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  Canada (from Presbyterianism) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
This was followed in 1831 by the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotland, a group whose name reflected its origin, and in 1835 by the Synod of New Brunswick.
From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Lower Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada East, though the two names continued to be used interchangeably.
From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Upper Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada West, though the two names continued to be employed interchangeably.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-206864?tocId=206864&ct=   (795 words)

  
 History of geology--GSC
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) was established by the Province of Canada in 1841 and actually began in 1842, when William Edmond Logan was appointed as director.
The GSC was in the vanguard of mapping and assessing the new lands of Canada.
As the Geological Survey of Canada continues to accept new responsibilities and to develop new areas of expertise, its contribution to the next 150 years of Canada's development should be as important, colorful, and exciting as in the past.
academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/histgeol/gsc/gsc.htm   (1689 words)

  
 Smith - Freeman - Burnham - Hoffman - Hartleb - Family Lines - freg12 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Franklin HALEY was born in 1869 in Michigan.
Mary ALLEN was born in 1871 in Ontario, Canada.
Curtis was counted in a census in 1842 in Ontario, Canada.
www.mfhn.com /Hoffman_Smith/freg12.asp   (918 words)

  
 Menards Family Tree - pafg54 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Lucie Barriere on 15 Oct 1844 in Rouville, Canada.
Bernard Brouillette on 15 Oct 1844 in Rouville, Canada.
Ethienne Davignon on 19 Oct 1947 in Canada.
www.kenmenard.com /menards/pafg54.htm   (146 words)

  
 Hotels in Canada - Festivals and events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday, was declared a holiday by the Legislature of the Province of Canada in 1845.
One of Canada's most outstanding attractions, this half-hour ceremony is presented daily on the lawn of Parliament Hill at 10 a.m., from late June until late August, weather permitting.
On June 20, 1868, a proclamation signed by the Governor General, Lord Monck, called upon all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1st.
www.hotel-canada.com /events.htm   (462 words)

  
 Untitled Document
, was established by Convention between Canada and the USA for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.
Canada's Pacific salmon management is, in theory, guided by the Pacific Salmon Commission under a treaty with the U.S.A., the terms of which are renegotiated from time to time.
In Canada, commercial fishing licenses originated from the European common property resource concept and hence are under legal control of the government, but under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Aboriginal rights cannot by law be abrogated or extinguished by regulation.
www.fao.org /fi/fcp/en/can/body.htm   (5341 words)

  
 Research Notes: Wixson Descendants Notes
He and Esther Rawson appeared on the census of 1861 at Brock Twp., Ontario Co., Canada West (Ontario), British North America (Canada); where Annis Wixson (RC, married and not widowed, 53) was recorded as a labourer (and it is assumed she is Samuel's mother), Samuel (Baptist, married,35), Esther (WM, married, 23), Clancy (prob.
She married Thomas Wiggins on 26 Nov 1879 at Ontario, Canada; where Thomas was a labourer aged 44, and Esther Wixson of Brock, 43, widow, and daughter of John and Esther Rawson.
She appeared on the census of 1891 at Cannington, Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada; where Esther was a widow (54), and Isaac the factory-hand and wood-worker (22) and Jacob the farm labourer (22) were present.
www1.xe.net /~mbone/webtree/data/wixson_d/research1.htm   (3669 words)

  
 Taplin, William (History - 1845)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Taplin was born in Canada, February 14, 1845, the son of Hiram and Lucina (Clifford) Taplin, natives of Canada.
The father was the son of Augustus and Polly (Drew) Taplin, natives of Vermont, who in 1890 emigrated to Lower Canada, and subsequently removed to Oshawa, Ontario, where the former died at an advanced age of eighty-nine years.
In the spring of 1870 he returned to Canada, where he was again engaged with the A. Whiting Manufacturing Company, remaining there till the spring of 1871, when he engaged with the Chase Bros. Bowman, nurserymen, of Rochester, New York, till the summer of 1872.
www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/clark/bios/920.htm   (659 words)

  
 Dunn Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John and his family moved, about 1860, from Canada to Leelanau County, MI, where on 02 Jan 1863 he filed land entry application number 54 at Traverse City, MI for lot number 4 and the south half of the SE Quarter of Section 31 in Township 29N, containing 128 55/100 acres.
Roderic, also a homesteading settler, was born 08 Feb 1845 in Canada and married Cornelia CUMMINGS 16 Nov 1872 at Glen Arbor Township, Leelanau, MI.
Stephen DUNN was born 25 Dec 1853 in Ontario, Canada and came with his family to the US about 1860.
www.geocities.com /gewdunn/dunn.html   (353 words)

