Perth County Branch Ontario Genealogical Society P.O. Box 9 Stratford, ON N5A 6S8

QUERIES:

These queries are repeated here from the original postings in our current quarterly newsletter, Perth County Profiles, which is mailed to members. In it are articles on Perth County families or locations, and on research in general. There are notices about upcoming Branch meetings and our new publications. Queries are now a "FREE" service provided by the faithful volunteers of the Perth County Branch and it is our intention to accumulate them on these pages for about one full year.

Queries may be sent to our Newsletter editor, Mrs. Beryl Morningstar, via e-mail to bmorning@cyg.net Beryl Morningstar

DOAN
FOLTZ
LLOYD
Seeking info re family of Amos Doan & Margaret Ann Lloyd b. 4 Apr.1812, Bucks Co. PA, d/o James Lloyd & Margaret Foltz. Margaret Ann d. 27 Dec. 1870, burial in Augusta Cemetery, Wallace Twp. Amos & Margaret m. c1829 in King Township. Their son Seth Doan, a farmer, d. 8 Nov. 1911, Lot 55 Con. 3, Wallace Twp.
Send to: Donna Coffey, 1905 - 8th Avenue East, Owen Sound ON N4K 3C4(May'09)
E-mail:donnacoffey@rogers.com

HARRIS
THOMPSON
James Richard Thompson b. 18 June 1832, Upper Canada, d. 1904 in Five Islands, N.S. m.12 Sept.1852 Mary Jane Harris, where? Paris ON? Mary Jane b. 13 Sept 1833, where? d. 3 Sept. 1862, where? James Richard & family thought to have lived in St.Marys from 1858 to 1863 By 1871 census they are in Paris ON.
Send info: William MacDougall, 318 Fifth Ave., Ottawa ON K1S 2N5,(May'09)
E-mail:wmacd@sympatico.ca

HYDE
MICKLE
Dr. John Galbraith Hyde (1819-1889), well-known doctor in Stratford, m.Jean Mickle (1820-1904) d/o Charles Julius Mickle, well known in Guelph. Dr. Hyde emigrated from Liskittle, County Tyrone, Ireland;and the Mickle family was from Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Contact: Anne (Hyde) Nelson, 61 Mana View Rd., Mana, Porirua 5026, New Zealand(May'09)
E-mail:annenelson@xtra.co.nz
[An article was written about these families in Profiles Volume 14 No. 3 in 1996 but little is known about their time in Ireland and/or Scotland. We have sent a copy to Anne.]

O’BRINE
Seeking birth, marriage and death info re my great grandfather Charles O’Brine and his parents, Chester & Rose O’Brine. There is a Charles O’Brine b. 18 Sept.1890 & d. 1920 in Toronto. There are stones for Bryan, Frank and Dennis O’Brine in St.Henry Section of Avondale Cemetery. Are they connected with the above O’Brine family?
Info to:Wendy Palermo, 106 Wellandvale Dr., Welland ON L3C 7C7(May'09)
E-mail:palermo@iaw.on.ca

KENNEDY
Info on Kennedy family of Ellice Township who were originally from Ireland? A number are interred in the cemetery at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Kinkora. Hugh Kennedy who died 16 Dec.1864.is my ancestor
Contact Timothy Kennedy MD, Capt. MC USN 1-(619)532-9230(May'09)
E-mail:Timothy.Kennedy@med.navy.mil

BRYDON
MULLIGAN
John David Mulligan b. 1872 or 1873 in Seaforth, s/o James Daniel (or John) Mulligan and Sarah Brydon. May have links to Bromley Ont. Seek info re Ontario family connections.
Send info:Garfield Pennington, #419 - 2875 Osoyoos Crescent, Vancouver BC
V6T 2G3, 1(604)637-9714 or cell phone:1(604)803-9164(May'09)
E-mail:gazpen@gmail.com

TINDALL
TINDLE
TINDALE
Henry b.c.1800 Ireland d.1 Sept.1879 Elma Twsp. A few Tindalls moved to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Seeking Elma Township family info re this man.
Send to:Joan Oppertshauser, 3886 Cedar Hill Rd, Victoria B.C. V8P 3Z6,(250)721-3251(FEB'09)

