Ryeland Family Tree
The Genealogy of the Ryeland and connected Families
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Matches 7,651 to 7,700 of 8,412
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| 7651 | Thanksgiving church service - move to Grossefehn on guard at night | POLLEY, Gordon Bradbury (I2107)
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| 7652 | The 1769 land transaction involved a lot that intersected the corners of Lots 51 and 52. As seen in Figure 2, this means that the transaction between "Philip Roblon" and John Belcher involved a one-half portion of Cheesecock Patent Lot 53. This would locate "Philip Roblon's" purchased 75 acres close to the area where Elizabeth Miller, Philip 1's future wife lived. This would have afforded Philip 1 close proximity and time to court and marry Elizabeth Miller. I previously assumed that the purchaser of the 75 acres was Philip1, but, as we now believe that he was born c. 1752-3, in 1769 he would have been only about 16. I doubt that he would have been qualified to take out a mortgage for 170 | ROBLIN, Philip (I6701)
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| 7653 | The 1880 census which was enumerated on 9 June for this household states his age as 4/12 (4 months old) and also states "Feb" as the month of birth which would be consistent with being 4 months old in June. There is a high likely hood that this was his actual date of birth and that the August date was told to him as part of the cover up surrounding his birth. | POLLEY, William Harrison (I7583)
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| 7654 | The article appeared in the Nottinghamshire Guardian, Thursday evening, October 21, 1852. "William Memory, shoe-maker, residing in Millstone Lane, was brought up on the charge of having unlawfully married Bridget Lee, he being at that time married to Caroline Holmes. Mr. Parnham, clerk of St. Mary's proved the second marriage; but the presence of Joseph Holmes, brother of the prisoner's wife and the only surviving witness of the former marriage being necessary, the prisoner was remanded until Thursday next." | MEMORY, William (I1803)
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| 7655 | The Aurora Era Thursday, Aug 12th, 1943 A.H.S. Grads Wed at Maple A pretty wedding was solemnized at Maple, Aug. 4, when Jean Frances Robinson, Reg. N., only daughter of Mrs Robinson and the late Austin Robinson, was united in marriage to Earl Bruce MacNaughton, only son of Mr. and Mrs Richard D. MacNaughton, Maple. Both bride and groom are former students of Aurora high school. The ceremony was preformed by Rev. C. G. Howman, assisted by Rev. H. Lovering, uncle of the groom. The bride, given in marriage by her cousin, Jesse A. Bryson, was attended by Miss Mary Carson as maid of honor, and Miss Audrey MacNaughton, sister of the freeom, as bridesmaid. The wedding music was played by Mrs. Norman Bryson, aunt of the bride, and Miss Hazel Wilson sang during the signing of the registrer. After a short holiday in Algonquin Park, Mr and Mrs. MacNauhgont will reside in Toronto. | Family: Earl Bruce MACNAUGHTON / Jean Frances ROBINSON (F1836)
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| 7656 | The brother of Charles, Alfred, became the manager of a large flour mill in Hull. He received a large dent on the crown of his dead when a wheel of machinery broke loose and struck him. His wife, Jennie, had a son, Gordon, and a daughter, May. | ROGERS, Alfred (I5568)
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| 7657 | The Canada Directory 1851. Page 562 of 692 Pages | MCNAUGHTON, Rev. Peter (I6957)
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| 7658 | The census lists many people and while the main pages say Woodville the page that Arthur is on also says Manna South. Either way they are both very close together. | RYELAND, Captain Arthur Edwin (I4340)
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| 7659 | The Chapel of Bourton, Parish of Gillingham, County of Dorset | Family: George BOURTON / Mary Ann HERIDGE (F3852)
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| 7660 | The City Hospital Plymouth | SALTERN, Lilian Beatrice (I2551)
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| 7661 | The Colonial Office List, Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the ... By Great Britain Colonial Office Published 1948 H.M. Stationery Off | RYELAND, Francis John (I7227)
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| 7662 | The death and burial register for St. Peter Trenton is missing for the years 1869 - 1882, the crucial time for Francis. | MCGUIRE, Francis (I12798)
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| 7663 | The Death of Mr E. Ryeland There were many public manifestations of respect and sympathy at the funeral which took place on Wednesday at St. Mary's Cemetery, of Mr. Edward Ryeland, aged 22 years, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ryeland, whose death on Thursday, 29th December, was reported in last week's issue. Mr, Ryeland, who was a Lieutenant in No. 3 Company, Cinque Ports, (Fortress) Royal Engineers, was accorded a military funeral. The Band of the Royal Sussex Regiment headed the cortege, which included a large detachment of the Cinque Ports (Fortress) R.E. under Major W. F. Godfrey and a number of the 4th Bn. The Buffs, under Captain J. Sherwood. The officers on parade were Capt. J. Mills, Capt. J. H. B. Lowe, Capt. A. B. Thomas, Lieutenants C. V. Grifna, M. Durban and B. P. Oaye (Cinque Ports (F.) R.E.), Capt. G. C. Wood (R.S. (T.)), Lieutenant A. C. Roberts (The Buffs), Major R.D.B. Perrott (Deputy Chief Engineer, Eastern Command). The coffin was covered with the Union Jack, was carried on a gun carriage provided by the Lincolnshire Regiment. The deceased's cap and sword rested on the coffin. Canon Elnor officiated at the funeral and after the service the buglers of the Royal Sussex Regiment sounded the "Last Post" and the "Reveille." The bearers were the following N.C.O.'s of the Cinque Ports (Fortress) Royal Engineers, C.Q.M.S. Green, Sergeants Fleeman, Blackburn, Tucker, Woods and Trumper. The family mourners were Capt. A. E. Ryeland (father), Mr. H. A. J. Ryeland, Mr. A. E. Ryeland, Mr. C. Ryeland and Mr. F. Ryeland (brothers), Mr. W. Castell (brother-in-law), Captain H. L. Dargan. Amongst others present were: - Major J. H. Mowll (C.P. (Fortress) R.E.), Major L. B. Bushell (R.A.), Mr. J. Saunders (Assistant Hon. Secretary) and Major J. Martin and Mr. P. Wenborn (representing the Dover Sea Angling Association), Captain W. E. Pearce (representing Dover County School Cadet Corps), Mr. F. Whitehouse, M.A., and Mr. W. H. Darby (Dover County School for Boys), Mr. W. Perks (H.M. Inspector of Aliens) and Mr. Humphrey (Immigration Officer), Mr. L. Fox and Mr. T. B. Elliott (H.M. Customs), Mr. E. P. Whettingstall (Waterguard Surveyor), Mr. E. F. Prescott (D.C.S. Old Boys Association) Captain H. G. Baxter (representing Messrs, J. E. Lukey and Sons), Capt. Louis Brady and Messrs. Trodden and Sparkes (representing Messrs. Townsend Bros. Ferries, Ltd.), Captain, Wedbrook (Pilot Cutter), Mrs. F. Whitehouse, Councillor and Mrs. F. R. Powell, Councillor J. Walker, Mr. C. S. Grieff, Mr. J. Curtis, Mr. R. D. Carter, Mr. And Mrs. A. Watts. Floral tributes were sent as follows: - - From Dad and Mother dear - Always in my thoughts - May - With heartbroken love, from Alice and Bob - To dear Edward, from Maisie and Jim - From Albert, Nora and family - Chas and Nora - From John and Mary - Fred, Edith and Baby Arthur - From his two little nieces, Betty and Beatrice - With love, from Roger and David - From Mrs. Rogers - Mr. And Mrs. A. E. Corteel and family - Mr. And Mrs. Castell, senr., and Ciss - Mr. And Mrs. Castell, junr. - Mr. And Mrs. H. Ascough and Fred Ascough (Cordene, Bolton) - Miss Ella Dargan - Captain H. L. Dargan - Mr. And Mrs. H. E. Dargan (Purley) - Tony, Doreen and Tony Boy - Miss Kathleen Beeching - Mrs Grange and Bernice - Mr. And Mrs. Crouch - Mr. And Mrs. H. Benz and Miss Benz - E. Knowles - His old chum Sydney and Mr. And Mrs. Parker (Deal) - The Commanding Officer and Officers, Cinque Ports (Fortress) Royal Engineers - Lt.