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BOOK - The Pioneers of Old Ontario, The Makers of Canada Ontario, Canada  (Upper Canada, Canada West) Concerns more than one County More Canadian Resources | More Ontario Resources By W. L. Smith (Originally published in 1923) Historical reprint by Global Heritage Press Inc. 
In the Spring of 1897 William Loe Smith began a series of trips through rural Ontario. These trips were undertaken with the object of obtaining first-hand information, for publication in the columns of The Weekly Sun regarding actual conditions of the inhabitants of the province.While engaged in that task, he "stumbled on a veritable storehouse of information of another kind altogether". This information was carried in the memories of men and women then still living-memories that went back to the days of the virgin forest, of log cabins surrounded by blackened stumps in the midst of scanty clearings, of bush trails and corduroy roads over which settlers toiled with their grists to distant mills, of old-time logging bees, and of the circuit riders who carried the Gospel message to those real heroes. Based on his research and interviews, Smith wrote a series of pioneer sketches which appeared in newspapers during the period from 1897 to 1914. These sketches, with some further information gathered at a later date, form the basis of what is contained in this volume. In 1922-1923, Smith assembled his first-hand accounts of pioneer life that he originally published in Ontario newspapers, added much new content, then organized the book by the areas of Ontario where events took place. Many of the original pioneers' names are mentioned in this book. However, first-hand accounts are used to illustrate how those early settlers lived their lives, rather than a formal genealogical account of their families.
Names, places and topics listed in the index: Adolphustown - - Allan, James - - Allan, Wm. - - Allcock, James - - Allcock, Simon - - Allen, Parker - - Allin, Chas. - - Allin, Frank - - Allison, D. W. - - Ambler, Thos. - - Ancaster - - Anderson, Capt. - - Anderson, Duncan - - Anderson, John - - Ardagh, Pastor - - Armstrong, Robt. - - Armstrong, Wm. - - Asia, the - - Aurora - - Bangs, Rev. Dr. - - Banks, Mrs. - - Barber, Alonzo - - Barber, Frank - - Barber, Jane - - Barber, Philip - - Barrie - - Barrie, John - - Bayview - - Beaver, the - - Beaverton - - Beck, F. L. - - Belfountain - - Belle Ewart - - Bellwoods, Chas. - - Bellwoods, John - - Bently, Albert - - Bently, Maria - - Berry, Geo. - - Best, Thos. - - Billings, Samuel - - Blake, Hon. Ed. - - Blanding, Sarah J. - - Bleakley, John - - Boline, the - - Bowles, James - - Bowman, Chas. - - Bowmanville - - Bradstreet, Col. - - Bragilla, the - - Brisbin, Jane - - Brock, R. W. - - Brockville - - Brown, John - - Bryce, Thos. - - Buchanan, James - - Buchanan, Mrs. J. - - Buck, Elijah - - Burke, John - - Burke, Luke - - Burkett, Wright - - Burritt, Col. - - Burritt's Rapids - - Butterfield, Abraham - - Bytown - - Caldwell, Geo. - - Caldwell, Hon. John - - Caldwell, S. - - Cameron, Col. - - Cameron, Daniel - - Cameron, H. D. - - Campbell, A. - - Campbell, Colin - - Canada Company, the - - Cannington - - Carleton, Sir Guy - - Carmichael, Dougall - - Carr, John - - Cartier, Jacques - - Casey, T. W. - - Casselman, Nelson - - "Cavan Blazers," the - - Champlain, Samuel - - Chapman, Chas. - - Charters, Mr. - - Chatham - - Chingacousy - - Chisholm, Kenneth - - Christian Islands - - Christie, A. B. - - Chryslers Farm, "battle of - - Churchill - - Clanahan, Mr. - - Clark, Peter - - Claughton, John - - Cleary, Archbishop - - Coates, Thos. - - Cobourg - - Colborne, Sir John - - Coldwater - - Collingwood, - - Collins, Chas. - - Collins, Deputy Surveyor - - Cook, Elias - - Cook, E. H. - - Cooksville - - Cornell, Wm. - - Cornwall - - Corrigan, Mr. - - Cotton, Noah - - Coulter, Andrew - - Coulthard, G. H. - - Courtice, Thos. - - Crae, Wm. - - Craig, Thos. - - Craven, Iinwood - - Crawford, Angus - - Crawford, Archie - - Creemore - - Crooks, Capt. - - Crooks, Hon. James - - Crown Hill - - Culp, Tilman - - Cummings, Patrick - - Currie, Archie - - Davidson, Cyrus - - Davis, Asa - - Dayton, D. L. - - Devins, Abraham - - Devins, Isaac - - Dobie, David - - Donaldsons, the - - Dorchester, Lord, see Sir Guy Carleton - - Doherty, Bernard - - Doherty, Hon. M. - - Douse, Rev. Mr. - - Drury, Hon. E. C. - - Drury, Richard - - Drury, Thos. - - Dundas - - Eagle, Samuel - - Education Acts - - Ekfrid - - Elliott, Andrew - - Elliott, Henry - - Emily May, the - - Enterprise, the - - Essence, John - - Euclid, the - - Eugenia Falls - - Family Compact, the - - Farley, John - - Farmersville - - Fletcher, Alex. - - Foley, Richard - - Forneri, Rev. B. - - Forsyth, Major - - Fort Frontenac - - Frankish, T. B. - - Franklin, Sir John - - Frazer, Rev. Wm. - - Frontenac, Gov. - - Fulljames House, the - - Gairbraid - - Galloway, Joseph - - Galloway, Bev. Mr. - - Gananoque. - - Gerow, Joseph - - Gifford, E. - - Gilchrist, Colin - - Gillespie, Duncan - - Gillies, Margaret - - Goderich - - Gooderhams, the - - Goodfellow, W. - - Gordon, Adam - - Gowan, N. C - - Gowan, Ogle E. - - Graham, John - - Grant, Alex. - - Grant, Principal - - Grass, Capt., Michael - - Gray, Bev. John - - Green, Dr. - - Grieves, John - - Gunn, Andrew - - Gunn, Donald - - Gunn, Dr. - - Gunn, John - - Gunn, Mrs. John - - Hagerman, Chief Justice - - Hagerman, Nicholas - - Hallett, Silas - - Hamilton, John - - Hampton - - Hardy, Bev. Mr. - - Harrison, Eliza - - Hawkstone - - Heck, Barbara - - Heck, George - - Henry, John - - Henry, W. T. - - Herriman, Dr. - - Hessians, the - - Hewson, Wm. - - Hickling, Chas. - - Hickling, G. - - Hipwell, Mother - - Hodge, Henry - - Hogg's Hollow - - Holland Landing - - Holland, Surveyor-General - - Hoover, D. - - Hoover, Mrs. D. - - Hopps, Wm. - - Horne, Henry, 131 - - Horne, T. W. - - Huggard, B. L. - - Hume, James - - Hunter, A. F. - - Hunter, Wm. - - Hurlburt, Rev. E. - - Jackson, Hon. Peter - - James, David - - James, Rachel - - Johns, Eldad - - Johnson, Asa - - Johnson, Hugh - - Johnson, Sir John - - Jones, Elias - - Jones, Samuel - - Kerr, Judge - - Kerr, Wm. - - Kingston - - Koch, John - - Laidlaw, James - - Lakeland - - Larkin, Wm. - - Langstaff, John - - Layton, John - - Leeds Trader, the - - Little, Joe - - Little Blue Church, the - - Little Cataraqui Creek - - Little York - - Lincoln, Abraham - - Lindsay - - Livingstone, A. - - Livingstone, "Bill" - - Livingstone, John - - Lizars, Daniel - - London, J. F. - - Lount, Samuel - - Loyalists, U.E. - - McAImon, Flora - - McAlmon, Malcolm - - McArthur, Donald - - McBain, John - - McBane, Nancy - - McCallum, Geo. - - MeCammon, E. M. - - McCarthy, D'Alton - - McClean, John - - McDonald, John S. - - McDougall, Alex. - - McDougall, Angus - - McDougall, Chas. - - McDougall, Neil - - McFadyen, Archie - - McFadyen, Colin - - McFadyen, Miss - - McGillivray, M. - - McGinnis, Pte. - - McKeyes, Daniel - - McKinnon, Donald - - McLachlan, Colin - - McLeod, Capt. - - McMillan, Archie - - McMurchy, Rev. Mr. - - McNab, John - - McPhail, John - - McPherson, Peter - - McTavish, Rev. Dr. - - Macdonald, Charlotte - - Macdonald, Chas. - - Macdonald, Col. - - Macdonald, John - - Macdonald, John Sandfleld - - Macdonald, Sir John A. - - Mackenzie, Wm. Lyon - - Magnetewan - - Mairs, Thos. - - Manchester - - Markham - - "Markham Gang", the - - Mariposa - - Massey, Hart A. - - Meaford - - Mennonites, the - - Merry, John - - Michie, Wm. - - Middleton, John - - Miller, Nicholas - - Miller, Simon - - Millerites, the - - Millor, James B. - - Mississaguas, the - - Mitchell, Dr. - - Mitchell, Bobt. - - Monteith, Hon. Nelson - - Montgomery, John - - Montgomery's Tavern - - Moore, Sir John - - Moraviantown - - Morgan, Canon - - Morpeth - - Morris, Henry - - Morrison, Hon. J. - - Morrison, J. J. - - Morrison, Bobt. - - Morton, James - - Monlton, Joseph - - Mount Albert - - Munceytown - - Munro, Mr. - - Murray, Hugh - - Myers, Mrs. - - Newcastle - - Newmarket - - Newton, John - - Newtonville - - Nixon, Mrs. - - Nottawasaga - - Oakville - - Omemee - - Orillia - - Oraiston, Dr. - - Oner, Jeremiah - - Oshawa - - Oswego - - Ottawa - - Owen Sound - - Parkinson, Bobt. - - Partridge, Chas. - - Paterson, Col. - - Paterson, Dr. B. - - Patton, J. W. - - Penetanguishene - - Perry, James - - Petanquet, Chief - - Phillips, Jacob - - Pickering - - Pierce, Moses - - Pierce, Wm. - - Port Credit - - Port Granby - - Port Hope - - Port Perry - - Port Stanley - - Powers, Arthur - - Powers, Calvin H. - - Powers, H. L. - - Powers, Simon - - Prescott - - Procter, Gen. - - Purdy, Jesse - - Purdy, B. McLean - - Purdy, Wm. - - Quebec - - Queen's Bush, the - - Quinte, Bay of - - Raymond, Rev. Mr. - - Rainham - - Reesors, the - - Reicheld, Nicholas - - Reid, David - - Richmond Hill - - Riddell, Judge - - Riddell, Walter - - Richardson, Gideon - - Ridgetown - - Ritchie, Rev. Mr. - - Rittenhouse, Uriah - - Robertson, John - - Robertson, Geo. - - Robertson, Lt. James - - Robertson, Norman - - Robinson, Hon. J. B. - - Robson, R. W. - - Rogers, Col. - - Rugby - - Russell, Peter - - St. Thomas - - Schmidt, Heinrich - - Schneider, Nicholas - - Schooner, Jacob - - Scotch line, the - - Sewell, John - - Shearer, Mrs. John - - Simcoe, Gov. J. G. - - Simpson, Hon. John - - Simpson, Sir George - - Sinclair, Capt. - - Sissons, Jonathan - - Southwick, Paulina - - Slack, Joseph - - Smith, "Bayside" - - Smith, James - - Smith, Henry - - Smith, Larry - - Smith, Sir Henry - - Snell, James - - Sorel - - Soules, David - - Spiers, Peter - - Stamm, John - - Stanton, Oliver - - Stayner - - Stephens, Wm. - - Stewart, John - - Stewart, Duncan - - Stone, Col. Joel - - Stone, Mary - - Stouffville - - Strachan, Bishop - - Stroud - - Sullivan, Robt. - - Sutton - - Sunnidale - - Sutherland, Rev. Alex. - - Switzer, Martin - - Talbot, Col. - - Talbot Settlement, the - - Taschereau, Judge - - Thompson, Alfred - - Thompson, Col. Ed. - - Thompson, Col. Wm. - - Thompson, Isaac - - Thompson, James - - Thompson, Robt. - - Thompson, Samuel - - Thompson, Thomas - - Thorne, Mr. - - Thornhill - - Thornton, C. J. - - Thornton, Thos. - - Thurston, Henry - - Tindall, Rev. R. L. - - Tollendale - - Toronto - - Treffry, John - - Trull, Capt. J. C. - - Trull, Jesse - - Trull, John - - Trull, Pamela - - Tudhope, Geo. - - Tuckers, the - - Unionville - - United Kingdom, the - - Uxbridge - - Van Alstine, Major - - Van Dusen, Rev. Mr. - - Wallace, Andrew - - Warnicas, the - - Waraica, J. L. - - Watson, Wm. - - Weller, Wm. - - Wellings, Obe - - Welsh, Wm. - - Whitehaven, the - - White, James - - Whitlock, Rev. J. - - Whittaker, Rich. - - Widdifield, J. W. - - Wilson, Chas. - - Wilson, Joseph - - Wilson, Justus - - Windmill, Battle of the - - Woodruff, Betsy - - Woods, Samuel - - Wright, Geo. - - Wylie, Samuel - - Yeomans, Miss - - Yonge Street - - Young, Wm. - - Zimmerman, Peter
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