COUNTY HISTORY PAGES
Notes and articles about people who have lived in Grey County and where life took them.
- Wm. BARKER & Wm. BISHOP by Arthur BISHOP
- The Flying Career of William Avery BISHOP
- William "Billy" BISHOP
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Karleen BRADFORD - Canadian children's author
from Owen Sound -
Wallace BRETT (born in Markdale)
Fonds at the McMaster University Archives -
John H. BROCKELBANK - Saskatchewan
CCF politician from Grey Co. -
Erskine BROWN (Thornbury)
Carving at
Canadian Museum of Civilization (2nd carving) - The Honourable George W. BROWN - Saskatchewan’s 2nd Lieutenant-Governor - born 1860 at Holstein Grey County
- Robert BRUCE - Wiarton's Hermit lived in Keppel Twp
- Noah BRUSSO (Tommy Burns) - Heavyweight Champion from Hanover
- Robert BUTCHART from Owen Sound - History of Butchart Gardens
- Old Paths Archives - William CANN & Cordelia REYNOLDS - moved to Grey County : 40 Years A Canadian Preacher
- Clifford CALVERLY - Niagara Falls Daredevil (1870-1946 from Clarksburg)
- James CONMEE b. Sydenham Twp : the major political figure of his generation in northern Ontario
- Twp of Conmee - "In 1874 James CONMEE married Emily Florence COX [from] Meaford"
- CREELMAN Brothers (b. Grey Co.) - pioneer knitting machine manufacturers in Canada
- Hap DAY - NHL Player from Owen Sound
- John DIEFENBAKER
- The Canadian Royal Heritage Museum (DIEFENBAKER House)
- Cecil DILLON - NHL Player- (buried in Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery)
- Thomas DINSMORE - didn't stay long in Collingwood Twp but there's a very nice documentation of property prices and farm assets c.1870
- William James DUNLOP Awards - Mason Lodge
- photo obituary for Clarence GOLEM from Grey Co.
- Herbert Walter GRAHAM (1878-?) Lawyer registrar of Land Titles b. Chatsworth
- George GREEN - his death in 1895 Keppel Twp led to the Juvenile Immigration Act
- Otto HAHN - sculpter for Meaford War Memorial
- Cora HIND - Flesherton
- Capt. George HINDMAN formed the Diamond Steamship Co. Ltd. Owen Sound
- George & Louise HOSBACH (buried Bentinck Twp) - Immigrant Ships "Abby Blanchard"
- Robert John ISAACS from Thornbury
- Wilbert E. JOHNSON's Saskatchewan agricultural awards. Born in Flesherton area.
- C. Roy KEYS from Clarksburg - Vintage Hydroplanes
- Kleiderschrank - ca.1885; attributed to John P. KLEMPP from Hanover area
- Rev. Robert E. KNOWLES b. Maxwell - City of Cambridge Hall of Fame Member
- Adam LAIDLAW from Bentinck : pioneer from the ElectricScotland series
- Abram LAUDER - politician in Grey from 1867 to 1884
- The LEDINGHAM - from Scotland to Durham to Russell MB
- Harry LUMLEY NHL Player from Owen Sound
- Dr. Mary Isabel MACKEY KELLY - Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
- MACPHAIL - History on Agnes Campbell Macphail
- Agnes Campbell MACPHAIL - Canadian Women in Government series
- see paragraph on Judge Henry MACPHERSON of Owen Sound
- McCLUNG - Nellie Letitia McClung (1873 - 1951)
- Nellie McCLUNG - Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame
- Neil McCOLMAN - Collingwood Twp
- A.C. McDONALD - b. Grey Co. - Mini Bio
- John McDOUGALL - Methodist Clergyman & author from Sydenham Twp
- C.E. McTAVISH from Flesherton - worked for Conboy Carriage Co Ltd - Reeve / Warden / MP
- Mike MINARD - Edmonton Oilers Goaltender from Owen Sound
- Charles H. MOORE (1887-?) Dental surgeon b. Owen Sound
- Canadian Friends of John MUIR - Meaford
- Memoirs of Brigadier F. Clift - includes note about ROBERTSON & GAYNOR ancestors from Durham
- Verdella ROBINSON from Clarksburg & John POVASCHUK - Pioneer Settlement of Elk Point and District in Alberta
- Charles ROBSON from Durham : Edmonton Alderman 1926-28
- Louise RORKE - teacher & author ; b. 1878 Thornbury
- History of RUSSEL Brothers Ltd - "Canadian dollar bill shows a Russel built warping tug"
- Curtis SANFORD - St Louis Blues Goalie from Owen Sound
- Carl SCHAEFER - Official RCAF War Artist born in Hanover
- Carl SCHAEFER prints for sale
- Alvin J. SHAW ( from Owen Sound ) Fonds at the University of New Brunswick
- Hazel SOUTH Thornbury Ontario; Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
- Thomas SPROULE & Mary FLESHER from Glenelg Twp - Cdn Biography Online
- Ontario Provincial Police Honour Roll - see Orval E. STOREY 1936 Owen Sound
- Charles STUART d.1865 Lora Bay in Collingwood Twp
- Catherine SUTTON from Sarawak Twp
- Charles Edwin THOMPSON - Vancouver mayor from Grey Co.