-Col. Allen Buchanan, Royal Engineers, and Officers, R.E. Dover - Officers, N.C.O's and Men of 233rd Field Battery Royal Artillery (T.) - Officers Warrant Officers, N.C.O's and Men, 168th Heavy Battery - All ranks, "D" Coy., 4th Bn. The Buffs, Dover - The Officers, N.C.O's and Cadets of the Dover County School Cadet Company - Warrant Officers and Sergeants, Cinque Ports (Fortress) R.E. - The President, Committee and Members of the Dover County School Old Boys' Association - The Staff of the Customs House, Dover - Waterguard Department, H.M. Customs and Excise - Immigration and Special Branch Staffs Dover - Members of the Dover Golf Club - Masters and Engineers of the Dover Tugs - Crews of the motor launches "Ocean King" and "Ocean Queen" - Motor-boat "Sabine" and crew - Motor-boat "Sabina" and crew - Crew of the motor-boat "Spartan" - The Staff, Messrs. Killick and Back - The Royal Automobile Club Port Officers, Dover - The Automobile Association, Dover Port Staff - The Dover Sea, Angling Association - T. E. Brockman - Mr. and Mrs. Burwill - Mr. and Mrs. John Walker - Mr. S. T. Hills - The Directors of Messrs. William Crundalt and Co., Ltd. - H. E. Cullin and workmen - O.G. Bavington Jones and R. F. Bavington Jones - Miss Daisy Boyton - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitehouse - Captain and Miss Iron - Ernest A. Marsh - J. R. W. Richardson - Mrs. And Miss Grant - Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Palmer - Mr. and Mrs. William J. Peppin and Staff - Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Knott - Major. J. R. P. Clarke - Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gunn and Alfred - Mr. and Mrs. W. Garland - Mrs. Stacey - Mr. and Mrs. M. Piggott - Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar McQueen - Mr and Mrs. S. R. Birch - A. L. Green - Mr. and Mrs. E. King - John E. Lukey - Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer - Mr. and Mrs. T. Harvey - Mrs. R. Jenner, George and Frank - Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Son - Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Harrow - Mr. C. Horace Tyrell and family - Mrs. Sibley and Al (Eastbourne) - Mr. A. Decort - Mr. and Mrs. McNeir - Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Watson and family - Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Blackman - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simpkins - Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and Family - Mr. and Mrs. R. Romney - Councillor and Mrs. Gore - Councillor Major and Mrs. and Willy Martin - Mr. and Mrs. Kinson and family - Mr. and Mrs. Witherall and family - Mr. and Mrs. A. Carter and family - Mr. and Mrs. P. Martin - Mr. and Mrs. Gruet - R. Baker and H. E. Stanford - Mr. and Mrs. Grieff and Nita - W. G. Birt - C. Floyd - Mr. and Mrs. Ballard - Mr. and Mrs. Mangill and Nita - Mr. and Mrs. V. Toop - Mr. and Mrs. G. Shilson and Sons - "Tibbles" The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. B. J. Andrews, of 22, New St., and 34, Longfield Road. | RYELAND, Edward (I7449)
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| 7664 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | RYELAND, John (I3340)
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| 7665 | The district St George East is an alternative name for St George in the East and it spans the boundaries of the counties of London and Surrey | DAY, Elizabeth (I2253)
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| 7666 | The Downpatrick Dicksons were buried in the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian graveyard. DICKSON (Limestone headstone). Erected by Eliza Dickson in mem. of her husband Robert Dickson, Bonecastle, who d. Dec.15 1891 and his brother William who d. Dec.25 1891. The above Eliza Dickson d. Ap. 9 1921. (The will of Robt. Dickson or Dixon late of Bonecastle, farmer, who d. Dec.25 1891 at same place was proved at Belfast Sept.12 1892 by Samuel Dickson of Ballykilbeg and Samuel McCombe of Drumarode both farmers, two of the executors. Effects one thousand three hundred and sixty one pounds. The will of William Dickson, otherwise Dixon was proved at Belfast Sept.12 1892 by Eliz. Dickson of Bonecastle, widow, the executrix. Effects 319 pounds. | DICKSON, Robert (I2798)
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| 7667 | The eldest daughter, Daisy, helped in the fruiterers business but died at an early age of cancer. | ROGERS, Daisy (I5566)
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| 7668 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Steve MUNT / Hollie Alexandra May RYELAND (F3933)
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| 7669 | The end of the war for us - we are 1/2 way between Emden & Wilhelmshaven at the end | POLLEY, Gordon Bradbury (I2107)
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| 7670 | The Engineer 1952/10/10 We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Albert Edwin Ryeland, which occurred on October 2nd. Mr. Ryeland was a director of E. Boydell and Co., Ltd., Old Trafford, Manchester, having been associated with that company since its inception. | RYELAND, Albert Edwin (I2785)
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| 7671 | The Enterpriser of East Northumberland June 11 1903 Mrs James Polly from Watsonville, California arrived here one day last week to visit a sick daught Mrs Shan who is very low with consumption. | SAXON, Charlotte M (I4744)
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| 7672 | The entire Banfill family seemed to be coppersmiths in the Camberwell area, it seems different branches of the family came together to work there as coppersmiths. Many examples can be found in the 1901 census | BANFILL, Henry William (I2663)
