The Loyalist Gazette articles from March 2008

The Loyalist Gazette archives from March 2008

Lindbergh's mom taught 'dad'.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... The Land Family feature in the Fall 2007 Issue of the Loyalist Gazette was of particular interest to me. Always an aviation buff, the Lindbergh information about his mother drew me into the feature. The Lindbergh parents separated, but were...

Masons hasten to praise.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... Dear Robert C. McBride UE, Congratulations on becoming the Peterborough District Deputy Grand Master for 2007-2008 and for the "Loyalists and Masons" article in the Fall issue of The Loyalist Gazette. A number of Sir John Johnson Centennial...

DAR and loyalist links.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... While the account of the Boston Massacre printed in The Loyalist Gazette Fall 2007 issue was interesting, accurate and worthy of publication, was the commentary transporting the politics and propaganda of 1770 into the present day necessary? I...

Editor's ex-english educator writes ...(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... The Gazette arrived last. What a great cover! Past and Present all combined in the "20"! I shall show it to Sarah, my granddaughter, who enrolled at York University this fall, in Graphic Design and Fine Arts. She likes the Graphic Design...

Fact or fiction?(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... Legends and Facts of "Late Conflict" It seems one must be careful while checking numerous historic sources to try to separate legend from fact. Here are two prime examples: #1) In June 1780 Captain Henry Bird of the 8th Regiment of...

Mason Miller.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... I am reacting to your fine article on the Masons that appeared in The Loyalist Gazette, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Fall 2007, pp. 28-34. I read it through line-by-line, wondering if my Loyalist ancestor, Parshall Terry UE, would pop up. Although he...

Wolfe and Arnold: Masons.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... Dear Sir and Brother, I read with interest your article, which appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of The Loyalist Gazette, pp. 28-34 and noted the names of those listed, commencing with General Wolfe, who were Freemasons. I thought it was...

Matrimonial link in two stories.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2008... One seldom sees two articles in the same issue of a magazine that are pertinent not only to two of one's ancestors but also to the link between them. I refer to the article Robert Land Sr. UE (1736 -1818)-British Spy and Indian Agent, on pp....

What went well.(Speakers' CORNER)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... I have just received my copy of the Fall 2007 issue of the Gazette and I must say it is a much more spectacular journal that it was a few years ago-lots of colour and variety. --Phyllis H. White UE The latest issue looks most...

Loyalist daze. (What Went Wrong.
March 22, 2008... United Empire Loyalist Day in Ontario is June 19, not June 14 as printed on page 35 of The Loyalist Gazette, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Fall 2007. Thanks goes to Bernice Wood Flett UE, Dominion Past-President, for noticing this typing error.

An a-Paul-ogy.(What Went Wrong)
March 22, 2008... In the Edmonton Branch report Paul Robison was misspelled as Robinson. This happened in transcribing hard copy. We greatly appreciate branch reports sent electronically, which reduces such 'typos.'

Botched brances.(What Went Wrong)
March 22, 2008... Under New Certificates Issued the branches were wrong on four entries, and "Cope" was misspelled. Name Ancestor Correct Branch Date Evelyn Saunders Anderson Joseph Saunders Vancouver 2007-03-12...

UELAC President's message.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Essay)
March 22, 2008... As I am writing this final President's Report I have a few observations. When you read this, it will be well into spring and warmer temperatures but, while I am working to the Editor's deadline, my driveway is lined with banks of snow and the...

Conference schedule.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Calendar)
March 22, 2008... Thursday, 10 July 2008 Pre-conference event! Join us for a tour of King's Landing Historical Settlement located on the Saint John River Valley just north of Fredericton. In addition to a guided tour we will meet at the King's Head Inn...

Edward G. Scott UE.(People Behind the Scenes)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Essay)
March 22, 2008... Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, 1 October 1934. The family moved to the outskirts of Welland three years later. Educated in Thorold Township Elementary Schools, followed by Pelham District High School, joined the Bank of Commerce for a short...

John Watson UE.(People Behind the Scenes)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Essay)
March 22, 2008... I was born in the "Loyalist city' of Saint John, New Brunswick in 1946, a fourth generation descendant of a Scotch-Irish blacksmith immigrant who arrived at Saint John in 1847 from Learmount, County Derry, Northern Ireland. My Loyalist...