- Tom THOMPSON Memorial Art Gallery - Owen Sound
- Brad TILEY - Philadelphia Phantom defenseman from Markdale
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1916-1919 War Diaries - The Herbert Hill WHITE Collection
born in Grey & enlisted in the Canadian Railway Battalion - Wellington WHITE: had a brick yard in Owen Sound 1874-1893
- images.ourontario.ca : Mr. Thomas WILLSIE's Family of Owen Sound
- Valentine WINKLER from Neustadt
- Henry YORK Letters - Early Days in Canada
general history of the area
- Bruce County history but see paragraph: "August 26th 1848: ... application will be made to the Legislature, at the next sitting of Provincial Parliament, by the inhabitants of the townships of St. Vincent, Euphrasia, Collingwood, Osprey and Artemesia, in the Simcoe District, and of the townships of Sydenham, Derby, Holland, Sullivan, Glenelg, Bentinck, Normanby, Egremont, Proton and Melancthon, in the Wellington District, for an Act to be passed to form these townships into a county"
- Balaclava - ghost town
- Beaver Valley Heritage Society Fonds - Wilfred Laurier University
- Owen Sound's Black History
- Black History Cairn Project
- Black Pioneers of Artemesia - Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery Committee
- The Blue Mountains Public Library - local history documents
- If anyone's wondering what happened to St. Matthew Anglican church in Bognor ... (short paragraph halfway down)
- Historic Bridges - The Black Bridge in Clarksburg : a "concrete bowstring arch bridge"
- The British Methodist Episcopal (BME) Church - Owen Sound
- The British North America Act 1867 - see section 54 & 55 in the 'First Schedule' for the Grey County Electoral Divisions
- (see) CNR Owen Sound 1894-1995
- An Introduction to the History of Collingwood - including the 1851 secession from Simcoe County to form five townships in Grey County
- A History of the county of Grey by Edith Louise Marsh - Grey County Council (Ontario)
- Sperling Manitoba : "Egremont Twp ... was the source of many early settlers" - see family surnames
- Epping Ontario - historical note about ghost town
- The Frances Smith: Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes 1867-1896
- Building the Garafraxa Road (aka Owen Sound Road - now Highway 6)
- Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Grey for 1865-1866
- Heritage Georgian Bluffs : "identifying and celebrating the history and heritage resources of the former Derby Sarawak and Keppel Townships"
- Great Lakes Images - Owen Sound
- simcoe.com - Grey & Simcoe Foresters Military Museum
- Grey County Building - "This building is part of an enclave which includes the Jail the Governor's Residence and the Grey County Registry Office"
- list of county "Gaols" (jails) - Grey County's opened in 1869
- History of HEINZTMAN Pianos
- Designated Heritage Buildings of Owen Sound
- The Highland Manor B&B - history including 21 years as a maternity hospital
- Historic Plaques of Grey County
- Ontario's Historical Plaques in the County of Grey
- The paths that led to Holland : a history of Holland Township
- History of Inglis Falls
- Beautiful Stoney Keppel : including the village of Shallow Lake 1855-1986
- The Keewatin "went into regular service between Owen Sound and Port Arthur & Fort William in Lake Superior on October 7, 1908"
- History of Kimberley - first settlers were HURD, HURLBURT, McLEAN, MAGEE, WICKENS, BURRITT, CARRUTHERS, ELLIS, FAWCETT, LAWRENCE, McCONNELL, MERRICK, PERRY, PURDY, STAFFORD, STEWART, THURSTON, WARD
