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.

Grenier Hill, originally uploaded by Light Collector.
From my brother, Bob Charlton aka Light Collector. The Flickr page (click on photo above) shows what happened to the Charlton House in Shawinigan.
Across the street from my grandfather’s house in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec was Grenier Hill. I can remember as a boy, sitting on the grass at [...]

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 [...]

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The Cursing Stone, originally uploaded by SXV74.

Designed by Andy Altman of Why Not Associates the ‘Cursing Stone’ is a collaboration with sculptor Gordon Young and it’s a 7.5 ton granite boulder situated in Carlisle, England [...]

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the curse, originally uploaded by GWcumbria.

The curse of 1525 was aimed at Reiver families known for terrorising the region. The curse was read out by priests in every parish, in an attempt to curb the [...]

Photo courtesy of William Nicholson, All rights reserved, used by permission.
Several places called Charlton can be found in England but the surname is so closely associated with Northumberland that the hamlet of Charlton near Bellingham (pronounced Bell-ing-jum) in North Tynedale would seem to be the most likely place of origin for the surname. In the [...]

Thanks to Renae Grubb for forwarding this picture of Betty and Lois Deakin with their cousin Bill (W.B.) Charlton. The photo was apparently taken at St. Stephen, New Brunswick in 1917. The document was found amongst Lois Scott’s genealogical papers.

Photo and text submitted by Renae (Elder) Grubb
In July 2005 Sandra Hall and I organized a “Good” family reunion in Fillmore. Here’s the photo of those who were able to attend. Click on photo to view it larger.
Back row: Renae (Elder) Grubb, Steve Scott, Bruce, James and Heather Horsman, Landon and Jeff Grubb, Jalisha [...]


Background of this photo: In March of 2006, I came across this photo of James and Agnes Good, Helen Lottie Good’s parents and my great grandparents. The photo was placed on a University of Regina personal web page (now removed) along with other family details by a distant cousin of mine, Grant Urban. Thank you [...]

Left to right - Maggie Rowsome (Peer), Lucy Richards (Peer), George Rowsome, Lillian Spicer (Peer), Rev. Milton Hinton, Clara Hinton (Peer) and Kitty Peer.
Dec 26th, 2007 - note from Julie Hinton: Miranda and I visited my cousin Betty in Nov. and we both agreed that grandma and grandpa Hinton are not in the Peer Family Elder pic [...]