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| 7673 | The family is in the 1870 Platte Co census showing Elizabeth as being born March 1870 and in 1880 Buchanan, Elizabeth is shown as a 10 year old. Elizabeth is then in the 1910, 1920, 1930 census of Kern Co, Calif. Have not been able to determine when or where she married (Unknown) Gregory but she married Herbert Elias Myers, 15 Sept 1909 in Kern Co, CA. - Marriage record #240 & 320 Kern Co. According to my father, she and her family traveled to California in a covered wagon. They arrived in Los Angeles and parked the wagon on Figueroa Street, which at that time was at the edge of town. They stayed there for a time and then decided to move up the coast. They got stuck in various places along the way and had to wait for low tide before proceeding. They ended up in Bakersfield. It seems Elizabeth was quite the maverick as she had several children out of wedlock. It is clear from the dates that Jessie could not have been William | ROBLIN, Elizabeth Lillian (I10635)
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| 7674 | The first for that city. | CURLETTE, Dr. James Ford (I4179)
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| 7675 | The first is Daniel Horn who died 1825 Ivinghoe (husband of Mary Pitchford). In it he leaves 5 pounds each to 3 children of his first wife (didnt know he'd been previously married) James Horn, Henry Horn and Lucy, wife of Thomas Jeffs. Daugther Hannah, wife of Francis Horn residing with him gets her bed, linen, furniture etc and daughter Harreit Horn gets his own bed, linen furniture. Son George is named as the executor and his cottages & land are to be sold and divided equally between the five children of his 2nd wife - Daniel, Clara (wife of William Newman), George, Hannah (wife of Francis Horn) and Harriett. Strange how my Daniel is the only baptism missing from the IGI but at least it proves he was also Daniel and Mary's son. | HORN, Daniel (I4355)
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| 7676 | The following is a copy of a letter in the possession of Ralph Hill Willia ms (son of Lily Marie) written by Henry Purnell to his Sister-in-law Sar ah Purnell wife of his brother Hill Purnell. The part in the letter " and taking into consideration your own situatio n" refers to the fact that Sarah was soon to give birth to her son Henry S key Purnell. Melksham 10 March 1838. Dear Sister I am desired by my mother to answer your letter to her, a few days sinc e. We are extremely sorry to learn by it , the illness of our brothe r. We sincerely hope he is by this time, better and that providence will s oon restore him to good health, and taken into consideration your own situ ation, we hope and trust that he will soon recover. my mother would be gl ad to come to Cardiff but she is very feeble and has not overcome the viol ent attack of influenza which she had last winter. We shall be glad to he ar from you again when you have a few minutes you can devote to such a pur pose, when we trust we shall have a favourable act of yourself and husban d, we are all at Melksham, well and desire our love to yourself, my broth er and the children. I am , dear sister, very truly Henry Purnell | PURNELL, Henry (I20302)
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| 7677 | The funeral was held on Friday morning of Henry Francis Lafferty one of the best known and respected residents of the York Road area and of Murray township, from St. Peter in Chains Church. Many old friends and neighbors attended and the cortege was one of the largest seen locally in some time. Bearers included three sons of the deceased man, Frank, Jack, and Harry Lafferty, and Douglas Kinney, John Riddell , and John Alyea. Mr. Lafferty was born less than a mile from where his late home stands, in a little log cabin which was destroyed only a few years ago by fire. He was educated in Trenton and of the Ontario Business College in Belleville, and was known throughout the Bay of Quinte area. Several years ago his wife predeceased him, and since then he has been in gradually falling health. He was a devoted member of St. Peter's Church, and was affiliated with various social and municipal groups. Surviving him are four sons all at home, Frank, Jack, Harry, and William; and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Colborne and two daughters, Mrs. W. T. Horsley, Trenton and Mrs. W. G. Finlan, Brooklyn N.Y., Rev. Fr. O'Neill officiated during the singing of the solemn requiem mass. Interment was made in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. | MCGUIRE, Henry Francis (I12803)
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| 7678 | THE GREAT DROWNING From the Napanee Beaver, April 30th, 1897 Probably the most memorable drowning accident that ever occurred in this county was just in front of the old Adolphustown Methodist Church, on Sunday morning, August 29th, 1819. Though nearly seventy-nine years have since elapsed, and every one who ever witnessed that sad catastrophe has long since passed away, yet the remembrance of it still remains fresh with nearly all the descendants of the families of those days. The circumstances were substantially as follows; There had been a great revival in the Methodist societies in nearly every part of his county that year, and the preachers then in charge of the Bay of Quinte circuit, Revs. Isaac Puffer and James Wilson, had arranged for a special quarterly meeting in the Adolphustown church for that day. A quarterly meeting at that time was almost sure to bring out a number of the zealous people from every society in the county. Those from all parts of North Fredericksburgh and the northern part of Adolphustown had to cross Hay Bay in small boats; the bay just opposite the old church is about a mile and a half wide. Barnard Cole and his family lived across the bay from the church; he owned a pretty large, skiff which was quite a rarity then, as the old time log canoes were much in use. That Sunday morning more assembled to cross at that place than it was safe for even his large boat to carry. Some, it is said, would not venture in the boat at all, under the circumstances, and some who did so got out again and strongly urged their friends to do so. Among the latter was the late Gilbert Bogart, who died years ago at his farm at Riverside, on the Deseronto road now owned by Mrs. R Thompson. Feeling there was so much danger he went away crying because he could not prevail on his brother Peter to get out also. Peter was one of the victims. They were both young men at that time. The morning was calm and beautiful; there was scarcely a ripple on the waters of the bay, and the owner of the boat had full confidence in its capacity to carry all its precious cargo, and more too. He strongly urged all to get in. Four of his own family were among the number, three of whom escaped. His son, the late Conrad B. Cole, who died an old man in North Fredericksburgh a few years ago, was one of the survivors, and has frequently told the writer of the events of that memorable day, and pointed out to him the exact spot where the boat filled and the drowning took place. It is not to be wondered at that every incident in connection with that catastrophe was indelibly fixed in his memory to the end of life. There were eighteen in the boat all of whom, with the exception of Barnard Cole and his wife, were young people. They were all members of the Methodist church, and most of them recent converts. Everything went smoothly and pleasantly at first and the