Remembering Joseph Brant's 200th.
March 22, 2008... The following headlines appeared two days after the 200th anniversary of Brant's death on 24 November 2007: "One Man's Tribute to Joseph Brant' in The Brantford Expositor, and "Colonel Butler offers salute of thanks to Brant" in the Six...

UELAC invaders Oriskany with handshakes and best wishes.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada commemorates the Battle of Oriskany)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... The 230th anniversary of the Battle of Oriskany was commemorated on 6 August 2007. Much can be read about this 1777 engagement elsewhere but the anniversary was notable for the UELAC for a couple of reasons. The UELAC was invited to participate...

The lost loyalists: The family of Dr. James Macnab.
March 22, 2008... The Loyalist traditions of the Macnab family have had their place in the historical records of Upper Canada for over two hundred years. It was with dismay, therefore, that when I began to research this family, I learned that the Macnab's claim...

In search of loyalists recognition: Yorktown's 225th.(Battle of Yorktown)
March 22, 2008... Back in 1981 the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown was celebrated on the actual site, with a cast of over 4,000 reenactors, other groups, and President Reagan. The Americans understood that Yorktown was the climax of the American...

Royal titles and styles.
March 22, 2008... When Her Majesty was proclaimed Queen on 8 February 1952 (two days after her succession), her titles were listed in the style of her father on his death: "Elizabeth the Second, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British...

Biography of Jacob III DeCou UE: United Empire Loyalist of French Huguenot Origins and a Fifth-Generation Quaker.(Biography)
March 22, 2008... Preamble Jacob III DeCou UE, of French Huguenot origins, was a fifth generation Quaker. Despite being a Quaker, and the fact that members of his family were predominantly sympathetic to the Patriot cause in the American Revolution, Jacob...

Sir John A. visits Bay of Quinte.(Bay of Quinte)(Sir John A. Macdonald)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Sir John A. Macdonald and Lady Agnes Macdonald, portrayed by re-enactors Brian and Renee Porter, were guests of the Bay of Quinte Branch at their November meeting. The presentation featured a talk from the 1887 era by Canada's first prime...

Bicentennial Branch UELAC regular meeting 3 November 2007.(Bicentennial)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Conference news)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... "If you don't know where you came from you probably don't know where you are going." Our guest speaker Trisha Bray shared this quote of her father Melvin Simpson, founder of the North American Black Historical Museum in Amherstburg, Ontario. We...

Prairie Regional meeting hosted by Calgary Chinook Branch: October 2007.(Calgary)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... The Prairie Regional Meeting, 26--28 October 2007, was a great success with representation from the Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto. The program began at St. Andrew's Anglican Church Hall on Saturday, 27 October, with speakers Pat...

Chilliwack.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
March 22, 2008... Our Annual Summertime Strawberry Social is a most appropriate time to highlight the red and white colours of our great Canadian flag. Chilliwack Branch members, Jan Ouellet and Judy Scholz UE joined ranks with the Vancouver Branch at the...

39th Charter Meeting of Branch.(Colonel Edward Jessup)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Conference news)
March 22, 2008... Our Branch held their thirty-ninth Charter Meeting at the Grenville Snowmobile Club at Charleville on Saturday, 3 November 2007. Fifty-four members and friends enjoyed a delicious roast beef meal provided by the Snowmobile Club. ...

Colonel John Butler.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 22, 2008... December always brings changes and we welcomed new Branch President Eugene Oatley and Board Members Jerry Fisher and Arnold Westlake. Program for 2008 (First Half) is as follows: * Feb. 2--Corlene Taylor UE--William May and The Mayholme...

Edmonton.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... One of our best-attended meetings of the year is always the fall Palatine Night, a dinner meeting at the Edmonton German Canadian Club. Fran Losie UE organizes this event every September to begin the fall and winter meeting schedule. In...

2007 Bus trip to prince Edward County and Adolphustown.(Governor Simcoe)(Travel narrative)
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Prince Edward County, almost an island, presents many glimpses of water on Lake Ontario and in the many bays, which indent its circumference. Little prepares one for the strength of the maritime influence in the...

Grand River.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Eight more United Empire Loyalist Burial Ground plaques were erected in 2007 at the following cemeteries--Memorial Church Cemetery, Port Ryerse; Neal Memorial Church, Port Rowan; Quaker Pioneer Cemetery, Norwich; Fairview Cemetery, Forestville;...

