IMMIGRANTS FROM ENGLAND 1800 - 1900

IMMIGRANTSENGLAND1800 - 1900FROMPROVINCE OF ONTARIOVOLUME 1 - FRONTENAC COUNTYCOMPILED BYRUSS WALLER

INTRODUCTIONCHOOSING A TITLE FOR THIS SERIES OF BOOKS WAS SOMEWHAT OF A PROBLEM.SINCE CANADA IS LEGALLY A BI-LINGUAL COUNTRY (ALTHOUGHACTUALLY MORE AND MORE MULTI-LINGUAL) THE TERM "ENGLISH" CONNOTES LANGUAGE RATHER THAN ORIGIN, AND IS ALMOST ALWAYS USED TODIFFERENTIATE FROM "FRENCH".IMMIGRANTS FROM ENGLAND WAS CHOSEN AS THE LEAST CUMBERSOME ALTERNATIVE TO ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS.THIS BOOK DOES NOT CONTAIN A FULL GENEALOGY OF ANY ONE FAMILY.IT IS INTENDED AS A FINDING AID, ASSISTING RESEARCHERS ON BOTHSIDES OF THE ATLANTIC TO DISCOVER EITHER WHERE THEIR ANCESTORS CAME FROM OR WHERE THEY EMIGRATED TO.IN MOST CASES, THEREFORE, NOT ALL OF THE KNOWN CHILDREN ARE INCLUDED IN THE "ISSUE" COLUMN.ALL THOSE BORN IN ENGLAND ARELISTED, IN ORDER TO ASSIST ENGLISH RESEARCHERS TO IDENTIFY A PARTICULAR FAMILY, BUT, OF THE CHILDREN BORN AFTER EMIGRATION, THEELDEST SON IS USUALLY THE ONLY ONE LISTED.A DAUGHTER IS LISTED IF THERE IS NO MALE ISSUE, BUT HER NAME CHANGE AT MARRIAGE MAKESIT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TRACE HER.THE PROBLEM OF TRACING FAMILIES WHO MOVED ON FROM FRONTENAC COUNTY WAS GREATLY ASSISTED IN MANY CASES BY THETHE 1871 CANADA CENSUS, COMPILED BY THE ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.ALL-ONTARIO INDEX TOTHIS INDEX IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB.THE DATE OF ARRIVAL OF MOST IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IS, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT KNOWN, BUT, FOR THOSE FAMILIES LISTED IN THE 1901 CENSUS, ASPACE WAS PROVIDED FOR THE YEAR OF IMMIGRATION.NOT ALL FAMILIES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.A FAMILY'S PLACE OF ORIGIN IN ENGLAND IS SELDOM RECORDED IN THE CANADA CENSUS, BUT CANADIAN MARRIAGE REGISTERS AND VITALSTATISTICS RECORDS, WHERE THEY WERE AVAILABLE, HAVE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION.IT IS HOPED THAT THOSE PERSONS WHO FIND THEIR ANCESTORS IN THESE PAGES WILL CONTACT THE AUTHOR WITH WHATEVER FURTHER STATISTICSTHEY HAVE ASCERTAINED.DATA WILL BE INCLUDED AND CONTRIBUTORS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN