Résultats

      Also included in this record as a "detail" are miniature photographs of John Norton, the father.

      Hiram Clark Norton 1846-1919 son of John & Elizabeth (Clark) Norton who came to Canada in 1837, eventually settling in Tapleytown, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada where Hiram was born on 16 September 1846. Hiram and 3 of his siblings married into the Palermo, Trafalgar Township family of the Wilkinsons. Family …

      Demarius Norton 1854-1942 was one of three children of John Norton and Elizabeth Clark of Tapleytown who married offspring of Francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons of Palermo. Demarius married James, called Andy, Wilkinson

      Hiram George Andrew Norton 1876-1947 was the son of Hiram Clark and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Norton. The Norton family moved frequently until finally purchasing the farm at lots 1 & 2, Concession 1 NDS Nelson twp. Halton Co. in 1910 where he lived the last half of his life.

      John Shepherd Norton 1858-1921 son of William 1836-1913 and Catherine 1835-1916 (Tallman) Norton c 1885

      May be a son or daughter of Robert Herbert Wilkinson and Louisa Ann Norton who lived in the Parry Sound area and had children there before moving to Alberta.

      70-Happy New Year card; 72- A card from Pratt & Watkins of a photograph of General Gordon, the hero of Khartoum who was murdered on the 26th of January 1885.; 78-Prince & Princess of Wales 82- Woman and child picture

      Elizabeth Wilkinson 1840-1918, daughter of Francis and Clarissa (Simons) Wilkinson. Born at Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., and died at Tansley, Nelson Twp. Halton County. C1860

      This is the inside cover of the album. It looks like the album was a gift to Libbie Norton, possibly for her mariage on 6 Mar 1882. Whether the album was already filled with the photos or was empty and Libbie herself put the pictures in, we will never know. …

      Possible Hiram Clark 1852-1923

      Walter Norton. Thomas Walter Norton was born in 1867 in Wentworth Co. Ontario. He was the grandson of John Norton, 1812-1902. His brother, Ernest was born in 1876. Walter's father was John Norton, Jr, 1842-1915, and John's first wife, Charlotte (Marshall), ca1844-1876. John Jr. and Charlotte married on June 7, …

      This hockey team of teenagers included Reg Smith of Palermo. The photograph was taken in 1940. The team name suggests a local Legion was the sponsor.

      This paper book was owned by the Smith family who settled and farmed Lot 34, Con 1 SDS (near Palermo) in the 1800's through to the early 1970's when the farm was expropriated for Bronte Provincial Creek Park. Only those pages shown here were photographed; the whole catalogue was not …

      John D. Smith's grandparents had been British Loyalists who came to the Niagara penninsula and settled in Grimsby Township. The family was large, bringing 4 children with 8 more children born in Upper Canada. John's father was was their oldest son, Isaac, born in New Jersey (1754-1826) and his mother …

      More information on the Mississauga Horse can be found on several websites; several are linked here.

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      Palermo dates from 1835 when the first post office was established at the intersection of “the Dundas highway” and what is now Old Bronte Rd. There are a number of websites dedicated to Oliver Goodison farm machinery which give a history of the partnership which came about because from the …

      This copy of the Wilmot survey map of Trafalgar Township was photographed from a wonderful display copy. It looks like Mr. Wilmot signed his name, "Sam L. Wilmot", but it is actually "Sam S. Wilmot".