young people had been singing hymn after hymn among the popular revival hymns of those days. When half way over it was found the boat was leaking very freely and settling lower in the water in consequence. A bailing dish had been forgotten, and the men at the oars began to pull with all their strength, seeing the danger that thus threatened them. Finally it occurred to one of them to use his Sunday hat for bailing purposes, but by that time the water was pouring in too fast to be thus got rid of. THE CALAMITY OCCURS When within about forty rods from shore, Peter German, one of the young men, said to the others he was a good swimmer and would jump out and swim to shore, and thus lighten the load. In doing so he thoughtlessly stepped on the edge of the boat, tipping it so that water poured in over the top. That alarmed the already much frightened young women who suddenly leaned to the other side, settling it so much that the boat at once filled with water, partly upsetting at the same time. Of course now all was confusion and dismay. The young women, who could not swim struggled and clung to each other and in this way they were all drowned. Peter Bogart, one of the young men, though a good swimmer, is said to have been carried down by some clinging to him whom he was trying to save. John German, who was also a good swimmer, turned back to help when he heard the cries of his sister but she had sank beneath his reach when he got there. He then became so bewildered that he did not attempt to swim to shore again, but swam around and up and down the bay until he sank exhausted. His body was found some distance from the others, and was not recovered until the next day. Those who had enough presence of mind to cling to the boat were kept floating until help came, but ten of the eighteen were drowned. SOME OF THE INCIDENTS Years ago, every family about the bay had its store of incidents to tell about that great drowning. It would require a volume almost to have related them all. It is said that the preliminary prayer meeting had began and one had just prayed "make this a day long to be remembered,: when the first shriek was heard. Rev. Isaac Puffer was in charge of the meeting and looking up, he at once saw the terrible struggle only a few rods away from the church. He at once called out "our friends out in the bay are in distress," and all rushed out on the banks. The church stands within a few rods of the water's edge. The scenes on the shore are represented to have been even more heart rending than those in the water. Some were witnessing the struggle of their own children or near relatives. Some tore their hair or their clothing in their agony. Some are said to have rolled on the ground in their agony, others seemed paralyzed at the sight. Prayers and appeals went up to God from the hundreds thus assembled. Boats were near by and soon several were called out to the rescue. Seven were picked up who had been clinging to the boat. One, Mrs. Cole, was found floating on her back in the water, past consciousness, but was resuscitated soon after. She lived many years after and used to frequently say that she found drowning easy and painless, but the agonies of resuscitation were such that she wished they had left her as she was. Some of the others were also restored with considerable difficulty but all the survivors lived many years. THE VICTIMS The names of those drowned will be found in the verse here appended. The first named, John and Jane German, were young people of the same family, children of Stophel German, a local preacher and one of the first subscribers for the building of the church. The late Nathan German of North Fredericksburgh, George German, of Gosport, and Mrs. Wm. Vallear of Richmond, were members of the same family. Their parents witnessed the terrible scene from the shore and the agony of the mother was said to have been dreadful to witness. She was a beautiful singer, but never was heard to sing again though she lived nearly forty years after. They lived on the north shore, on the beautiful farm now owned by Mr. James Jaynes. Peter Bogart's parents lived next farm, Abraham and "Polly" Bogart, the latter of whom lived to be over a hundred years of age. The large and well know Bogart family, of Adolphustown, were all of the same family. Our townsmen, Messrs. G. Bogart, postmaster; J.M. Bogart, and Marshall Bogart, of "Riverside" are all nephews. It is said that Peter Bogart and Jane German were to have been soon married and it was in striving to save her life he lost his own. Mary Cole lived next farm, the daughter of Barnard Cole, already referred to. She was soon to have been married to Joseph Johnson of Prince Edward, near Picton, who was also one of the company that day but survived. She had a presentiment of some such sudden death in a dream the night previous, and told Mr. Johnson of it in the morning. Mary and Jane Detlor were from North Fredericksburgh, and lived on the farm now owned by our townsman, W. Nelson Doller, Esq. They were connected with the Detlor families now living in Napanee and this vicinity. Betsy McCay also lived in the same vicinity, on Little Creek, she was a sister of the late Asa McCay, of Clarksville, and A.B. McCay, Esq., who lived and died on the old homestead. Huldah Madden lived on the boundary line between Fredericksburgh and Ernesttown, a concession north of where the Morven brick church now stands, near the farm of Robert Collins, Esq. She was a sister of the late Stauts S. Madden, father of Mr. W.D. Madden, of Napanee, and Wm. Madden, York Road, who died a few months ago. Matilda Roblin was a member of the large Roblin family still residing in this county, but where she lived we do not know. She was a sister of the late David Philip Roblin and Mrs. Geo. H. Detlor. Betsy Clark, was, we believe, a daughter of Elias Clark, on the "back bay" of Adolphustown, a family well known to all the old residents. So far as we can ascertain they were all of U.E. Loyalist families. RECOVERING AND BURYING THE BODIES Burger Huyck, living on the north shore, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Hawley, his son-in-law, was an expert fisherman and had a fishing seine. This was at once got and brought over. It was cast about the scene of the calamity and at the one draw, eight of the dead bodies were brought to shore. The ninth was got soon after, but it was not till the next morning that the body of John German was found, as he had swam some distance off before he finally sank. The church was at once transformed into a morgue; of course all the regular services for that day were broken up. Carpenters were at once got and the work of coffin making began - there were no professional undertakers in this country then. Word went speedily around and the absent friends soon began to arrive. The next day the funeral took place, the ten coffins all being placed in a row outside of the church. Such a concourse of people had gathered that the church could only hold a part of them. The preacher was Isaac Puffer, then a well known "circuit rider" here, who afterwards went to the States, where he lived and died. He was a very eccentric man and