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LAKEMAN, Edward | operated a dry goods store in Woodstock,
1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 472
LAKEMAN, Edward | librarian for The Mechanics’ Institute and Library in
Woodstock, May 1852-? | Shenston (1852), page 123
LAKEMAN, Edward | listed as a merchant in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAKEMAN, Jacob | listed as a butcher in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAKEMAN, Margaret M. | taught "first class" during Board of
Public Instruction’s first year, 1851 | Shenston (1852), page 113
LAKEMAN, Mary M. | taught "first class" during Board of Public
Instruction’s second year, 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 113
LAMON, Samuel | listed as a cooper in Town of Woodstock Directory, c.1852
| Shenston (1852), page 127
LAMPMAN, Peter | a management committee member for East Oxford Township
Farmer’s Association from July 1851 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page
153
LAMPORT, ____ | cleared a portion of land in "that portion of
Woodstock what is in Blandford", no date given | Shenston (1852), page 117
LAMPORT, Edward | listed as a farmer in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAMPORT, Henry | listed in Town of Woodstock Directory, c.1852 | Shenston
(1852), page 127
LANAWAY, James | listed as a laborer in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAND, Ralph | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 17th Annual Show, Sep. 30, 1852: "best spring wheat",
"best butter" | Shenston (1852), page 101
LAND, William | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for Zorra Township with
100 acres uncultivated and with one cow as livestock | Shenston (1852), page 165
LAND, William | a Lieutenant in Oxford Militia, 1824 | Shenston (1852),
page 106
LANDERLIP, William | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for Zorra Township
with 100 acres uncultivated and with 2 cows as livestock | Shenston (1852), page
165
LANDON, W.H. | appointed assessor for Blandford Township during the first
township meeting, 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 188
LANDON, W.H. | board member for Brock District Building Society, Jan.
1847-? | Shenston (1852), page 104
LANDON, Rev. W.H. | first vice president of "the Woodstock Reading
Society" (i.e., the Woodstock Subscription Library), Feb. 1835-? | Shenston
(1852) page 123
LANDON, Rev. W.H. | first minister at the Baptist Meeting House in
Woodstock, 1836-? | Shenston (1852), page 118
LANDON, Rev. W.H. | listed as a Baptist minister in Woodstock, 1851 |
Canada Directory (1851), page 472
LANDON, Rev. W.H. | editor of the Western Progress between Nov. 1851 and
Apr.? 1852; this was the fifth newspaper published in the County of Oxford
(circulated from Nov. 1851-?) | Shenston (1852), page 122
LANDON, Rev. W.H. | listed as a minister in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LANDON, Rev. William H. | Superintendent (of schools) for District of
Brock, 1847-1849 ; Township Superintendent (of schools) for Blenheim and West
Zorra Twps., 1852 ; enumerator for Woodstock during 1852 Census | Shenston
(1852), pp. 33, 71, 72, 74, 80, 81, 114
LANSON, J.W. | listed as a blacksmith in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LAPENIOTIER, William | acted as Clerk/Secreteary in meetings which helped
to implement the construction of a Court House in Woodstock, 1837 | Shenston
(1852), page 117
LAPENOTIER, William | resided on the north side of Dundas street in
Woodstock, Jan. 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 215
LAPENOTIERE, William | appointed township clerk for Blandford Township
during the first township meeting, 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 188
LAPENOTIERE, William | a Lieutenant in Third Regiment, Oxford Militia (Zorra
Township), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
LAPENOTIERE, William | Quarter Master in Third Regiment, Oxford Militia (Zorra
Township), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
LAPENOTIERE, William | Clerk for District of Brock, 1842-1849 ; District
Councillor for Norwich Township, District of Brock, 1842 | Shenston (1852), pp.
65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 114
LAPENOTIERE, William | a Captain in Second Battalion, Oxford Militia (Blandford
and East Oxford), May 1848 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 108
LAPENOTIERE, W. | listed as judge of surrogate court and clerk of the
peace in Woodstock, 1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 470
LARNE, Henry | an assessor for Zorra Township, 1822 | Shenston (1852),
page 164
LARKWORTH, William | listed as a carpenter in Village of Ingersoll
Directory, c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LATES, Charles | nominated Finley Malcolm during election for County of
Oxford M.P.P. for twelfth Provincial Parliament (Upper Canada), Oct. 1834 |
Shenston (1852), page 94
LAW, ____ | surveyed a portion of Blandford Township, 1797 | Shenston
(1852), page 188
LAWRANCE, B. | winning entries during County of Oxford Agricultural
Society's 16th Annual Show, Oct. 2, 1851: "second best two year old
bull", "second best maple sugar" | Shenston (1852), pp. 99, 101
LAWRANCE, John | listed as a joiner in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LAWRANCE, Levi | seconded nomination of Finley Malcolm during election
for County of Oxford M.P.P. for twelfth Provincial Parliament (Upper Canada),
Oct. 1834 | Shenston (1852), page 94
LAWRANCE, M. | listed as a carpenter in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LAWRANCE, Miranda | listed as a shoemaker in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAWSON, Berry & Co. | listed as merchants in Town of Woodstock
Directory, c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAWSON, William | a Lieutenant in Second Regiment, Oxford Militia
(Blenheim, Blandford and Woodstock), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 106
LAWSON, William | a Lieutenant in Third Battalion, Oxford Militia (Zorra
East and West), May 1847 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 109
LAYCOCK, George | printer and publisher of the Western Progress, the
fifth newspaper published in the County of Oxford (circulated from Nov. 1851-?)
