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  Sir William Pearce Howland - Canadian Confederation
William Pearce Howland's Quaker ancestors settled in New England in the early 17th century.
Howland was educated in Kinderhook, New York, and he moved to Upper Canada in 1830 after living for a time on Carleton Island in the St. Lawrence River.
Howland soon added imperial honours to this list of achievements, as he was appointed to the Privy Council and made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2434-e.html   (492 words)

  
 William Pearce Howland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy.
In 1857, Howland became Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, Postmaster General and Minister of Finance.
Howland was appointed Ontario's second Lieutenant Governor in 1868 and served until 1873.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Pearce_Howland   (288 words)

  
 History of Klienburg
William Pearce Howland held numerous prestigious positions in his lifetime: a minister in the first Dominion cabinet of Canada; the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1868 to 1873, and Postmaster General of Canada in 1867.
William Pearce’s sons held the position of mayor in Toronto; William Holmes held the position from 1886 to 1887 and Oliver A. from 1901 to 1902.
The mills owned by the Howland family, however, were not the only mills responsible for the growth of the community.
www.city.vaughan.on.ca /tourism/history/kleinburg.cfm   (900 words)

  
 Descendants of William Hilliard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Henry BAILEY was born in 1841 and died on 12 OCT 1929 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.
William Douglass COREY was born in 1867 and died in ?.
William Harold MINER was born on 4 MAR 1889 in Auburn, RI and died in JAN 1981 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA Matthew George FULLER was born on 7 JAN 1838 in Charlemont, Franklin Co., MA and died in ?.
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 Pearce, George Delavan
PEARCE was born at New Hartford, Oneida county, New York, January 26, 1832.
Nathan PEARCE was a minister of the Baptist church.
William, father of the subject, was born June 15, 1784, in Dutchess county, New York.
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 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
By 1849 Howland had achieved such prominence among the reformers that he was chosen, along with George Brown* and Connell James Baldwin*, to present an address of support to Governor Lord Elgin [Bruce*] in Montreal immediately after the riots protesting the passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill.
Howland was one of the handful of Toronto professional or business figures, mainly Brown supporters, who were charged with the direction of the Reform Alliance, the organizational body set up to give the party structure.
Howland was a member of the finance committee formed at the convention and, with Brown, William McDougall, Oliver Mowat, Donald McDonald*, and others, mainly from Toronto, he was named to the Constitutional Reform Association, which first met on the final day of the gathering.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40912&query=howland   (2253 words)

  
 William Holmes Howland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Holmes Howland (1844-1893) was Mayor of Toronto from 1886 to 1887.
Howland campaigned for morality, religion and reform with the support of the Municipal Reform Association and is elected by a margin of 1900 votes.
Howland's father was Sir William Pearce Howland, the only American born Father of Confederation.
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WILLIAM WILBORE, cousin of Samuel Wilbore of Boston and descendant of John, Joseph, Nicholas, and maybe Thomas Wilbore, was born about 1630 in Braintree, Essex County, England, and died in Portsmouth, RI, in 1710.
WILLIAM TABER LAVARE was born in Westport, MA, on May 31, 1823, and died in an accident in Fairhaven, MA, January 26, 1899.
WILLIAM TABER LAVARE JR was born April 26, 1859, in New Bedford, and died January 3, 1947, in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard.
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 Howland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sir William Pearce Howland was born at Paulings in New York State of the United States of America on May 29, 1811, the second son of Johnathan Howland and Lydia Pearce.
The copy of the autobiography of William Howland previously belonged to the Honourable Leslie M. Frost.
Sir William Howland as dictated by him in 1906, with 12 appendices and a family tree.
www.trentu.ca /library/archives/77-1020.htm   (373 words)

  
 Fathers of Confederation
William Howland was born at Paulings, New York, May 29, 1811.
Howland argued that eastern reformers like Tilley would be in the federal cabinet, that liberals in Canada West had been asked not to desert their comrades, and that he himself would continue to cooperate with Macdonald.
In spite of the lack of official party support, Howland was elected, was created a C.B. and was made minister of inland revenue.
crl.library.ns.ca /amhersthistory/howland.htm   (339 words)

