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	Midland District, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The district was originally bounded to the east by a line running north from the mouth of the Gananoque River and to the west by a line running north from the mouth of the Trent River.
		In 1798, the district was reorganized to consist of the counties of:
		In 1849, the district was replaced by Frontenac and Lennox and Addington counties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midland_District,_Ontario (182 words)

	Upper Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upper Canada became a political entity on 26 December 1791 with the passage, in 1790, of the Constitutional Act by the Parliament of Great Britain.
		Upper Canada ceased to be a political entity with the Act of Union (1840), when, by an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, it was merged with Lower Canada to form the Province of United Canada.
		At Confederation in 1867, the Province of Canada was re-divided along the former boundary as the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Canada (1464 words)

	Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This measure substantially increased the population of Canada west of the St. Lawrence-Ottawa River confluence during this period, a fact recognized by the Constitutional Act of 1791, which split Quebec into The Canadas: Upper Canada southwest of the St. Lawrence-Ottawa River confluence, and Lower Canada east of it.
		In 1792, the four districts were renamed: Hesse became the Western District, Lunenburg became the Eastern District, Mecklenburg became the Midland District, and Nassau became the Home District.
		In 1849, the districts of southern Ontario were abolished by the Province of Canada and county governments took over certain municipal responsibilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario (3856 words)

	Linda Corupe UE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The original Mecklenburg, or Midland, District stretched from the Gananoque River to the Trent River, and was composed of the current counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward, and parts of Hastings, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Renfrew and the District of Nipissing.
		These original four districts were further divided in 1798, with the addition of the Johnstown District, the London District, the Newcastle District and the Niagara District.
		The revised Midland District now consisted of the current counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Hastings and Prince Edward, and parts of the current County of Renfrew and the current District of Nipissing (then Indian Lands).
	home.ica.net /~corupegla/meckmid.htm (287 words)

	Immigrants to Canada - 1834 Emigrants Handbook - Arrivals at Quebec
		In Upper Canada, and in the Townships of Lower Canada, the tenure of Lands is "Free and Common Soccage," as in England.
		McDouall, of Peterboro, for the Townships of Dummer, Belmont, Burleigh, Hervey, Verulam, Ops, Douro and Fenelon in the District of Newcastle.
		North side of the River St. Lawrence, and in the District and vicinity of Quebec, are the settlements of Beauport, Stoneham, Tewksbury, Valcartier and Jacques Cartier, Deschambault, and the settlement of Portneuf.
	ist.uwaterloo.ca /~marj/genealogy/emigrants1832.html (3123 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		In 1840 he was a commissioner for the revision of the statutes of Upper Canada, and, as reporter to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Canada West (still popularly called Upper Canada) from 1843 to 1846, he was responsible for inaugurating the Upper Canada Law Reports; he was appointed a qc in 1846.
		In 1860 he was elected treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and was called to the bar of Quebec in 1869.
		Canada was hard-hit because of her orgy of land and railway speculation during the early 1850s and a crop failure which coincided with the business crisis.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38996 (4590 words)

	Education In Upper Canada From 1783 To 1844
		In 1830, when the United Presbytery of Upper Canada petitioned the Legislature against appointing so many Anglicans as trustees of grammar schools, the only reply was that Anglicans had not always been appointed in classics was given ; in others even the elements of a common education were neglected.
		As years went on and the members of the Assembly came to really represent the people of Upper Canada, they were led to extend to all of the people such educational advantages as had been granted to a section of the people in 1807.
		By reason of the place of instruction being established at one end of the District, and the sum demanded for tuition, in addition to the annual compensation received from the public, most of the people are unable to avail themselves of the advantages contemplated by the institution.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles11/canada-education-2.shtml (4044 words)