knew every chapter and verse of scripture by heart, and could readily quote any verse, or tell at once where any quoted passage could be found. The writer well remembers hearing him preach to a large congregation in the same church during a visit to his old time circuit, late in the forties. He was then a venerable and gray haired old man. So affecting was that funeral scene that, over and over again would the preacher break down and nearly the entire congregation break out into sobbings and tears. Eight of the graves were side by side in the old burying ground just opposite the church. The ninth was laid beside some other member of her family. One, Mary Cole, was buried on the north side of the bay in the well known burial place there, on her father's farm, where nearly all the earlier settlers of that section found their last resting place. Strange to say there does not remain anything now to mark even the spot where all these memorable graves are, though the ground is in a good state of preservation. It is said, however, to be located about the middle of that historic old "God's acre." The following lines were composed and printed soon after and sold in separate slips by the many hundreds.. At one time, there were few houses in all the old Midland district in which copies could not be found, and nearly all the young people for two generations committed them to memory. We doubt if any other production, crude as it is, was ever so extensively read and committed to memory in this part of Upper Canada. The Beaver has formerly published them but as many are still asking for them they are again re-produced in these columns. Some have attributed their authorship to Isaac Files, then a school teacher in Prince Edward, Rev. John Carroll, Mr. Playter and others claim they were written by Alexander Shorts, who lived and died in Richmond, a few miles west of Selby. Our friend, W. S. William, Esq., now of California has informed us it was his father, the late Isaac Williams, who was well known to many in Napanee some years ago. He was then a young man residing near Picton. THOMAS W. CASEY A BALLAD ON THE DEATH OF TEN YOUNG PEOPLE, DROWNED IN HAY BAY Come all you good people, of every degree, Read over these lines, which are penned down by me. And when you are reading these lines, which are true, Remember this warning is also to you. In the year of our Lord, 1819, On the 29th of August, on Sunday I mean -- The place where it happened I'll also put down, But the loss I can't tell of , in Adolphustown. These people were all in good health and in prime, All modestly clothed in apparel so fine, -- To Church they were going, their God to adore -- To reach the said place they had Hay Bay to cross o'er. The boat being small, and their number eighteen, To go over together they all ventured in; -- They launched away singing a sweet excise, Their moment near by them was hid from their eyes. The voice of Jehovah speaks unto us all; Always to be ready, to go at his call, And when you are reading these mournful lines o'er, Death may be sent for you, and enter your door. The boat being leaky, the water came in To bale with their hats, they too late did begin. They looked at each other and began for to weep. The boat filled with water and sank in the deep. Their friends on the shore then for help flew with speed, And eight of the number from the water they freed; There were brothers and sisters and parents also, Soon heard the sad story, which filled them with woe. A seine was preparing to draw them to land Their friends all a-weeping, around them did stand; Such cries and lamentings were never before, The loss was so fatal, that none could restore. There were John and Jane German, Peter Bogart also; There Mary and Jane Detlor, in the waters below; There was Matilda Roblin, and Betsy Macoy; Betsy Clark, Huldah Madden, and the said Mary Cole. To the unchangeable regions their spirits are fled. And left their poor bodies inactive and dead Their friends with loud weeping around them were found, Their bodies preparing to enter the ground. On the Monday following, their coffins were made, And into the same their dead bodies were laid, And solemnly borne into the Churchyard; Their graves, in rotation, for them were prepared. A large congregation, on that solemn day Assembled together to visit their clay; To join the afflicted in their mournful state, And also to comfort in sorrow so great. A sermon was delivered on that solemn scene, By Sir Isaac Puffer, form Job 19; Although these vile bodies the worms may destroy, They shall see God in glory in fullness of joy. The sermon being over, and brought to a close, And some words of comfort were offered to those Whose hearts were quite broken and filled with grief, And in a few moments these bodies must leave. Their coffins were open to all public view, That all might behold them and bid them adieu; And then to convey them to the silent clay, No more to behold them till the judgement day. And now we must leave them beneath the cold ground; Till Gabriel's trumpet shall give the last sound; Awake! Thou that sleepest, and arise from your tomb, And come forth to judgment to hear your last doom. | ROBLIN, Matilda (I4811)
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| 7679 | The Highway, formerly known as the Ratcliffe Highway, is a mile-long road in the East End of London, with several historic landmarks nearby. The route dates back to Roman times. In the 19th century it had a very notorious reputation for vice and crime and was the site of the infamous Ratcliff Highway murders. The name 'Ratcliffe' literally means 'Red Cliff', referring to the red sandstone cliffs which descended from the plateau on which the road was situated down to the Wapping Marshes to the south. Location The Highway runs west-east from the eastern edge of The City to Limehouse. It is parallel-to and south of Commercial Road, the Docklands Light Railway and Cable Street. It connects East Smithfield and the Limehouse Link tunnel. The road forms an unofficial boundary to Wapping, which lies between the River Thames and The Highway. The road is also close to Shadwell Basin (to the south east), Tower Hill (to the west), and Whitechapel and Stepney (to the north). The Highway is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in postal district E1. It lies within the parliamentary constituencies of Bethnal Green and Bow and Poplar and Canning Town. [edit] History The Ratcliffe Highway was most probably, originally a Roman Road, running east from the City of London along the top of a plateau near the edge of the eponymous 'red cliff' which descended onto the low lying tidal marshes of Wapping to the south. A Roman bath house was excavated in 2004, by the junction of The Highway and Wapping Lane. The discovery of women's jewellery along with soldiers' possessions, suggests that this location outside of the Roman walls allowed less restricted use of the baths than those in the City itself. The remains of the baths and under-floor heating system were re-buried (for later archaeologists) under the car park of the new flats. By 1908, Ratcliff Highway had different names for each of its sections. From west to east these ran: "St. George's Street East", "High Street (Shadwell) ", "Cock Hill", "Broad Street. The whole of the central area of The Highway was named after St George in the East church and its parish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highway Dec 2 2009 | DAY, William (I2707)