[Joan asked if there were any Elma Township History Books. Yes, they may be purchased through the Stratford Perth Archives. The cost is $80.00 plus postage if mailed and that depends on where you live. By email - sparchives@perthcounty.ca or by post to 24 St.Andrew St., Stratford ON N5A 1A3 ]

BELL
BRIGHT
CORNWELL
GILL
GOULD
MCINTYRE
ROBINSON
WILLIS
William Robinson b.c 1806 & his wife Jane Bell b.c. 1817 in Ireland. Children born in Canada; Anne b.1837 m. Archibald Gill; William b. 1838; Rowland b. 1840; Eliza Jane (1842-1881) m. Caton Willis (1836-1892); Susannah (1844-1909) m. James P. McIntyre; Catharine (1846-1876) m. James Barron Alice b. 1848 m. John Hancock Gould; John b. 1850; Mary Christine (1852-1883) m. Vincent Cornwell; Eleanor (1854-1881) m. Wm. D. Bright. Possible children? Edward James (1856-1877); Margaret Emma b. 1858. Family were listed on the 1852 Blanshard Twp. Census.
Seeking info;Dorothy Willis, 901 Aberfoyle Cres., Toronto, ON M8X 2X8(FEB'09)
E_mail:dorothywillis@sympatico.ca

BAUGH
BETTSCHEN
William Baugh m.1878 Hannah Mary Bettschen in Pilkington Township, Welland County. Children – 4 boys and 1 girl. William was Methodist circuit preacher, 1872-1911. They lived in different towns in SW Ontario. The family is mentioned in Elmanac, the history book for Elma Township.
Send info:Alan Baugh, North Vancouver B.C(FEB'09)
. E-mail:abaugh@shaw.ca

COSENS
DAVIS
ELLISON
HODGSON
Seeking obits and more family data for the following – Chas. W. Cosens; Harry Davis; Rachel Jane Gray (Hodgson) Davis; Mary Kidwell Davis; Ernest Davis; Lizzie M. Davis Ellison; Arthur Milton Davis Dl 1951. He was a town councillor in the late 1930’s. Lived in the Listowel and Stratford areas.
Diane Davis, New Zealand(FEB'09)
E-mail:dianed@inspire.net.nz

NIXON
Seeking family info, past & present, of Marie Vivian Nixon, my father’s birth mother. Known - Marie, b. Staffa, age 42 yrs in 1923, buried in Staffa Cemetery. May have had 2 or 3 other sons
Contact Dave Bustard at cell phone 1-613-859-2062(FEB'09)
E-mail:djbustard@rogers.com

McFARLANE
NOBLE
Looking for info (obits or grave site) of James McFarlane born circa 1835, died 1865 to 1871. He married Elizabeth Noble in 1861 Blanshard Twsp.Elizabeth was listed as a widow in 1871 census for Blanshard. She was married in 1871 and moved from Perth County. Murray Ceaser, 341 2 Avenue, Hanover, ON N4N 3S1(Nov'07)
E-mail:mceaser@sympatico.ca

ASHLEY
MILLER
Harold Miller married (when? Where?) Pearl Lillian Ashley, my grandmother. Who were her parents? Mother’s name may be Mary. Pearl was born 19 Sept.1925 (out of wedlock) in Hamilton and died 4 Nov.1998. Harold had a brother Carl and a sister Jean. When were Harold and Pearl divorced? Their children:Cheryl; Darlene; Mary Miller and Terrance Robert Preston Miller who died 1968 and Angela Gayle Miller. Pearl married in the 1950’s Hugh Quackenbush. Pearl’s mother possibly married a Mr. Mitchell and had the following children: Shirley, Margaret, Grace, Edith, Jerry, Robert and Douglas.
Kristine Borg, 176 Mississauga St., Oakville ON L6L 3A8(Nov'07)
E-mail:starrdustt@hotmail.com

CARSLAKE
HALE
HONEYFORD
HOOD
KELLER
MOONEY
MOORE
TAYLOR
WARD
Seeking the descendants of Abraham Hale (1847-1933) and Amelia Hood (1853-1905), both from England, lived on Queen Street in Stratford, buried in Avondale Cemetery. Their 9 children were born in Kent and Huron counties Elizabeth Anne Hale m. John W. Carslake from Massachusetts (lived in Toronto); William Robert Hale m. Katherine Mooney; Albert Nelson Hale m. Mabel Melissa Keller (I have most of the descendants from this line); Susan Florence Hale m. Edward B. Taylor (lived in Toronto); Edith Lucretia Hale m.Richard Honeyford; Lillian Amelia Hale (1886-1985) m. Isaac Gladstone Ward (1885-1961) (lived in Stratford); Harold Valentine Hale m. Mabel Moore. A female child was stillborn and Charles lived only 8 days.
Bea Hale,(Nov'07)
E-mail:halefamily@sympatico.ca