| Shenston (1852), page 122
LAYCOCK, George | corresponding secretary for The Mechanics’ Institute
and Library in Woodstock, May 1852-? | Shenston (1852), page 123
LAYCOCK, George | listed as a printer in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAYCOCK, J.H. | town clerk for Blenheim Township, 1840 to at least 1852 ;
assessor for Blenheim Township, 1841-1842, and 1844-1847 | Shenston (1852), pp.
197, 198, 199
LAYCOCK, James | vice-president of Brock District Building Society, Jan.
1847 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 104
LAYCOCK, James | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Sep.
1849-? | Shenston (1852), page 88
LAYCOCK, James | operated a general store in Woodstock, 1851 | Canada
Directory (1851), page 472
LAYCOCK, James | Auditor for County of Oxford, 1852 | Shenston (1852),
pp. 78, 114
LAYCOCK, James | board member for County of Oxford Building Society, Oct.
1852-? | Shenston (1852), page 105
LAYCOCK, James | secretary and treasurer of County of Oxford
Horticultural Society, 1852 ; entry won "best four varieties of roses"
during first show of Oxford Horticultural Society, Jul. 6, 1852 | Shenston
(1852), page 103
LAYCOCK, James | entry won "best twelve plums" during Oxford
Horticultural Society show, Oct. 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 104
LAYCOCK, James | listed as a merchant in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LAYCOCK, Joseph | operated a grist mill in Embro (Zorra Township), 1851 |
Canada Directory (1851), page 80
LAZERBY, Thomas | a management committee member for East Oxford Township
Farmer’s Association from July 1851 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page
153
LEAK, John | a management committee member for East Oxford Township
Farmer’s Association from July 1851 to at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page
153
LEAKE, John | a township councillor for East Oxford Township, 1850 |
Shenston (1852), page 155
LEASH, George | Reeve for Dereham Township, 1851 | Shenston (1852), page
139
LEEPLE (TEEPLE), William | occupied a portion of Lot 21, Conc. 1 East
Oxford Township between 1817 and 1819, cleared roughly 10 acres | Shenston
(1852), page 117
LEIGHTON, Mr. | his building plan/design for a Court House in Woodstock
was adopted, he further superintended the erection of the building, 1837 |
Shenston (1852), page 117
LEIGHTON, Mr. | contractor in the construction of the second brick house
built in Woodstock, 1837 | Shenston (1852), page 120
LEISH, George | Reeve for Dereham Township, County of Oxford, 1851 |
Shenston (1852), page 77
LEMON, William | a township councillor for East Oxford Township, 1851 to
at least 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 156
LEONARD, James | a Lieutenant in Sixth Battalion, Oxford Militia (Dereham),
Mar. 1850 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 109
LEONARD, John | listed as a tanner in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LEVINGS, Richard | listed in an 1825 assessment roll for West Oxford
Township (as a "person then resident in" what eventually became North
Oxford Township) with with 2 horses and 3 young cattle as livestock | Shenston
(1852), page 159
LEWIS, Mr. | and Mr. White were hired to construct a Presbyterian Church
in Woodstock, between 1841 and 1843 | Shenston (1852), page 118
LEWIS, A. | constable for East Nissouri Township, c.1821 | Shenston
(1852), page 200
LEWIS, Ashell | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 100 acres uncultivated, and with 2 oxen and one cow as livestock |
Shenston (1852), page 201
LEWIS, Evan | listed as a builder in Town of Woodstock Directory, c.1852
| Shenston (1852), page 127
LEWIS, G. | listed as a carpenter in Woodstock, 1851 | Canada Directory
(1851), page 472
LEWIS, Horatio | collector for "Oxford upon the Thames" (now
known as West, East and North Oxford Townships), 1816 | Shenston (1852), page
141
LEWIS, James | a Lieutenant in Third Regiment, Oxford Militia (Zorra
Township), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
LEWIS, Lend. (Leonard) | a school trustee, Zorra Township, 1838-1839 |
Shenston (1852), pp. 79, 174
LEWIS, Levi | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for Zorra Township with
96 acres uncultivated, 4 acres cultivated and with 2 oxen and 2 cows as
livestock | Shenston (1852), page 165
LEWIS, O. | a school trustee, Zorra Township, 1838-1839 | Shenston
(1852), page 79, 174
LEWIS, Samuel | listed in an 1816 assessment roll for "Oxford upon
the Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships) with 42
acres uncultivated, 8 acres cultivated and with 2 horses and 4 cows as livestock
| Shenston (1852), page 143
LEWIS, Samuel | an assessor for "Oxford upon the Thames" (now
known as West, East and North Oxford Townships), 1818 | Shenston (1852), page
141
LEWIS, Samuel | listed in an 1824 assessment roll for West Oxford
Township at Conc. 3, Lot 18 with 10 acres uncultivated and 30 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
LEWIS, Seneca | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Sep. 1849-?
