Let’s celebrate our early ancestors, it is because of their contributions that our country is such a wonderful place to live!
List all your ancestors that were living in Canada in 1867, the dates they arrived (can be approximate) and where they first settled.
Here is my list –
Name Date Place
Dever, James 1862 Picton, Ontario
Hodgins, Thomas 1820 Huntley, Carleton Co., Ontario
Harrop, Lewis 1849 Etobicoke, York Co., Ontario
Jeffery, Robert 1818 Quebec City
Jordan, Samuel 1851 Quebec City
McMahon, Cornelius 1851 Normanby, Grey Co. Ontario
Murdie, Joseph 1818 Bathurst, Ontario
Potter, Mary 1834 Huntley, Carleton Co., Ontario
Stewart, William 1846 West Flamboro, Wentworth Co, Ontario
Tipper, John 1796 Quebec
Now it’s your turn!
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Love this idea! Thanks.
Here’s one of mine to go with your James Dever….
Patrick Kearney 1844 Waupoos Island, Prince Edward County.
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Love this idea! Here is my list
James Morrison, 1846, Shrewsbury, Quebec
Valentine Swail, 1819, Thomas Gore, Quebec
Nathaniel Boyd, 1830, Gore, Quebec
Patrick Kerr, 1825, Gore, Quebec
Joseph Marsh, 1811, Bonaventure, Newfoundland
John Mulley, 1775, Blackhead, Newfoundland
Edward Milley, 1783, Western Bay, Newfoundland
Henry Martin, 1790, Grates Cove, Newfoundland
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You have some pretty early ancestors to Canada! Maybe we will find some cousins in the process!
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James Lynn, 1831, Bytown Ontario;
Mary Ann (Nancy) Carey Lynn, 1831, Bytown, Ontario;
Catherine Lynn, 1832, Bytown, Ontario.
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Wonderful idea! Love it!
James Alexander, 1844, Hillier, Prince Edward County
Mathew Geddes, 1830s, Hillier, Prince Edward County
William Beckett, 1820s, Picton, Prince Edward County
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James McDowell (and parents and siblings) born in New Brunswick in 1819
Jane Smith-McDowell born in Ontario 1818
Catherine McPherson (and parents and siblings) born in Scotland lived in Omemee Ontario
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James SCHOFIELD b. in Ireland his wife Mary McIntyre was born in Ireland also. They had my Great Grandmother Sarah Jane SCHOFIELD in Glasgow, Scotland abt. 1838 Mary died giving birth to Sarah. James gave Sarah to her Aunt and Uncle: Henry CROSSLEY and his wife Jane McIntyre CROSSLEY to raise.
James left for Oshawa, Ontario, Canada to open up Schofield Weaving Mills. A note that I have says it was one of the Schofields Weaving Mills was built in 1872. Later purchased by J. Schofield in 1892 when he incorporated Schofield Woolen Co.They say James Schofield founded the town of Schofield, Canada. James remarried and had more children, John Schofield being one of their children. James had 3 Weaving Mills in Ontario, Canada.
Sarah married William SHORT they emigrated to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1880. Sarah and William had my Grandfather Albert Edward Short. My Grandfather was the first of his family born in America.
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James Hogan, born 1835 New Brunswick
Mary Ann Curtis Hogan, born 1840, Harwich, Kent County, Ontario
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Happy Canada Day!
Waranuk , Sam 1911 Rainy River, Ontario
Came from the Ukraine with his wife Antonina and children..
Alex warnuk , Maurice warnuk, Adam warnuk, Emilia (Millie) Jaroslaw, Pricilla (pearl) Nebosinko
Lucille Freeman , Atikokan and Manitoba
Maureen Smyth , Atikokan and Vancouver
Arnold and Marie (Toni) Dyck
Still have family that I am finding on my adventure filling my family tree
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It’s so much fun isn’t it!
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OK here goes:
Alexander Brown YOUNG arr: 1855 with his parents & siblings res: Montreal he marries
Catherine BRUCE born Montreal her parents William BRUCE & Isabella MARTIN arr: 1840s res: Montreal.
