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2004 Queries

VON HATTEN The late Stephen Von Hatten was a great grandfather. Seeking information on any children he had. He was married to Catherine O'Brecht, in the late 1800's. Please contact [email protected]  December 31, 2004

HEARN My Great Grandfather GEORGE W. HEARN, son of George Hearn and Margaret Ferguson, lived in Bruce County in the early 1880s. He may have been born somewhere in the Guelph area. He married my Great Grandmother Fanny Mogg 13 June 1884 in Southampton and was still residing there in 1889. They left there for Michigan only a few years before 1900. We know he had a brother Wesley Hearn married to Ann Jane McLure and a sister Jessie (Pheba) Hearn married in Bruce County to a John Blindauer. There were others but we have lost them. We know there is a James Hearn and an Archibald Hearn buried in the Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin. Anyone having any information on any of these Hearn families please contact me? Thank you. Donna Chalupiak [email protected]. December 31, 2004

COLBORNE Would like any info on descendants of Alexander Colborne (1) 1806-1906 Paisley (last 7 years spent in Goderich with son John H. Colborne), Alexander Colborne(2) 1839?-1899 (married to Sarah Buie) Paisley. Thank you, Alex Colborne. [email protected] December 31, 2004

PORTER Contact or information Porter relations from Ireland/Manvers/Arran. William/Isabel Porter Lot 18, Conc 9. 1861-65 came with Porter brothers David (Wiarton) and Robert to Arran. Thirteen children Levina, Sarah, Letitia, Alicia, Annie, Emma, Lillian, Louisa, Jim, Bill, Washingon, Fred, Stanley. Orginal farm sold 1908. Deborah Rapini [email protected] November 11, 2004

KUTZ / STANFIELD - I am looking for information on Edward Louis Kutz. He was born in Mildmay, Ontario 1911. Married to Elizabeth - I don't have a last name. Children Frederick, and Irma Elizabeth (Betty) Kutz. I am also looking for Betty's family. If anyone has information please email W. Kutz at [email protected] November 11, 2004

GIBSON I am researching William GIBSON married Elizabeth MOSGROVE by the 1851 Culross-Bruce County Census. Elizabeth and William married around 1834 to 1836. By the 1851 census they had several children. William GIBSON was a farmer and died between the 1851 census and the 1861 census. Elizabeth was previously married to Robert McDOWELL - he died ???? in snowstorm. Elizabeth had two children with Robert. James McDowell was an engineer at a sawmill. Edward McDowell was a baggage master at CPR in Walkerton. I would love to know more about the family. We are trying to locate Elizabeth's parents' names - maybe on a marriage ?? Thank you Jocelyn Harrold Corrected e-mail address [email protected] November 11, 2004