- Leith United Church - history beginning in 1865; plus see their Restoration page
- Meaford Town Hall and Opera House - 1909
- Melancthon Township
- Melancthon Village - ghost town
- Melancthon Township became part of Dufferin County 1881
- Memories of Mount Forest and surrounding townships Minto Arthur West Luther Normanby Egremont Proton
- The Missinaibi - One of hundreds of tugboats built by Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. of Owen Sound
- The Niagara Falls Park & River Railway Power Station : "turbines were built by W. Kennedy & Sons of Owen Sound"
- The History of the Turkey Trail: The Norgoma of the Owen Sound Transportation Company
- Ontario Abandoned Places - Osler Castle ; Blantyre ; Balaclava ; Eugenia Falls
- Ontario Postcards for sale - Owen Sound & Neustadt
- Canada's Orange Roots from Ireland ( see Dean CARSCADDEN of Collingwood Twp )
- Owen Sound and Area History
- Owen Sound - Dreamcrafter Profiles
- Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services - since 1850
- Owen Sound Heritage Register Index
- Old Owen Sound Post Office 1910
- "In winning the 1927 Memorial Cup, the [Owen Sound] Greys became the first team to capture the cup twice"
- the Peerage.com : A genealogical survey ; see Grey County locations
- Postal History - Covers of Grey
- Grey Bruce Dufferin & Simcoe Postal History Study Group
- The GTGB&LER Railway 1881 consolidation: Owen Sound station currently a museum
- The Toronto Grey & Bruce Railway
- "The Roger B, built by Jim Doukes in Owen Sound in1922, was Killarney's mail boat"
- History of Schools of St. Vincent Township & Other Chronicles 1847-1967
- Southgate - please see their 'History & Heritage' link for info on 1)Township of Proton - A Historical Sketch; 2)While We Still Remember - A History of Egremont; 3)A History of Dundalk; 4)The History of Holstein 1850 -1996; 5)Bethel to Boothville History Book
- Split Rail Country - A History of Artemesia Township
- The S.S. Pumper - the Owen Sound Historical Society owned it from 1975-1980
- St. James's Church (Fairmount) - Euphrasia Twp
- St. Vincent - a note on the township while it was in the Simcoe District prior to the formation of Grey County
- Strathaven ghost town in Holland Twp
- History of Sydenham Township - Centennial Project
- Tavern Licences by county 1869 including the county issuer and to whom the licence was issued plus the cost
- promotional calendar from The Traders Bank in Owen Sound 1907
- Vandeleur - ghost town
- Welbeck Sawmill History
PROVINCIAL and NATIONAL
- Canada at civilization.ca
- Canada - Resources for Canadian Heritage
- Canadian Encyclopedia's Timeline of Canadian History
- Canadian Methodist Ministers 1800-1925
- Canadian Railway Telegraph Genealogy
- Canadian Scottish History
- Early Canadiana Online
- Former Prime Ministers of Canada
- Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers
- Global Gazette - Online Family History Magazine
- Legion - Last Post: browse Canadians from the wars
- Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
- Multicultural Canada - Irish Protestants
- Ontario Timeline
- On This Day in Canadian History from sympatico.ca
- Ontario Heritage Properties Database
- Our Roots - Canada's Local Histories Online
- Post Offices & Postmasters at Library & Archives Canada
- Post Offices in Canada 1861 - name of Postmasters
- Southern Alberta Pioneers
- Townships & Towns - first surveys & population data
- Virtual Museum of Canada
