Comments on: Percy Township http://www.journeythroughthepast.com A Sometimes Blog Dedicated to My Family Tree Thu, 06 May 2010 15:53:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John Charlton http://www.journeythroughthepast.com/early-percy-township-records/comment-page-1/#comment-6909 John Charlton Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:18:03 +0000 http://www.journeythroughthepast.com/?page_id=32#comment-6909 Hi Marguerite; I'm not exactly sure what the original reasoning was behind choosing the name however it would seem to relate to Earl Percy, Duke of Northumberland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Percy Like much of Southern Ontario, English names predominate. Sorry I can't be more help. I will try to find a better answer for you and post it here when I do. Anybody else know? Hi Marguerite;

I’m not exactly sure what the original reasoning was behind choosing the name however it would seem to relate to Earl Percy, Duke of Northumberland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Percy

Like much of Southern Ontario, English names predominate.

Sorry I can’t be more help. I will try to find a better answer for you and post it here when I do. Anybody else know?

]]> By: marguerite senecal http://www.journeythroughthepast.com/early-percy-township-records/comment-page-1/#comment-6905 marguerite senecal Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:57:53 +0000 http://www.journeythroughthepast.com/?page_id=32#comment-6905 Could you please tell me how the township originally got its name, and its connection to northumberland county and alnwick in England? Thanks very much. Could you please tell me how the township originally got its name, and its connection to northumberland county and alnwick in England? Thanks very much.

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