Newfoundland surname connections arriving in Montreal between 1880 – 1903:
Roberts in NL since 1800s
Ralph in NL since 1800s
Rose in NL since 1800s
Rowe in NL since 1800s
Davis in NL since 1850s
Murphy in NL since 1850s
McDonald in NL since 1850s
Mack in NL since 1850s
Aspell in NL since 1850s
Noseworthy in NL since 1850s
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Wow – a lot of NL ancestry! Happy Canada Day. 🇨🇦
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This is my great great grandfather thru Emilia. Hope theres a way we can touch base.
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I’m of Acadien and Québécois ancestry. As such I have many relatives that arrived at Port Royal at the start of 1600s and to Beaubassin when it began. As such a few of mine are:
Pierre Cyr abt 1640 – Port Royal and Beaubassin areas
Pierre Parenteau 1666 – Montreal, Quebec areas.
Madeleine Tesserand 1673, who is a “Daughter of the King.”
I’m proud of my heritage and of all the history my ancestors have taken part in, except for that event in 1755. In this day of social networking, my cousins are closer than ever! Je me souviens!
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There’s just too many to list!
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More than I can list, but here are the main ones:
Matthew Virtue 1821 Burford, ON (b. Edinburgh)
Janet Muir 1821 Burford, ON (b. Paisley, Scotland)
Allan Leonard Virtue 1842 Burford, ON (b. Canada)
Frances C. Edmonds 1859 Burford, ON (b. Canada)
Jonathan DG Findlay 1843 Montreal, QC (b. Kirkcaldy, Scotland)
Mary F Mercer 1845 Montreal, QC (b. Scotland)
James Findlay 1855 Montreal, QC (b. Canada)
Ellen Georgina Scott 1867 Montreal, QC (b. Dublin, Ireland)
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Hi Janet….My Great Great Grandfather is John Muir b. 1812 married Anna Stehr, they had my Great Grandmother Johanna MUIR who married William A. BROWN they had my Grandfather Alfred Budd Brown. Johanna and William Brown lived in Burlington Co., NJ. Wonder if there is a connection?
Sue
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All of my French/Canadian direct ancestors had left Canada by 1867 but I go back to Louis Hebert and family who were the first white settlers/farmers in Quebec and Abraham Martin(third settler in Quebec) for whom the Plains of Abraham were named. My Demers ancestors came over in the mid 1600’s. They built a 3 story house in Quebec City which was destroyed by Wolfe’s cannons in 1759 but rebuilt and it still stands in the old town of QC! I also have about 28 filles du roi as ancestors. Most of my ancestors were in Quebec by the mid 1600’s! My direct ancestors left Quebec in the mid 1800’s for the US and my Scottish ancestors (Great Grandparents) didn’t come over until 1874 and 1900.
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You certainly have a lot of Canadian ancestors and such an early connection to Canada! What a great piece of history to be connected to the Plains of Abraham.
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Mintz, Isaac 1798 – 1875 Moscow, Ontario
Collier, Lovinia 1802 – 1868 Moscow, Ontario
Munro, Christopher 1795 – 1890 Glamorgan Twp, Ontario
Wood, Sarah Nancy 1801 – 1881 Hastings Co, Ontario
Sweet, Israel 1815 – 1877
Clark, Rhoda Abigail 1815 – 1882 Percy Twp, Ontario
Blake, William 1823 – 1901 Hillier, Ontario
Munro, Leah 1841 – 1901 Albury, Ontario
Goudge, Robert 1826 – 1899 Foxboro, Ontario
Tretheway, Ann 1822 – 1884 Foxboro, Ontario
Mintz, James 1829 – 1893 Glamorgan Twp, Ontario
Switzer, Martha 1831 aft 1900 Glamorgan Twp, Ontario
Schell, John 1826 – 1897 Somerville Twp, Ontario
Hicks, Mary Ann 1832 – 1904 Verulam Twp, Ontario
Clark, Thomas B 1833 – 1913 Campbellford, Ontario
Sweet, Clarissa 1840 – 1916 Campbellford, Ontario
Clark, Amos E 1862 – 1918 Gooderham, Ontario
Blake, Mary Jane 1859 – 1913 Campbellford, Ontario
Simpson, Daniel 1848 – 1916 Belleville, Ontario
Goudge, Mary E 1857 – 1892 Foxboro, Ontario
Kiser, Charles Edward 1843 – 1913 Belleville, Ontario
Leveck, Sarah Ann 1846 – 1922 Belleville, Ontario
Mintz, Henry Lane 1853 – 1927 Kinmount, Ontario
Schell, Annie Jane 1858 – 1934 Kinmount, Ontario
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What a fantastic list! Wish I connected.