	Larry & Susan Stitt's Web Page - pafg307 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Francis French was born in 1785 in of Kingston, Midland District, Ontario, Canada.
		Cyrus Albertson was born in 1838 in Ontario, Canada.
		Schyler Albertson was born in 1846 in Ontario, Canada.
	home.primus.ca /~lstitt/gdata/pafg307.htm (1007 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		He attended the Midland District Grammar School in 1827—28 and also a private co-educational school in Kingston where he was given a “classical and general” education which included the study of Latin and Greek, arithmetic, geography, English reading and grammar, and rhetoric.
		Canada would be run from the centre by people who had a genuine stake in the community.
		Canada, he told Gowan in July 1890, as a just punishment for ingratitude for the blessings that had been heaped upon it, was heading into trouble.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40370 (17674 words)

	Bank of Upper Canada
		Bank of Upper Canada, chartered 21 April 1821, commenced operations at York (Toronto) July 1822.
		It owed its origins to pressure from the commercial community, to close links with the FAMILY COMPACT, and to the local government's hope that a bank would provide it with sorely needed capital.
		During the REBELLIONS OF 1837, the bank annoyed local commercial interests and, partly as a result, the Commercial Bank of the Midland District expanded more rapidly in the 1840s.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000502 (207 words)

	Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
		Macdonald came to Kingston, Upper Canada [Ont.], with his parents when he was five years old.
		Macdonald was attorney general of Canada West from 1854 until 1867, except briefly in 1858 and 1862-64, when he was in opposition.
		Their aim was to unite the Province of Canada with the other British North American colonies, and to reorganize them as a confederation.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=J0004867 (1203 words)

	The Coys in Canada Chapter Eleven
		The word Canada referred mainly to the area now known as the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
		By 1814 Haffel enlisted with King George III’s navy at Chatham dockyard on the River Medway in Kent and arrived in Kingston sometime later to serve as an artificer in the Naval Department on the Lakes of Canada.
		Province of Upper Canada Tinsmith and Mary Powell his wife heiress at Law of Haffel Coy of the Same Town deceased.
	uk.geocities.com /suec_78/chapter11.htm (3406 words)

	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree @ www.sandisullivan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Upper Canada was then unknown or known only as a region of dense wilderness and swamps; of venomous reptiles and beasts of prey, of fierce and numerous Indian tribes, of intense cold in winter; and with no redeeming feature except abundance of game and fish.
		The British Commander of New York having found out that Upper Canada was capable of supporting a numerous population along the great river and the lakes, undertook to send colonies of Loyalists there.
		The petition of Elizabeth Laughlin of the Township of Ernestown, Midland District, humbly sheweth, That your petitioner is the daughter of Henry Davy of the township aforesaid, a United Empire Loyalist, that she is married to James Laughlin and has never received any land or order for land from the Crown.
	www.sandisullivan.com /Laughlen.htm (6959 words)

	Immigrants to Canada - 1834 Emigrants Handbook - NY to Canada
		Extensive tracts are surveyed and offered for sale in Upper Canada monthly, and frequently every ten or fourteen days by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at upset prices, varying according to situation from 10s.
		Stages are continually going from the ferry on the Canada side, to the City of the Falls and the town of Niagara, on Lake Ontario, from whence a Steamboat proceeds to york every day, except Sunday, at half past 12 o'clock.
		In almost every part of Upper Canada, west of Toronto, the New York Currency is more in use than the Halifax or Canada; that is, the York shilling is worth 1.5d.
	ist.uwaterloo.ca /~marj/genealogy/emigrants1834.html (2000 words)

	The Parish Register of Kingston 1785-1811 - PART 1
		Subsequently he secured a parish in Lower Canada, but an entry In the records of the Sessions of the Peace for the Midland District, under date of April 26, 1797, shows that it was ordered "that the sum of £11, 6, 3 be paid by the Treasurer to Mr.
		He was a J.P., and a member of the Land Board of Mecklenburg (and the Midland District) from its inception and of that of the County of Frontenac down to the time of its abolition.
		In the Upper Canada Gazette of July 10, 1794, he is mentioned as a Captain of Militia in the County of Lenox (Q Series, 280,1, p.246).
	my.tbaytel.net /bmartin/kingstn1.htm (19246 words)

