Murray, and they had a son and two daughters; d. 27 June 1906 in Hamilton, Ont. William Hendrie received his elementary and secondary

(Hamilton, Ont.), Abstract index to deeds, Beverly Township (mfm. at AO). “Index to The pioneers of Beverly by John A. Cornell,” comp. Faye West (typescript, Edmonton, 1980; photocopy at AO). J

children of Robert Land and Phebe Scott; m. Hannah Horning of Barton Township, Upper Canada, and they had nine children; d. 21 Nov. 1867 at Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton ’s expedition against Vincennes (Ind.), whose inhabitants had declared for the rebels. He returned to Detroit early in 1779 before Hamilton’s garrison was captured. Hamilton had attempted

. 12 Dec. 1861 at Hamilton, Canada West, survived by his wife Laura and five children. Andrew Steven immigrated in 1819 to York (Toronto) where

, notably the 1,444-ton Hamilton Campbell Kidston and the 1,465-ton Magna Charta. Initially, his brother-in-law, the New Glasgow merchant James Carmichael, helped provide the capital

Hamilton at Queenston and John Askin at Detroit (Mich.). Warren’s position at an important military and

Harris* compelled Peter to acquiesce in the formation of Buchanan, Harris and Company in Hamilton, which soon became in his opinion the largest mercantile house in the province. Branches were opened in

(Cambridge) and Hamilton, Ont. His first career, beginning in 1888 or 1889, was as a journalist with the Hamilton Spectator, where he rose to be city editor. One example of his work was a four-column

serve as pastor of a number of Upper Canadian parishes: Kingston 1829–34, Toronto 1834–35, Bytown (Ottawa) 1835–36, Brockville 1836–38, Hamilton 1838–46, and Toronto 1846–47. He wrote two more works

O’REILLY, CHARLES, physician, office holder, hospital administrator, and educator; b. 19 June 1846 in Hamilton, Upper Canada

*, and they had a child who died shortly after birth; d. 13 Aug. 1930 in Hamilton, Ont. The Starkman family arrived in Canada sometime

Captain Jeremiah Day; d. at Homer, N.Y., in 1871. In his early twenties Samuel Stearns Day decided to study for the ministry and entered the Hamilton

Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (later Colgate University) in Hamilton, N.Y. They were among the first Free Will Baptist preachers to attend college after half a century of their sect’s

. This time, however, Ferguson’s prospects looked more promising. The Hamilton region had lacked a paper since George Gurnett* moved to York in

., second son of William Lawson, a tailor, and Frances Bell; m. 25 June 1814 Ann Atkinson of Brampton, a bonnet-maker, by whom he had 11 children; d. 19 Feb. 1875 at Hamilton, Ont

. 19 Feb. 1798 at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, third of seven children of Allan MacNab and Anne Napier; d. 8 Aug. 1862 at Hamilton, Canada West

, and by a dd from Madison (Colgate) University, Hamilton, N.Y., in 1852, and he was in constant demand as a preacher. Stressing the importance of an educated ministry, he

published his “Les jolies filles du Canada,” a polka for piano. In 1855 and 1856 he directed concerts in Hamilton, where in 1858 he was listed as inspector of revenue. In Toronto that year he conducted a

Hamilton’s expedition against Vincennes (Ind.), whose inhabitants had declared for the rebels. He advised Hamilton, acted as liaison between him and the other chiefs, and led scouting parties into

. With the decline in lake traffic Gildersleeve joined John Hamilton* in re-forming Hamilton’s Royal Mail Line and they became the

. In 1775 Detroit received a lieutenant governor in Henry Hamilton. He and Hay became close, and by 1778 Hay was

Hamilton, Ont., and was buried there in the paupers’ section of Woodland Cemetery. Phoebe Johnson was born on the Six Nations Grand River Reserve in

Lundy’s Lane), Kerr was captured and he spent some time at Cheshire, Mass., as a prisoner of war. Fellow captive William Hamilton

in Scotland and it was to this school that he belonged. When Lyall wrote Intellect, the emotions, and the moral nature (1855), he was greatly influenced by Sir William Hamilton under whom

Kevorkian; d. 23 June 1912 in Hamilton, Ont. James Manoukian was one of hundreds of sojourning Armenian men who migrated to industrial

Hamilton, his deputy, who shortly afterwards surrendered to the French, under Pierre Le Moyne

PAC, RG 1, L3, 281, 3232 A; L4, 7, p.30; RG 31, A1, 1851 census, Hamilton Township (mfm. at PAO). PAO, RG 1, C-IV, Hamilton Township papers, concession 5, lot 15; RG 21, A

cabinet. The Hamilton Spectator in October 1854 described Spence’s acceptance of office as “shameful recreancy” and cried that “the riding

wholeheartedly with men like Alexander Gale* of Hamilton, John Bayne* of Galt and George

Governor Henry Hamilton and Hamilton’s appointee, Judge Philippe

they had six sons and two daughters; d. 10 March 1833 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. An engineer, James Gordon Strobridge moved from the

Ann Cook (d. 1878) in Hamilton, Ont., and they had a son; d. there 4 Aug. 1903. William Proudfoot immigrated from Scotland to

cousin Robert Hamilton*. The Queenston magnate was impressed with his young charge, reporting to Clark’s father in 1792: “I have found him

William* left home to join their cousin, Robert Hamilton*, a wealthy Scots merchant established in what would soon become Upper Canada. Thomas

leading local officials. Along with Butler, Robert Hamilton, Nathaniel

[Thayendanegea*]. Squatters, who had no legal arrangements with anyone, were numerous. Timber thefts were common, and Winniett eventually sought extra help to minimize losses. Marcus Blair of Hamilton was made

Hamilton. While Forbes’s earliest civil cases show a concern to recognize the legal status of special customs in the local trade and fishery, he

third of his assets and presumably the profits of his early “adventure”) towards its funds. The sum was given to Archibald James Hamilton, a former army officer, who with Abram Combe was the leading

Hamilton, Ont., and was buried in Chatham. Archibald McKellar’s parents, anxious to own land, immigrated to Upper Canada in 1817. They received 50

Dunn*; d. 12 March 1857 near Hamilton, Upper Canada. Of German descent, Samuel Zimmerman was the fifth son in a family of seven sons

Simcoe*. Arriving first in Haldimand Township, Zacheus soon moved to nearby Hamilton Township where several of his brothers would eventually settle. Like many of the New England immigrants who poured

years in Nova Scotia before moving by 1793 to Upper Canada, where his brother John had located. George eventually settled in the area of Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour), where William and his brothers

father’s business, William Dickson arrived in western Quebec in 1785 to join his cousin, Robert Hamilton*. Under the supervision of Hamilton’s

was sold to John* and Robert Hamilton of Queenston, McKenzie went to work for her new owners. Even after she was scrapped in 1827

 April 1840 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, fourth child of Hugh Vallance, a customs officer, and Ann Little; m. there 20 Oct. 1864 Thomas Wardlaw

Hamilton, Upper Canada. Richard Beasley may have been captured by rebels on 14 Sept. 1777 during the American revolution. According to a 1795

EATON, ARTHUR WENTWORTH HAMILTON, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, educator, scholar, aesthete, and littérateur; b. 10 Dec

Hamilton*, and Joseph Forsyth*, who controlled much of the trade on Lake Ontario. In April 1788 Macaulay and Markland contracted with

Hamilton and Montreal. On 25 Nov. 1851 he married Euphemia Thompson, who came from a shipping family; in 1862 they moved from Toronto to Niagara