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  CANADA
J.H. Gowan was 47 in the 1901 Census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
M.E. Gowan was 22 in the 1901 census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
W.S. Gowan was 27 in the 1901 census of Canada, Province of Manitoba.
bz.llano.net /gowen/manuscript/Gowenms049.htm   (4870 words)

  
 1856 Detailed Rules and Introduction
This was the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad in Lower Canada (Quebec) that linked Laprarie near Montreal with St. Johns on the Richelieu River.
1856 is a stock market and railroad building game where the players take the roles of railway investors and company presidents.
The six private companies in 1856 represent the small companies that pioneered railroading in what was then Upper Canada before the great expansion of the 1850s that is the foundation for this game.
members.tripod.com /~active_civilian/1856.en.htm   (12222 words)

  
 1857 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1856 in Canada, other events of 1857, 1858 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
December 31 - Ottawa is chosen as the new capital of the Canadas
Queen Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1857_in_Canada   (203 words)

  
 1856, June 24. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The Canadian legislature passed the Act for the Gradual Civilization of the Indian Tribes in the Canadas, which included forced removal of Indians from the path of European settlement.
The movement for confederation was the result of growing difficulty in the government of United Canada (religious and racial differences, problems of representation), as well as of economic (especially railway) considerations and military (defense) problems in the American Civil War period.
“Canada First” movement was initiated with a small group of intellectuals in memory of the parliamentarian D'Arcy McGee.
www.bartleby.com /67/1630.html   (612 words)

  
 Generations - Person Page 17
James Davidson was enumerated in the 1861 Census of Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec Province, Canada as the son of Robert Davidson.
Matilda Davidson was enumerated in the 1861 Census of Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec Province, Canada as the daughter of Robert Davidson.
Elizabeth Davidson was enumerated in the 1861 Census of Valcartier, Quebec County, Quebec Province, Canada as the daughter of Robert Davidson.
members.cox.net /irish.roots/p17.htm   (1163 words)

  
 1856 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport
1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
You can find it there under the keyword 1856 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1856andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1856   (746 words)

  
 Our Full DataBank of Canada, Newfoundland and England
She was married to Moses GOSSE on 27 Dec 1819 in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
Catherine Blanche GOSSE was born on 28 Mar 1885 in Tilton, Newfoundland, Canada.
Easu GOSSE was born on 1 Jun 1875 in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.
www.geocities.com /danrob1000/DataBank/d131.htm   (720 words)

  
 Overland Family in England and Canada
Mary Ann died in Ontario, Canada in 1891, she was 72.
Rachel A. Born on 3 3 1860 in Canada.
Mary died in Erin Village, Wellington CO, Ontario, Canada on 18 2 1908, she was 90.
homepage.ntlworld.com /s.walker10/overland_family_in_england_and_c.htm   (612 words)

  
 1856 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1856 (MDCCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
July 17 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856 was the worst railroad calamity in the world to date, occurring near Philadelphia, PA, USA.
November 4 - U.S. presidential election, 1856: Democrat James Buchanan defeats former President Millard Fillmore, representing a coalition of "Know-Nothings" and Whigs, and John C. Frémont of the fledgling Republican Party to become the 15th President of the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1856   (1130 words)

  
 Upper Canada People
Governor-general of Canada (as Marquis of Lorne), 1878-1883.
In 1879 consecrated bishop of Montreal; in 1901 archbishop; and in 1904 primate of all Canada.
Served in Canada in 1812, and engaged in the capture of Fort Castine.
webhome.idirect.com /~griffish/gene/ucpeople.html   (11146 words)

  
 Early Canada Historical Narratives -- ROAD TO REBELLION
In Upper Canada, however, they were so cozy that the same executive council which advised the lieutenant governor on the colony's administration also served as the colony's final court of appeal.
The sentence was declared null and void." Gourlay returned to Canada in 1856 and was granted a pension of fifty pounds which he refused because he considered that his vindication had not been complete.
In Upper Canada he believed that trust had been violated again and again and anything less than the complete overthrow of the system would be a waste of time.
www.uppercanadahistory.ca /pp/pp6.html   (2496 words)

  
 O Canada : Our Native Townships Song
Born in Hamilton, Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1856, Weir moved to Montreal as a young man to study law.
Weir purchased the property in the early 1880s, and it was there that he and his family would spend their summers, and sometimes as much as six months of the year.
The version that stuck, however, was the original, and it was verse 1 of this version (in a slightly modified form) that was officially named the national anthem by the Government of Canada in 1980.
www.townshipsheritage.com /Eng/Articles/General/canada.html   (814 words)