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The areas mentioned are where they died
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I thought you needed some Nova Scotia content! Some dates are approximate and names of locations are where primary settlement occurred. Have among them a Loyalist, a Foreign Protestant, a Mayflower descendant, and of course a Scot emigrating to Cape Breton! Couldn’t be more Nova Scotia than that…
John (Charlie) Homans – 1847 – Clam Harbour, Nova Scotia
John Robson – 1803 – Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia
John Greig and Margaret Bryce – 1845 – Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
James Hearn – abt 1790 (or earlier) – Prospect, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Johann Hatt and Eva Moritz – Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – 1750
Caleb Rider Nickerson – 1760 – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Caleb Cooke – 1762 – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Heinrich Seideman (Siteman) and Barbara Meyer – 1783 – Halifax County, Nova Scotia
John Messervey and Sarah Hoare – 1850- Halifax, Nova Scotia (via Newfoundland and Jersey, CI)
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Thanks for adding your names to the list!
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Thomas J. Richer
Jean-Baptiste Richer (aka Jean-Baptiste Richer Loufteau — Oka (Grand-Brule) Laurentides, Quebec
w: Justine Legros (aka Julienne Christine Legros)
w #2 Marguerite Durocher (aka Marguerite Desrochers)
w #3 Marie-Louise Labrosse (aka Marie Louise Raymond
w #4 Marcelline Paquet
Children by Justine Legros
Marcelline Richer – born 1854 in St-Placide, Laurentides, QC
Jean-Baptiste Napoleon Richer born 1856 in St-Placide, Laurentides, QC
Joseph Dosite Richer born 1858
Andre Richer born 1860
Children by Marcelline Paquet
Marcelline Richer born 1851 in St-Andre-d’Argenteuil, Laurentides, QC
Matilde Richer born in 1852 in St-Andre-d’Argenteuil, Laurentides, QC
I could go on and on and on but Jean Baptiste Richer is our 4th. generation and had many brothers and sisters. Another time?
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People with early Quebec ancestry have the challenge in the bag!
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Name Date (family) Place
Adolphus Walter Haun (1787) Bertie, Ontario
Minnie Olive Gertrude Armstrong (1835) King, Ontario
Charles Henry Lowry (1840) Durham, Ontario
Lissana Greer Llord (1860) Cavan, Ontario
Hiram Johnson (1790) L’Orignal, SdeL, Ontario
Margaret Edith Lee (1811) Marshville, Ontario
Sarah Corbett (1841) Perth, Lanark, Ontario
Pamelia Williams (1817) Bytown, Ontario
Letitia Latimer (1830) Kemptville, Ontario
Mary Larmer 1830 Millbrook, Ontario
Rebecca Greer 1860 Millbrook, Ontario
Wesley Colbert Nickerson (1795) Wood’s Harbour, Nova Scotia
Israel Chadsey Watt (1797 – 1845) Barrington, Nova Scotia
Samuel Braden (1783) Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Julia A Forbes (1754 – 1790) Wood’s Harbour, Nova Scotia
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Hi Beverly, I have been researching my Latimer ancestors and noticed you have listed Letitia Latimer. She is on my family tree. There are also Armstrongs on my tree. I am wandering if you have information about the Latimers and there immigration to Canada. As far as I can tell they are from Ireland.
