Résultats

      In 1834, the fire department purchased a new ten-man hand-operated pumper known as the "Man Killer," as well as a horse drawn wagon to carry axes, a horse-drawn ladder wagon, a hand-operated pump with leather hose, and a water wagon.

      The Niagara Fire Department purchased this early apparatus in 1834. This hand pump engine was probably one of the first hand pumpers built by James Smith of New York City. Between 1810 and the 1860s, Smith manufactured close to 500 hand pumpers.

      Portrait of Ahyouwaighs (or John Brant, 1794-1832) who was the son of Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant, 1742/43-1807). In the War of 1812, Brant and John Norton led native warriors to stop an American attack at the Battle of Queenston Heights in October 1812. He was made a lieutenant in the Indian …

      Content warning: Racism, Slavery, and Colonialism The Alexander McPherson letters contain discussion of slavery and managing a plantation and may contain violent descriptions. Some of this information may be difficult to absorb. These ideologies are not condoned by Archives at Whitby Public Library, but the Archives has preserved such records …

      Content warning: Racism, Slavery, and Colonialism The Alexander McPherson letters contain discussion of slavery and managing a plantation and may contain violent descriptions. Some of this information may be difficult to absorb. These ideologies are not condoned by Archives at Whitby Public Library, but the Archives has preserved such records …

      The Holy Matrimony page in this Family bible is where the marriage of the family's Matriarch and Patriarch would have been recorded.

      Pages for recording family births

      As with this family bible, most will have space to record family marriages and deaths.

      As an added bonus, this family bible also contains a genealogy of the Patriarchs! Note Adam is listed first as 'created'.

      The first wave of Irish immigration to Upper Canada occurred in the early nineteenth century following England's annexation of Ireland in 1800. Irish settlers to the Toronto Gore area arrived in 1818. The oldest of the St. Patrick's parishes, Wildfield predates the establishment of the diocese. The first church on …

      Prior to the 20th century, the Family Bible was a staple in households and acted as the official place for a family's vital records. These books were often given as gifts to married couples or passed down through generations, allowing members to record their marriage, births of children, family deaths, …

      Names and news clipping recorded under 'Deaths' in this family bible.

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

      In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacraments and are therefore not formally recorded by all parishes. In Ontario, official death records are kept by the …

 appeared in Farmers Journal & Welland Canal Intelligencer, 5 Jan 1831, p. 3. Date of Event: December 15, 1830     Survivor(s): Gurnett, George Mr. (father) City of Death: Ancaster, Ontario Age 30 years; Father from Lewes, Sussex, England

 appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 9 Mar 1837, p. 3. Date of Event: March 2, 1837     Survivor(s): Yale, William C. Mr. (father) City of Death: St. Catharines, Ontario Age 3 months

 appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 9 Mar 1837, p. 3. Date of Event: March 8, 1837     Survivor(s): Yale, William C. Mr. (husband) City of Death: St. Catharines, Ontario Age 23 years; Daughter of Oliver Phelps, Esq.

 appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 16 Mar 1837, p. 3. Date of Event: March 15, 1837     Survivor(s): Phelps, Mrs. (wife); Phelps, Oliver Esq. (father) City of Death: St. Catharines, Ontario Age 25 years; obituary