FUTURE PRINTINGS.VOLUME II, COVERING LENNOX & ADDINGTON COUNTY, IS NOW IN PREPARATION, BUT IT IS THE AUTHOR'S HOPE THAT PRIVATE RESEARCH PUBLISHERSIN OTHER PARTS OF ONTARIO AND ACROSS CANADA WILL TAKE ON THE PROJECT IN THEIR OWN REGIONS.INTERESTED PERSONS MAY WRITE OR CALL:RUSS WALLER, 114 ROBERT WALLACE DRIVE,KINGSTON, ON, K7M 1Y2-613-542-9310ORGANIZATIONSURNAMES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR AN INDEX.THE PARENTS COLUMN INCLUDES THE CHRISTIAN NAMES OF SINGLE PERSONS.DOUBLE SPACING IS NORMALLY USED THROUGHOUT, BUT SINGLESPACING IS USED TO GROUP TOGETHER AND DESIGNATE AN OBVIOUSLY RELATEDFAMILY (SEE "ABBOTT" FAMILY, PAGE ONE).FATHER'S NAME IS REPEATED TO SHOW A REMARRIAGE.IN SOME CASES, THE(SEE "ADA" FAMILY, PAGE ONE), WHERE THE FIRST WIFE'S NAME IS UNDERLINED TO SHOWTHAT HER NAME IS REPEATED LATER UNDER HER SURNAME.TO SAVE LINE SPACE, BIRTHYEARS IN THE I9TH CENTURY ARE SHORTENED TO '--.THE I8TH CENTURY, THE FULL YEAR OF BIRTH IS GIVEN.m INDICATES MARRIED.OCCUPATIONS ARE SEPARATED BY / FROM ENGLISH PLACES OF ORIGIN.IN THEIMMIGRATION YEARS ARE SHOWN IN SQUARE BRACKETS; ['--].ISSUE COLUMN, CHILDRENS' NAMES ARE PRECEDED BY AND SEPARATED BY ;PARENTS COLUMN UNDER THE MALES' SURNAME.INUNDERLINED CHILDREN WITH SPOUSES ARE REPEATED IN THEIN THE SAME COLUMN, SQUARE BRACKETS WITH S/O (SON OF) AND D/O (DAUGHTER OF) ENCLOSE THENAMES OF PARENTS WHO PROBABLY REMAINED IN ENGLAND.iii

MOST OF THE LOCATIONS IN THE DESTINATION COLUMN ARE TOWNSHIPS IN FRONTENAC COUNTY, WITH CONCESSION AND LOT NUMBERS SHOWN WITH ADASH BETWEEN.COUNTY.A STREET ADDRESS INDICATES LOCATION IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON.THE DENOTES A LATER MOVE OUTSIDE OF FRONTENACCEMETERY LOCATIONS ARE ALSO SHOWN IN THIS COLUMN.THE DOCUMENTS COLUMN IS PRIMARILY A LIST OF THE CENSUS DOCUMENTS FROM WHICH THE FORMER DATA WAS OBTAINED.APPEARS FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE YEAR, THE DISTRICT AND THE PAGE NUMBER.REGISTERS AND VITAL STATISTICS DOCUMENTS.THE CITY OR TOWNSHIPTHE COLUMN ALSO CONTAINS DESIGNATIONS OF MARRIAGEABBREVIATIONS (GIVEN IN A TABLE BELOW) ARE USED EXTENSIVELY.MOST OF THE SOURCES CITED, INCLUDING THE CENSUS MICROFILMS, CAN BE FOUND AT THE KINGSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, MAIN BRANCH.SEE THEAUTHOR'S BOOK PRICE LIST INSIDE THE BACK COVER FOR BOOKS THAT MAY BE PURCHASED.