U and V
UNDERWOOD, Duty | listed in an 1812 assessment roll for
"Oxford upon the Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford
Townships) with 47 acres uncultivated, 3 acres cultivated and with one horse, 2
oxen and 2 cows as livestock (apparently also listed in 1816) | Shenston (1852),
page 143
UNDERWOOD, W. | an Ensign in Oxford Militia, 1824 | Shenston (1852), page
106
UNDERWOOD, William | listed in an 1816 assessment roll for "Oxford
upon the Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships) with
45 acres uncultivated, 5 acres cultivated and with one cow as livestock |
Shenston (1852), page 143
UNDERWOOD, William | listed in an 1824 assessment roll for West Oxford
Township at Conc. 1, Lot 17 with 35 acres uncultivated and 15 acres cultivated
[NOTE: some individuals appearing in this assessment may have actually resided
in present day East Oxford or North Oxford Townships, which detached from
"Oxford upon the Thames" during the early 1820s and in Jan. 1842
respectively] | Shenston (1852), page 147
UNDERWOOD, William | an assessor for "Oxford upon the Thames"
(now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships), 1825 | Shenston (1852),
page 141
UNDERWOOD, William | an assessor for Dereham Township, c.1825 | Shenston
(1852), page 136
URAN, John | one of the first assessors for East Nissouri Township, 1822
| Shenston (1852), page 200
URAN, John | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri Township
with 100 acres uncultivated | Shenston (1852), page 200
URAN, Joseph | a Lieutenant in Eighth Battalion, Oxford Militia (Nissouri),
June 1849 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 110
URAN, William | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 194 acres uncultivated, 6 acres cleared and with 2 oxen and 2 cows
as livestock | Shenston (1852), page 200
URAN, William | an Ensign in Oxford Militia, 1824 | Shenston (1852), page
106
URWIN, John | listed in Village of Ingersoll Directory, c.1852 | Shenston
(1852), page 134
UTTON, William | a Lieutenant in Fourth Regiment, Oxford Militia (Burford
and Oakland), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
VANATTER, Abraham | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for Zorra Township
with 195 acres uncultivated, 5 acres cultivated and with one horse, 2 oxen, and
one cow as livestock | Shenston (1852), page 165
VANATTER, James | listed as a laborer in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
VANATTER, Peter | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for Zorra Township
with 194 acres uncultivated, 6 acres cultivated and with one horse and 3 cows as
livestock | Shenston (1852), page 165
VANDECAR, R. | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 14th Annual Show, Sep. 27, 1849: "second best brood mare and
foal", "second best spring foals" | Shenston (1852), page 99
VANDECAR, R. | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 15th Annual Show, Sep. 26, 1850: "best brood mare and foal",
"second best spring foals" | Shenston (1852), page 99
VANDECAR, R. | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 16th Annual Show, Oct. 2, 1851: "second best two year old
gelding", "best pair harrows" | Shenston (1852), pp. 99, 102
VANDECAR, R. | entry won "second best two year old gelding"
during County of Oxford Agricultural Society's 17th Annual Show, Sep. 30, 1852 |
Shenston (1852), page 99
VANDECAR, Robert | entry won "best bull" during County of
Oxford Agricultural Society's 14th Annual Show, Sep. 27, 1849 | Shenston (1852),
page 99
VANDECAR, Robert | a management committee member for East Oxford Township
Farmer’s Association from July 1851 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page
153
VANDECAR, Robert | entry won "best three year old gelding"
during County of Oxford Agricultural Society's 17th Annual Show, Sep. 30, 1852 |
Shenston (1852), page 99
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | clerk for Dereham Township, 1840 | Shenston (1852),
page 140
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb.
1840 to at least Sep. 1849 | Shenston (1852), pp. 87, 88
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | District Councillor for Dereham Township, District
of Brock, 1842-1844, 1848-1849 ; Chairman for District of Brock, May-Nov. 1844 ;
Warden for County of Oxford & Reeve for Dereham Township, County of Oxford,
1850 | Shenston (1852), pp. 65, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 114, 139
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | Lieutenant Colonel in Sixth Battalion, Oxford
Militia (Dereham), Sep. 1848 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 109
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | of Dereham, nominated Francis Hincks during
election for County of Oxford M.P.P. for third Provincial Parliament (united
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada), Aug. 1849? ; of Dereham, nominated Francis
Hincks during election for County of Oxford M.P.P. for fourth Provincial
Parliament (united Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada), Dec. 1851 | Shenston
(1852), pp. 96, 97
VANNORMAN, Benjamin | president of the Ingersoll and Port Burwell Plank
and Gravel Road Company, Sep. 1849 until at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page
131
VANSITTART & COTTLE | listed as lumber and grist mill operators, 4
miles east of Woodstock, 1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 472
VANSITTART, Mr. | and Mr. Cottel, erected and owned a saw mill at Conc.
