Dear Sir:
I am in search of any available records on Arthur Carroll, born in the late 1800's and who I believe was my grandfather. He worked in Mayville, North Dakota around 1911 or 1912 as a typesetter for the local newspaper. The only article I have found from that paper says he left suddenly for "Ontario" around 1912 or 1913. He fathered a child out of wedlock, and the child was my mother, now deceased. She was born January 20, 1913. Ida Lura Porter was her mother. My mother's birth certificate says "father unknown". My mother never was able to locate her father. Relatives told her that he may have been Canadian. I realize this is probably impossible, but I would like to find out what happened to Arthur Carroll after he left North Dakota.

I have been looking for any information related to my great grandfather, George Gideon Scott born December 11, 1863 in Galt Ontario. I know his father was also a George Scott and he had a brother Oliver. I have not been able to find him until November 29, 1892 when he married Hanna Grasby in Stratford Ontario and moved to Detroit MI.

COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ANY INFORMATIOON YOU MAY HAVE ON ROBERT ACTON AND HIS WIFE MARY JANE FAIR WHO IMMIGRATED TO CANADA FROM IRELAND BEFORE 1900? I THINK THEY MAY HAVE SETTLED IN THE UXBRIDGE AREA.

"Uxbridge Township in North Dakota was named by settlers from Uxbridge, Ontario. The first post-office there was called Uxbridge, and later changed to Leal. The first postmaster there was Joseph J. Bascom, a relative of Joseph Bascom who was the first postmaster at Uxbridge, Ontario."

I am excited that you might be able to give me information on George Oglesby Sr. who would be my great-great grandfather. I believe he was born in Canada and was married in Uxbridge, Canada, but that is about all I have.

The following is an excerpt from a book published in 1940 called "My Native Land - A Story of Uxbridge Township, Barnes County, North Dakota". Here is the excerpt - "George Oglesby, Sr., filed a homestead in Uxbridge township in 1883. In that year, he and his brother, Samuel, and his son, Francis, came to Dakota Territyory along with a large group from Uxbridge, Canada, a small village lying about forty miles north of Toronto. It was in that year that the first child was born in the township."

Other people mentioned in this book are William & Joseph Bascom, John Hilborn, Samuel Lowe, Thomas McMillan, Frand Widdifield, & Andrew Willson - all from Ontario, Canada.

Anyway, any information you can give me on George Oglesby, Sr. would be truly appreciated. I have been trying to find records on this branch of my family for years. I might also add, that my mother, went to Uxbridge School, in Uxbridge Township, North Dakota. I presently live in Jamestown, North Dakota.

I am looking for record of Peter T. Fonger. He died in 1912 in Michigan but I think he was from here originally. Any information you might have would be very helpful and appreciated.

This morning I was surfing the Web when I found your Uxbridge Web site. I was thrilled to find information about the Quakers that settled the Uxbridge area because many of those people were my ancestors. For example, my great.....great granduncle, Job Webb, bought a 200 acre farm in Uxbridge in the Spring of 1805. He paid $40 for the land. Job married Sarah Eves of Queen Street, East Gwillimbury, early in 1809. He died in 1834.

I have a history of the Webb family written by Clayton Webb, who was born in 1799 in PA and was Job Webb's brother, about early family experiences in the Catawissa PA and Uxbridge ON areas.

How can I get hold of Allan McGillivray? Does he have a book for sale?

Hello. My ancestor's elusive brother may have been in Durham for a time. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1793, Charles MEADOWS may have served with the Durham militia. I know there was a Charles Meadows who served, who was 40 in 1833, and so wish to learn more about this Charles Meadows to see if he's ours.

What I know: Charles emigrated from England to Canada in the 1810s or 20s. He had two brothers, John George and Joseph, who settled near Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario. I know he was a sailor, that he was shipwrecked at least twice in the Bay of Biscay, and that he lived to be quite old, dying ca. 1888. I seek information about him and any family (spouse, kids) he might have had, in hopes of finding ties to his parents in England. If information should happen to turn up about John George and Joseph, that would be welcome too.

Thanks so much!

Sue Hobbs
Carmichael CA

I would be interested in information you might have on:
Christopher Carmichael, born May 26, 1851, Scotland. Married Margaret Ann Hall (daughter of Jason C. Hall) probably at Uxbridge around 1871-2. They left Uxbridge around 1879-1881, arriving in MI in the summer of 1883. Christopher's father might have been a John Carmichael.

