Hi Judy: My gg grand father, John White, bought a 100 acre farm in Ontario, in 1842, for 100 pounds. Canada was not yet a country (1867), and Ontario was actually called Upper Canada, and Canada West, at various times, during this period. What we now know as Ontario, was using British currency, pounds, at this time. John White paid 15 pounds down, and 12 pounds per year, for 5 years. When the last payment was made, he received his deed. If you know the exact lot and concession numbers, you can obtain a copy of the land register, which completely details every transaction on that lot, from the time it was turned over to The Canada Company ( a land holding company) , by the Crown, to sell the property. Regards Jim White Naples, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [S-I] Owning Land > > > This is complicated....so I just have to get little sections of > information to get to the big picture. I am trying to determine how > possible would it have been for a person who lived in Ireland in 1840 to > buy 100 acres in Canada. This would have been in Ontario, Canada. > > > > Judy > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Young" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:52:22 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [S-I] Owning Land > > What is the basis for your theory that the land was purchased when > your POI [person of interest] was in Ireland? What township and what > district was the land in? > > Where in Ireland was your POI? > > I seriously doubt a "normal" person in Ireland could purchase land in > Canada in abstentia. However, the land barons [literally] in Ireland > probably could have purchased or been given large tracts that they > would then sell off. > > Judy wrote: > > At 12:26 PM -0600 5/29/10, [email protected] wrote: >>The land was purchased in Ontario in 1839 from a private person? It >>consisted of 100 acres.? This individual died in Canada in 1858.? >>The land was willed to his brother.? In his will he lists no wife or >>children and is buried near his brother ALONE.? Almost everyone has >>this guy married with about 7 kids which I believe to be wrong.? So >>I am trying to prove all of this. > > > > > > -- > David N Young > San Diego, CA > researching Young, Norwood, Barrons, Smith, Pocock, Peacock, Moon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5117 (20100515) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com