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSTHE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED DATA FOR THE INDICATED FAMILIES.DETAILED ADDRESSES WILL BE FORWARDED IF REQUESTED.JUNE A. BRAYSHAW, KINGSTON, ON(DIXON,SCALES,SLACK,WATTAM)LYNNE CHARLES, VANCOUVER, B.C.(CHANDLER,FORD)MARJORIE SIMMONS, KINGSTON, ON(COMPTON,GODMAN)EVA MARRISON WIRTH, KINGSTON, -ADOLPHUSTOWN TOWNSHIPBEDF-BEDFORD TOWNSHIPCAT-CATARAQUI WARDCAT --CATARAQUI CEMETERY(SECTIONS C,CC,E,G,P,Q,UC)CLAR-MIL -CLARENDON/MILLER TOWNSHIPSCMR-COUNTY MARRIAGE REGISTERD/O-DAUGHTER OFE-ENGLANDF-FRONTENAC COUNTYFRO-FRONTENAC WARDGTR-GRAND TRUNK RAILWAYHINCH-HINCHINBROOKE TOWNSHIPI-IRELANDKCTY-KINGSTON CITYKENN-KENNEBEC TOWNSHIPKTWP-KINGSTON TOWNSHIPLOUGH-LOUGHBOROUGH TOWNSHIPNAP-NAPANEE TOWNNBL-NORTH OF BASE LINENFL-NEWFOUNDLANDNvS-NOVA SCOTIANwB-NEW BRUNSWICKNY-NEW YORKON-ONTARIOONT ST.-ONTARIO STREETiv

ONT-ONTARIO WARDPALM-CAN -PALMERSTON/CANONTO TOWNSHIPSPITTS-PITTSBURGH TOWNSHIPPORT-PORTLAND TOWNSHIPPORTS-PORTSMOUTH VILLAGEQ-PROVINCE OF QUEBECRA-ROYAL ARTILLERYRCR-ROYAL CANADIAN RIFLESRID-RIDEAU WARDRMC-ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGES-SCOTLANDS/O-SON OFSBL-SOUTH OF BASE LINEST.L-ST. LAWRENCE WARDSTORR-STORRINGTON TOWNSHIPSYD-SYDENHAM WARDUS-UNITED STATES OF AMERICAVIC-VICTORIA WARDVSF-VITAL STATS, FRONTENACVSL&A-VITAL STATS, LENNOX & ADDINGTONWBF-'WAY BACK IN FRONTENACWIFC-WOLFE ISLAND FAMILY CONNECTIONSv

FRONTENAC COUNTYINDEX OF SPOUSESREFER TOABBOTT, SAMUELABRAMS, JOHNACTON, ELIZABETHADAM, MARYADAMS, SARAH A.ADAMS, WILLIAM R.AGAR, ELIZABETHALLAN, ELEANOR BROWNALLEN, EMMAALLEN, JANE M.ALLEN, MARGARETALLEN, MARYALLEN, MARY JANEALLEN, MARY ANNALLEN, SOPHIAALLWILL, MARY J.AMOS, SARAHANDERSON, JANEANDERSON, JANE A.ANDERSON, KATEANGROVE, JOHN P.ANNING, AMELIAANTOINE, ELIJAHAPPLETON, CHARLOTTEAPPLETON, MARYARD, ELIZABETHARTHUR, MARTHAASSELSTINE, HANNAHASTEN, SARAHATKINS, ANNATKINSON, HONOURATWILL, MARTHAAUBIN, EDWARD G.AULT, JANE N.AVANS, ELIZABETHBABCOCK, EMMA H.BABCOCK, HENRYBABCOCK, WILLIAM N.BAKER, AMELIABAKER, MIRIAMBALFOUR, GABRIELBALLS, ANNBARKER, HARRIETBATCH, ISABELLABATTAM, MARYBATTEN, MATILDABAXTER, MAUDBEATON, CHRISTIANABEAUBIEN, MARGARETBEAVER, CHARLOTTEBELL, MARYBELL, ROSEBELLMORE, WALLERELSONCHARLTONMCNALTYCOPLEYDUNKLEYBENDER, JAMESBENEDICT, SARAH