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:32:38 -0600 Message from: Karen Raham Lundin, Calgary, Alberta Canada Hi - have been to your website many times and have thoroughly enjoyed it. My great grandfather was J.C. Raham who owned cojointly with a person named Oke a carriage factory (house) on Brock Street, Uxbridge in the 1880's. Apparently he was also Reeve of ?Uxbridge Twp. in 1912. He was married twice, first wife name unknown, however she was the mother of my grandfather Nelson Harvey Raham. The second marriage was to woman (first name unknown) with surname of Wilson. She had two children from a previous marriage I believe, names of Clarence Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson. Unfortunately this is all the info my father, William Harvey Raham can remember at this time. I am hoping the blanks can be filled in as to dates (birth, death) and names; any other information pertaining to the Raham name would be greatly appreciated. I remember as a small child visiting Aunt Lizzy in Uxbridge but only seem to remember a large house with outhouse in the back. Would you please search for the missing information for me or let me know how I can obtain same. Appreciate your help. Karen Raham Lundin, Calgary, Alberta		Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:32:17 Message from: B. Anglin of Mississippi, U.S.A. Know that my great-grandfather was a well known citizen in the 1870's. Carriage maker; alderman and notable town figure. Doing research long distance from Mississippi. Uxbridge page looks marvelous!! How may I get more information on this family? My maiden name is RAHAM grandfather was Nelson Howard RAHAM of St.Catharines, Ont. Appreciate any help. Thanks
Updates on "Raham": Message to Uxbridge-Scott Museum from: Karen Lundin Calgary, Alberta Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 16:47:53 -0600 Dear Mr. McGillivray - thank you so much for your timely reply to my request regarding Raham relatives (info). I am excited to learn that there is information going back to England. Will send you my postal address and donation post haste! I have had my computer only since Christmas and don't know now what I'd done without before. Again, thanks to all who researched for me. Karen Lundin P.S. My sister in Mississippi will be thrilled to hear about your response. -------------------------------------------------------- Reply from Allan McGillivray, Uxbridge-Scott Museum Curator, on Wed, 05 Mar 1997 Dear Mr. Lundin - we have Raham information going back to Charles Ramm in England. We also have a family tree showing the 15 children of Charles Raham, including Joseph Raham. Several people have been researching the Raham family in recent years. Hugh V. Raham of Wilson, N.Y. is descended from Joseph Raham. Please send your post office address, and I shall send copies of the Raham pages. We don't charge for research, but appreciate donations to the Uxbridge-Scott Museum. Sincerely, Allan McGillivray ---------------------------------------------------------- Message to Uxbridge-Scott Museum from: Robert Cook Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 19:38:56 -0500 I read your Feb.17th request from Karen Raham Lundlin. My great-grandmother's maiden name was Raham - Martha Evangeline Raham. Her father was Charles Raham. (Do not know if this is the J.C. Raham she was interested in). Robert Cook

You can't imagine how delighted I was to discover your web site. I don't know if you remember, but I also made a similarly precious discovery a few years ago. I spent a week in the Zephyr, Newmarket, Uxbridge area - researching my great-grandparents who immigrated from Ireland and Scotland in the mid-1800's: John Rafferty, Jane Morrison, Andrew Caroline-Smith, William McClellan.

Being "led" to your doorstep back in May of 1994, and from the research you had done, I learned more about my ancestors than I had been able to learn in the last 15 years. I use your wonderful book "Decades of Harvest: A History of the Township of Scott 1807-1973" as a constant resource. It is a goldmine of information!

I am at a standstill with my research, and one of the bits of information you had given me about my great great grandmother, Mary Jane Moore, b. circa 1799, m. John Morrison, d. 19 Sep 1873, was that she was the sister of Sir John Moore, of British military fame. What was the source of that info? I have tried to discover more about the Moore's, but have gotten no where.

Also, are there any publications available on the history of the Sutton/Georgina area?

Thanks for being there, Mr. McGillivray....I think fondly of the wonderful week I spent in those beautiful hills and dales..... (I am recently married to my Greek high school sweetheart...my name *was* Colleen M. Dobson!!)

Updates:
Museum curator Allan McGillivray had sent a photocopy of the article on Ellen Morrison from the 1944 Mt. Albert Journal to Colleen. Colleen had since been researching further on the family of Sir John Moore,

Thanks so much for sending me the photocopy of the article on Ellen Morrison from the 1944 Mt. Albert Journal. I have since had a gentleman in Edinburgh helping me with research on the family of Sir John Moore, and if my great great grandmother *was* the youngest sister of Sir John, then she was probably a *distant* *sister* that I have not been able to locate - yet.

According to the information I received, plus information I found at the LDS International Genealogical Index, Sir John had only one sister, Jean, who was older than he. He did have five brothers and all siblings were born in Scotland. Possibly Mary Jane Moore Morrison was a daughter of James Carrick Moore, John's younger brother, who subsequently married, lived in Ireland, and had five children in Ireland....but Mary Jane was not listed among them.