  
 HTML - Knopf Descendants
Josephina; born 1858 at Canada; married Philip Zoeller, son of Jacob Zoeller and Josephina Knopf, 26 Apr 1882 at St. Louis R.C. Church, Buffalo, Erie County, New York; witnesses were Charles Fuchs and Bertha Lederle; died 1926.
Duringer) was born in 1860 at Canada; date calculated from age on 1865 and 1870 censuses.
Duringer) was born in 1858 at Canada; date calculated from age on 1860, 1865 and 1875 censuses.
www.andrle.com /chris/knopf.htm   (1557 words)

  
 Ship Arrivals Canada 1856
A new line of steamers is about to be established between Liverpool and America, a company having been formed under the law of limited liability in Canada and this country, with a capital of £250,000, to run to Portland, in Maine, calling at Newfoundland and Halifax, United States, to land freight and passengers.
The Montreal Steam Ship company have entered into a contract with the government of Canada to carry the mails between Liverpool and Quebec during the summer months, twice a month, and, when the navigation of the St. Lawrence is closed, once a month to Portland, Maine.
The Rev. Thomas Marsh, B.A., one of the passengers on board the "Canadian," died on the passage, and on the arrival of the steamer at Liverpool, an inquest was held upon the body before the borough coroner.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/Arrivals/Canada1856.htm   (7045 words)

  
 Information about Canada FDC: 17¢ Robert Harris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In the late 19th century Canada became a Confederation, a new transcontinental railroad linked the country together and -- for the first time in history -- Canadians shared a sense of national pride.
Canada's national identity was inevitably reflected in the country's art, and Robert Harris expressed the new national spirit through his oil paintings.
Harris, who had emigrated from Wales with his family in 1856, quickly embraced Canada as his new country.
www.unicover.com /EA4NBVNS.htm   (434 words)

  
 1830
This year's event will again include the best-known 18xx games: 1830: (Northeastern US and Southeastern Canada), 1856 (Upper Canada) and 1870 (the American Southwest), along with an added preliminary round to play three "kit" 18xx games, 1826 (France), 1846 (US Midwest), and 18EU (Europe).
1830 can be played in any prelim, but 1856 players are encouraged to play in the second preliminary, the three featured kit games in the third preliminary, and 1870 in the fourth.
If eight of those 23 players want to play 1856, the division becomes 1856: two 4-player games; 1830: three 4-player and a 3-player game.] Players will be placed in games at random, except that players that have met in previous rounds will be moved where possible.
www.boardgamers.org /yearbkex/8XXpge.htm   (536 words)

  
 Supreme Court of Canada - Christopher Salmon Patterson
After completing his studies at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Ireland, he emigrated to Canada in 1845 and settled in Picton, Canada West (Ontario).
In 1856 he moved to Toronto, where he practised law for 18 years with Wilson, Patterson and Beaty.
Three years later, he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Error and Appeal, and on October 27, 1888, he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada.
www.scc-csc.gc.ca /aboutcourt/judges/patterson/index_e.asp   (168 words)

  
 Underground Railroad Refugess in Canada - Index Page
The refugee: or, The narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada.
Anti-slavery Issues in Canada, 1830-1870: A Selective Bibliography: "...a list of materials held by the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada on the anti-slavery movement in Canada between approximately 1830 and 1870."
In 1998 the Foundation sponsored "The Walk to Canada: The Revival:" a three-month journey through ten different states from Alabama to Canada, where Anthony Cohen traced routes of the Underground Railroad to bring attention to its important history.
mcsrt.org /resources/ugrr/index.htm   (1530 words)

  
 :: The United Brethren Church in Canada ::
The United Brethren Church in Canada is a protestant, evangelical denomination of Bible-believing Christians.
Although United Brethren pastors began preaching in Canada in the 1820s, the first permanent work didn’t begin until 1854, following up on the evangelistic efforts of John A. Cornell in Waterloo County.
In 1856 the Canada West Conference was established.
www.ubcanada.org   (126 words)

  
 Free, William (History - 1856)
Free was born in Quebec, Canada, February 2, 1856, the son of Richard and Jane (Parham) Free, natives of Ireland, who came to America before marriage.
While in Canada the father held a number of offices he was a strong Republican and highly respected.
Free was married in 1883, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, a daughter of William and Matilda (Sample) Wilson, natives of Canada.
wvls.lib.wi.us /ClarkCounty/clark/data/bios1/1073.htm   (400 words)