BONESTEEL JOHN BONESTEEL U.E., (SON OF JACOB BONESTEEL SR.(U.E.L.) & CHRISTIAN WELCH) & HIS WIFE CATHARINE ATKINS, (DAUGHTER OF ROBERT ATKINS & ANN TESKEY U.E.)
1-John BONESTEEL U.E. b. 1809, Mountain Twp., Dundas County
+Catherine ATKINS b. , Adair, Limerick County, Ireland, d. 1849, St. Vincent,
Grey County
|--2-Jacob BONESTEEL b. 1844, St. Vincent, Grey County, Ontario
| +Eliza Ann CLARK b. 1848, St. Vincent, Grey County, Ontario
| +Mary Ann BAILEY b. 1851
|--2-William BONESTEEL Sr. b. 2 Mar 1845, St. Vincent, Ontario, d. 22 Aug 1920,
| Wiarton, Bruce County
| +Catherine BENEDICT b. 1848, St. Vincent, Grey County, Ontario, d. 13 Sep
| 1926, Wiarton, Bruce Co.
| |--3-Mary Evelyn (Eva) BONESTEEL b. 1870, d. 28 May 1963, Toronto, York Co
| | Ontario
| | +George Smith HENDRY b. 1864, Scotland, d. 28 Apr 1945
| |--3-William C. BONESTEEL b. 27 Apr 1876, Chesley, Elderslie Twp. Bruce
| | County, d. 3 Jan 1921, Amabel Twp. Bruce County
| | +(Maggie) Margaret Ann CLEMENS b. 1877, Wiarton, Bruce Co., d. 24 Nov
| | 1941, Port Elgin, Bruce Co.
| |--3-George BONESTEEL b. 1882, d. 1953, Southampton, Bruce Co.
| | +Caroline (Carrie) E. DAVIS b. , Wiarton, Bruce Co.
| | +Jemina (Mina) Gemima GRAFTON b. 1887, d. 29 Mar 1937, Southampton,
| | Bruce Co.
| |--3-Louella May (Louise) BONESTEEL b. , Chesley, Elderslie Twp. Bruce
| | County
| | +Alfred Henry MILLER b. , Wiarton, Bruce Co.
| |--3-John BONESTEEL b. 23 Nov 1880, Elderslie Twp., Bruce County
| |--3-Laura Ellen BONESTEEL b. Jul 1868, Dobbington, Elderslie Twp., Bruce
| | Co., d. 17 Apr 1888, Wiarton, Co. Bruce
|--2-Dau. BONESTEEL
Any information you have on this family would be appreciated. Carol Stuart, [email protected]. October 18, 2004

RIACH Alexander and Mary. I am looking for information about this family who lived on a farm at Kinloss in 1871-1875. They were the family who looked after Margaret and Thomas Collopy in those years. They are listed as strays on the 1871 census and living with Alexander and Mary. Margaret later had a child by the name of Alexander b. 1873 who is my Grandfather. The family is on the 1881 census living in East Wawanosh. Would anyone have any information about these people? Were they relatives of Margaret and Thomas Collopy? Were they adopted by the Riach family? What was the name of the school that they went to? Thank you for your help. Margaret Whatmore, Whitecourt, Alberta. [email protected]. October 18, 2004

GOOD/ANDERSON In 1851 John Good and Wife Isabel(la) Anderson lived in Huron Township, Bruce County along with their children James Wilfred (c1852), William John, Dec 25, 1854, Sarah Jane, c1856-1859, and Mary Elizabeth, c1859-1860. Were they married in Bruce county? The marriage would likely have occurred c1850. Could some kind soul find evidence of this marriage for me so that I can get the full record. They could have been Church of England or Methodist. Doris Kelly at [email protected]. October 11, 2004

THOMPSON I am researching our Quigley / Thompson family. I have listed some of the Thompsons of the Elderslie / Sullivan area especially around the Grace Anglican church area. I do not know if they are all related. I believe that they are of Irish descent. Can you help?
Francis Thompson d. Jan 26, 1871
Mary Perry d. Jan 2, 1873 (wife)
John Sutcliffe d. Jan 24, 1893 (son in-law of above)
Ann Thomson d. Jan 9, 1904 (wife)
Susan Thompson d. Feb 28, 1901 (sister of Ann above)
Mary (James) McMullen d. June 17, 1892 (nee Thompson)
Susan Thompson wife of James Spencer (mother of Jason Spencer)
Jane Thompson wife of George Quigley
Ann Thompson died Apr 3, 1900
Robert Thompson d. Sept 1890
Please contact: Jane Quigley, R.R. 2, Box 60, Orillia, ON L3V 6H2 October 11, 2004

McKENZIE / McKAY My great grandfather Norman McKENZIE born Scotland 1838 was a farmer, blacksmith and lay preacher in Teeswater/Culross area. His wife was Sarah McKAY born Port Hood Cape Breton NS. She had at least four brothers including John & James McKAY. Norman's father was Donald or perhaps the Murdoch McKENZIE who held land in 1853 lot 90 concession 2 north of Durham Road Kincardine. Sarah's parents were Hector and Margaret McKAY. The McKAY family moved from NS to ON first to Bells Corner (now Shakespeare) thence Woodstock, Goderich & finally Culross. Norman and Sarah's children were Mary (1861) Hector (1863) Donald (1865) James (1867) John (1872) (my grandfather) and Daniel (?). I would appreciate any information about any of these families and people. Peter Ferguson [email protected] September 9, 2004

