Andrew Grauberger, of German descent, witnessed the growing pains of his new country, America, being born out of Revolution, thus forcing his coming north to remain loyal to the British Crown. He and many of his compatriots settled in the Township of Matilda, Dundas County, Upper Canada. Matilda has an area 62,327 acres (252 km2) READ MORE
Author: Gayle Stewart
FRASER, Alexander and Sarah Chamberlain Fraser
A serendipitous occurrence in 2015 significantly aided in researching the Alex Fraser business and family story. Fraser Serendipity Alexander “Alex” Fraser (1830-1903) – the surviving twin at his birth – m. Sarah Elizabeth Chamberlain (1835-1910), daughter of Hiram Wyman Chamberlain (1812- 1854) and Elizabeth Minerva Hayes (1816-1898). See CHAMBERLAIN entry. When Chamberlain unexpectedly died of cholera, the young READ MORE
MARTIN, Sam and Catherine Stoddard Martin
An Exceptionally Curious Girl Sails Alone. Not many 15-year-old girls nowadays would voluntarily leave their families in 1891, travel across an ocean by ship and settle in a new country away from friends and family. When she was 15, she set off alone aboard the Allen Liner to begin a new life as a domestic READ MORE
VIZENA, Joseph-Emelie (Elie) and Mary Jane Hamilton Vizena
We are fortunate that extensive research work has been done on the Vizena Family History by Linda Gervais Bromley, resulting in: VIZENA FAMILY Genealogy. Her grandparents were Robert H. Vizena and Cecelia Laverdure . Sam and Bridgett were her great-grandparents. Her mother was Valeria Vizena, daughter of Robert. The Vizena family’s story is really the history READ MORE
HOWARD, Keyworth Daniel and Alice Edith Condie
Keyworth Howard was the last in a family of ten children. His father Robert Daniel Howard had settled in Ross Township, adjacent to Westmeath Township, with his wife Mary Jane Johnson (1845-1913) a woman from Claredon Twp., Pontiac County, on the Lower Canada side of the Ottawa River. Her parents were Cotie Thompson Johnston (1812-1888) READ MORE
DUPUIS, Moise and Marie Louise Labine Dupuis
The Arcadian Flag The Dupuis Family is deeply rooted in L’Acadie and the history of New France in eastern North America. Dupuis members participated in all walks of life from the hardy well-travelled “voyageurs” to Dupuis farmers and Acadian businessmen throughout eastern Quebec, the Maritimes and Maine. “The first capital of Acadia, established in 1605, READ MORE
DUNN, James and Catherine Cassidy Dunn
DUNN, James and Catherine Cassidy Dunn James Dunn (1806- 1872) and Catherine Cassidy (1816-1901), “immigrant Ancestors” He was born around 1806 in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, close to the present border with Northern Ireland. She was also Irish (unknown hometown), and Catherine would die of old age in her adopted home. 1901 Death Registry. 1872 James READ MORE
LAMARCHE, Louis and Margaret Dorian.
Pauline Johns, a descendent of Louis Lamarche and Margaret Dorian has done extensive research on the ancestry of this LaPasse family. She has most generously submitted her research to this site. It is copied here in its entirety. Thank you very much Pauline for sharing this valuable work. The Ottawa River serving as an inter-provincial READ MORE