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| 7680 | THE HONOURABLE DUFF ROBLIN PC, CC, OM, LLD, DCL 1917 - 2010 Following a brief illness, Duff Roblin died peacefully in the late afternoon of May 30, 2010 at the Victoria Hospital. He is survived by his wife Mary; his son Andrew of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, his former daughter-in-law Patricia, and grandchildren Lily and Rachel; his daughter Jennifer of Toronto (Craig Lathrop), grandchildren Sian, Bronwen, and Euan; his sister Marcia of Barrie, Ontario and his brother Rod of Winnipeg; and numerous nieces and nephews. Born June 17, 1917 in Winnipeg, the son of Charles D. and Sophia May Roblin and the grandson of Sir R. P. Roblin, Premier of Manitoba from 1900 to 1915, Duff Roblin was educated in Winnipeg schools and studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Chicago. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature as an Independent Progressive Conservative in 1949 and was re-elected in five subsequent general elections. Chosen leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1954, he was elected premier in 1958, which office he held until he retired from office in 1967. The reform, improvement and expansion of the educational system in all its aspects was his first priority and was the achievement from which he derived the greatest satisfaction. However, his initiative in advocating and building the Red River Floodway, and the Floodway's subsequent positive impact, caught the public imagination in an enduring way and, became an important element of his legacy as a public man. In 2001, the Floodway was declared a National Historic Site in recognition of it as an outstanding example of Canadian engineering and technology and in recognition of its broader significance in humankind's age-old struggle to find accommodation with nature. Appointed to the Senate in 1978, he was an active member until 1992. He served as Leader of the Government in the Senate from 1984 to 1986. Following his retirement he chaired an important provincial commission on post-secondary education in which he returned to the over-riding focus of his whole public life. There will be a private funeral service. A Book of Condolence will be open in the rotunda of the Manitoba Legislature. Flowers are gratefully declined. Those wishing to commemorate his life and career may wish to consider donations to the Duff Roblin Scholarship Fund at the University of Winnipeg, the Duff Roblin Professorship at the University of Manitoba or the Duff Roblin Fellowship Fund at the University of Manitoba. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 BROADWAY, WINNIPEG, MB R3C OX4 783-7211 Condolences may be sent to www.thomsonfuneralchapel.com | ROBLIN, Honourable Charles Dufferin PC, CC, OM, LLD, DC (I9912)
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| 7681 | The inventory of William Miller's personal estate on 20 September 1768, three days after his death, offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of a prosperous New Jersey farmer in the period just before the American Revolution. We know from other documents that William owned 200 acres of land in Morris County, New Jersey as well as 17 acres in adjacent Somerset County. Like many in eighteenth century America William had relatively little cash, only 36 pounds of cash on hand at the time of his death. Three years before his death William had paid 975 pounds for 650 acres of land in the Cheesecocks Patent in what is today Orange County, New York. The source of that cash is unknown. The most valuable item (valued at 80 pounds) in William's estate was "1 negro man named Tom." Many farmers in New Jersey owned one or more slaves in this period. Restrictions were placed on ownership and importation of slaves beginning in the early 1800s, but slavery was not abolished in New Jersey until 1846. William's estate contained the usual livestock you would expect to find on a colonial farm: 9 swine 2 horses 1 yoke of oxen 1 bull 4 yearlings 3 calves 36 sheep 8 hives with bees There are several items that I was unable to decipher. I believe that one of the undecipherable items probably lists one or more milk cows. His estate did contain 4 pails, a churn and 14 cheeses. Commodities on hand, in storage, or in the field included: 200 feet of gum boards Indian corn in the field 4 bushels of buckwheat plus buckwheat in the field Oats in the barn Flax in the barn 12 bushels of wheat plus approximately 100 bushels of wheat "in the barrack and stack" 10 bushels of rye plus some rye "in the stack" 20 loads of hay Cloth, cloth making equipment, and supplies included: 15 __?__ of woolen yarn Great wheel (for spinning yarn) Loom Hatchel (tool used in making of linen out of flax) 35 yards of linen Farm implements and tools: Plows Harrows Chisels Augers Horse cart Sleigh Saw Axes Rifle Side saddle Household items: Whitening pot 1 pair hand irons 2 sad irons tongs Wash tub shovel Lye tub chest of drawers Wearing apparel tea cups 3 cupboards 2 chests Brass kettle 3 coverlids Iron kettle 7 blankets 2 pots 3 earthen pots Small kettle 2 tables Tea kettle 9 chairs 3 basins 3 beds 3 platters knives 12 plates forks 2 pewter pots spoons 3 hammocks 6 barrels | MILLER, William (I4049)
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| 7682 | The last place I have him is in Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co in 1880. In 1900 Cathareine is listed as a widow and is still in Saint Joseph. | ROBLIN, Stephen (I10024)
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| 7683 | The late Robert Polly, of Haldimand, passed away on Saturday last. He was in poor health for some time. He was ninety years old; having been a resident in that vicinity for over fifty years. The funeral took place on Monday, the Rev. Mr. Sutherland officiating, taking for his text part of the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians, after which the remains were taken to the Castleton cemetery for interment. Mr. Polly leaves three sons and two daughters to mourn his loss. In his old age and in his affliction he was known to keep up the good cheer, putting his whole trust in Him who doeth all things well. - Enterprise. - Likely a reprint from the Colborne Enterprise | POLLEY, Robert A (I4225)