	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree @ www.sandisullivan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		When he emigrated to Upper Canada in the 1780's he was a widower with two daughters, Eve and Catherine.
		His first wife died before he came to Upper Canada, He had two daughters Eve and Catherine by his first wife and he brought them to Ernestown, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada, with him.
		That your Lordship's Memorialist Being Married [to] Frederick Baker claims the Portion of land under the order of Council 9th of November 1789 And Humbly prays that two hundred acres of land may be assigned to her, as the Daughter of a Loyalist in the 8th Township.
	www.sandisullivan.com /Davy.htm (3890 words)

	Early History of the Glenora Ferry
		One can imagine that marine accidents were relatively common during the early years of settlement in Upper Canada with uncharted waters, flimsy craft and other difficulties but, as far as can be ascertained, McGuire was the first ferry owner at Glenora to have a fatal accident.
		Elsewhere in Upper Canada, dug out or log canoes were used for ferrying passengers and small amounts of freight between Windsor and Detroit.
		Henry Boulton was destined to become Attorney -General in Upper Canada in 1829 and had strong Family Compact connections and influence within the Executive Council.
	www.aandc.org /research/glenora_early.html (6433 words)

	Sidney Smith fonds
		John David Smith sat in the House of Assembly of Upper Canada of Durham from 1828 to 1830.
		In 1863, he resigned his seat in the Upper House, sought election to the assembly of the constituency of Victoria, was defeated and resigned from politics permanently.
		In 1866 he was appointed inspector of registry offices for Canada West, and continued in that position for the province of Ontario after Confederation.
	www.trentu.ca /library/archives/70-004.htm (666 words)

	Upper Canada Rebellion 1837: The End
		Director of the Bank of Upper Canada, 1822-1828 and, until 1833, when he became the Chief Justice of Newfoundland, the bank's lawyer at York.
		Represented Johnstown District in the House of Assembly.
		He was Immigration superintendent, Commissioner of Crown Lands, 1827-1836, Surveyor General of Woods in Upper Canada, Clergy Reserve Commissioner, Member of the Executive Council, 1823-1836, and the Legislative Council, 1829-1838.
	sg-chem.net /UC1838 (4508 words)

	William Trickey Pension Papers
		Gen Schuyler commander of the district returned to Warwick, Orange Co. _____ he _____ _____ _____ and was discharged after having served not less than six months.
		Samuel Miller of the Township of Fredericksburg in the Incorporated Counties of Lennox, and Addington in the Midland District and province of Upper Canada.
		Captain Henry Brewater's Company that they discharged at the same Saratoga that it was sometime after the middle of the war the exact time the deponent does not recollect-that he believes the said William Trickey to be at this time upwards of seventy years of age.
	members.tripod.com /~Randy_T/williamtpapers.html (761 words)

	Upper Canada Genealogy - Upper Canada Chronology
		Canada (constitutional) Act; Quebec is divided into Upper and Lower Canada with Upper Canada (now Ontario) containing all that land lying west of the Ottawa River, and Lower Canada (now Quebec) containing all the land lying east
		Act of the Upper Canada legislature states that all slave children born in Upper Canada after this time will be free at the age of 25
		Act of Union; Upper and Lower Canada become Canada West and East with an elected Assembly; District Councils are established to replace Courts of Quarter Sessions for administrative purposes
	www.uppercanadagenealogy.com /chronologyS.html#1811 (1872 words)

	Crown Land Records: Series RG 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Returns of lands sold and granted in Upper Canada in each year, 1823-35.
		Returns of lands sold and granted in Upper Canada in each year, 1839-33.
		Lands in Upper Canada, contents of each township of Crown and Clergy Reserves, quantity granted and vacant, 1838.
	www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/interloan/l-a-t.htm (564 words)

