Surname Inquiries

I'm looking for information on former Muskoka (and before that Garafraxa) residents from the Scottish/Irish migration around 1855-1861. Family name is Collins.

Edward Collins ( born 5 AUG 1813 but there are different records so far reporting birth years between 1813-1819 • Northern Ireland - died 11 NOV 1897 • Hastings, Ontario, Canada) and his wife Mary Conway (b. 1821 • Antrim, Northern Ireland), and daughter Margaret Collins (b. 14 OCT 1851 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) lived in Edinburgh, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in the year 1855 or 1856 (as reported/recollected by Margaret or a housemate in later life US census records). It's unclear if this arrival time is exact, as Margaret would have been 4 or 5 years old at the time and may misremember.

The first known record that supports any arrival in Canada is the 1861 Ontario census in Enumeration District 2 in the township of Garafraxa in the County of Wellington. Listed in the Garafraxa household is Margaret Collins 10 years old, Edward Collins, Mary Collins, (there are also 7 other children listed under 18 years old).

The next known Canadian record for Edward Collins is the 1871 Census of Canada, this lists him in Morrison, Muskoka, Ontario. His birthdate is reported different than what I initially had, it says 1808 not 1813. His wife Mary is listed as well.

The next known Canadian record for Edward Collins is the 1881 Census again listing him in Morrison, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, though now it says his birth year is 1817.

We're having so much trouble finding records of this family in Garafraxa or Muskoka if anyone has any leads.

Alexander Bigelow, supposedly born Wolfe Island, 1869, to Joseph and Lucy Hogg Bigelow.

George Fisher is my second Great Grandfather and wanted to know about his life there.

Also he married Mary Bice and want the same about her family there

Would like to confirm parents of my great-grandfather. He was supposedly born in Huntsville, Ontario on November 22, 1860.

Hello, I am hoping to find a birth record for Constance Nordvesta Knutsen Saeter, born 19 September 1873 in the Parry Sound District to Norwegian parents Martin Knutsen Saeter and Karoline Nicolaisdatter Hessen. I know that Martin was part of the community that founded St. Olaf's Church in Monteith Township, and that they occupied lots 7-8 in concession X and lot 7 in concession IX. From what I can tell, Constance's mother Karoline died in childbirth in 1879, and after that time Martin and the children moved to the US, where they appear on the 1880 US Census in North Dakota. I haven't found any indexed birth records with Constance's name yet on Ancestry or FamilySearch.org, so I have started trying to go through the thousands of record images one by one with no luck so far. I am hoping someone can help me figure out how to narrow down my search to find Parry Sound birth records from 1873. Thank you!

Irving J (James?) Sturley was my grandfather, I am interested in my family history on the Sturley side. He grew up going to Katrine, to his 'Uncle Charie's' house, who I believe was his mother's brother, and who's last name was Metcalfe. So I am also interested in knowing the family history going back on my great-grandmother Metcalfe's side.