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John Henderson 1842 London Twp, Ontario
Margaret Campbell born 1844 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Malcolm Fletcher born 1846 Caradoc Twp, Ontario
Jessie Campbell born 1859 Wardsville, Ontario
Fenton Paisley born 1854 London Twp, Ontario
Jennet Paxton born 1859 McGillivray Twp, Ontario
Alexander McTavish born 1842 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Isabella Little born 1848 London Twp, Ontario
George Henderson 1842 London Twp, Ontario
Hannah Armstrong 1842 London Twp, Ontario
John Campbell 1830 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Catherine Campbell abt 1830 E. Williams Twp, Ontario
Duncan Campbell 1830 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Margaret Mitchell 1830 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Archibald Fletcher 1842 Caradoc Twp, Ontario
Margaret Crawford 1842 Caradoc Twp, Ontario
Malcolm Crawford 1843 Caradoc Twp, Ontario
Cameron John Campbell 1840-1850 Ekfrid Twp, Ontario
Elizabeth McLauchlan born 1832 Ekfrid Twp, Ontario
John McLauchlan 1830 Ekfrid Twp, Ontario
Euphemia McIntaggart abt 1820-1830 Ekfrid Twp, Ontario
Samuel Paisley 1830 London Twp, Ontario
Jane Stephenson 1835 London Twp, Ontario
John Stephenson 1835 London Twp, Ontario
Andrew Paxton 1822-1858 York Co., Ontario
Harriet Huggins 1829-1858 York Co., Ontario
Susannah Wells 1829-1858 York Co., Ontario
Angus McTavish 1832 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Carherine McGilvray 1832 Lobo Twp, Ontario
Jane Scott abt 1830 London Twp, Ontario
All of the above locations, except for York Co., are in Middlesex County.
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Thanks for sharing!
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My great grand father Thomas DWaldron Howard was born in St John New Brunswick in 1846
That’s on my mother’s side
On my father’s side we are United Empire Loyalists
I have ancesters born in Ontario Jeremiah Hanes b 1811 and Maria Markle b 1819 They married in 1835
Another ancestor was born in Ontario in 1842 William Mulveney
Mary Ann Dixon was born in St Mary’s Ont in 1865
Before that my ancestors came from England, Scotland, Ireland and the UEL family emigrated originally from Germany in 1761
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Thanks for sharing!
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Too many to list, but here are the highlights for me.
Marie Martin
1637–1714
BIRTH ABT 1637 • Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada
DEATH 16 SEP 1714 • Quebec, Quebec, Canada
8th great-grandmother
Chief Antoine Nijkwiwisens (Algonquin)
1805–1874
BIRTH SEPT 1805 • Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 13 AUG 1874 • Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
3rd great-grandfather
This one doesn’t meet the date range but is on my bragging list.
Joseph Henri Maurice Richard (#9 Montreal Canadians)
1921–2000
BIRTH 4 AUG 1921 • Montréal, Montréal, QC, CAN
DEATH 27 MAY 2000 • Montréal, Montréal, QC, CAN
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Wow, you seem to hit the ancestor jackpot!
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Rudy, Your Marie Martin, did she marry a man named Jean Cloutier? Was her father Abraham Martin? If so, my 9th great grandmother was her sister and we have their father as a common ancestor!
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My Marie Martin married Pierre Morin. Her parents were Pierre Martin and Catherine Vigneau.
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My direct ancestors here in 1867 are as follows:
GGGrandparents: Rachel Popple emigrated. from England before 1852
James Baird Moodie emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland before 1851
They had lived at Williamstown, (now Ste. Clotilde) Beauharnois, Quebec. James was later in Montreal West.
Margaret Ann Scott emigrated from Co. Tyrone, Ireland in 1844
Thomas McGlaughlin 1844
They had lived in Montreal’s St. Antoine and St. Cunegonde, Hochelaga districts.