  
 Descendants - pafg130.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Alice SIMMONS (William SIMMONS, William SIMMONS, Mercy PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 13 Mar 1722/1723 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI.
Isaac SIMMONS (William SIMMONS, William SIMMONS, Mercy PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 24 Feb 1724/1725 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI.
Aaron SIMMONS (William SIMMONS, William SIMMONS, Mercy PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 24 Mar 1735/1736 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI.
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 Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en ligne
Howland montra aussi sa trempe en soutenant la vision que Macdonald avait de la Confédération, même s’il savait, semble-t-il, que cet appui affaiblirait ses liens avec les réformistes, et surtout avec les partisans de Brown.
L’auteur remercie l’honorable William Howland, de Toronto, petit-fils de sir William Pearce Howland, de lui avoir donné accès à l’arbre généalogique de la famille Howland en sa possession.
William Ford Howland, son cousin, dactylographia son compte rendu en 1933 et apporta, semble-t-il, certains changements aux faits décrits.
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 Historic Plaques of Ontario
A prominent businessman and philanthropist, Howland was a leading reform politician and a father of Confederation.
A Father of confederation, William McDougall was born on a farm in this vicinity.
Originally conceived in 1818 by its promoter, William Hamilton Merritt, to divert trade from the Erie Canal and New York and built under private auspices, the canal was opened to traffic in 1829.
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 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
To curb its power over the lower house he suggested that each of the proposed provinces be allowed to appoint senators to fixed terms.
However, the expulsion may be an indication of his strength of character.
Westminster also rewarded Howland and McDougall for their support of confederation by appointing them to the Privy Council and by making each a cb on 1 July.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40912&query=howland   (2253 words)

  
 Movie Info for The Story of Temple Drake on MSN Movies
William Faulkner's bestseller Sanctuary was so taboo in some circles that Hollywood couldn't even use the title when making the first film version.
Called to testify in the murder trial by her former boyfriend (William Gargan), the prosecuting attorney, Temple not only confesses to Trigger's killing, but proclaims to one and all that she secretly enjoyed the rape.
Even though this hot material was considerably toned down from the novel (where the villain raped Temple with a corncob!), The Story of Temple Drake was one of many films responsible for incurring the wrath of the "clean up Hollywood" brigades--resulting in the restrictive Production Code of 1934.
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            Thomas Arnold (1740-1821) was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island to William Arnold (1718-1781) and Elizabeth (Rice) Arnold (b.
He married Sarah Pearce (1744-1808), daughter of Major Preserved and Sarah Pearce, in 1768.
Arnold was under the supervision of William Ellery, the Custom House Collector in Newport, and was responsible for keeping the daily record of all entries and clearances, supervising cargo lading, and collecting of certain fees.
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 Pane-Joyce Genealogy
On 22 Jun 1700 Susanna married Robert Dennis (15824), son of Robert Dennis (ca 1641/1645-5 Jun 1691) and Sarah Howland (5773) (ca 1645-2 Oct 1712), at Little Compton or Tiverton, MA.
On 13 or 25 Sep 1713 William married Deborah Church (31447), daughter of Joseph Church (20756) (14 Dec 1662-19 Dec 1715) and Grace Shaw (ca 1666-1 Mar 1737), at Little Compton, RI.
William and Deborah lived in the east part of Little Compton near the Dartmouth line.
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 Sixth Emeritus Faculty Lecture Honoring John Howland Rowe
By Hiram Bingham: (New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948).
William A. Lessa, Evon Z. Vogt (editors] pp.
The centennial record of the University of California, compiled and edited by Verne A. Stadtman and the Centennial Publications Staff, pp.
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 Portsmouth Families
Mary Pearce (1654 - 1736) and Thomas Brownell (1650 - 1732)
: Mary Pearce (1700 - 1755) and William Simmons (1699 - 1774)
: William Briggs (1684 - 1751) and Elizabeth Fobes (1683 - >1750)
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 Historical Plaques of Toronto
In 1828, William Wadsworth bought the mill rebuilt and operated the sawmill, 1830-1870 and built a larger grist mill in 1856.
In 1861, the mill suffered the fate of earlier mills and was destroyed by fire.
Though unsuccessful in its primary objective, the uprising, by forcing the issue of unrequited grievances against the dominant "Family Compact", contributed significantly to the legislative union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841 and to the establishment in Canada of responsible government.
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 William Sharp & Mary Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Dec 1841 NB William (Sharp) 11 Mar 1784 - 18 Nov 1866
1 William was Born 20 Jan 1661, Parish of Aberdeen, County of Aberdeen, Scotland, Christened 11 Oct 1661 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland.
William R. Sharp (the first) of the "Sharp Hill gang"
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 CanadaInfoLink is everything you wanted to know about Canada and canadian information about provinces, provincial ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
daughter and 2 sons with his first wife.William PearceÂ’s sons held the position of mayor in Toronto; William Holmes held the position from 1886 to 1887 and Oliver A. from 1901 to 1902.
Sir William Pearce Howland was born at Paulings in New York State on May 29, 1811.
Howland held numerous prestigious positions in his lifetime: a minister in the first Dominion cabinet of Canada; the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1868 to 1873, and Postmaster General of Canada in 1867.
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I am interested in him because I am filling in background on Westchester Loyalists trying to connect my ancestor William Pearce with the William (James, William, Richard) Pearce of Mackenzie's Families of Philipsburg who married Deborah Cock, she daughter of Josiah (James, James)Cock and Rebecca Frost.
That family of Pearces, according to MacKenzie, is descended fromWilliam (Richard) Pearce of R.I. who moved to L.I. in 1698/99.
William Oakley Stevens may have lived in the Southold area wehn he died in 1930.
www.longislandgenealogy.com /11981120.html   (9567 words)