  
 Victoria Day
It is a statutory holiday throughout all of Canada except the Atlantic provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island).
After the death of Queen Victoria, an Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada establishing a legal holiday on May 24 in each year (or May 25 if May 24 fell on a Sunday) under the name Victoria Day.
An amendment to the Statutes of Canada in 1952 established the celebration of Victoria Day on the Monday preceding May 25, making it the first long weekend of the summer season.
www.calendar-updates.com /Holidays/Canada/victoria.htm   (369 words)

  
 The Making of a Holiday - Victoria Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, an Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada establishing a legal holiday on May 24 in each year (or May 25 if May 24 fell on a Sunday) under the name Victoria Day.
Up to 1947 Canada proclaimed the same day but in 1948 and further years settled on the Monday of the week in which the United Kingdom celebration took place.
From 1953 to 1956, the Queen's birthday was celebrated in Canada on Victoria Day, by proclamation of the Governor General, with Her Majesty's approval.
www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/canada/victoria/holidaystatus.htm   (390 words)

  
 TWELFTH GENERATION
was born on 11 Dec 1842 in Southwold Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
was born on 10 Feb 1845 in Westminster Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
was born on 12 Apr 1877 in Metcalf Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
www.bowlbyfamily.org /ancestor/d22.htm   (383 words)

  
 History - Ontario
The first Odd Fellow Lodge was instituted on June 17, 1845 in Canada West (later to be known as Ontario).
He wrote to the remaining active lodges in Canada and invited their Past Grands to a special meeting to discuss and plan a strategy for survival.
The territory was re-named Ontario in 1867 at the time the birth of Canada was decreed under the British North America Act by the Parliament in England.
www.ioof.org /history_-_ontario.htm   (1440 words)

  
 Frank Hutchinson, <1896 - 1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
James is 40 was born in Canada, as were his parents.
His wife Emeline is 35 and was born in Canada, as were her parents.
William and George were born in Canada, the other children in Missouri.
members.aol.com /ThomaGene/FrankH.html   (764 words)

  
 Victoria Day - Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Canada, the celebration of Victoria Day occurs every year on Monday, prior to May 25th.
It is the official celebration in Canada of the birthdays of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.
Victoria Day was established as a holiday in Canada West (Now Ontario) in 1845, and became a national holiday in 1901.
www.inglewoodcarecentre.com /history/victoria.htm   (508 words)

  
 Ormsby (1969) The emergence of the federal concept in Canada, 1839-1845   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ormsby (1969) The emergence of the federal concept in Canada, 1839-1845
The emergence of the federal concept in Canada, 1839-1845
Canada; Politics and government; 19th century; Federal government
www.getcited.org /pub/101469829   (36 words)

  
 Garneau, François Xavier on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He is remembered for his Histoire du Canada (3 vol., 1845-48; 2d ed., with added material, 1852), a work as captivating in its style as it is distinguished in its scholarship.
It might be productive for people in the rest of Canada to try to understand their point of view rather than...
CIDA: Canada Supports International Development Work of Canadian Community Colleges.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Garneau.asp   (362 words)

  
 Reids of Mono Twp., Ontario, Canada
She was born February 7, 1842, in Mono Twp., SImcoe Co., Ontario, Canada, and died December 05, 1923 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
REID) was born December 17, 1868 in Mono Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada, and died January 08, 1936 in 474 Glenlake Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
REID) was born December 04, 1897 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, and died August 31, 1975 in Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
www3.sympatico.ca /karen.black/reidsont.html   (3575 words)

  
 Ontario Canada Local History and Genealogy
Maps of Canada and its 10 provinces and 3 territories.
Canada West: Districts, Counties and Townships of 1846 and
The Role of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada: Report submitted to the Honourable Sheila Copps, Dr. John English Consultants: Ms.
home.att.net /~family-history/Ontario_History.htm   (2599 words)

  
 Canadian Explorers - EnchantedLearning.com
Cartier named Canada; "Kanata" means village or settlement in the Huron-Iroquois language.
He sailed through the Strait of Juan de Fuca (which was named for him in 1725) and believed it to be the beginning of a route to the Atlantic Ocean (it is not).
He was sent by King Louis XIV (14) to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/canada.shtml   (3419 words)

