Bruce County and the Halton area. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remclaughlin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:00:17 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [S-I] Owning Land Where in Ontario, Judy? There are wonderful land records in Ontario. I   live in Ontario and might hazard a guess if I knew where. We know when   -- 1840, but where along with when is key. Ruth Sent from my iPod On 2010-05-29, at 7:31 PM, Judy Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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   ------------------------------- 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