The Loyalist Gazette articles from March 1999

The Loyalist Gazette archives from March 1999

Loyalist across the centuries.
March 22, 1999... About the Author Paul has over 25 years experience in genealogy and the study of the American Loyalist. He lectures on American Loyalists and various other genealogy subjects. His genealogical education comes from Brigham Young University...

George III and Samuel Shoemaker: a Pennsylvania Loyalist's interview with George III.
March 22, 1999... [Editor's Note: Our apologies to our readers and to Adrian Willison, who extracted this article. Part of it was deleted when we ran it last issue. It is repeated here in its entirety -- from Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, Volume...

Birks of Endermay (published in William Thomson's orpheus caledonious: or, a collection of Scots songs set to musick 1733.
March 22, 1999... THE smiling Morn, the breathing Spring, Invite the tuneful Birds to sing: And while they warble from each Spray, Love melts the universal Lay. Let us, Amanda, timely wife, Like them improve the Hour that flies; And in...

Gerry Rogers memorial Mohawk Valley tour, 1998.
March 22, 1999... Prepared by: Edward Kipp ekipp@magma.ca http://www.magma.ca/ekipp I had been anticipating this tour since about June 1997. After the death of Gerry Rogers in 1997, George Anderson and I had talked over the possibility of keeping...

My trip to Ontario to honour my UEL ancestor, Adam Young.
March 22, 1999... by Patricia Kelderman, UE, Thompson-Okanagan Branch I attended the Young Commemoration Plaque unveiling on 12 September 1998. This was a long-awaited ceremony for all my family members as well as myself. Adam Young was the first of a...

Young family tree.
March 22, 1999... The Youngs United Empire Loyalists [This is the inscription on the Young plaque. See photo, page 36.] This land beside the Grand River was part of the Young Tract granted to Adam Young and his family for their loyalty to the Crown...

Sir John Johnson: uncovering the facts.
March 22, 1999... by Peter Johnson, UE Every now and then an issue comes along that should galvanize the Association into action, and this particular one is a dandy, although it has been brewing for several decades. There's little doubt that there were few...

Two new national historic sites.
March 22, 1999... andrew1@magmacom.com Over two hundred years ago, Loyalists, who wanted to remain under the British Flag, floated their houses from Castine, Maine to St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Many Loyalist families later attended Greenock Presbyterian...

Beck, M.E. Louise (UEL, WRCNS, OCA) 16 Jan. 1916-8 Jan. 1999.
March 22, 1999... Marian Edith Louise Beck, beloved daughter of the late Marian Frances and Harry Thatcher Beck. Dear sister of George H., Harry Romeyn, Mary W. (Allen), Arthur T.C. and the late Susie E.L. (Schaus). Dear aunt of Marian Archbold, Patricia Beck,...

John Graves Simcoe, 1752-1806: a biography.
March 22, 1999... Authors: Mary Beacock Fryer & Christopher Dracott Biography, paperback 291 pages Publisher: Dundurn Press. Toronto. $22.99 Reviewed by Peter W. Johnson, UE I have remarked in the past that a personal test for a successful book...

Indian Affairs records at the National Archives of Canada: a source for genealogical research.
March 22, 1999... Published by the Ontario Genealogical Society, May 1998. $22.00 plus postage of: in Canada, $3.00 for one, and $.75 for each additional copy, plus 7% GST and postage. Outside Canada, the first copy postage costs $4.50, plus $1.50 for each...

Before Beaumont Hamel, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1775-1815.
March 22, 1999... Fardy, Bernard D. Creative Publishers, St. John's. 1995. 203 Pages. Softcover. Reviewed by Peter W. Johnson, UE Before Beaumont Hamel, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment 1775-1815 is certainly an interesting book, but it is not without...

Grand-memere's old Arcadian & Cajun cookbook.
March 22, 1999... This latest cookbook is filled with many favorite Arcadian, and their genealogical cousins to the south, Cajun, recipes. All home made and authentic and guaranteed to make your mouth water for Grand-Memere's cooking, the way we all...

World War II veteran and Loyalist descendant.
March 22, 1999... by Peter W. Johnson, UE What do World War II, Hong Kong, and Little Forks UEL Branch have in common? The answer is Capt. Lionel Hurd, UE, over 90 and the last surviving Hong Kong veteran in the Eastern Townships. He's the Honorary...

Re'n'action page.
March 22, 1999... by Peter Johnson, UE There is a popular saying that runs as follows: You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. I would offer that if one substituted `reenactments' for `country', the same would...