| Shenston (1852), page 88
LICK, David | listed in an 1812 assessment roll for "Oxford upon the
Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships) with 90 acres
uncultivated, 10 acres cultivated and with 2 horses and 4 cows as livestock
(apparently also listed in 1816) | Shenston (1852), page 142
LICK, Daniel | listed in an 1824 assessment roll for West Oxford Township
at Conc. 1, Lot 5 with 50 acres uncultivated and 50 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
LIGHT, Colonel | donated funds toward the construction of Goodwin’s
School House in Woodstock, c.1839 | Shenston (1852), page 120
LIGHT, Alexander | an Ensign in Second Regiment, Oxford Militia
(Blenheim, Blandford and Woodstock), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 106
LIGHT, A.W. | Colonel in Second Regiment, Oxford Militia (Blenheim,
Blandford and Woodstock), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 106
LIGHT, A.W. | a Justice of the Peace for County of Oxford, July 1833 to
at least June 1835 | Shenston (1852), page 87
LIGHT, A.W. | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb. 1840-? |
Shenston (1852), pp. 87, 88
LIGHT, William | board member for Brock District Building Society, Jan.
1847-? | Shenston (1852), page 104
LIGHT, William | Major in Second Battalion, Oxford Militia (Blandford and
East Oxford), May 1851 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 108
LIGHT, W.S. | a Lieutenant in Second Regiment, Oxford Militia (Blenheim,
Blandford and Woodstock), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 106
LIGHT, William S. | Township Superintendent (of schools) for North Oxford
Township, 1844-1846 ; District Councillor for North Oxford Township, District of
Brock, 1846-1848 ; a township councillor for North Oxford Township, 1851 ; Reeve
for North Oxford Township, County of Oxford, 1852 | Shenston (1852), pp. 70, 71,
73, 78, 80, 162
LIND, Edward | listed as a shoemaker in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LINIRX, Henry | listed as a teamster in Village of Ingersoll Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 134
LINSEY, John G. | a township councillor for Blenheim Township, 1852-? |
Shenston (1852), page 198
LISTER, James | listed as a nurseryman in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LIVINGSTON, Cornelius | resided on the north side of Dundas street in
Woodstock, Jan. 1836 | Shenston (1852), page 215
LOCKHART, John | donated funds toward the construction of Goodwin’s
School House in Woodstock, c.1839 | Shenston (1852), page 120
LOCKMAN, Elijah | listed as a blacksmith in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LOGAN, George | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 100 acres uncultivated, and with one cow as livestock | Shenston
(1852), page 200
LOGAN, George | listed as a saddler in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LOGAN, Robert | listed in an 1822 assessment roll for East Nissouri
Township with 100 acres uncultivated, and with one cow as livestock | Shenston
(1852), page 200
LOGAN, William (junior) | an Ensign in Eighth Battalion, Oxford Militia (Nissouri),
June 1849 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 110
LONDON, Rev. W.H. | suffered a fire at his houses, May 1848 | Shenston
(1852), page 112
LONECKS, Silas | listed as a baker on King street in Ingersoll, 1851 |
Canada Directory (1851), page 116
LONGBOURNE, J. | a Lieutenant in Fourth Regiment, Oxford Militia (Burford
and Oakland), 1838-? | Shenston (1852), page 107
LONSBERRY, James | listed as a cooper in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LOOMIS, Benjamin | settled in West Oxford Township, 1793 | Shenston
(1852), page 145
LOOMIS, Benjamin | listed in an 1812 assessment roll for "Oxford
upon the Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships) with
84 acres uncultivated, 16 acres cultivated and with 4 cows as livestock
(apparently also listed in 1816) | Shenston (1852), page 143
LOONIS, Benjamin | an assessor for "Oxford upon the Thames"
(now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships), 1818 | Shenston (1852),
page 141
LOSSEE, Jeremiah | collector for Norwich Township, 1843 | Shenston
(1852), page 187
LOSSEE, John G. | assessor for Norwich Township, 1840 and 1847 | Shenston
(1852), page 187
LOSSEE, Johnston | collector for Norwich Township, 1840 | Shenston
(1852), page 187
LOSSIE, J.G. | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Feb. 1840-?