1, Lot 9 East Oxford Township - still in operation during 1852 | Shenston
(1852), page 153
VANSITTART, Rear Admiral | chairman at the first township meeting (Blandford
Township), 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 188
VANSITTART, Rear Admiral | first president of the Agricultural Society
for the County of Oxford, 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 98
VANSITTART, Henry | a Captain in Third Regiment, Oxford Militia (Zorra
Township), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
VANSITTART, Henry | erected a house in East Woodstock during 1847 - this
house was occupied by Andrew Smith c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 120
VANSITTART, Henry | Major in Third Battalion, Oxford Militia (Zorra East
and West), May 1847 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 108
VANSITTART, Henry | entry won "best bull calf" during County of
Oxford Agricultural Society's 13th Annual Show, Sep. 28, 1848 | Shenston (1852),
page 100
VANSITTART, Henry | entry won "second best yearling bull"
during County of Oxford Agricultural Society's 14th Annual Show, Sep. 27, 1849 |
Shenston (1852), page 100
VANSITTART, Henry | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 15th Annual Show, Sep. 26, 1850: "second best two year old
bull", "third best milch cow" | Shenston (1852), pp. 99, 100
VANSITTART, Henry | a township councillor for Blandford Township, 1851 to
at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), pp. 191, 192
VANSITTART, Henry | entry won "second best bull calf" during
County of Oxford Agricultural Society's 16th Annual Show, Oct. 2, 1851 |
Shenston (1852), page 100
VANSITTART, Henry | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 17th Annual Show, Sep. 30, 1852: "best ram for fleece",
"best three ewes, fleece" | Shenston (1852), page 100
VANSITTART, Henry (junior) | president of the Agricultural Society for
the County of Oxford, 1843 & 1849 | Shenston (1852), page 98
VANSITTART, Henry (senior) | a Justice of the Peace for County of Oxford,
June 1835 to at least Jan. 1837 ; a school trustee, ____ Oxford Township, 1839 ;
a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb. 1840 to at least Aug. 1842 |
Shenston (1852), pp. 79, 87, 88
VANSITTART, Henry (senior) | donated funds toward the construction of
Goodwin’s School House in Woodstock, c.1839 | Shenston (1852), page 120
VANSITTART, J.G. | listed as registrar of surrogate court in Woodstock,
1851 | Canada Directory (1851), pp. 470, 471
VANSITTART, Mrs. J.G. | entry won "best two fuchsias" during
Oxford Horticultural Society show, Oct. 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 103
VANSITTART, John G. | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb.
1840 to at least Sep. 1849 ; Returning officer during election for County of
Oxford M.P.P. for third Provincial Parliament (united Provinces of Upper and
Lower Canada), Dec. 1848 ; an M.P.P. candidate for County of Oxford during
fourth Provincial Parliament (united Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada), Dec.
1851 election | Shenston (1852), page 87, 88, 95, 97
VANSITTART, John G. | a township councillor for Blandford Township, 1851
to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), pp. 191, 192
VEITCH, Lieut. | the second person buried in the churchyard of the
Episcopal Church in Woodstock, date not given | Shenston (1852), page 119
VENTON, Stephen | listed as a laborer in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
VIETCH, Jennet | resided on the north side of Dundas street in Woodstock,
Jan. 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 215
VIGAR, E.S. | a Justice of the Peace for County of Oxford, June 1835 to
at least Jan. 1837 | Shenston (1852), page 87
VIGAR, Edward S. | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb.
1840-? | Shenston (1852), pp. 87, 88
VINCENT, Mrs. | listed as an innkeeper in Oakland (Oakland Township),
1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 261
VINING, Jared | an assessor for East Nissouri Township, 1822 | Shenston
(1852), page 200
VINING, Jared | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 136 acres uncultivated | Shenston (1852), page 200
VINING, Jared | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Aug. 1842
to at least Sep. 1849 ; District Councillor for Nissouri Township, District of
Brock, 1842-1846 ; Warden for District of Brock and a District Councillor for
Nissouri Township, District of Brock, 1847-1848 ; Returning officer during
election for County of Oxford M.P.P. for third Provincial Parliament (united
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada), Apr. 1849? ; Reeve of East Nissouri
Township, 1850 | Shenston (1852), pp. 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 87,
88, 96, 204
VINING, Solomon | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 100 acres uncultivated, and with 2 oxen and 2 cows as livestock |
Shenston (1852), page 200
VINING, Solomon | town clerk for East Nissouri Township, 1845-1847 ;
treasurer for East Nissouri Township, 1850-1851 | Shenston (1852), pp. 204, 206
VINING, W. | assessor for East Nissouri Township, 1847 | Shenston (1852),
page 206
VINING, Wilber | a Captain in Eighth Battalion, Oxford Militia (Nissouri),
June 1849 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 110
VIVIAN, John | listed as operator of a grist mill in Oakland (Oakland
Township), 1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 261
VIZARDS, E. | a school trustee, ____ Oxford Township, 1839 | Shenston
(1852), page 79
VROMAN, John | treasurer for East Oxford Township Farmer’s Association
from July 1851 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 153