Hi Barb, I can't help you with your names, but Palmerston is in Wellington County, and your other folks that you were looking for were in Perth County. I have included an Ontario County locator map, and if you look at numbers 14 and 18......you will see that the proximity of the two counties to each other. Another you mention is Middlesex county, which is number 5 on map, and that tags on to 14......also this stretch of land is pretty close to the United States, any idea if they lived in the U.S.? Have you put out any queries for them in the 1901 census? Just some thoughts. Christine www.rootsweb.co/~canon/locator/ont1851.html