancestors in Scotland. Thank you again for doing the look-up for us. Regards Roberta Kerr Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada

Margaret What years does the book cover? REgards Roberta

Hello everyone: This book, 'History of Compton County (Quebec)' by L.S.Channell (1896) is a treasure trove. I found it available from genealogy.com for $49.95 canadian funds. Cat # 101213 (ISBN 1 - 894378 - 13 -). I had previously ordered it thru my local library 'inter-library loan' program (have it for two weeks) and I have found references to many of the names I have been researching in the eastern townships, mostly Planche, Laberee, Wilson, that are related to my 'tree'. The photoengravings (what we would call photocopies today) are absolutely wonderful, and show what it was like in 1896, and gives an outline of the history of the different townships, people, and who married who, and their children. I have ordered this book because it will be a priceless treasure to have to show my family where their greatgreat's came from, and the original homesteads...Margaret

Does anyone know the history of the S. SWEET Cemetery in Sutton? Which Sweet was it named after, and was the property originally owned by the Sweet family? Thanks. Kathy

Does anyone know exactly how many children Enoch Martin SWEET had with both of his wives, Lydia BATES & Mary TURNER? They lived around Sutton circa 1820-1880. Thanks. Kathy