FLEMING
LAING
Looking for info re Duncan Laing and his connection to the Fleming family. He was an orphan at age 5 when placed with Aunt (Mrs.) Fleming in Perth County c.1850. Are there any Fleming relatives still living in the area that were part of the Fleming Reunion as recorded in the Beacon Herald, 17 July 1950?
See also the FLEMING/LAING query below.
Josephine Herndler, 205 - 1375 Newport Ave., Victoria BC V8S 5E8(Nov'07)
E-mail:joretired@telus.net

HAMILTON
Seeking whereabouts of Roy Alexander Hamilton and his family before they moved to Lot 21 Concession 9, Wallace Township in 1951. Daughter Violet (b.1924) went into Ethel, Huron County, to write a Grade 8 exam in 1937. What school would she have attended?
Betty Blanks, 161 Madaire, Gatineau, Quebec J9H 1R1(Nov'07)
E-mail:bblanks712@yahoo.ca

FLEMING
LAING
John Laing & his wife Elizabeth (last name unknown) & son Duncan came to Canada from Scotland c.1849. John & Elizabeth died shortly after arrival. Duncan, age 5 years, was brought up by a Fleming family maybe in Fullarton twp? In 1871 he was in Essex Co. and by 1875 was in Manitoba. Where were John & Elizabeth buried? In Perth Co.? Have checked 1851 census. There is a John but no mention of his wife.
Send any clues to: Josephine Herndler, 205-1375 Newport Ave., Victoria B.C V8S 5E8(AUG'07)
E-mail:joretired@telus.net

HOUZE
McMANE
Seeking info re John Houze (1841-1924) and his wife Frances McMane (1849-1936). Both born in Ont. Both Church of England. They farmed in Elma twp. Where was John born? Who were his parents?
Yvonne P. Harris, 171 Northwood Dr., Battle Creek, MI 49017-8056, U.S.A.(AUG'07)
E-mail:Harrisyp@aol.com

HARPER
THOMPSON
Looking for the family of my great uncle John Thompson of Belleville and his wife Harriett Harper of Omemee. They had 1 son Thomas Clement Thompson (named after John’s father), and one daughter Margaret Julia Lily Thompson (named after her maternal grandmothers), Margaret Milburn Harper and Julia Breen Thompson. They came out from Ireland in the mid 1800’s. The family may have moved to Downie Twp.
Margaret L. May, 411-7 Albert St., Stouffville, ON L4A 4H4(AUG'07)

DUCKLOW
McCOURT
McGEE
ROBB
Seeking descendants of Patrick James McCourt and his wife Sarah Ann McGee. They left Ireland c.1850. They had at least 8 children: John; Hugh; James; Samuel; Herbert; Charles; Sarah Ann m. Peter Ducklow; and Margaret m. Wm. Robb. James McCourt b.1849 is my 2x great grandfather. He m. Emma Farncombe, 8 Jan.1874 in Wallace, Perth Co. They went to U.S. c.1875. Have data to share.
Bob Bergman,23202 134th Ave. SE, Kent, Washington 98042, USA(AUG'07)
E-mail:BergmanRC@comcast.net

FITZPATRICK
OLIVER
John Oliver b. 1838/ 1839 in Tullynaloob, County Fermanagh, Ireland, m. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in Pettigo, Fermanagh in 1858. After son George Fredrick was born the family moved to Canada about 1860. Where did they live? Children were: Elizabeth Jane b.c.1863; Ellen Nellie b.c.1863; Mary Ann Minnie b.27 Oct.1868; John James b.c.1869. By 1872 they appear in St.Thomas. Son Robert Oliver b. 3 Mar.1872 in St.Marys, Blanshard Twp.,then did they go to St.Thomas?
Jim Oliver, 2622 Sawgrass Ridge Pl., Charlotte, NC 28269 U.S.A.(AUG'07)
E-mail:jdoliver@uncc.edu

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