The Loyalist Gazette articles from September 2004

The Loyalist Gazette archives from September 2004

The loyalist quill.
September 22, 2004... It was with surprise and humility that I received a phone call from Dominion President Myrna Fox UE asking if I would consider replacing Peter Johnson UE as the new editor of The Loyalist Gazette. Having known Peter and his wife, Angela, for...

BC's loyalist names.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2004... The article Loyalists and the Fur Trade in the Fall 2003 issue brought to mind the part Loyalists have played in the development of British Columbia and how that part is perpetuated by their names in the Geography of the province. From the...

Help a labour of love?(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2004... I am a member of the Ocean County Historical Society in Toms River, New Jersey and I am putting together what I hope will be a book, albeit a very small book, if I can gather enough information on the subject. In any event, the material, book...

More Ado About 'Pornaganda'.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2004... The theatrical trailer to the Kenneth Branagh production of Much Ado About Nothing informed audiences: "There's a double meaning in that!" The covert meaning of Shakespeare's chosen title for this lovers' romp is in the word 'nothing'! How...

Westward Ho! to Regina 2005.
September 22, 2004... UELAC CONFERENCE--JUNE 1-5, 2005 RAMADA INN REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN We, at the Regina Branch, are looking forward to welcoming you to Regina, the Prairies' Queen City. "WESTWARD HO" became the catch phrase of thousands of settlers as they...

Kawartha Branch celebrates 25th anniversary by hosting the UELAC Conference June 3-6.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
September 22, 2004... Over 140 delegates from across Canada assembled in Peterborough for a four-day National Conference and AGM of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, hosted by Kawartha Branch. Branch President, Grietje McBride UE and her husband,...

Education.
September 22, 2004... Judging by the enthusiastic response to the Education Seminar at the Peterborough Conference this last June, there is a lot to be gained in the repetition of the concepts presented. I am well aware that since not every Branch has an Education...

Loyalist women: "ripped from their homes".
September 22, 2004... The period of conflict in North America between April 1775 and the July 1783 signing of the Treaty of Paris, resulted in the annexation and formation of the United States of America from former British Colonies. During this period many...

New Colours for King's Royal Yorkers.
September 22, 2004... Saturday, 5 June 2004, saw the presentation of new Colours to the King's Royal Regiment of New York, or as they are more commonly known, the King's Royal Yorkers, at historic Fort York. Under the command of the founder of the recreated Royal...

People behind the scenes.
September 22, 2004... Douglas Warner Grant UE UELAC President June 2004--Born in Stratford, Ontario in 1947, Doug was raised in the nearby small community of Avonbank, on a farm purchased as virgin forest from The Canada Company in 1845 by William Taylor, Doug's...

UELAC receives National Press Coverage.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of canada)
September 22, 2004... I was very pleased to see that the Toronto Star, in an article entitled "Once upon a country," (Thursday, 1 July 2004, Section B, pp. B1 & B3), featured interviews with a variety of individuals who spoke about their earliest Canadian ancestors,...

Antiques roadshow anyone?(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... Last December 12th Earl Hewison of Frankford, dropped by my place to show me an interesting antique. It was a powderhorn which had been found along a creek bank in Tyendinaga Township by a Mr. Hill. The designs were rather faint and not...

The Bernice Wood Flett Loyalist Scholarship: a solarship awarded by The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada Dominion Office.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... The George Brown House 50 Baldwin St. Suite 202 Toronto, ON M5T 1L4 The Bernice Wood Flett Loyalist Scholarship can be awarded to any graduate student who has taken an undergraduate course in Canadian History and who is interested...

A pat on the back for Ben --and about time!(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... My friend Peter Arnold in Essex, England, has kindly sent file latest news Oil the gradual restoration of Benedict Arnold's image. I have always maintained that, had Ben moved from the British to the Rebel side, he would be America's most...

Thomas Jefferson's unlucky loyalist friend: the Reverend James Ogilvie.
September 22, 2004... Before the Revolution, Thomas Jefferson and James Ogilvie were good friends. James was a Scottish immigrant who served as a tutor for families of the gentry in Virginia. After his ordination, he became rector of Westover Parish, an...

Bicentennial Branch is buzzing!(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... On the 3rd of April our members attended an Open House at HEIRS (Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society) In Harrow, Ontario. It was a great day to get out and mingle with other local Historical Groups and educate the public about the United...