E.BENNET, CATHERINEBENNETT, EMILYBENNETT, LUCYBENNY, WILLIAM H.BEST, MARYBETTS, AUGUSTABISHOP, SARAHBLACK, SUSANBLACKSTOCK, MARTHABLAKE, MCLOUGHTAGGKEELERFOXTONFRONTENAC COUNTYINDEX OF SPOUSESREFER TOBLAKE, ELIZABETHBULLISBLAKE, MARYEDWARDSBLIGHT, MARGARETBRICKWOODBLUFF, JOANNACOULDRIDGEBONELL, FRANCESHOLTBOURK, ROBERTBUDGELLBOYCE, AMELIAMACEBOYCE, JOHNBUNTBOYCE, MARYST.CLAIRBOYD, MARYSKEPPERBOYERS, MARGARETSQUIREBOYES, MARYCRAWFORDBOYES, SARAHHOLDERBOYLE, ELIZABETHAMBROSEBRADY, MARYRANDALLBRAHAN, ANNBAWDENBRAMMOND, MARYWATTSBREDIN, ISABELLABATTANBREEZE, ROBERTBURROWSBRENNAN, LETITIACUTTINGBRIDGE, VICTORIAJONBRIERLEY, ELLENBAKERBRISTOL, CATHERINE M. SAUNDERSBROADWAY, ANNJENKINSBROWN, BENJAMINHARKERBROWN, BRIDGETBROWNBROWN, ELIZACOOKSONBROWN, JANEBRYANBROWN, MARGARETKEMPBROWN, MELINDAMARSHALLBROWN, PHOEBEWALKERBROWN, THOMASHOLDERBROWNE, DUNBARLITCHFIELDBRUCE, ELEXANDERPOWERSBRUCE, EUTECIACOPPINGERBRUCE, HANNAHWALKERBRUCE, MARYADAMSBRUMMELL, LUCYBURROWSBRYAN, ELIZAMEADOWSBRYANT, EDWARDVINCENTINDEX OF SPOUSES p103

BRYANT, ELIZABETH J.BRYANT, ISABELLABRYANT, JANEBUCK, FREDERICKBUCK, MYRTLEBUCKHAM, MARYBUCKNELL, ELIZABETHBULGER, MARYBURGESS, WILLIAMBURLEY, AMELIABURLEY, ANNIEBURLEY, HANNAHBURROWS, MARYBURTCH, JOHNBUSHELL, SARAH H.BUSHELL, THOMASBUSTARD, MATILDABUTLER, ANNEBUTLER, DIANTHABUTT, WILLIAM J.BUTTLE, ZILLABYRNS, MARY ANNCABBROK, MARYCAFFREY, ROBERTCAINE, AMGRYCEHARTDIXONGREENSWANDYKESSAUNDERSFRONTENAC COUNTYINDEX OF SPOUSESREFER TOCALLEN, ESTHERCAMPBELL, ALICECAMPBELL, CATHARINECAMPBELL, DOUGALDCAMPBELL, HARRIETCAMPBELL, MAUDCAMPBELL, THOMASCANEY, MARYCANNON, WILLIAMCARD, MAUD A.CAREY, JOHNCARR, CATHERINECARROLL, MARY J.CARRUTHERS, WILLIAMCARSON, SARAHCAVELL, ROSANNACAVERLY, MARGARETCHADWICK, ELIZACHAMPION, ANNCHANDLER, MARYCHAPMAN, SARAHCHOWN, CHARLESCHOWN, SARAHCHURCH, CATHARINECLARK, EDWINCLARK, HARRIETCLARK, HELLDYONELLISCLIFFORDHEDGECLARKE, ELIZABETHCLEGG, CHARLOTTECLEMENT, MARYCLEMENT, SARAHCLEVERDAN, MARIACLIFFORD, HENRYCLINT, JOHNCLIXBY, ANNCLOVER, ELIZABETHCLOWBRIDGE, CHARLESCOCKBURN, JOHNCOGLAN, LOUISACOLBORNE, MARTHACOLDIN, MARY