(MAC) McKINNON / McKENZIE Looking for information on Angus McKinnon born about 1841 in Bruce Co, Ontario married to a Mary McKenzie. They had a son, William born about 1869 who immigrated to Michigan and married a Jennie LaPoint. Angus may have been born in Scotland, not sure. Any info to Dr. Frank Berrier, [email protected] Thanks! September 9, 2004

YANDT/ GEISEL I am searching for information on either of these families. They both lived in the area of Hanover, Carrick, Nuestadt, and Ayton. Lizzie Geisel was killed in a buggy accident about 1947. Both these families lived and died in this area. Please  email me at [email protected].  August 19, 2004

SLINGO An Ann (BURRIET) SLINGO appears in the Canadian Census of 1881 age 72, born in England, she was living with a Thomas Carr age 86 at Oxford West- Oxford South. Ontario. She is interred at Hillcrest, Tara, Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario. A Charles SLINGO also is there presumed to be her husband. A George Henry SLINGO b 1845 in Woodstock Ontario, appears in the 1881 Census, a Farmer living at Amabel, Bruce North, Ontario. He was a Bible Christian, married in 1883 to a Susan Wilcox at Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario. He reappears in the USA Census 1930 age 85 in California, his wife died in 1924 in Canada. I am looking for further information on the above. When was Charles SLINGO's birth date, or age at death, and death date. Did George Henry SLINGO have children, where did his wife die. Are there headstones at Hillcrest, would love to obtain a photograph. Contact Graham Slingo of the SLINGO Family at [email protected]. our website  http://www.communigate.co.uk/hants/slingofamily2/index.phtml.  July 30, 2004

KERR / ELLIOT / CROWE/ MCCULLIGH My gggrandfather Soloman KERR with wife Sarah ELLIOTT, and infant daughter Catherine left somewhere in Ireland, in 1858 or 59, landed somewhere in Canada and then proceeded to Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario. I have them placed there by 1860 as that is when my ggrandfather John James KERR was born in Arkwright, Arran Twsp. Sarah died and Soloman remarried Eliza CROWE, and they moved to Bidwell Twsp., Manitoulin Island after 1871. Solomon's children with Sarah are: Catherine (b abt. 1858 Ireland, married John MCCullough (also spelled MCCULLIGH) 1876 in Bidwell, Manitoulin Island. Death somewhere between 1884 and 1891. John James (b. 1860, Arkwright Ont., married 1)Elizabeth Mcculligh in 1884. D . sometime before 1891, no surviving children 2) Annie Lockyer (LOCKIER, LOCKYEAR). She died in 1937, he in 1956. Thomas (b. abt 1862, Family legend has it he died in late teens early 20’s. Infant possibly James that died with or soon after Sarah. My direct line comes through JOHN JAMES KERR who had several children with Annie Lockyer: William John, Minnie, Alice (who was called Blanche), Mary (called Mamie), THOMAS JAMES KERR (my Line), Melvyn, Frank. All of these are dead now. My grandfather, THOMAS JAMES KERR, born 1901,Bidwell Twsp., Manitoulin Island, died 1987, Little Current, Manitoulin Island, married Eliza Collins (1907-66) in 1927 on the Manitoulin. They had 3 children, 2 of whom are still living and my father CARL G. KERR born 1931, Manitoulin, Assiginack Twsp., died February 21, 2003. I have lots of sideways details, but I can’t get any farther back than Soloman. Oral History says the family lived in Bridge Town , part of Belfast , but …. I am starting to think he swam over from Ireland. Again family stories suggest that Soloman’s father John , some siblings and friends/relations may have come to Canada at the same time. (MCULLOUGH, ELLIOTT, possibly MACARTER). I have placed Soloman in the 1871 census in Arran, but suspect he may have been living with his father or in laws in 1861.  Please let me know of any info you may have especially of the family's Irish origins, and their life in Bruce County. Contact Susan Kerr Herzog. E-mail: [email protected].  July 30, 2004