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| 7684 | The Man Who Was Reputed to be King: David Dean O'Keefe Francis X. Hezel, SJ MicSem Articles | Historical David Dean O'Keefe, a tall, burly Irishman with a temper to match his flaming hair, was a successful 19th century copra merchant based in Yap with a trade circle that encompassed western Micronesia. In the eyes of many Westerners, however, he was much more: he was reputed to be a king. Even before his death in 1901, after thirty years of commercial dominance in the area, the man had begun to assume mythic proportions. Georg Hoff, a Norwegian fortune-seeker whom O'Keefe hired just before his death at sea, wrote with awe of his employer that he 'has gradually taken possession of one island after the other, so by now they are his property and no can take them from him. He has unlimited favour down there and is called "The King of the Cannibal Islands"'.1 The fictionalised biography by Klingman and Green a half century later, His Majesty O'Keefe, echoes these tales while coloring the popular understanding of the man ever since.2 True to its title, this book presents O'Keefe as ruler of the Micronesian islands in which he traded - 'King of Yap, Monarch of Mapia, Sovereign of Sonsorol'.3 An article in a New York newspaper two years after his death assured its readers that 'O'Keefe was the ruler of thousands of people. They were untutored and savage, but they revered him, and his law was theirs'.4 If monarchs require thrones, O'Keefe had one 'and enjoyed all the privileges and pleasures that properly appertain to royalty', not to mention a 'standing army of twelve naked savages'.5 His wealth may have been due in great measure to his success as a merchant, but it was steadily increasing 'through the gifts of his half-savage subjects'.6 With press notices like these, small wonder that O'Keefe's descendants were visiting Yap to claim his fortune for fifty years after his death.7 The island of Yap, the headquarters of his trading emporium, was in the last quarter of the 19th century a confluence of Western and Asian commercial interests and political aspirations. According to Klingman and Green, O'Keefe dominated these interests as easily as he did his 'half-savage subjects'. The Dutch were dumbfounded by him; the Spaniards feared him; the Germans hated him; the British mistrusted him; the Japanese blackguarded him. His own country, the United States, ignored him until after his death; had it not, the history of the late Pacific war might have been vastly different.8 O'Keefe was in his own day well known in Pacific trading circles, but he gained legendary status following his death.9 The myth has eclipsed the man. Because many details of his life remain obscure, I was obliged to refer to Klingman and Green's half-fictional account twenty-five years ago as I was writing my history of precolonial Micronesia.10 This article, then, is an attempt to rescue O'Keefe from the tangle of legends and half-truths that grew up around him, often the result of his own artifices, and to recover the man who played such a central role in the early Micronesian copra trade. David Dean O'Keefe was born in southern Ireland in 1824, according to the US immigration document.11 Like many of his compatriots who struggled through the potato famine, he looked across the Atlantic for the opportunities that were denied him in his own country. Soon after his arrival in New York in March 1848 aboard the Sir Robert Peel, he moved to southern Georgia where he took a job laying railroad ties. Soon tiring of this, he turned to the sea as his livelihood, working his way up from an apprentice seaman aboard windjammers to a captain's berth on a Savannah coastal steamer. Rumour had it that he was engaged in blockade running during the Civil War when Union ships cordoned off Southern ports.12 Was it to mislead the victorious forces and obscure his shady past that in 1867, just two years after the war, he claimed in an affidavit that he was only 24 years old - supposedly too young to have held command of a hostile vessel?13 Whatever the reason, this was just the first of many self-serving fabrications. O'Keefe continued to skipper cargo ships out of Savannah - as master of the trading schooner Anna Sims in early 1866, and a year later as skipper of a British schooner engaged in three-way trade with Nassau and Matanzas, a province of Cuba.14 His cargo was rum and sugar in a trade cycle that would in an earlier day, have included slaves from West Africa. O'Keefe's shipping run would have brought him to semi-tropical islands covered with coconut palms, a harbinger of and perhaps an enticement to the life that he would soon be living. A few years later, in April 1869, O'Keefe married Catherine Masters, a slight woman nearly twenty years younger than him, but possessed of a fiery temper, as she is remembered in Savannah. If these recollections are accurate, family life must have been tempestuous for O'Keefe, who was hotheaded and explosive himself. The couple soon produced a daughter whom they named Louisa Veronica. Lulu, as she was called, wore a patch over her right eye because of a childhood accident and reportedly inherited her parents' choleric disposition. Years later she married a semi-professional baseball player named Frank Butler, who eventually deserted her.15 Even before his marriage, in February 1866, a disaster occurred that would change the course of O'Keefe's life: the killing of a crew member aboard his ship, Anna Sims. As the Savannah papers record the incident (quite differently from the way it is represented by Klingman and Green), an argument broke out after O'Keefe accused the sailor, William Geary, of some minor infraction and angrily struck him. According to the newspaper accounts, Geary then gave his captain 'a severe thrashing'. O'Keefe picked himself off the deck, rushed to his cabin for his pistol, and as he emerged tried to fire at the offender. Twice the pistol failed to discharge: Geary rushed at O'Keefe before he fired again, but was stopped by a bullet to the forehead.16 O'Keefe was imprisoned in the county jail, where he remained for eight months before he was acquitted of murder on the grounds of self-defence. The incident made O'Keefe none too popular around the wharves of Savannah, and there was speculation that he was marked as a target of revenge by the family of the sailor he had killed.17 O'Keefe may have had difficulty getting work after his release. From short notices in the papers, it would appear that he was reduced to ferrying well-to-do townspeople to vacation spots on day-excursions.18 His finances must have been none too good, for he had lost a considerable sum in a failed investment.19 He was wary of American law courts, perhaps even disenchanted with the American justice system, as his identification of himself as a British national in his affidavit of 1867 suggests. Overall, life was bleak for O'Keefe in late 1866. He struggled on for a few more years before, in 1871, he decided to leave Savannah and seek his fortune elsewhere.20 With little fanfare, O'Keefe shipped aboard the Belvidere, bound for New York and Liverpool, as first mate. He stayed with the ship when it sailed for Manila and might have continued to serve if he had not had differences of opinion with the captain. In Manila he caught a ship bound for Hong Kong, arriving in September 1871. From Hong Kong he informed his wife that he planned to return to Savannah very soon and sent her a gold draft for $167, while mysteriously urging her not to inform people that he had left the Belvidere.21 According to the story that had gained currency in Savannah, O'Keefe had drifted to Yap, washing up half-dead after the