| Shenston (1852), pp. 87, 88
LOSSIE, John G. | a Justice of the Peace for County of Oxford, June 1829
to at least July 1833 | Shenston (1852), page 87
LOSSING, Peter | together with Peter Delong, purchased 15,000 acres of
land in Norwich Township from William Willcox, July 1810 | Shenston (1852), page
183
LOSSING, Peter | born in Dutchess County, New York ; settled (or at least
commenced improvements to) a 300 acre property in Norwich Township, 1811 ; lived
with his wife and 5 children by 1817 ; 14 acres in crop in 1811 - 20 acres
(1812), 23 acres (1813), 25 acres (1814), 28 acres (1815), 30 acres (1817) ; had
3 horses and three cows in 1811 ; had 2 horses, 8 cows, 2 oxen and 25 sheep in
1817 ; 80 acres total cultivated in 1817 ; harvested 300 bushels of wheat, 300
bushels of "corn, oats and peas", 1000 bushels of potatoes during 1817
; drafted a schedule of events pertaining to early settlements in the Norwich
Township area, to be presented to Robert Gourley, 1818 | Shenston (1852), pp.
179, 180, 181
LOSSING, Peter | postmaster for Norwichville Post Office, 1832-1833 |
Shenston (1852), page 182
LOSSING, Solomon | a Justice of the Peace for County of Oxford, June 1829
to at least July 1833 | Shenston (1852), page 87
LOSSING, Solomon | assessor for Norwich Township, 1841 | Shenston (1852),
page 187
LOSSING, Solomon | a District Councillor for Norwich Township, District
of Brock, 1842-1843 ; Chairman for District of Brock, 1842-1843 ; Warden for
District of Brock, Apr. 1843 to Feb. 1844 | Shenston (1852), pp. 66, 67, 68, 114
LOSSING, Solomon | a Justice of the Peace for District of Brock, Aug.
1842-? | Shenston (1852), pp. 87, 88
LOUTHAIN, George | a Lieutenant in Seventh Battalion, Oxford Militia
(Blenheim), Aug. 1851 to at least June 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 110
LOVE, Mr. | together with Mr. Robinson, erected four houses in Woodstock
known as the "Victoria Buildings" during 1846 (cost 2800 pounds) -
both individuals passed away before 1852 | Shenston (1852), page 120
LOVE, Mrs. | suffered a fire at her hotel, The Woodstock Hotel, Mar. 1852
| Shenston (1852), page 113
LOVE, Mrs. Ann | listed in Town of Woodstock Directory, c.1852 | Shenston
(1852), page 127
LOVE, Thomas | donated funds toward the construction of Goodwin’s
School House in Woodstock, c.1839 | Shenston (1852), page 120
LOVEROIN, William | listed as a butcher in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127
LOVRING, William | listed as a butcher in Woodstock, 1851 | Canada
Directory (1851), page 472
LOWNSBURY, James | listed as a cooper and miller in Woodstock, 1851 |
Canada Directory (1851), page 472
LOWTHIAN, George | listed as an innkeeper in Princeton (Blenheim
Township), 1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 287
LUDDINGTON, Levi | listed in an 1812 assessment roll for "Oxford
upon the Thames" (now known as West, East and North Oxford Townships) with
180 acres uncultivated, 20 acres cultivated and with one horse, 2 oxen and 4
cows as livestock (apparently also listed in 1816) | Shenston (1852), page 142
LYMAN, Henry | of Scotland [Burford/Oakland Townships], agent for County
of Oxford Building Society, Oct. 1851-? | Shenston (1852), page 105
LYMAN, Henry | listed as a storekeeper in Oakland (Oakland Township),
1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 261
LYMAN, Henry | listed as a dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc. in
Scotland (Burford/Oakland Townships), 1851 | Canada Directory (1851), page 351
LYNN, Robert | one of the first trustees for Goodwin’s School House in
Woodstock | Shenston (1852), page 120
LYONS, Timothy | listed as a laborer in Town of Woodstock Directory,
c.1852 | Shenston (1852), page 127