The Mary Hutchins memorial loyalist project at Kingsville Historical Park.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... In 2004 a long-anticipated UEL project finally took place at Kingsville Historical Park. Mary Hutchins UE worked with Kimberly Hurst UE on the design and layout of this Loyalist Project. Mary died January 9, 2004 and in her honour this project...

Chilliwack Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... How thrilled we were to entertain our president, Doug Grant UE, at our annual Strawberry Social, June 24, 2004! Doug's "Pacific Tour" so soon after his installation as UELAC President, is indeed indicative of his dedication and enthusiasm as he...

Correction.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(Correction Notice)
September 22, 2004... Correction on a photo in the Spring Gazette 2004--young girl in the photo is Fleita Rae Thornton (not Melissa).

Colonel Edward Jessup Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... To celebrate Loyalist Day in June the Colonel Edward Jessup Branch joined the congregation of St. Andrews United Church in Prescott where branch member, Don Galna, gave a presentation on the life and contributions of Barbara Heck whose death...

Colonel John Butler Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... Branch Education/Outreach: In April, President Gall Woodruff spoke to the Niagara Falls Branch of the University Women's Club and to the Battlefield Public School. Branch displays and information were available at Niagara Falls Heritage Days in...

Edmonton Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... The first event the Edmonton Branch held this year was a visit to the new location of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. After many years at the site of the Provincial Museum, the Archives building is now situated in the southeast part of...

Governor Simcoe Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... Like many branches, Gov. Simcoe has developed special relationships with other specific heritage groups in our area. We are members of the Toronto Historical Association, which counts many other Heritage groups from across the City as members....

Grand River Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... Cathy Thompson UE, Marilyn Haslinger UE, Imogen Givens UE and Doris Lemon UE met several classes at Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe. Marilyn Branch UE gave a costumed presentation to St. Luke's United Church Women in Oakville on the...

Hamilton Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... Hamilton Branch's new President, Lloyd Oakes UE, has had a busy start to his term with an interesting trio of monthly meetings, featuring Bob Williamson on Isaac Brock; Fred H. Hayward UE, and Lori Mifsud UE speaking about their Loyalist...

Heritage Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists, )
September 22, 2004... This report includes our last report, which did not get published in the Spring 2004 issue. The thirtieth Charter Night Dinner of Heritage Branch took place on November 12, 2003 at the Officers' Mess of the Black Watch (R.H.R.) Armoury, in...

Kawartha Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalist)
September 22, 2004... Kawartha Branch proudly celebrated our 25th anniversary as a Branch by hosting the Annual Conference at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough, June 3--6, 2004. Over 140 attendees from across Canada and the United States registered for the four-day...

Kingston & District Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... Our program co-ordinator, Carol Davy, once again brought a fabulous suite of speakers to our meeting. In January, to start the year we first had a sandwich and dessert lunch. Our speaker, Mrs. Phyllis Bray M.A., librarian, musician and...

Little Forks Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... Bobby Hull: Special Guest at Little Forks One can never say that Little Forks Branch goes half way with anything and when the Branch held a fund-raising barbecue last July they had, as their special guest, hockey superstar Bobby Hull. ...

Manitoba Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... Liz Currie, a student at Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg MB has been judged winner of the "It's Cool to be Canadian Contest" sponsored by the Manitoba Historical Society and the Manitoba Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association....

Saskatchewan Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire)
September 22, 2004... United Empire Loyalists' Day 2004 in Saskatchewan became a three-day event. On June 17, Regina Branch members sat in the visitor's gallery of the legislative building to hear words of welcome by Jason Dearborn UE, MLA for Kindersley. That...

Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)
September 22, 2004... The Annual meeting was held on June 19th with a good attendance of 43 members and a few friends. All enjoyed a roast beef dinner served by the Legion Auxiliary members at the Legion Hall in Philipsburg, QC. Michel Racicot, President of the...

St. Lawrence Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... On May 2nd, 2004 we held our Annual General Meeting at Heritage Golf Club, just outside of Lancaster, Ontario. Patrick Coyne, local historian, spoke about the settlement of the watershed of the Nation River in Eastern Ontario. A new Executive...

Toronto Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... It is our hope to help with two cemetery projects in Toronto in the near future. We have made contact with both St. Andrew's--Scarborough and The Old Garrison Cemeteries. The former is the resting place of Archibald Thomson UE while the latter...

Vancouver Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire )
September 22, 2004... Lunch at Brock House Brock House was the chosen site for our honorary luncheon with Dominion President, Doug W. Grant, UE. Members agreed that Brock House was the perfect location. Before lunch, members had the opportunity to visit and...