Belvidere was wrecked in a storm.22 The truth is less dramatic, but more revealing. O'Keefe sailed from Hong Kong on a trading voyage in early October 1871, but was had to return because of a storm and the death of its captain.23 O'Keefe told his wife that he was planning another short voyage and had to 'repair some before I start again on our home'.24 In what should have been a hint as to the direction of his thinking, he asked Catherine to send his master's license. Clearly less homesick than three weeks earlier, he was weighing commercial possibilities in Asia with an eye to making the money there that he could not earn in Savannah. In June 1872, O'Keefe, employed by an individual named Field, with his headquarters in Hong Kong, wrote to Catherine again, informing her that he was preparing to make a trade run with a cargo of teas and silks on which he stood to make a profit of five or six thousand dollars. He had been given a ship by his employer, the first he had ever owned. If his trading venture was successful, he added, he expected to be home by Christmas.25 In fact, he was home by Christmas, or shortly afterwards - not in Savannah, but in the small island of Yap that would be his residence for the next thirty years. By late 1872 or very early 1873, he had arrived there on a Chinese junk named after his wife, to begin trading.26 O'Keefe was not the first white trader on Yap. During the previous decade Andrew Cheyne and Alfred Tetens, trade captains in the China market, frequently visited the island group to gather b | O'KEEFE, David Dean (I14158)
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| 7685 | The marriage of John Grantham widower and Sarah Greshon Spinster appears as No 26 in the Hornsea Register. The banns were published on 19 | Family: John GRANTHAM / Sarah GRESHON (F4069)
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| 7686 | The McDonald family emigrated in haste and left the elder Isabella and her bother Neil behind. I figure the the family emigrated in 1820. Then they named their first two children on this side the same names of Isabella and Neil!! The two older children eventually came out circa 1830. | MCDONALD, Archibald (I21190)
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| 7687 | The Mining Magazine Vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 1928) "Francis J Ryeland has left for Cyprus." | RYELAND, Francis John (I7227)
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| 7688 | The Mining Magazine - Published 1931 Mining Publications - Vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan. 1928) "F. J. Ryeland has left for Columbia" | RYELAND, Francis John (I7227)
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| 7689 | The Mining Year Book - Published 1971 - W.R. Skinner and Financial Times | RYELAND, Francis John (I7227)
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| 7690 | The name Daniel was used as an Anglo nickname form of Domhnall, which is Gaelic for Donald. Therefore the two names are one and the same. | MCNAUGHTON, Daniel (I4201)
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| 7691 | The name William comes from "New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896" it lists her parents as "William and Ann Ryeland" It says "father dead" this is 1863 Her middle name of "Mills" might be a clue as to the identity of her father, maybe a William Mills? | William (I1288)
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| 7692 | The Nottingham Evening Post, Thursday May 14, 1885 A Family Quarrel - William memory was summond by John Dallison for assault, on the 9th inst.. The assault took place in the Druids Arms, Traffic Street. The parties were relations, Memory admitted the assault, but pleaded great provocation. Fined 10s and costs. | MEMORY, William (I1803)
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| 7693 | The obit printed on April 21st 1892 clearly states that he died on Sunday April 10th. However the obit printed on April 28th 1892 says he died on "Saturday last" which I would take to mean the previous Saturday and therefore April 23rd. However that makes no sense in light of the obit on April 21st. If "Saturday last" referred to two Saturdays prior then it would be April 16th but I have to go with the April 10th date since it was mentioned specifically. It's possible that the death took place on late Saturday April 9th and therefore it was unclear if it was the 9th or 10th but I don't see how you get that from the term "Saturday last" unless this was a reprint from a much earlier date. | POLLEY, Robert A (I4225)
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| 7694 | The official record of our family in the New World currently starts with the 1671 census of Port Royal, Acadia where found listed are Roger, age "35"; Marie, age "25"; and their first child Marie, age 2. The quotes are added since you will see how the ages of Roger and Marie (as well as everyone else) varies throughout the records. The origins of Roger Kuessy are currently shrouded in mystery as no earlier record of Roger prior to 1671 are known to exist. However, later records show he stated he was of Irish origin. Bona Arsenault, in his book "History of the Acadians" states: "Roger Kuessy (Caissy and Quessy), an Irishman captured by the English, wound up in Acadia around 1665 where he started that family tree." However, Arsenault does not cite any sources for the statement, so one is left to ponder if this is partly speculation. So whether Roger came to Acadia as a prisoner or crewmember who elected to stay is subject to debate. The census of Port Royal in 1678 does not show an entry for the family so it is possible the move to Beaubassin occurred between 1671 and 1678. In total, Roger and Marie Fran | CAISSY, Roger (I23666)
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| 7695 | The origin of Michel Hach | LARCH, Pierre (I24122)
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| 7696 | The Ormonde House seems to have been a hotel, listed in the military documents as in Surrey it seems to be in Sussex. | DALLISON, Margaret May (I2174)
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| 7697 | The Ottawa Directory, 1888-89. Page 180 of 560 Pages lists: Edward A Curlette, Operator Can Pacific Telegraph Co. bds 120 Queen | CURLETTE, Edward Henry Hamilton (I2045)
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| 7698 | The Oval, Bishopsgate | CRAIG, Terrence (I3125)
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| 7699 | The Oxfordshire Agricultural Society awarded James Ryeland a "Class 2" prize for Servants in Husbandry. - Oxford Journal, Saturday 04 June 1836 "To James Ryeland, for having lived 11 years as servant, hired by the year, with Mr. Wm. Faulkner, of Bury Barns, 31. Research points to this address being Bury Barn today: Bury Barn Cottage, Lechlade Rd, Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4JF, United Kingdom | RYELAND, James (I1660)
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| 7700 | The Parish Church Of St George | Family: Edgar Henry EDMONDS / Alice Elizabeth VINES (F1870)
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