GGGGrandparents: William Scott emigrated from Co. Tyrone, Ireland about 1842
Margaret Willamson ditto 1842
James Baird Moodie’s brother’s Matthew, William, Robert and Thomas had emigrated to Quebec about 1832.
Other Wallace and Wilson relatives had also emigrated from Ireland before 1867.
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My GG Grandfather John Hanthorn (b.Ireland 1802)
his brother James Trotter Hanthorn,(b. Ireland 1804)
James’ wife Mary Beattie (b. Ireland 1806)
Great Grandfather Robert Balmer Hanthorn, (b. Ireland 1833) all came to Canada prior to 1850.
My Great Grandmother Amanda Ann McNutt, was born in Ontario in 1834.
My Grandfather was not born until 1873 but his 4 older sisters and one older brother were all born in Canada prior to 1867
Mary Ellen born: 27 October 1856 Alnwick Township,Ontario
(m) Benjamin Bennem
Sarah Maria born: 1 October 1858 Alnwick Township,Ontario
(m) Joseph Errington Zuffelt
Amanda Jane born: 12 July 1860 Alnwick Township,Ontario
(m) Nicholas Palmateer
Elizabeth Ann born: 15 December 1861 Alnwick Township,Ontario
William George born: 1 June 1866
James Trotter Hanthorn’s son George Hanthorn (1828)
George’s wife Matilda Hanthorn (1825) and their 2 children:
Sarah Hanthorn born 1850 Peterborough, Canada West
Maria Louise Hanthorn born 19 April 1854 Asphodel, Peterborough, Ont.
My Dad’s family have been in Canada since 1745 (Munro and Morse) families all in Nova Scotia
William Ruffee Munro(e) 1827 Nova Scotia
(m) Maria Shipley
Willard Morse (1850) Nova Scotia
(m) Ellen Lavinia McGregor
Robert Pointfield Munro(e) 1774 Nova Scotia
(m) Penelope Green
I am not familiar with others in these familes
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Thanks for posting – I had fun looking at my ancestors who were witness to Canada’s confederation event. Many earlier ancestors paved the way for these ancestors. Earliest arrivals were 1784 as United Empire Loyalists.
Michael Byrne 1863 Levis, Lower Canada (2xGGF)
Josephine DeBono 1863 Levis Lower Canada (2xGGM)
Mary Lucy Byrne 1863 Levis Lower Canada (1xGGM)
James Frederick Gillespie before 1855 Montreal Lower Canada (2xGGF)
Mary Wilson Fraser 1845 Montreal Lower Canada (2xGGM)
James Frederick Gillespie II b. 1863 Montreal Lower Canada (1xGGF)
Oliver Edward Barwick 1857 Montreal Lower Canada (2xGGF)
Martha Louisa LeFevre 1859 Montreal Lower Canada (2xGGM)
Emma Mary Barwick b. 10 Apr 1867 Montreal Lower Canada (1xGGM)
Joseph Hiram Beckstead b. 1829 Williamsburg Upper Canada (2xGGF)
Catherine Malissa Munro b. 1831 Upper Canada (2xGGM)
Their son, my 1xGGF born Nov 1867 – James Austin Beckstead
Peter J Loucks 1791 Williamsburg County Dundas Province of Canada (3xGGF)
Daniel William Loucks b. 1831 County Dundas Upper Canada (2xGGF)
Sarah Van Allen b. 1839 Upper Canada (2xGGM)
Grace Evelyn Loucks b. 7 Apr 1867 County Stormont Upper Canada (1xGGM)
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A wonderful list!
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This was quite the challenge, but I think I’ve got it all the ancestors who were living in Canada in 1867!
