The Loyalist Gazette articles from September 2006

The Loyalist Gazette archives from September 2006

The loyalist quill.
September 22, 2006... A big thanks to everyone who provided excellent submissions for this issue. If your submission didn't make it into this issue, please bear with: it has been saved and will be considered for a future issue. Congratulations to Peter Johnson UE...

What a nice sur-prize.( )(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... Two great books, Flight and Creek by Connie Brummell Crook UE, have arrived in my mailbox. I was so surprised to receive two such nice books and I am especially pleased that they are about the Loyalist experience. Thank you, Connie, for your...

Presidential praise.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... It looks good Bob. I know everyone is proud and appreciative of the hard work you, Grietje and others put into each issue of the Gazette. --Doug Grant UE Doug Grant at Fort York during the 2006 UELAC conference

What's a gorget?( )(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... The Spring 2006 issue of The Loyalist Gazette was great and has been read from cover to cover. In it is a fine photograph of Hugh Pearson MacMillian [Sir Guy Carleton Branch Report, p. 45]. A mention is made of "a miniature breastplate." I...

Rudzik: Zigzag expert.( )(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... Another great Loyalist Gazette as usual! Now I know why there are only two a year... lots of time and energy on your part. Very interesting and clever Scrabble contest. I don't know how you came up with that idea. Even the Zigzag Word...

Weapon from 1845?( )(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... Last issue we explained that a Christopher Morden may be related to Ralph Morden, a Loyalist supporter, hanged during the Revolutionary War. Christopher believed that a sword in his possession may have belonged to "some Morden who was in the...

A Loyalist Moon?( )(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... We have a Loyalist Rose so why not a Loyalist Moon? The September 2006 issue of Sky & Telescope reported that Pluto's recently discovered moons have been named Nix and Hydra. Astronomers might argue that Nix is the Greek goddess of the night...

UELAC President's message.
September 22, 2006... First of all I want to thank the members for their support and best wishes when I embarked upon this new position. It is an honour and a little bit overwhelming. It is also an honour to follow a long line of distinguished presidents. Unity...

Zig-zag word search for Loyalist Regiments.
September 22, 2006... Here are twenty-nine of the one hundred and sixty-one known Loyalist Regiments that served in the American Revolution between 1775 and 1784. Find them in the puzzle. The words will read forwards, backwards, up, down and diagonally. One Loyalist...

UELAC Conference 2006 in Toronto: four days of Loyalist fellowship, education and entertainment.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )(Conference news)
September 22, 2006... After two years of planning, with a tremendous amount of help from members of Toronto Branch, a lot of last-minute scurrying and a bit of serendipity, the opening moments arrived early on the afternoon of Thursday, June 1st at Yorkdale Holiday...

The Bernice Wood Flett Loyalist Scholarship.
September 22, 2006... Awarded by The UELAC 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...

Kelly Alexandra Bennett, 2005 winner of the Bernice Wood Flett Loyalist Scholarship.
September 22, 2006... The first winner of the Bernice Wood Flett Scholarship, Kelly Bennett has just completed her Master of Arts degree at Queen's University and is pursuing her studies towards a PhD this fall. Two copies of her thesis, entitled "Defending Home and...

UELAC Conference 2007.(At The End Of The Trail)(Calendar)
September 22, 2006... 31 May-3 June Windsor Ontario Holiday Inn Select Join us for a weekend of fun and excitement in Canada's most southern city. Schedule of Events: Thursday, May 31--Following registration, board the bus and join us for "A...

Peter W. Johnson UE, BA, B.Ed., MA: President, UELAC.(People Behind the Scenes)
September 22, 2006... I joined the UELAC in 1982 after having roamed on the outskirts of it for several years. I first took an interest in Genealogy in 1968, but didn't really tackle it seriously until the early 1970s. I have been a member of the Ontario...

Fred H. Hayward UE: Senior Vice-President, UELAC.(People Behind the Scenes)
September 22, 2006... Tracing his family tree from his birthplace in Milton, Ontario back to ancestral homes in Toronto, Iowa, Minnesota, Quebec, New York City and Ireland has been a fascinating journey for Fred H. Hayward. So far he has developed one branch of his...

Battle of Chateauguay: 26 October 1813: the day the Scots, Mohawks and French teamed up to keep Canada for canadians.
September 22, 2006... What follows is an attempt to elaborate on Elizabeth and Edward Kipp's reference to the Chateauguay monument in their "Forts and Battlefields Tour" (The Loyalist Gazette, Spring 2004). There is a charming, historic town called Chateauguay...

Grave marker honours a loyalist daughter.(Catharine Pilkey)
September 22, 2006... Regina Branch's Logan Bjarnason UE traces his, ancestry to two Loyalists. He doesn't know, at this point, where either is buried. He does know where the daughter of one, from whom he descends, rests. She, her husband, one son and some...

