The Loyalist Gazette articles from September 2008

The Loyalist Gazette archives from September 2008

The Loyalist Qui.
September 22, 2008... We are fortunate to have so many tools for communicating today. I often wonder how Loyalists were able to receive news as efficiently as they did and the consequences as to whether or not they received news in a timely fashion. In this...

Honouring a great volunteer: Vancouver Branch: Phillip E.M. Leith Memorial Award.(Peter N. Moogk of United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
September 22, 2008... On 27 September 2008, at the Pacific Regional 225th Anniversary Celebration Dr. Peter N. Moogk UE became the second recipient of the Phillip E.M. Leith Memorial Award. exemplifies the "best in volunteerism" This annual award, exclusive...

UELAC president's message.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
September 22, 2008... For ninety-four years, the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada has explored its mandate and maintained the historical significance of the settlement by the United Empire Loyalists in our country. Supported by a growing membership,...

UELAC conference 2009.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(Conference news)(Calendar)
September 22, 2008... LOYALIST SETTLEMENT EXPERIENCE 225 11-14 June 2009 in Napanee, Ontario The Bay of Quinte Branch is pleased to host the Dominion Conference in conjunction with the 225th Anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists at Adolphustown,...

Saint John 225: the 2008 Dominion Conference of the UELAC.(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New Brunswick Branch played host for the 2008 Dominion UELAC Conference held at the Trade and Convention Centre in Saint John, 10 - 13 July 2008. This year being the 225th anniversary of the Loyalists arrival in...

Honouring his honour.(David C. Onley)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Simcoe Day (August 4th) in Ontario was given special significance this year as His Honour, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, David C. Onley was presented with his certificate confirming his descent from John...

The contributions to the UELAC by E. John Chard UE, former Dominion President (1966-1968).(People Behind the Scenes)(United Empire Loyalists' Association)
September 22, 2008... As President of Kawartha Branch in 2004, I asked for a show of hands from the sea of happy diners during the festive banquet UELAC Conference and AGM in Peterborough. My question was, how many branches in the room were started with the...

UELAC Senior Vice-President, 2008-2010 Carlyle (Carl) William Wayne Stymiest UE, B.Ed., M.Ed.(People Behind the Scenes)
September 22, 2008... Carl was born and raised in Miramichi, Northumberland County, New Brunswick. He attended public school in the tiny village of Loggieville. He knew early on in life that he wanted to become a history teacher. After high school graduation, he...

The UELAC Loyalist Scholarship.
September 22, 2008... Awarded by The UELAC The George Brown House, 50 Baldwin St., Suite 202, Toronto, ON M5T 1L4 The UELAC Loyalist Scholarship can be awarded to any graduate student who has taken an undergraduate course in Canadian History and who is...

UELAC Scholarship winners: Gregory Wigmore and Catherine Cottreau-Robins.(The UELAC Loyalist Scholarship)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the 2008 applications for the UELAC Scholarship, we decided to award a one-year scholarship to each of two well-deserving applicants: Catherine Cottreau-Robins and Gregory Wigmore. Catherine (Katie) is a PhD...

O Henry!!! Which one are you ???
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Johannes Henrich Jung [Henry Young UE] & Aeltzie Bresie [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hendrick Jung [Henry Young UE] & Phoebe Van Every [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lieutenant Henry Young UE & Maria Litcher ...

The Palatines.
September 22, 2008... Many of us have Palatine ancestors. Perhaps the first indicator of this is finding, in the Dominion Census, our family referred to as "German" in origin. In many cases those relatives came from the Palatinate area of Germany. Actually a...

The Jung [or young] Palatine family.
September 22, 2008... The Jung family were Palatines who emigrated from England in 1709-1710. The New York Subsistence List, sometimes called Governor Hunter's Ration List, contains the following Jungs, either in New York City or in the Hudson River settlements from...

Henry Young [Jung, Jongh].
September 22, 2008... Henry Young was a son of the Palatine immigrant Heinrich Jung who arrived at New York aboard the ship, Lyon of Leith, in late June 1710. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Johannes Heinrich Jung, born 24 January 1716, was commonly called Henry...

Pte. Henry Young UE: 2nd Battn. King's Royal Yorkers.
September 22, 2008... There are so many Henry Youngs floating around the Bay of Quinte area at an early date that one could be pardoned for humming the old tune, "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am", when trying to sort them out. When my wife, Angela, discovered many...