Victoria Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire)
September 22, 2004... At the February meeting Rev. Ainslie Avery UE gave a presentation on the French Indian War and the American Revolution, followed by an entertaining description of the trials of his loyalist ancestor, William Avery UEL, who left Cherry Valley,...

Jean Groves Dawson.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... Jean Groves Dawson passed away 22 February 2004 in Sherbrooke, Quebec in her 93rd year. She was predeceased by her husband Vincent. Jean, as Associate Member of Little Forks Branch, served as Secretary for a number of years. Interment took...

Kathleen Marguerite Hymas UE 1906-2004.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... Kay (Foster) Hymas UE passed away at Strathmore, Alberta, on 26 February 2004. She was born on 18 July 1906 in Calgary, daughter of Alan Garfield Foster and Ella Ross and wife of the late Howard Gilbert Hymas, 1904-1981. Kay was a highly-valued...

Vanira MacArthur UE.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... Manitoba Branch Loses a Long Time Member Vanira MacArthur UE passed away 28 July 2004 at the Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg MB. She had been the Branch newsletter editor for many years, served as Secretary, and more recently was a member of the...

Alfred John Short, B of Comm. UNB, UE.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... John Short died unexpectedly on 01 December 2003. Son of the late Alberta and Jack Short of Port Credit, he is survived by his brother Dr. Roger Short and his wife Marjorie of Guelph, nephews Nicholas and his wife Claudia, Alexander and his...

Marjorie (Hagerman) Stapley.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... of Ancaster, ON. peacefully on 9 June 2004 in Hamilton in her 90th year. Beloved wife of the late Kenneth Joseph Stapley (1999). Formerly of the Stirling area, Marjorie was the daughter of the later George Wilbert and Emily (Johnston Fair)...

Clifford Ufford UE.(Obituaries)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... The Colonel Edward Jessup Branch lost a valued member when Clifford Ufford UE passed away on 9 July 2004. Clifford, a descendant of William Morgan, Captain in the 1st Stormont Militia, had shown true Loyalist determination in finding proof of...

Russell Wells.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
September 22, 2004... Russell Wells, Associate Member of Little Forks Branch passed away on 3 June 2004, just six months after losing his beloved wife, June Hyatt Wells. He was in his 88th year. Russell was a veteran of WWII, where he served in the R.C.A.F. Squadron...

Rebels are demonic--proof!(Books Worth a Look)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... This tongue-in-cheek little article began with a chance encounter in a music store where I spotted this CD by Iced Earth, a "Metal" band. The Revolutionary War theme of the cover is apparent, but take a closer look. The CD has four songs...

Sarah's Journey.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Author: David Beasley Davus Publishing (Simcoe, Ontario, 2004) 458 pages. Soft cover $19.95 This book joins a growing number of really well researched historical fictions covering the Revolutionary period in North America. While the...

More Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Editor. Halvor Moorshead, Toronto: Moorshead Magazines Ltd., 2004. Softcover. 117 pages. $20. Cdn. $16. US Halvor Moorshead has done it again. His successful Dating Old Photographs from 2000 simply begged a follow-up, and it arrived this...

Lost Villages, Found Communities, a Pictorial History of the Lost Villages of the St. Lawrence Seaway.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Author: Anne-Marie L. Shields Cornwall: Astro Printing Services. 2004. Softcover. 159 Pages. $45. Sometimes one can speculate about the quality of a book by glancing at the Acknowledgements, and this is perhaps the case with this handsome...

The Glengarry Light Infantry, 1812-1816.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Who were they and what did they do in the war? Author: Winston Johnston UE Charlottetown: Benson Publishing. 1998. 363 pages, softcover. About $25. Right off the top this is a wonderful book that will provide you with everything you...

Certified member update.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )(Illustration)
September 22, 2004... Certified Members Update The following received their certification from the UELAC between 02 July 2003 and 19 July 2004. Note: Those who had certificates issued but are not listed did not agree to permit publication of their...

Young Loyalists' Page [c].(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... This page is intended for Young Loyalists of all ages. Using the items shown beside this picture, find where they are hidden in the Loyalist's log cabin. Hidden items: Hidden items: axe, candle mould, plate, draw knife, hay fork,...

Photo finish.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of canada )(Brief Article)
September 22, 2004... David Morrison UE (Ka'nowake':ron--Turtle Clan, Six Nations Mohawk), a member of Grand River Branch and a direct descendant of Joseph Brant UE, is greeted by Dominion President, Myrna Fox UE, during the UELAC Conference & AGM 2004. In the...