Hamilton.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Hamilton Branch celebrated Loyalist Day 2007 once again at the Loyalist monument in Hamilton. The guest speaker was Lawrence HIll who spoke to us from "The Book of Negroes." Traditional spirituals were performed by the Stewart Memorial Senior...

Heritage.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)
March 22, 2008... Dominion President Peter W. Johnson UE was the guest of honour and guest speaker at Heritage Branch's Charter Night Dinner in Montreal on 7 November 2007. His talk on "What Did Your Loyalist Do in the War?" proved popular with all assembled....

Kawartha.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Many thanks to Doug Grant UE who assisted us with our updated web site, which is now up and running at www. uelac.org/Kawartha. Our Treasurer, David Kemlo, is home recovering from his heart bypass operation and a large thank you to Frank Rogers...

Kingston.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Since the publication of the Fall 2007 Loyalist Gazette, the Kingston Branch has continued to be very active. We started the fall season on 22 September with lunch and dessert at noon. The guest speaker was Professor E. Jane Errington, history...

Little Forks.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
March 22, 2008... Our Branch has received excellent favourable comments following the restoration of the Ascot Corner Pioneer Cemetery, located in Ascot Corner, Quebec. Through the CTV News coverage we continue to receive many queries from descendants of these...

London and Western Ontario.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... Our Branch celebrated Loyalist Day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village last June. We had a flag-raising prior to our service held in the Anglican Church at Fanshawe, a procession to the marker for "Loyalist Lano," trees planted in honour of our...

Manitoba.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Manitoba Branch took place in the ambience of the stately old Manitoba Club on Saturday, 3 November. There were forty-three members (past and present) and guests in attendance....

New Brunswick.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... After two years of planning, repairs to the Loyalist Amos Botsford family Memorial in Fernhill Cemetery have been completed The Branch Executive met on 14 September to clear up several pieces of branch business. The Fall General...

Regina.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
March 22, 2008... The article submitted for the Regina Branch's seventh annual UEL Day celebrations on 19 June 2007 was written and submitted prior to the actual day. To set the record straight, only five miniatures and certificates of appreciation were...

Sir John Johnson centennial.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
March 22, 2008... On 18 August 2007 the Fortieth Anniversary of the branch was held in Auberge, West Brome, with an attendance of over fifty people, a dinner and presentation. Among the special guests were Fred Hayward UE, Vice-President, Dominion UELAC; Okill...

Toronto.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... It was quite a year for Toronto Branch! Along with an abbreviated meeting schedule we took part in or hosted some special events. July had a film crew from History TV's "Ancestors in the Attic" filming an episode in our office around Branch...

Vancouver.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... July to December 2007 was industrious for our Branch. We have cranked-up our monthly activities, short term projects and long range plans and look forward to building our membership in 2008. The highlight of this Bi-Annual report was our...

Victoria branch.(Branch News: HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
March 22, 2008... The 22 September meeting began with a minute of silence to remember former member Gene Aitkens UE: our Honorary President, past Secretary, President and Genealogist. Shannon Lucy, the recipient of the 2007 UELAC, Victoria Branch...

Allen, Gerald Vincent "Jay": 1922-2008.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... The passing of Gerald Vincent "Jay' Allen of Fredericton, NB, husband of Eleanor (Ebbett) Allen, occurred on Friday, 08 February 2008. Born on 06 June 1922 in Marysville, NB, he was the son of the late William and Mary (Purkiss) Allen. Gerald...

Best, Margaret (nee Barnum).(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is with great sadness that the family of Margaret Best, lovingly known as "Grannie" announces her passing on Monday, 24 December 2007, at the age of 90 years. Grannie will be lovingly remembered by her children,...

McCaw, Jean Darrah UE.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)
March 22, 2008... Members of Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch are mourning the loss of one of their most loyal and dedicated members, Mrs. Jean McCaw UE, who passed away suddenly at her home in Sutton, Quebec on 4 February 2008. Jean was born in Sutton in...

Taylor, Clarence.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... On Monday, 29 October 2007, Clarence Louis Taylor passed away at the age of 88 years. Predeceased by his wife, Doris, 23 October 2003; his daughter Nancy and his sister Betty Held. Clarence is survived by his son, Barry (Terry) of Medicine Hat,...