CAMPBELL, DUNCAN died somewhere between 1868 and 1870 supposedly murdered. He was a tailor on Queen St. in Kincardine. Married to MARY GILLIS CAMPBELL, both from Scotland. Children were: ANGUS, b. 1852, CATHERINE FLORA , b. 1857, and MALCOLM, b. 1862. MARY married DAVID ROLSTON after the death of DUNCAN. CATHERINE FLORA married WILLIAM JOSEPH CAMPBELL (b. 1855) in Ripley. Are there any old newspaper stories or police records of the death of DUNCAN? And who were WM. JOSEPH CAMPBELL’S parents? I have old photos that I would be glad to share with anyone who might be interested. NWHicks Ft. Worth, TX [email protected]  July 30, 2004

MCKELVEY / CROWE I am researching the MCKELVEY family of Paisley, Elderslie Twp. Also the CROWE family of same area. Anyone researching these families please contact Tom Kyte. E-mail: [email protected]. Postal: 13 Noble St., Meaford, Ont., N4L 1M7. July 30, 2004

GIBSON - looking for further information on the William GIBSON family. 1851 census has family living at Culross Twp. Father - William GIBSON 38 farmer, Ireland, mother Elizabeth 40, Robert (14); Sarah (12); James (10); William (8); Edward (5); John (3). Where did William farm? He was dead by 1861 census. Looking for marriage of William and Elizabeth around 1835. Please contact Jocelyn at [email protected].  June 1, 2004

MCDONALD - Seeking information on Reverend Kenneth MCDONALD, Presbyterian Minister, Kincardine. Last residence was on Victoria Street. Passed away 1 March 1911, buried in Kincardine Cemetery 4 March 1911. Anyone having any information on him or any descendents please contact [email protected]. June 1, 2004

COLE - My great grandfather's sisters Alice COLE and Emma CHRISTENSEN (maiden name MOSELEY) together with my great, great grandmother, Emma MOSELEY emigrated to Canada from Birmingham, England in the early part of the 20th Century. Alice was married to a Henry Herbert COLE and Emma to a Dane, Anton CHRISTENSEN. Alice and Henry, who are buried at Southampton cemetery, Saugeen, had a daughter Kitty who married a Mr. EDWARDS. Any information on family history, photos etc would be much appreciated. Contact Dave Moseley - [email protected]. May 17, 2004

GOOD John Good married Isabella Anderson circa 1850, they settled on Concession 9 in Huron Township. In the 1851 census they are listed in a log house with 4 children, James, William, Sarah and Mary. John Good died October 10, 1867 at the age of 39, he is buried in Kincardine Cemetery. In the 1871 census, Isabella is listed again with the 4 children living on Concession 10, lots 8 and 9. Also again in Huron Township. Anyone with any info please contact me at [email protected] May 14, 2004

BURNS Family in Kinloss. Bridget (Gorman) BURNS resided in Kinloss Twp. after the death of her husband, Morgan BURNS, whose death is recorded in 1863 Kingsbridge, St. Joseph's RC records. After Morgan BURNS' death she married Irish-born David JOHNSON of Ashfield in 1867. A son William BURNS may have lived in Kinloss. Does anyone have information on a BURNS family in Kinloss in 1860s? Patrick Burns [email protected] May 3, 2004

ROWE, George, b. abt.1849, brother of (James ROWE family Lot 31, Con 6, Greenock). Parents are Robt J ROWE & Mary J HADDON, Logan, Perth. George may have married Susanna THORNTON and had children Susan, Margaret, Mary Jane? His bro James & Eliz. ROWE fam buried Purdy, & James son J Edgar fam buried Kincardine. Did George ROWE family live farm Greenock or Bruce area? Is he buried Bruce County? Please contact: [email protected] May 3, 2004