Private Henry Young UE: Captain Peter Ten Broeck's Company of Butler's Rangers.
September 22, 2008... Henry Young UE and his twin brother, Abraham, who died as an infant, were born on 17 August 1762 in Tryon County, Province of New York, and baptized as Hendrich Jung and Abraham Jung on 18 August 1762 at the Stone Arabia Reformed Church. (1)...

The family of Lieutenant Henry Young UE of Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada.
September 22, 2008... Records kept by the Rev. Thomas Poyer in the Registry Book of the Parish of Jamaica, Long Island, from 22 July 1710 to 28 November 1731 show that Guy Henry Young was married, with licence dated 20 October 1723, to Elizabeth Edgett. Births...

Bicentennial: Kingsville Historical Park partners with Bicentennial Branch.(Branch News: Highlights)
September 22, 2008... On 8 May 2008, Margaret Lewis UE and I were given a personal tour of the Kingsville Historical Park in Kingsville, Ontario. Bicentennial Branch has an ongoing successful relationship with the Kingsville Historical Park Museum due in part to the...

Chilliwack.(Branch News: Highlights)
September 22, 2008... Our Heritage week celebration in February heralded in our 2008 Branch events. The designated themes were "Taking Care of Business" and "Black Heritage Month". We also celebrated the signature on the Heritage Week Proclamation, that of the...

Colonel Edward Jessup.(Branch News: Highlights)(Colonel Edward Jessup Branch )(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... The Colonel Edward Jessup Branch held their Annual Meeting this spring in Portland in the Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds County. The guest speaker was Diane Haskins, an authority on old buildings in that area. Through the summer our...

Colonel John Butler.(Branch News: Highlights)
September 22, 2008... We are proud of the activities of our Branch with more members being involved in the events. Some of our monthly meetings went over the one hundred-attendee mark and our Loyalist Burial Plaque unveiling ceremonies are drawing more and more...

Grand River.(Branch News: Highlights)(Grand River Branch )
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Grand River Branch was thrilled to welcome The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Mrs. Ruth Ann Onley to their July 20 meeting at Spruce Row Museum, Waterford. Mrs. Onley grew up in Simcoe...

Hamlet of Vittoria provides perfect setting to celebrate Loyalist Day 2008.(Branch News: Highlights)( UELAC Central West Regional Branches )
September 22, 2008... Members of Grand River Branch, guests from the surrounding district and representatives of the UELAC Central West Regional Branches came together in Vittoria on Sunday afternoon, June 22nd, to commemorate Loyalist Day 2008. In attendance were...

Heritage.(Branch News: Highlights)(Heritage Branch )
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Heritage Branch held its Annual General Meeting on 22 April 2008, at the Macdonald Stewart Foundation in Montreal. Following the approval of the President's Report and the audited financial statements of the Branch,...

Little Forks.(historical association meetings and activities )(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Members of Little Forks Branch continue to keep busy with their many various activities. Our Little Hyatt One-Room Schoolhouse has actually come alive this summer. As of July, we have hosted four bus groups, numerous...

Manitoba.(historical associations and American loyalists)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... The Manitoba Branch started the year with attendance at the Premier's New Year's Day Levee. The Education Committee travelled to Brandon to give a three-school presentation. Its members, Bruce Wood, Rod Nerbas and Margaret Carter took the...

Sir Guy Carleton.(American loyalists meeting and planning)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A reception was held at Kingsmere in Gatineau Park last September. The Honourable Peter Milliken UE and the Sir Guy Carleton Branch welcomed the partners and staff of the City of Ottawa Archives as well as the other...

Sir John Johnson Centennial.(historical association Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch's annual meeting)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... At the Annual Meeting of Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch held in Philipsburg on 17 June 2008, members Marven Beattie and Lorraine Gosselin were proud to receive their UELAC documented certificate membership from Genealogist Michel Racicot....

Toronto.(American loyalists from a historical association teaches kids the American Revolution)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Spring started with an educational experience for us. In March, Toronto Branch members Richard Atkinson, Alex Lawrence, Diane Reid and Karen Windover, with special guest, David Hill Morrison (Grand River), attended Pleasantville Public School...

Vancouver.(historical association library relocation)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... December to June 2008 were very busy months for the Vancouver Branch. One exciting project was to set up our new library. We moved our library from Rebecca Fraser's home to a room at our President's home, Wendy Cosby UE. We currently have a...

Victoria.(historical ssociation activities)
September 22, 2008... By Al Huffman UE, Membership Chairman and Past President The first six months of 2008 were busy. The Branch's Loyalist booth participated in four events: Heritage Day during Black History Month, Victoria Family History Seminar (LDS), Senior...