Identifying the paternal ancestry of Orlando Burnett of Kingston.(United Empire Loyalist Association Canada)
September 22, 2006... Burnett Loyalists arrived in Cataraqui, Upper Canada, even before the township was named Kingston and before the province was officially separated from Quebec. During the Revolutionary War, they served the Royal Cause in the lower Hudson...

How do You spell cat-tar-rack-key?(town of Cataraqui)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The town of Cataraqui got its name some centuries ago. I found at least three previous spellings in old maps and books, two of which are reproduced here. The nearly 250-year-old French map above, comes closest to the modern spelling. A book...

Bay of Quinte: celebrating our 50th anniversary.(Branch News Highlights)(United Empire Loyalist Association Canada)
September 22, 2006... The Bay of Quinte Branch of the UELAC celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary this summer. On 16 June 1956 the Bay of Quinte UEL Memorial Cemetery and Park was officially dedicated by the Province of Ontario Premier Leslie Frost due to the efforts...

Bicentennial: Negro cemetery receives historical designation.(Branch News Highlights)
September 22, 2006... Kingsville's only known Negro Cemetery was dedicated on Saturday, 3 K September 2005, with the unveiling of a special monument. The site, located between Roads 3 and 4, west of Division Road, is the final resting place of some of Kingsville's...

Chilliwack.(Branch News Highlights)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )
September 22, 2006... The first branch event of 2006 was our February Heritage Week meeting where we celebrated our Scottish roots with members of the Fraser Glen Camp in full regalia as our special guests, and "All Things Scottish" as our theme. Branch focus...

Grand river.(Branch News Highlights)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )
September 22, 2006... WEB SITE: Web Master, David Morrison UE, reports the number of visitors January to May 2006 was 25,771 with 112,211 hits. LOYALIST BURIAL SITE PLAQUE: With a grant from UELAC, plaques were designed and placed at three local cemeteries by...

Hamilton.(Branch News Highlights)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... June started off at Battlefield Park in Stoney Creek. Our display draw crowds. Loyalist Day was celebrated at the Loyalist Monument in Hamilton on June 19th. Our keynote speaker was Professor H.V. Nelles, the L.R. Wilson Professor of...

Heritage.(Branch News Highlights)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... On Sunday 19 March 2006 we entered a float in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Montreal. As usual our members who rode on the float wore their beautiful pioneer costumes. Our Branch membership was invited to attend a special...

Kingston and district.(Branch News Highlights)
September 22, 2006... The Kingston Branch has held two general meetings so far this year. On January 28 forty-five members and guests gathered for a delicious potluck lunch provided by Clara Snook and her hospitality committee. Carol Davy displayed the Branch's...

Little Forks.(Branch News Highlights)(United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada)
September 22, 2006... Four members of Little Forks Branch were pleased to attend the annual Conference and AGM in June in Toronto. Branch members feel it is an honour to have fellow-member Jim Bruce UE continue to serve as UELAC Treasurer. Thank you Jim for all your...

London and Western Ontario.(Branch News Highlights)(United Empire Loyalist Association Canada)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Our Branch has had a busy year. We had our displays set up for Heritage Week at a local library. We presented geraniums in memory of Loyalist descendants who participated in the War of 1812 at the Longwoods reenactment and also donated...

New Brunswick.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Conference news)
September 22, 2006... N.B. Honours Nine Long-time Members By Branch President Jim McKenzie UE and Brench Corresponding Secretary Ruth Flewelling Lesbirel UE, B.Sc.(CS), M.Sc.CS The New Brunswick Branch was pleased to recognize some of its long-standing members,...

Regina.(Branch News HIGHLIGHTS)(United Empire Loyalist Association Canada)
September 22, 2006... Following a luncheon meeting on April 15, James Atkins UE gave a presentation on his research on Loyalist ancestor Joseph Morden UE. He brought a covered cheese dish, a family heirloom, to show as well as a display board charting his ancestry....

Sir Guy Carleton.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada )(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... On 28 April 2006, Fred Hayward received a surprise birthday present. He had just arrived to visit his daughter Sarah and her family in Ottawa. Other family members were present. Then about 5 p.m. George and Janet Anderson with Sylvia Powers...

Sir John Johnson Centennial.(Branch News HIGHLIGHTS)
September 22, 2006... The Annual Meeting of Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch UELAC was held at the Philipsburg Legion Hall on 10 June 2006 where forty-eight members and friends gathered to enjoy a delicious roast beef dinner. Louise Smith and three of her...

Vancouver.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... BUSY WITH OUTREACH & EDUCATION: Since the last publication of the Spring Gazette 2006, the UEL Vancouver Branch has been quite active with its Outreach & Education Programs. Dominion Past-President Doug Grant UE and his wife, Nancy...

Victoria.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Conference news)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The February meeting was held in the Nellie McClung Library where Beverley Watkins UE spoke on "Making a Genealogical Scrapbook" using her own scrapbooks for illustration. The audience was most interested and a long period of questions...

