Surname Inquiries
Surname inquiries will be posted in alphabetical order based on the first surname in the inquiry. Eventually, this page may have to be split into several pages as the list gets longer. If you want to post an inquiry that is not pertaining to surnames, visit the General Inquiry Page.
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List of Surnames (A --> Z)
My family was in the area based on census and birth records between 1870-1890’s working in the logging industry (sawmill & logging camp). Moved to Alberta in mid 1890’s
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Read More...Isabella Miller McLaren, wife of Thomas McLaren, evidently moved to the McKellar/Parry Sound area in mid to late 1800s from Sparrow Lake. Thomas McLaren is buried at Sparrow Lake.
Isabella was his second wife. Ellen McLaren, her daughter or stepdaughter? married John Maguire.
They took up land in Morrison Township in Muskoka, on Sparrow Lake.(0) comments
Read More...Searching the history of Jesse and Abby Watkinson of Orrville as well as their ancestors. Interested to know when and how his father Ebenezer Born Sept 19, 1836 in England immigrated to the area in approximately 1871.
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Do you have any genealogical records for Andrew Hunter and his family. The census records indicate he lived in Torrance in Medora Township in 1911 and Port Carling in 1921. He was a mason by trade involved in construction contracting.(2) comments
Read More...I am researching a family name. Nathaniel Tribe, his wife Mary (McCaul) and his 2 children Eva and Newton all buried in St Stephen's Anglican cemetery, Vankoughnet, but without markers
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Read More...William H Farrell and family appear in the 1872 census in Muskoka, Muskoka, Ontario. His widow and children appear in Otter Lake, Quebec in the 1881 census. I am seeking any information about what became of William Henry Farrell.
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