MCLEOD / ROWAN My great-grandfather Donald McLeod was born in Sutherland, Scotland in 1821 and settled in Kincardine in about 1848. He died in 1906. He married Isabella Rowan, born in Argyll Scotland in 1833. They were married in Kincardine in 1849. They had 9 children: John, Catherine, James, Robert, Duncan, Margaret, Angus, J. Stewart, and Hugh (my grandfather). I would like to get what information I could about Donald and Isabella in preparation for a trip to Scotland. Also information about any other descendants... Robert J. McLeod, Jr., [email protected] April 26, 2004

GOODWIN Any information, burial? GOODWIN, Jessie M. lived in Port Elgin / Southampton 1906. GOODWIN, Bessie R., born Marquette, Mi 1881. BOYLE, Rachel (mother), d 1883. GOODWIN, Jesse (dad) d 1897. BECKER-GOODWIN, Anna (step-mother) lived in Port Elgin 1907. Denis Hill, e-mail [email protected]. April 9, 2004

BEST Looking for information about the family of Grace BEST, wife of William BEST. Grace died in Brant on Dec. 13, 1896 aged 63 years, 10 months. The family lived on Lot 25, Con. 3 of Brant. The burial of Grace took place at Walkerton Cemetery. Contact Stephanie at [email protected]. March 7, 2004

Ross Looking for any info for Arnold Ross and wife Grace nee Riddell who lived in Underwood Ont. from 1862 till Arnold's death 1899. Their daughter Agnus Ross married Duncan Campbell Sept 1880 in Underwood. The other children's names are Mary, Alice, Catherine, George, Arnold Jr.. Contact Fred at [email protected]. March 7, 2004

Valentine / McNabb / Smith / Calder In January, 1854, the first election in Saugeen Township, (the 2nd township to be created) was held at Belcher's Tavern in Southampton, then called Saugeen.
On January 16, 1854 the first Council meeting was held at Mr. Cathay's home in Southampton. A re-enactment of that first meeting was held on Jan 16, 2004, the 150th anniversary of that first meeting, in the same home.
A committee of local people is now exploring the people who were involved in that first council. They are: John Valentine, Alex McNabb, John Smith, James Calder and Thomas Turner. This committee would like a picture and a biographical sketch of each of these men. Are there descendants or others out there who could give us family history, photos, and other particulars of these our first administrators of a community known as Saugeen Township, now known as Saugeen Shores? Contact Audrey at [email protected]  February 23, 2004

POLLOCK Looking for info on James POLLOCK who came to the Chesley area from Lisnagunogue, Co. Antrim, early 1870's. Would like any info on Robert and Martha POLLOCK in the same area. Please contact Carol Black at [email protected] February 23, 2004

MOGG, Fanny 1861 (father Thomas Mogg mother Susan Taylor) Birthplace Saugeen Twp. Married George Hearn. Daughter, Feby Maude Mary 1883 Saugeen Twp (possible father Thimothy Harman) Married Harry Rutherford about 1905. Anyone with info on Maude's birth or marriage? Contact: [email protected] February 11, 2004

WINN Seeking information on WINN, Arthur b 1887 d 1954 m. AIKEN, Eva Edna b 1888 d ? both bu Hillcrest Cem, Tara, Arran, Bruce, ON. (This info was given to me and I am not sure if Arran and Bruce are correct as these are both townships.) Could there possibly be obituaries available? Are there any WINN families in this area today? Contact: [email protected] January 27, 2004

BRYAN, Michael. 1833-1890. Born Ireland. Married Hannah Snell, circa 1870's children Alberta b.1877, James 1882, Robert (my grandfather) born 1885. all lived around Chesley, Elderslie Township. Michael's sister was Catherine Bryan (married George Thomson) Any information about Michael would be appreciated. I have quite a bit about Catherine. He died in December, 1890. I think he may be buried around Tara. Does anybody have any general information about him and where exactly he is buried? Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]. January 24, 2004