ANNCOLE, ISABELLACOLEMAN, ELIZACOLLINS, BRIDGETCOLLINS, JAMESCOLLINS, MARGARETCOLLISTER, JANECONELLY, MARYCONKLIN, MARIAHCONLEY, THOMASCONLON, ISABELLACONNELL, RICHARDCONVERY, HUGHCONWAY, ELIZABETHCONWAY, FREDCOOK, JANECOOK, SUSANCOOPER, ELIZABETHCOOPER, MARY ANNCOOPER, SARAHCOOTE, AMELIACOOTES, MARY ANNCORBETT, WILLIAMCORNFORD, MARYCORRIGAN, DACTONHARRISHUNTERTAYLORLEHEUPDONOGHUEFRONTENAC COUNTYINDEX OF SPOUSESREFER TOCORSEY, ELLENCOULEY, JANECOUSINS, ELLENCOUSINS, THOMASCOUSINS, THOMASCOWDY, MARY JANECOWLING, CATHERINECOWLING, MARYCOWLING, MARYCOX, MARGARETTACOYLE, JAMES JOSEPHCRAIG, HARRIETCRAIG, MARTHACRAIG, AUNDERCOOKMORLEYMOLEOLDHAMYOUNGNOBBSSTEWARTINDEX OF SPOUSES p104

CRALLIN, JANECRANSTON, VICTORIACREIGHTON, GEORGE W.CREIGHTON, JANECRETCHLEY, ALICECROMPTON, MARYCROOK, MARIACROOKS, ELIZACROOKS, MARGARETCUDDY, SUSANCUDGINGTON, ELIZACUMMING, GEORGECUNNINGHAM, FRANCESCURE, JOHNCURTIS, ALICECURTIS, CLARACUSSACK, JOHNDAINES, MARYDALTON, HENRYDALTON, WILLIAM B.DALY, MARYDAMAREY, ANNDARBY, AMELIADARLING, ALVERETTADARLING, PHOEBEDAVIDSON, PHOEBEDAVIS, ELIZABETHDAVIS, ELIZABETHDAVIS, GEORGE E.DAVIS, MARY ELIZ.DAVISON, ELIZADAVY, ELENADAWE, MARIAHDAWES, MARY ANNEDAWSON, BARNABASDAWSON, HANNAH E.DAWSON, THEOPHILUSDAY, CATHARINE JANEDAY, PETER WARTMANDE REMY, HARRIETDEACON, MARYDEACON, ROBERTDELANY, ELLENDEMPSEY, ANNDEMPSEY, MARGARETDENTON, HANNAHDEYO, MARIADICKINSON, JANEDIXON, HANNAHDIXON, MARIADIXON, ACKSHERWOODLITTLEHODGSONCARSONFRONTENAC COUNTYINDEX OF SPOUSESREFER TODOBBES, FLORADERRENTDOBBS, HELEN J.DOBBS, OGILVIEDOHERTY, JOHNDOLAN, CATHERINEDONAHUE, SARAHDONKIN, GRACEDONOGHUE, JOHNDONOLLY, CATHARINEDONOVAN, MARY ANNDOUGLAS, WILLIAMDOWKES, MARYDRAPER, WILLIAMDRISCOLL, CATHARINEDRIVER, MARYDROPPS, CAROLINEDUFFIELD, SARAHDULMAGE, MARIADUNHAM, ABIGAILDUNLOP, MARY ANNDURAND, JAMESEASTON, EMMA V.ECCLEMONT, OLIVIAECCLES, ANNA MARIAEDWARDS, BERTHAEDWARDS, EMMAEDWARDS, JANNEFEREDWARDS, MARIAEGAN, ANNEEKSWORTH, MARY JANEELLSWORTH, ELIZAELWOOD, JUDITHERVINE, MARIAHESTEFORD, MARYEVANS, MARIAHFANNIS, ROSEFARDELL, AMYFARRELL, MARGARETFARRELL, THOMASFAWCETT, MARGARETFELL, ELIZABETHFELLS, MARYFERGUSON, ZILPHAFITCH, ALMIRAFITZPATRICK, MARYFLANNERY, JAMESFLEMING, CAROLINEFORBES, AVICE A.FORBES, MARTHAFORD, AGNESFORSTER, JOSEPHFOSTER, MARY ANNFOSTER, SABRAFOWLER, MARYFOX, CAROLINEFRAZIER, MAUD P.FRENCH, N. VAGERESCORLAAYERSTINDEX OF SPOUSES p105