Tribute to David Henry Kemlo.(Well-Remembered)(In memoriam)
September 22, 2008... David Kemlo was a valued member of Kawartha Branch for over ten years. He had a great love of history and genealogy and, like everything else David did, he researched any subject with enthusiasm. He was attracted to the heritage of the...

Wilbert Arthur Walt UE.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... (05 March 1922, Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario-19 Mary 2008, Trenton, Ontario) Wilbert passed away 19 March 2008 in Trenton, Ontario. He was born 5 March 1922 in Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, son of the...

Stewart Arthur Young UE.(Well-Remembered)(Obituary)
September 22, 2008... (21 April 1920, Nelles Tract, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario-- 1 July 2008, Hagersville, Ontario) Caledonia, Ontario, Passed away on 1 July 2008 at the West Haldimand Hospital, beloved husband of the late Gladys (Moore) Young UE...

Career Achievement Award presented to author Connie Brummel Crook.(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Well-known Loyalist author, Connie Brummel Crook UE, BA, was honoured with a Career Achievement Award by The Word Guild in June 2008. The award was presented at the guild's annual gala at the World Vision Canada...

Simon Girty: Turncoat Hero.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Author: Phillip W. Hoffman Publisher: Flying Camp Press/American History Imprints, Franklin, Tennessee. [c] 2008 URL: www.Americanhistoryimprints.com ISBN: 978-0-9753667-6-9 Hard cover, 345 pages $30.95 CDN ...

Philadelphia 1777, Taking the Capital.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Author. Justin Clement. Illustrated by Stephen Walsh Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. 2007. 96 pages, paperback [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It may sound like a joke, but how do you tell a reenactor when that person...

Benedict Arnold's Army: The 1775 American Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary War.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Author: Arthur S. Lefkowitz Publisher: Savas Beatie, P.O. Box 4527, El Dorado Hills, California 95762 [c] 2008 ISBN 13:978-1-932714-03-6 Hard cover. 380 pages $32.95 US [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Googling the...

The Watercolours of Charlotte Hills Beasley.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Compiled by David R. Beasley Publisher: Davus Publishing Company, 150 Norfolk Street South, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. N3Y 2W2 URL: www.kwic.com/davus E-mail: davus@kwic.com Phone: 1-519-426-2077 ISBN: 978-915317-22-6 ...

The Way Lies North.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Author: Jean Rae Baxter Publisher: Ronsdale Press, 3350 West 21st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6S 1G7 URL: http://www.ronsdalepress.com/ISBN-10:1-55380-048-6 ISBN-13:978-155380-048-4 Soft cover, 340 pages. [c] 2007 $10.95 CDN ...

Capital in Flames, The American Attack on York, 1813.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Author: Robert Malcolmson Montreal: Robin Brass Studio. 2008. hardcover, 489 pages. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 just ahead of us, this book gives us a taste of what is to come, as interest...

Loyalism in the Hoosick Valley.
September 22, 2008... Author: Bernard C. Young Printer: Anything Printed, R.R. # 4, Woodstock, Vermont 05091. Phone: 802-457-3414 URL: http://www.anythingprinted.net [c] 2008 Soft cover, 75 pages $20.00 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Sir John...

New web page.
September 22, 2008... The Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University are pleased to announce that they have just launched a new web page on 1 April 2008, with more pictures, more colour and much more information than the original. The original was...

Tenth annual young family reunion included heritage designation of young monument.(Family Reunions)
September 22, 2008... The Young Monument and the parcel of land on which it is situated on Highway 54, two kilometres north of Indiana Road, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, has been granted heritage designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. A ceremony...

New certificates issued.(Proud to be a UE)(United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada)(List)
September 22, 2008... New Certificates Issued The following received certification from the UELAC between 30 January 2008 and 1 October 2008. * Note 1 indicates members who requested on the certificate application form that their names be unpublished....

It's girl!(Rachel Margaret McBride)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Grietje R. (nee Purdy) McBride UE, B.Sc. and Robert C. McBride UE B.Sc., M.Ed. are pleased to announce the birth of their second grandchild, Rachel Margaret Camp UE on 15 April 2008 in Peterborough, Ontario, daughter of Margaret Robin Mary (nee...

Young loyalist--a page for every age[c].
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Your Challenge Using the items shown below, find where they are hidden in the Loyalist's sawmill. Then connect the dots to complete the illustration. Hidden items: 1. hand drill 2. wood ax 4....