Jemima (Hall) Rath, came about 1840 from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, settled first in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada
Joseph Rath, born 1846 in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds County, Canada West
Jonathan Capstick, Christopher Capstick & Alice (Thornbeck) Capstick, came about 1842 from Kendal, Westmorland, England, settled first in Scarborough Township, Canada West
Hiram Abiff Fifield, came about 1838 from New Hampshire, settled in North Dorchester Township, Middlesex County, Upper Canada
Eliza Black, born 1822 in New Brunswick, British Colony
Anthony Allison, came before 1836 from Yorkshire, England, settled first in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada
Jane (Beswick) Allison, came before 1836 from Yorkshire, England, settled first in Scarborough Township, Upper Canada
William Allison, born in 1841 in Canada West
Henry Beer & Elizabeth (Morrish) Beer, came in the 1840s from Devon, England, settled first in Perth County, Upper Canada
Clara Ellen (Beer) Allison, born in 1859 in Perth County, Canada West
Thomas Stainton, Richard Stainton & Ellen (Tomlinson) Stainton, came in 1844 from Westmorland, England
James Albert Stainton, born in 1863 in Canada West
Sarah McIntosh, came before 1830 from the highlands of Scotland (possibly Inverness), settled first in Quebec
Nathaniel Sloman, came about 1843 from Cornwall, England, settled in Perth County, Canada West
Catherine (Mallett) Bond, came between 1841 and 1846 from Devon, England, settled first in Waterloo County, Canada West
William Bond, came between 1841 and 1846 from Devon, England, settled in Waterloo County, Canada West
Grace (Johns) Bond, about 1851 from Devon, England, settled in Waterloo County
John Henry Bond, born in 1861 in Canada West
George Wall & Caroline (Boyce) Wall, about 1848 from Somerset, England, settled in Brant County, Canada West
Eliza Alberta Wall, born in 1864 in Brant County, Canada West
Thomas Joslyn Kempthorne, Richard Kempthorne & Mary (Johns) Kempthorne, came in 1867 from Cornwall, England, first settled in Brant County, Canada West
Francis Noble & Bethiah Patience (Aulsebrooke) Noble, came about 1833 from Lincoln, England, settled in Brant County, Upper Canada
Levi Noble, born in 1834 in Brant County, Upper Canada
Joseph Dickinson & Sarah (Russell) Dickinson, came about 1850 from New York State, USA, settled in Brant County, Canada West
Harriet Ann (Dickinson) Noble, came about 1850 from New York State, USA, first settled in Brant County, Canada West
Sarah Bethia Noble, born in 1867 in Ontario
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A great list!
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John Carter was born in England in 1832 and came to Canada approximately 1834. His wife Margaret Ann Storey was born in 1833 in Ireland and came to Canada approximatley 1847. They were married and had the following children in between 1849 and 1867.
Francis Janie born in 1854
Mary Ann born in 1856
John born in 1858
Joseph born in 1861
William born in 1862
Catherine born in 1866
David born in 1867
My Eisler clan was here before 1867
My Hoegy clan was here before 1867
My Muegge clan was here before 1867
My Regele clan was here before 1867
My Taman clan was here during the war of 1812 coming around 1814 as retired officers of the English army that had fought against Napoleon.
The rest of the people are to numerous to post but several generations back have been here since the mid 1840’s coming from England, Ireland and Germany.
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Deep Canadian roots! Happy Canada Day!
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I took your challenge in my latest blog post!
https://findingyourcanadianstory.blogspot.ca/2017/07/my-canada-150-ancestors.html
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Awesome, thanks for letting me know.
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My 2nd cousin 5x removed, Joseph Peters, was born in Quebec in 1779. His parents immigrated from the US not long before his birth, and the youngest two children were born in Quebec.
My gg grandmother was born in NY, the 4th youngest of 19 children, and the oldest 5 were born in NY, and the rest in Canada, the first in 1800. Parents John Card Sr. and Mary ‘Polly’ Brown.
My 2nd great grandfather Levi Dorland was born 1817 in Prince Edward County.
My 2nd great grandfather, Joseph Watson, immigrated from England to Kingston area in 1830, and my great aunt was born 23 Feb 1837 • Portland Township, Frontenac.
My 3rd great grandfather, Joseph Peters, born in Connecticut in 1772, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1793, married there in 1795, and they had 13 children from 1796 to 1820.