	Linda Corupe UE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Quarter Session Minutes of the Midland District (Frontenac, Hastings, P.E. and LandA counties), Volume 2 (1832-1840); A transcription of court cases, jury lists, tavern and ferry applications, road work approvals, land transactions, municipal business, etc.; includes many extracts from local newspapers; fully indexed; 456 pages.
		Quarter Session Minutes of the Midland District (Frontenac and LandA counties), Volume 3 (1841-1849); A transcription of court cases, jury lists, tavern applications, road disputes, municipal business, etc.; includes many extracts from local newspapers; fully indexed; 378 pages.
		Also included is the 1790 location registers for the district, giving lot and concession numbers for each settler.
	home.ica.net /~corupegla/midland.htm (250 words)

	PM Chronological Biograghy: Sir John Alexander Macdonald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Midland District Grammar School and John Cruickshank School, Kingston, Ontario
		Lawyer (called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1836)
		Joint Premier, Province of Canada, with Etienne-Paschal Tache 1856-1857, and with George-Etienne Cartier 1857-1858, 1858-1862
	www.frog.net /canada/pm/jamcb.html (83 words)

	Mezzanotte - Wiesee - Bauder - Forsell - pafn03 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the war was over the Loyalists who were in the American Colonies were treated very harshly and their lands were confiscated.
		Michael and his brothers emigrated to Upper Canada.
		Apparently he arrived in Upper Canada in 1784.
	www.greatnorthern.net /~thl/VFH/pafn03.htm (847 words)

	SECOND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He was a Shoemaker in 1851 in Murray Twp, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada.
		According to the Canada Militia: Nominal Rolls, Isaac held the rank of Ensign in the roll of the 1st Regiment, Hastings Co., Midland District, Upper Canada Militia in a record dated June 4 1818 (RG9 I B 2, vol.
		The Roll of Oct 8 1831 goes on to state that Lieutenant Stimers, now 43 years old was in the 2nd Company, Reserve Battalion with his brother Abraham (44), a private.
	webhome.idirect.com /~champign/stimers/d673.htm (192 words)

	DISTRICTS & COUNTIES - PROVINCE OF UPPER CANADA/CANADA WEST
		DISTRICTS and COUNTIES - PROVINCE OF UPPER CANADA/CANADA WEST
		Norfolk (transferred from Western District) 1800-1837 (transferred to Talbot District)
		MIDLAND Created in 1788 as Mecklenburg District, renamed in 1792, abolished in 1849
	www.hips.com /spoomcanada/Research/Census/Districts_counties.htm (394 words)

	Charles Hatfield Watson & Mary Laycock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		21 Mar 1897, Meaford, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
		26 May 1820, Portland Tp, Midland District, Ontario, Upper Canada
		5 Oct 1904, Meaford, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada
	home.cogeco.ca /~dcarney/RC1/WC01/WC01_021.HTM (46 words)

	Changing Shape of Ontario: 18th and 19th Century Southern Ontario Districts and Corresponding Counties
		Changing Shape of Ontario: 18th and 19th Century Southern Ontario Districts and Corresponding Counties
		Created in 1834 from Midland District, abolished in 1849
		Created in 1839 from Midland District, abolished in 1849
	www.archives.gov.on.ca /ENGLISH/exhibits/maps/districttable.htm (354 words)

	Inhabitants of Kingston, 1796, as transcribed from 'Kingston Before The War of 1812'.
		A Roll of the Inhabitants of the Midland District in the Province of Upper Canada Who Adhered to the Unity of the Empire and joined the Royal Standard in America Before The Treaty of Separation in the Year 1783.
		He was appointed Sheriff of the Midland District by Simcoe in 1792 and died in 1804.
		Danby, Christopher U.E. Dawson, James U.E. * James Dawson, a sergeant in the New York Militia, is listed "East District" in the U.E. List but he was in Kingston from 1793 to 1798 and also in 1809.
	my.tbaytel.net /bmartin/kingsbef.htm (1073 words)

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