  
 Canada's National History Society
An astute businessman with an artistic eye, the Scottish-born Notman arrived in Canada in 1856 when photography was in its infancy.
Winter scenes were ofen shot in one of a string of studios he owned across the country and in the U.S. Today, his 400,000 photographs, known as the Notman Collection, are housed at the McCord Museum in Montreal.
In a new documentary from TVO's Masterworks series, Notman's Canada pieces together the life and legacy of this photographer extraordinaire, Thursday, January 22, at 10:00 p.m.
www.historysociety.ca /abo.asp?subsection=new&page=not   (174 words)

  
 Canada
Samuel Sykes and his family immigrated to Newmarket, Ontario, Canada circa 1855 where they were listed in the Canadian Censuses in 1871, 1881, and 1901.
Samuel, Caroline, Tolson, and Ada immigrated to Canada in 1882.
Helen Land is the daughter of Percy Land and the granddaughter of Elizabeth Sykes Land.
www.maggieblanck.com /Land/Canada.html   (5567 words)

  
 1856 Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
1856 Rules Clarifications and Amendments, Version 1.1 by Steve Thomas (Blackwater Station)
1856 Rules: Observations and Clarifications compiled by Lou Jerkich
1856 Carper Variant (by Jon Carper) - add one #6 and one #59 tile.
home.earthlink.net /~gamecorner/lgc1856.html   (92 words)

  
 Loss of City of Boston, Halifax to Liverpool, 1870
The indications, both in Europe and here, are strongly in support of the belief that the usually westerly winds have been considerably modified during the past Winter, and the steamship thus subjected to still greater delay.
It is evident that the defense proposes to prove the truth of the alleged libel.
Charles Tupper, the President of the Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada, was a passenger on the lost steamer on her last trip from New-York to Halifax.
www.theshipslist.com /ships/Wrecks/cityofboston1870.htm   (6866 words)

  
 Descendants of John Thomas Graves and Martha Belfer of Scotland, Canada & IN
OF SCOTLAND, CANADA and IN John Thomas Graves (1) was born in Scotland, and died about 1856 in Canada.
(2) was born 3 Dec. 1854 in Toronto, Canada, died 26 Nov. 1931 in Roundup, MT, and was buried in Nov. 1931 in Roundup.
She was born 28 Dec. 1889 in Good Harbor, MI, died 9 Jan. 1988 in Kendallville, IN, and was buried in Jan. 1988 in Albion, IN.
www.gravesfa.org /gen358.htm   (595 words)

  
 Masson Family in Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
the sons of James and Mary immigrated to West Garafraxa, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada in 1856.
Her family immigrated to the Elora area of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada in 1854.
In the 1901 Canada Census, all the above people were still living at home on the farm in West Garafraxa.
hometown.aol.com /portlandduree/MassonFamily.html   (492 words)

  
 Family of Ed Nelson HOOPLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
HOOPLE (JOHN H. was born in 1830 in Ontario, CANADA, and died in 1860 in Stormont, Ontario, CANADA.
He married ELIZABETH ADAMS on 29 May 1855 in Eastern District, Ontario, CANADA, daughter of JOSEPH ADAMS and SARAH WOOD.
She was born about 1831 in Ontario, CANADA, and died after 1871.
users.ap.net /~lancelot/gen/h89.html   (84 words)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Canada's Military
While most are for military service, some, such as the medal for officer of the Order of Canada, can be awarded to a Canadian from any walk of life who exemplifies the highest qualities of citizenship.
The medal, for British and Commonwealth forces, was instituted Feb. 5, 1856.
So on Oct. 11, 1941, Canada's Governor General, the Earl of Athlone, announced a badge to distinguish medically unfit volunteers from those who hadn't volunteered.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/cdnmilitary/medals.html   (613 words)

  
 Cybergolf Canada
To many of those interested in the field of golf course architecture, stating that Canada has influenced the profession may seem rather odd, considering that the country is not the first you think of when thinking of golf.
C.B. McDonald was born in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 1856.
Of the top 100 courses in Canada, Thompson has an unprecedented 17 courses on the list, double the number of his nearest rival.
www.cybergolf.com /region.asp?regionID=10&newsID=1912   (676 words)

  
 1856   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
1856 is Mayfair Games' version of the critically acclaimed 18XX railroad game system for lower Canada, including the upper reaches of the St. lawrence River, and the Toronto to Detriot area fo southern Ontario.
Players use their initial money to capitalize railroad companies, which can in turn build track, buy locomotives, and generate income.
1856 is personally endorsed and approved by Francis Tresham, the designer of 1829, upon which 1856 is based.
www.mayfairgames.com /mfg-shop/0450-0479/qps/0472.html   (211 words)

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