My 3rd great grandfather, Caleb Brown, was born 1783, in NY. He married there in 1804. He died in 1868 in Camden East, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada, and is buried in the Quaker cemetery in Moscow, Ontario.. He immigrated to Canada about 1828, as one of his sons died 29 Sep 1829, and is buried in Moscow, Ontario, and his youngest child was born 1819 in NY.
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You have some early connections in Canada!
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My earliest came in 1902. 😦
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That still pretty early!
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John Chamberlin and his brothers, Thomas, Josiah & Leonard, 1818, Wrightsville (Hull), Quebec, originally from Merrimac, NH.
Mary (Bloss) Chamberlin, 1818, Wrightsville, Quebec from Irasburg, Vermont.
Rudolphus Morehouse b.c. 1831, Canada West (unknown when parents arrived in Canada)
Great granduncle Joseph Spallin between 1852-1855, Masham, Quebec from Burnquarter, Antrim, Ireland. His brother, John G. Spallin (my great grandfather) joined him sometime between 1852-1878.
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Thanks for sharing!
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Patricia & Others,
Following is a summary of some of my direct ancestors who came to, came through or had been born in Canada when the British North America Act, 1867 was passed. It was an interesting exercise, one I not thought of doing before – looking at who was present in one region at one point in time in the past. The full story is on my own blog post at Discover Genealogy.
Many of my ancestors came to Canada directly from the British Isles. Gilbert and Margaret (Maitland) Anderson, my 3rd great-grandparents, arrived in Lanark County, Upper Canada from Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1832, with five children. They had another seven, all born in Lanark. From there they moved to Huron County. Gilbert died in Kippen, Huron County in 1871; Margaret also died there in 1886.
My Scottish-born 2nd great-grandfather, Robert Anderson, met his wife, Susan Phillipo, my 2nd great-grandparents, in Brant County, Canada West. They married in Brantford in 1854. Susan’s parents, John and Mary (Manson) Phillipo, also my 3rd great-grandparents, had come over from England in 1838 with three children. They had another four in Brantford. John and Mary died in Brantford in the 1880s.
My great-grandmother, Margaret Mary Anderson, was born in Goderich, Huron County, Canada West, in 1857, as were her ten siblings. The family moved to North Dakota Territory, USA, in 1881. Robert and Susan died and were buried in Ransom County, North Dakota, she in 1905 and he in 1912.
Margaret Mary Anderson met Newton Isaac Thompson, my great-grandfather, in North Dakota and they married there in 1884. Newton had been born in Dunnville, Haldimand County, Canada West, in 1859, and had come to the US with several family members in 1879.
Newton’s father, John T. Thompson immigrated to Upper Canada around 1835. He met his wife, Elizabeth Emerson, near Thorold, Welland County, where her family lived. John and Elizabeth, my 2nd great-grandparents, married in 1848, in Niagara County, Canada West. Elizabeth died in the year of Canada’s Confederation, and was buried in Dunnville.
Elizabeth’s parents, George and Mary (Tyler) Emerson, 3rd great-grandparents, had come to Canada in 1836 with four children, including Elizabeth. They had six more in Thorold. Mary died in Thorold in 1845; George lived to 1880 and died in Dunnville in 1880.
The Newton and Margaret Thompson family came back to Canada in 1910, with my grandmother, Carrie Jane Thompson, who had been born in North Dakota in 1889. Their four living children came with them and all settled near Keoma, Alberta. Carrie met my grandfather, James Pearson Shepheard in Keoma, where he had emigrated from England in 1907. They married in Calgary, Alberta in 1914.
At the time of Canada’s Confederation, eleven of my direct ancestors, in three generations, lived in southern Upper Canada, which became the Province of Ontario. The lines eventually connected in North Dakota before coming home to Canada in the early part of the 20th century.
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Thanks for taking part Wayne.
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Gabrielle Rouleau dit Sansoucy 1618-1673 and down the line to his great great great great great grandson Amable Alexandre Rouleau born who then emigrated to America, changed the spelling of the last name to Roulo. …..
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