Teed, George F. UE: 1915-2007.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)
March 22, 2008... A most senior and twice Branch President George F. Teed UE passed away after a short illness in Saint John, N.B. on 30 December 2007. His mother, Muriel V. Teed, had been instrumental in the UELAC New Brunswick Branch receiving its charter on...

Colonel John Butler Park.(Well-Remembered)
March 22, 2008... The Colonel John Butler Park Committee invites all Loyalists and friends to a Ceremonial opening of the Colonel John Butler Park near Butler's Burying Ground in "old town" Niagara-on-the-Lake on Sunday, 18 May 2008. This ceremony will,...

His Grace.
March 22, 2008... His Grace by New Life A Music CD. Summit Sound Inc. 2007 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several issues ago there was a review of a 1960s band, The United Empire Loyalists. It seems just as appropriate to draw your attention to a...

The Revolutionary War In Bergen County, The Times That Tried Men's Souls.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... The Revolutionary War In Bergen County, The Times That Tried Men's Souls Editor, Carol Karels Charleston SC: The History Press. 2007. Paperback. 192 pages. $22.99 US. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I admit it. I approached this...

The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler of the Miramichi.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler of the Miramichi by Sally Armstong Hardcover, 416 pages Publisher: Random House Canada ISBN: 978-0-679-31404-2 (0-679-31404-0) Pub. Date: March 13, 2007 ...

September 11, 1777. Washington's Defeat At Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... September 11, 1777. Washington's Defeat At Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia Author: Bruce E. Mowday Shippensburg PA: White Mane Books. 2002. Paperback. 225 pages. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Take a good look at the cover of this...

The Burdens of Loyalty: Refugee Tales of the First American Civil War.
March 22, 2008... The Burdens of Loyalty: Refugee Tales of the First American Civil War Author: Stephen Eric Davidson UE Publisher: Trinity Enterprise Inc., 105 Prince William Street, Saint John, New Brunswick. [c] 2007 ISBN 9781897306505 ...

How to Lose Friends and Dishearten Loyalists.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... How to Lose Friends and Dishearten Loyalists by Stephen Davidson Loyalist Trails, 2008-05: February 3, 2008 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Thomas Jones, a former judge in the colony of New York, sat down to write his memoirs of...

Farmers and Honest Men.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The book, Farmers and Honest Men, written by Horst Dresler, reviewed by Gavin K. Watt in The Loyalist Gazette, Volume XLV, No. 2, Fall 2007, p.52, is now also available in a Special Edition hard cover, with only 50...

One century young.(Marion Phelps)(Brief biography)(Biography)
March 22, 2008... The Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch wishes to pay tribute to Miss Marion Phelps, schoolteacher, historian, author and honorary charter member of our branch. On 9 February 2008, Marion celebrated her 100th birthday with a reception given by...

Remsheg loyalists.(Family Reunions)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... The Brig Thetis and the Ship Nicholas and Jane landed at Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, on 15 July 1783. The fort was built by the French in 1751 and is now called by its former French name Fort Beausejour. In 1776 the garrison of the fort...

Tenth annual Young family: 12 July 2008.(Family Reunions)
March 22, 2008... On 12 September 1998, the Young Memorial was unveiled to commemorate the heritage of the Young Family and the United Empire Loyalists. This monument is situated on a parcel of land on the original homestead of Lt. John Young UE (1742-1812), the...

Adair Century Farm.
March 22, 2008... The children of Robert and Mary Jane Secord (Bell) Adair were all born and raised in the Tamworth, Ontario area. Mary Jane was the great granddaughter of Loyalists, William McCorquodale Bell UE and John Carscallen UE, brothers-in-law who built...

Loyalist exchange.(Buyers guide)
March 22, 2008... Publications and items for Sale from Dominion Office To order, see address on page 4. The Loyalist Gazette, published semi-annually, has information of Loyalist interest, historical articles, book reviews. BACK COPIES from Spring 1963...

When the American Revolution erupted.(Young Loyalists--a page for every age)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... "When the American Revolution erupted, it forced competition among the Quaker colonists' allegiances: to England and the King, to their colonial homes and families, and even to their religious convictions. To support the war was to refute the...

Quaker quandary.(Young Loyalists--a page for every age)
March 22, 2008... Can you find six differences between these two illustrations? Answers are at the bottom of the page. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Answers: 1. shoe buckle changed, 2. taller hat, 3. shorter cravat, 4. fewer buttons on...