Bloom, Gordon Arthur: 1927-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Gordon Bloom of Coldstream passed away peacefully on 18 March 2006 at Hospice House in Vernon. Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois on 6 July 1927. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII he immigrated to Canada and on 18 August 1952 became...

Cartmel, Charles UE: 1920-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The Heritage Branch membership sends its deepest sympathies to the family of Mr. Charles Cartmel UE who passed away in January 2006. Charles was an active member of our Branch for many years. His passing is a great loss to Heritage Branch as...

Grant--Peter Stuart (Scotty): 1924-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Peter Stuart (Scotty) Grant of Calgary, died peacefully on Wednesday, 31 May 2006 at the age of 82 years. Peter was born in New Liskeard, ON. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in mechanical engineering. Shortly after...

Mitchell, Ivan Kendrick UE: 1930-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Born Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 5 February 1930, died Ottawa, Ontario, 2 May 2006, suddenly of a stroke. Funeral service took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, on 6 May 2006 at...

Nicol, Robert (Bev): 1934-2006.(Obituary)
September 22, 2006... Canada, and the Hamilton area specifically, lost one of the great historians of our country when Robert (Bev) Nicol passed away on 31 March 2006. He was one of the very active members of the Hamilton Branch, taking part in educational programs...

Smith-McKay, Hazel May UE: 1902-2006.(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Hazel McKay UE of Calgary died peacefully on Sunday, 28 May 2006 at the age of 104 years, after a brief illness. She was born Hazel Wagar on 20 February 1902 in Parham, Ontario, of United Empire Loyalist stock. Hazel is survived by her...

Well-remembered from Chilliwack Branch: Chilliwack Branch mourns the recent deaths of three of its members.(Bernice Armstrong, Viola Heather, Mary Anita)(Obituary)
September 22, 2006... ARMSTRONG, Bernice Edna UE (nee Gorham): 1926-2006 (Loyalist Ancestor: Daniel Keith UE). Long-time Chilliwack Branch member Bernice Armstrong UE died on 1 August 2006, just three days before her 80th birthday. She was predeceased by her...

A five-fold celebration.(Family Reunions)
September 22, 2006... On Canada Day weekend, the Davy family held a "mini" reunion of twenty-three people at our home to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement on our land by Peter's second great grandfather, Peter Davy. Peter had been...

Eye-popping publications.
September 22, 2006... Introduction Loyalist-era history is being presented to the public in a variety of venues ranging from university textbooks to historically-based fictional novels and television documentaries. The Loyalist Gazette invites publishers to...

Country Fairs in Canada.
September 22, 2006... Country Fairs in Canada Author: Guy Scott Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario [c] 2006 ISBN: 1-55041-121-7 Soft cover, 218 pages, fully illustrated. $35.95 Cdn., $34.95 US The author of this...

The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream Author: Jeremy Rifkin Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, New York [c] 2004 434 pages The "American dream" stresses individualism and free...

Meyers' Rebellion.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Meyers' Rebellion Author: Connie Brummell Crook UE Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Markham, Ontario [c] 2006 ISBN: 1-55041-943-9 Hard cover, 279 pages. $18.95 Cdn., $14.95 US Historical fiction at its best!!! Author, Connie Brummell...

United Empire Loyalists - A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... United Empire Loyalists--A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada Author: Brenda Dougall Merriman Publisher: Global Heritage Press Inc., Campbellville, Ontario [c] 2006 ISBN: 1-897210-84-1 Hard cover, 198 pages. $39.95 Cdn. I...

The History and Master Roll of The King's Royal Regiment of New York--Revised Edition.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... The History and Master Roll of The King's Royal Regiment of New York--Revised Edition Authors: Brigadier General Ernest A. Cruikshank and Gavin K. Watt. Publisher: Global Heritage Press Inc., Campbellville, Ontario [c] 2006 ISBN: 1-897210-83-3...

Using Forms for Canadian Genealogical Research.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Using Forms for Canadian Genealogical Research Authors: Susan Smart and Clifford Duxbury Collier Publisher: The Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto [c] 2006 ISBN: 0-7779-2146-4 Soft cover, spiral bound, 150 pages. $38.95 Cdn. Have you...

"An American Traitor's Homecoming".(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... "An American Traitor's Homecoming" Author: Bruce A. Trinque Military History, (April 2006), pp. 54-60, 72. Here it is 2006 and American authors are still fixated with Benedict Arnold as Traitor" and had he switched from the British to the...

New certificates issued.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
September 22, 2006... The following received their certification from the UELAC between September 2005 and 31 January 2006. Note: Names have been removed of those who had certificates issued but did not agree to permit publication of their information. However, the...

Young loyalists' page.(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Using the items shown beside this picture, find where they are hidden in the Loyalist's blacksmith shop. Hidden items; 1. Gunpowder cartridge. 2. Duck. 3. Teapot. 4. Powder horn. 5. One-hand adze. 6. Fish. ...