  
 Lower Canada Papineau Rebellion 1837
French-Canadian political leader Louis Joseph Papineau (1786-1871) protested publicly against the British government's "unfair" treatment of French-Canadians in Lower Canada (Quebec).
His speeches called for the breakup of the British-dominated governing clique, the Chateau Clique, and incited riots and fighting in Montreal.
Papineau escaped to the United States, then to France (1839), and later returned to Canada (1845) after receiving a general amnesty.
www.onwar.com /aced/data/charlie/canada1837a.htm   (102 words)

  
 Canada Science and Technology Museum
When my brother and I arrived in Canada in 1845, I was 18 years old.
The vast wealth of natural resources that lay between Upper Canada and the Pacific Coast was totally unknown and inaccessible.
By the time of my death 70 years later I had surveyed this country from Ottawa to the shores of the Pacific on a voyage that cost 20 men their lives.
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca /english/about/hallfame/u_i02_e.cfm   (153 words)

  
 Mary Jane Spencer, b: 1846 - Richmond Township, Canada
Born: 1819, Canada Marr: 1845  Died: 1900, Canada
Born: 25 NOV 1846 - Richmond Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
Marr: 11 MAR 1880 - Richmond Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
ca.geocities.com /ourgenealogyca/gp1030.html   (147 words)

  
 Canada Post - Collecting
Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) immigrated to Canada in 1845 and became one of our greatest railway surveyors and engineers.
His 1879 proposal of an 'all-British' expanded telegraph route was agreed upon eventually and construction began on the line, which ran from the west coast of Vancouver Island across the ocean floor to the first relay station on Fanning Island, on to Fiji, Norfolk Island, Southport (Australia) and Auckland (New Zealand).
The station was officially opened on October 31, 1902, and on the very next day the first 'world-circulating telegraph message' was delivered to Lord Minto, the Governor General of Canada, after circling the globe.
www.canadapost.ca /personal/collecting/default-e.asp?stamp=stpartl&detail=457   (364 words)

  
 Copy of New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One of John's sisters husbands was involved with building the railway in Western Canada with Sir William McKenzie and became quite wealthy.
~1876, Uxbridge ON Canada, (son of George Marquis and Lucy Spears) occupation Banker/Auctioneer.
02 JUN 1942, Hamilton ON Canada, baptized 9 Aug 1942, Uxbridge ON Canada, occupation Registered Nurse.
home.mn.rr.com /eastwoodfam/ndure1781.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Samuel Henshaw
Samuel Henshaw (1845-?) +Amanda Canada Goodman (1850-?) 3...
Henshaw, Canada, wife, age 33, born in Pennsylvania; parents born in Pennsylvania; keeps house.
Henshaw, Halla, daughter, age 7, born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Pennsylvania; attended school.
www.rawbw.com /~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?a12623   (800 words)

  
 George Oliver Tice, b: 1868 - Ameliasburgh Township, Canada
Born: 1845, Canada Marr: 1867 Died: 1926, Canada
Born: 1845, Canada Marr: 1867  Died: 1926, Canada
Born: 14 DEC 1854 - Belleville, Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
ca.geocities.com /ourgenealogyca/gp1565.html   (169 words)

  
 Family of Reuben HOOPLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HOOPLE (WILLIAM, JOHAN, JURGEN MICHEL) was born in 1825 in CANADA, and died after 1881, probably in Ontario, Canada.
He married DEBORAH CROSS about 1845 in CANADA?.
She was born in 1827 in CANADA or ENGLAND, and died after 1881.
users.ap.net /~lancelot/gen/h152.html   (77 words)

  
 George S Grass 1792
1845 in Carlton Co,NB,Can, daughter of JOSEPH DRAKE and SUSANNAH ROCKWELL.
She was born 1820 in Carleton Co.NB,Can, and died May 14, 1855 in Wakefield,NB,Can.
He was born 1845 in NB,Can, and died 1878.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/lala/305/Grass_George_S.html   (2903 words)

  
 Descendants of Henry Smith Camber
She was born 1821, and died 11 April 1908 in Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada.
She was born 22 January 1860 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, and died 9 April 1935 in East Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada.
She was born 1874 in Barnston, Quebec, Canada, and died 17 July 1908 in Quebec, Canada.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/9179/camberhs.htm   (1592 words)

  
 The Archibald Scott Family Tree
In 1852 he movedwith his family to Macomb County,Michigan, settling in Ray Township where he purchased wild land which he cleared and improved, developing a farm which was equipped with modern conveniences and accessories.
He was born in Lower Canada, May 16, 1845.
He was married in Perth County Canada on February 19 1868 to Miss Jane Patterson, a native of Canada.
www.ole.net /~maggie/macomb/scott.htm   (816 words)

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