March 2007

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William James Peer & Family

March 26, 2007 in peer | 8 comments

William James Peer

Note: this entry originally posted Feb. 17  ’07, updated with family photos courtesy Julie Peer Mar. 26 ’07

The following information came to light in a correspondence this past week from Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy who is also researching the Peer lines in Ontario.

Death 2 April 1902. Death Certificate, William James Peer, age 40,
living 10th concession, married, born Elizabethtown, suicide by
hanging, no physician in attendance.

Source Citation: Roll: MS935_106.

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Early Percy Township Records

March 22, 2007 in percy | 2 comments

Anyone interested in the early days of Percy Township in Northumberland County is welcome to browse through my newly posted collection of transcriptions of Early Percy Township Records including 1797 and 1799 settlement reports plus 1803 to 1823 Census Reports.

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Robert Connell and Julia Coon

March 18, 2007 in connell, coon | No comments

Jan. 14th, 1830 Robert Connell and Julia Coon, both of Yonge,
banns, witnesses J. Coon, S. Smith.

A Record of Marriages Solemnized by William Smart, Minister of the Presbyterian congregartion, Brockville, Elizabethtown, Upper Canada ~ Originally published by: Ontario Historical Society, “Papers and Records” Volume 5, Published in Toronto in 1904, Pages 187-236. Digitized version of original document available here.

Last Will and Testament of James Connel

March 18, 2007 in connell | 1 comment

James Connel was the brother of my direct descendent Robert Connel. The two immigrated to Upper Canada around 1799.

Filed 8 January, 1847, with James Jessup, Reg’S Const.

In the name of God, Amen.

I, James Connel of the Township of Yonge in the District of Johnston in the Province of Canada, Yeoman do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.

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The Blizzard Inn

March 11, 2007 in slipp | 2 comments

Meeting of The Officers of the Garrison of St John and Fredricton on Long Island, in the River St. John, New Brunswick (circa 1790)

The building in the middle with two chimneys is Leonard Slipp’s inn on the St. John River. He called the spot Long Island, probably from his New York experiences, and the inn Blizzard. Leonard was a United Empire Loyalist and my paternal grandmother’s Great Great Grandfather.

Special thanks to Rick Crume and Carol Brown Parker for this important family heirloom.

Long_Island

Click on thumbnail to view the description on the back of the frame.

Update: A colour version of this lithograph is available from the New Brunswick Museum.