Journey Through The Past

A freight train is headed East between the old and new cemeteries at Yonge Mills. The vintage look was created using a texture layer in Photoshop.
Read about my first trip to this cemetery here.

William Henry Richards died July 30th 1923 at 1:30 am at the age of 59 years. A life long resident of Bell’s Corners. He was the eldest son of the late Richard Richards and his wife Eliza Hinton. 40 years ago united in marriage to Lucy, third daughter of the late Reuben Peer, of Bell. [...]

April 1959 - Newspaper clipping, publisher unknown
Golden Wedding Marked - Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Connell, of Kemptville, are pictured during the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary recently. They were married at Jellyby on April 21, 1909, but have been living in the Kemptville area for some time. Mrs. Connell is the former Ethel Richards, [...]

Della Charlton (nee Connell),
Passed away peacefully on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at Sunset Manor, Collingwood, Ontario in her 93rd year. Della, beloved wife of the late William Charlton and the late Wendell Phipps. Dear mother of Bob and his wife Agnes of Stayner, Ontario, Jim and his wife Louise of Kirkland, Quebec and John [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Query posted to Upper Canada Genealogy and History (A Yahoo discussion Group requiring signup - but you can answer here if you prefer)
Looking for others researching the Connells of Yonge Mills (just west
of present day Brockville), Yonge Township. Robert born 1756 Scotland
(brother of James) both settled Yonge Mills area circa 1799, Robert
died 1821. I have [...]

I’ve just uncovered evidence indicating Sarah Loretta Bradley was born in Howick, in Huron County, Ontario and not Leeds County as I had suspected. This could well open up the possibility of finally locating her parents, Samuel Bradley and Charlotte Tackaberry.
For many years I have searched in vain for Sarah’s parents in Leeds and surrounding [...]

In the summer of 1985, I went on a photo expedition to discover some of my ancestral roots. One of the highlights of that journey was discovering the burial grands of my great great grandparents, Robert and Sophia Connell behind the old stone church in Yonge Mills just outside of Brockville, Ontario.
The cemetery is divided [...]

From Left to right - Clifford Roy, William Henry, Ethel May, Harold
Edison (in front), Lucy Adeline and Howard Victor.
1901 Census:

William H Richards, male, white, head, married, born Ontario - Mar 24, 1864, age 37, origin Irish, nationality Canadian, religion Methodist, occupation Farmer
Lucy A Richards, female, white, wife, married, born Ontario - Nov 7, 1866, age [...]