If you have any ideas on how I might proceed in tracking Mary Jane's parents, please let me know. I have the date of her death....19 Sep 1873 in Scott Twp, and have written to the Ontario Archives, but received a reply that they don't send copies of registered deathes.

Where did you find the info that she was born in Co. Down Ireland? And what was the source of the date of her death? Might there be further info in local newspaper archives?

Do you know if there are any living MORRISON descendants that I might contact?

Thank you again for your assistance, and for your reply to my previous inquiry.

From family history I have learned that one of my ancestors, Charles Chapman was one of the Quaker families that settled the Uxbridge area. The Chapman family were Quakers in England, settled at Wrightstown Pennsylvania in the 1680's and some of the family moved to Ontario about 1805. My Great Grandfather later moved to Manitoba in the 1880's.

1) Has anything been written about the early settlers of the Uxbridge area?

2) Are there still any Chapmans in the area?

We are working on my family tree. My great, great grandparents were Charles & Margaret Duncan. They purchased land from the Church Society of Toronto in 1856--West 1/2 Lot 2,Conc. 7 Reach Township. (The farm is now owned and operated today by the Ashton family--125 Medd Rd.)

Charles & Margaret had a family of six--Levi, James, Robert, Margaret, Isabella & Fanny. James & his wife, Jane (Gibson) purchased the East 1/2 Lot 2 Conc. 7) James & Jane had 10 children--Margaret (Mrs. Derwood Case), Isabella (Mrs. Ley), Sarah Catherine (Mrs. Case), Levi, John Charles, James, Matthew, Willis, Alice (Mrs. Coltham) and Fred.

Would you have any information such as newspaper articles, pictures, items of interest to us connected with this family that you have in your museum?

We understand there was a DUNCAN HOTEL owned by a James Duncan, but we are unsure if this is the same family.

Sorry we can't provide you with dates of birth/death. This is all the information we have. We sure would like to learn more about them. Can you help us? If not, perhaps you can direct us to someone who might be able to help us.

I am doing research into the Lyons family, and it seems that I have gone as far as I can without actually coming to Uxbridge ! I have a letter, from a great-aunt I think, discussing the roots of the family in Ontario.

It says that Joseph Lyons settled on Lot 17, Concession 7 in Scott Township in 1840. Where did he come from ? His son William Thomas Lyons got some land down there in 1878 by Joseph Thomas will (I guess Joseph died), he got north 1/2 of Lot 17. His brother Joseph Jr. got south 1/2.

The letter is unclear as to whether or not there were brothers involved. I guess a homestead was built in 1871 for William Thomas' bride Jemimah Mustard. Anyway, William Thomas Lyons 1833-1913 had a son Alexander who was my great-grandfather. My grandfather Wagar Lyons 1908-1975 was born in Oakville Manitoba.

Help ! Can you connect me to any Lyons down there ? Thanks.

Greetings,

My name is William Haynes. My Great Grandfather, George Ellis Ackroyd, immigrated to Toronto, ON in the late 1800's, or early 1900's. He had a brother, name unknown, who stayed in Toronto, ON after George moved to Florida, USA about 1906. Any information you might have on the Ackroyd name in Toronto or Ontario in general would be appreciated. I know my mother, born 1934, visited her uncle sometime early in her life. Still, no name for her uncle.

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is Wesley Allen Rusnell. I am trying to trace the roots of the Rusnell family name. I have received some information from the help of e-mail and was informed by a Dale Rusnell that your museum (especially the curator Alan McGillivary) would have information regarding this name. I would appreciate any help that you could give me in this area as I live quite some distance from your museum, a museum employee myself at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, USA 88201.

Thank you for your help.

So glad to find your site. My gradfather's family is from Uxbridge, and I have little information on them.

Can you direct me to someone or a local agency that might be able to help me with birth/death/cemetery records?

The family name is Naylor, my grandfather and siblings born in 1880-1890. Known children were Cuthbert (emegrated to Los Angeles), Archie Elgin (my grandfather, born June abt 1886, moved to BC, emegrated to California in 1928, Clarence (last known residence of Uxbridge), Soph, Greta.

Clarence was living in Uxbridge when I visited as a child in 1957, was active in a small Baptist Church, had daughter Jean.

I expect Clarence died and is buried in Uxbridge. He married twice; one wife was Ida.

We do not know the names of my grandfather's paren ts--father either died in a bridge building accident or left the family when the children were young.

I'm interesting in getting as much family information as I can. I would appreciate any help or direction you can give me.