  
 Mississauga Library System: Canadiana: Local Archives G-L
Sir William Pearce Howland, the only American born Father of Confederation, settled in Cooksville in 1830.
A plaque commemorating Howland was erected in Confederation Square, Cooksville and unveiled August 16, 1967.
Lyrics and music on tape and disk of "Mississauga," a song composed by Tommy Hunter; periodical clippings.
www5.mississauga.ca /library/history/Archg-l.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Historical Plaques Index
The Honourable William Earl Rowe 1894 - 1984 #20-Simcoe
Sir William Pearce Howland 1811 - 1907 #63-Toronto
Sir William James Gage 1849 - 1921 #20-Peel
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 The Story of Temple Drake (1933)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
LaRue stops her and starts to beat her but she shoots him and escapes.
Later the lawyer (William Gargan) calls her to the witness stand when an innocent man is charged with the killing she witnessed.
Based on William Faulkner's "Sanctuary," this pre-Code film skirts several issues but is amazingly frank and powerful in its storytelling.
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 Images - Canadian Confederation
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William Alexander Henry, Father of Confederation for Nova Scotia.
Source: Confederate Operations in Canada and New York, by John Headley, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2920.4-e.html   (60 words)

  
 Civil War Naval Officers
Acting Ensigns, William F. Dolliver, Isaac A. Abbott, Robert Morris, and Francis P. Stevens.
Acting Ensigns, William A. Purdie, Robert P. Boss, F. Deering, and Edward R. Westcott.
Acting Ensigns, William Lyddon, B. Chester, Charles Putnam, and Charles L. Crandall.
www.history.navy.mil /wars/cw/wgsquad1.htm   (1315 words)

  
 Bovina Families - 'Letter M' - Delaware County, NY
Mabon, William, Jr, son of William Mabon and Mina Cairns
Mabon, William Daniel, son of William Daniel Mabon and Anna Calhoun
McGibbon, William A, son of William McGibbon and Isabella Belfrage
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 Genealogy Data
Birth : 1 APR 1745 North Yarmouth,Cumberland,Me Howland, Isaac
Birth : 10 MAY 1747 North Yarmouth,Cumberland,Me Howland, Jeremiah
Birth : 26 JUL 1749 North Yarmouth,Cumberland,Me Howland, Betty
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