The Loyalist Gazette articles from March 1997

The Loyalist Gazette archives from March 1997

Speakers' corner: letters to the editor.
March 22, 1997... When writing to the editor, please indicate if he may reproduce your address and phone number so that interested readers may contact you directly. "Cross Word" Puzzle Solved Upon reading the article "Genealogical Register of Plymouth...

New contest & photo contest winners.
March 22, 1997... Contest #1: Who is She? Thanks to the many readers who wrote with their answers to our photo contest. We had a lot of people who thought the girl pictured was Queen (Princess) Elizabeth II. You were right. Since there were more replies...

It's time to plan! It's time to register: Convention '97.
March 22, 1997... An Open Letter to All Branch Presidents: Please Read and Discuss this with Your Branch! We hope that all members will attend every session. We have been very fortunate in having Dr. Dorothy Duncan, Executive Director of the Ontario...

Loyal to serenity in "The County" (Prince Edward County).
March 22, 1997... Even as Quebec separatism gnaws at the fabric of Canadian unity, a striking symbol of peaceful co-existence decorates the heart of Prince Edward County--arguably the prettiest and most fervently British corner of Ontario. In the county...

Good news from Saint George's (Anglican Church).
March 22, 1997... Saint George's Round Church in Halifax, often called Prince Edward's Church, was built in 1800 under the patronage of Edward, Duke of Kent, soldier son of George III, who commanded the king's forces in Halifax from 1786 to 1800. Edward was a...

Third invasion of Canada is coming!
March 22, 1997... But we want to be invited! The National Society, Sons of the American Revolution is asking for assistance from the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada in recruiting qualified members to reconstitute the Canada Society SAR. The...

Re'nAction page: the Butler bicentenary, 1796-1996.
March 22, 1997... About 200 Loyalists and international historians gathered in Niagara on the weekend of 11/12 May 1996 to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Colonel John Butler. The activities consisted of a one-day history conference, a memorial...

Bicentennial reenactments from years gone by.
March 22, 1997... I would like to mention three reenactments from the `early' days, all of which took place in October. One of my first events as a member of the King's Royal Yorkers in the United States, was the Bicentennial of the Cherry Valley `Massacre'...

Gordon House: project a source of pride.
March 22, 1997... [The Windsor Star, 26 Aug. 1996] There is a certain passion in Vicky Bondy's voice when she talks about Gordon House in Amherstburg. It flavours the stories she tells as she guides people through the 200-year-old riverside home and...

New British musket discoverd.
March 22, 1997... [Extracted from The Haversack, Fort Ticonderoga newsletter, Autumn 1995] Since the military collections have been rehoused and are now accessible for research, scholars are discovering the research potential Fort Ticonderoga has to offer....

Past versus progress.
March 22, 1997... An Order of Closure has been declared by the Registrar under the Cemeteries Act for Clendenen Cemetery in the Town of Markham -- the small cemetery pictured here. In Ontario Government terminology, closure means the bodies must be moved!...

Branching out: new from the Branches.
March 22, 1997... Abegweit Branch To prepare for the Annual General Meeting of the U.E.L.A.C. to be held in Halifax in June, 1996, representatives from the Fredericton, St. John, Abegweit, and Halifax-Dartmouth Branches met at Fort Cumberland to make...

Rogers, Gerald Alexander.
March 22, 1997... Gerald A. Rogers was born at Niagara-on-the-Lake on 26 October 1912. There, he was raised on a fruit farm and attended St. Catherine's Collegiate Institute. He graduated from the General Motors Institute at Flint, Michigan, in 1934, with a...

Van Slyke family.
March 22, 1997... Lorine McGinnis Schulze, The Van Slyke Family in America (A Genealogy of Cornelis Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk wife Ots-Toch, including the story of Jaques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de...

Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution.
March 22, 1997... M. Christopher New, Maryland Loyalists In The American Revolution, Centreville, Cornell Maritime Press & Tidewater Publishers, [no date], U.S.$26.95 Available from publisher, PO Box 456, Centreville MD 21617 USA, Tel. 301-758-1075, Fax:...

King's name project.
March 22, 1997... An Index to Names of Loyalists and Associated People Found in the British Headquarters Papers, New York City 1774-1783 (The Carleton Papers) This is a project of the Sir Guy Carleton Branch. The purpose of the project, which began in 1984,...

About Ontario history and the neglected English.
March 22, 1997... In Ontario History, Vol. LXXXVIII No. 1 (March 1966) Journal of the Ontario Historical Society, David T. Moorman provided a real surprise with his short note, Where Are the English and Americans in the Historiography of Upper Canada? He...

Pioneer profiles in N.B.
March 22, 1997... Charlotte Gourlay Robinson, Pioneer Profiles of New Brunswick Settlers, Belleville, Ontario, Mika Publishing Company, 1980. Price, including shipping, is: Maritimes, $10.00; Ontario/Quebec, $10.75; Manitoba and West, $11.25. Available from...

Van Norman family.
March 22, 1997... The Van Norman Family Association, The Van Norman Family Genealogy, [no date], soft-cover, 8.5 x 11 300+ pp. $35 postpaid within Canada, elsewhere U.S.$30. Available from The Van Norman Family Association, 1588 Nairn Avenue, London, ON N5V 2P2....

Haverhill roots, world prominence.
March 22, 1997... Frank Bostwick, Ward Chipman: Massachusetts to New Brunswick [Note: This excerpt was originally published in the Haverhill, Massachusetts Gazette] On the city map of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, a few steps from the city's historical...

Everybody's gone surfin' (the Net).
March 22, 1997... If you are interested in the Delaware Families Project, the contact is Thomas P. Doherty, 3321 N. Rockfield Dr., Devenshire, Wilmington, DE 19810-3238 USA, Tom Doherty at tdoherty@magpage.comor, or phone (302) 478-4758. Want to know what's...

Romantic saga of Haviland Limoges.
March 22, 1997... About 154 years ago, a branch of the Haviland family in the United States was in the business of importing china through New York City. When supplies of suitable china became unsure, David Haviland went to Limoges in France to make and ensure a...

Queries.
March 22, 1997... Genealogical enquiries MUST be typed with your address, and branch affiliation if a member, after each enquiry. The cost is $10 Canadian per enquiry for non-members; free to members. Please follow format and order of text as it appears below....

Old Durham Road pioneer cemetery.
March 22, 1997... [Extracted from Fidelity, Toronto Branch newsletter] The visual material for this issue's `Grave Matters' presentation comes courtesy of Les MacKinnon who spoke at last October's meeting and made available brochures about this almost lost...