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 Descendants of James Crooks and Jane Cummings
Jane was born in 1842 in Dundas, Ontario.
Emma was born 1 Sept 1846 in Woolwich, Ontario and died 22 Nov 1865.
Jessie was born 1 Oct 1850 in Woolwich, Ontario, twin to Jasper.
www.chidlow.com /crooks_descendants.htm   (996 words)

  
 Woolwich biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolwich (pronounced 'Woolitch') is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river.
It was home to the Woolwich Dockyard (founded in 1512), the Woolwich Arsenal (dating back to 1671) and the Royal Military Academy (1741); it still retains an army base and military museum.
Woolwich foot tunnel is also available for use by pedestrians at any time.
woolwich.biography.ms   (370 words)

  
 Letson Decendants - pafg03.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Joseph Letson was born on 19 Mar 1853 in Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Elizabeth Letson (William, Daniel) was born on 16 Dec 1828 in Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Julia Ann Letson (William, Daniel) was born on 10 Jul 1835 in Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
www.auracom.com /drawls/letsondec/pafg03.htm   (688 words)

  
 Woolwich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolwich is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river.
It was home to the Woolwich Dockyard (founded in 1512), the Woolwich Arsenal (dating back to 1671), the Royal Military Academy (1741) and the Royal Horse Artillery (1793); it still retains an army base and the Royal Artillery Museum.
David Sheppard, former England cricket captain, was bishop of Woolwich from 1969 to 1975.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/Woolwich.htm   (513 words)

  
 all about Woolwich Goat Cheese on The Worldwide Gourmet
Woolwich Dairy, Canada's leading and largest goat cheese producer, has been manufacturing award-winning goat cheese since 1983.
The family later moved to Ontario, Canada, where his mother purchased a goat farm in Grand Valley.
Now located in Orangeville, Ontario, Woolwich goat cheese carries on the rich family tradition.
www.theworldwidegourmet.com /cheeses/goat/woolwich.htm   (164 words)

  
 Elmira, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The town of Elmira, Ontario is the largest community within the Township of Woolwich in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is located 15 km to the north of the city of Waterloo.
This may have been a factor in the decision of Woolwich Township council on February 22, 1853 to rename the community as Elmira.
Like most of the township, the primary settlers in the Elmira area were Mennonites, who still form a significant population today.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elmira,_Ontario   (282 words)

  
 Woolwich Healthy Communities - Web Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition: The Coalition supports Healthy Communities all over Ontario through a number of key initiatives at the local, regional and provincial level.
Region of Waterloo: The region in which Woolwich Township is located.
Woolwich Township Libraries: Information about the libraries in Bloomingdale, Elmira and St. Jacobs.
www.woolwichhealthycommunities.org /links.htm   (156 words)

  
 Woolwich Dairy - Goat Cheeses
This is a story of a family owned and operated business which started back in Europe when Tony Dutra's mother, Adozinda, supplied goat cheese to her village in Portugal.
After years of aggressive marketing and creating many successful new brands including Gourmet Goat, Madame Chevre and Goat Brie, Woolwich Dairy and the Dutra's are poised to lead the specialty cheese industry by providing the finest selection of goat's milk cheeses available in North America.
Located in Orangeville, Ontario, our federally inspected production facility is a 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art cheese factory on 3 acres of land.
www.foodingredientsonline.com /ecommcenters/woolwich.html   (393 words)

  
 The Royal Winter Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Ontario Farm Animal Council is a nonprofit educational organization that provides accurate information about modern animal agriculture production.
You will find out about some of the history, some ways corn can be used in the classroom, the many products that corn can be found in, a corn quiz, corn production, corn and the environment, links to other interesting areas and more.
Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. provides curriculum-based resources on agriculture and food topics for teachers to use with students in the classroom.
www.royalfair.org /rwf_info/teachers04.html   (441 words)

  
 Regions of Ontario: UXBRIDGE - WOOLWICH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ontario's provincial tree is the Eastern White Pine.
As it can grow in many types of soils, it is found all over Ontario.
Our present-day community is nestled between Ontario and Michigan at the mouth of the St. Clair River.
www.geocities.com /p_taggett/towns6.html   (593 words)

  
 Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse: Stroke Prevention Initiative -- The burden of stroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A broad cross-section of people from across the township formed the Woolwich Healthy Communities Planning Committee, to plan a ‘Visioning Day’.The Planning Committee wanted to bring people together from all areas of Woolwich to think about what makes a community healthy and share what they would like their communities to be.
Woolwich Township boasts 8 trails totalling approximately 77 kilometres.
The report is a snapshot of Woolwich Township's traditions, activities, and lifestyles with the use of stories, comments, pictures, and surveys.
www.preventstroke.ca /public/pres_prev/practices.html   (1536 words)

  
 Woolwich Healthy Communities - Working Groups - Woolwich Trails   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Woolwich Trails Group promotes hiking and biking in the Township for the purpose of transportation and recreation.
Woolwich Township boasts 8 trails totalling approximately 77 kilometres (see a map).
The group also distributes the Woolwich Trails booklet with maps and descriptions of all the local trails.
www.grandconnections.com /woolwich/trails_group.htm   (284 words)

  
 Fire Protection Services in the Township of Woolwich, Ontario, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolwich Fire Department was formed in 1990 by amalgamating the existing 5 stations (Elmira, St.Jacobs, Maryhill, Conestogo, and Floradale).
These include the Fire Dept responding to motor vehicle accidents when the vehicle at fault is not a Woolwich resident.
The Emergency Plan for the Township of Woolwich can be found here in.pdf format.
www.township.woolwich.on.ca /community/services_fire.html   (334 words)

  
 Woolwich Healthy Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolwich Healthy Communities is a not-for-profit rural community initiative which works to improve our environment, economy and society.
The initiative involves citizens from all walks of life in the Township of Woolwich in South-Western Ontario, Canada.
The members of Woolwich Healthy Communities worked together to come up with a set of nine Guiding Principles designed to aid in making decisions that will affect the community.
www.grandconnections.com /woolwich   (109 words)

  
 Elmira   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elmira, Ontario, unincorporated place within the township of Woolwich, pop pop 18 201 (2001c), 17 325 (1996c), area 325.99 km
Now part of the Township of Woolwich, Elmira achieved town status in 1923 but disappeared as a legal corporation with the inauguration of Waterloo Regional Government in 1973.
Elmira is also a major service centre for the large Mennonite community in the surrounding countryside.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0002586   (148 words)

  
 Sprawl-Busters ~ Newsflash Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One vote on the Woolwich Township Council made all the difference in one of the community's most devisive battles in recent history.
Without the signature of the city of Waterloo, the agreement that Woolwich officials have signed with Wal-Mart's developer is worthless.
The Woolwich council has voted to permit a zoning change and an amendment to the official plan--all tailor made for Wal-Mart.
www.sprawl-busters.com /search.php?readstory=49   (360 words)

  
 Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee and Archives | Home page for mcusa-archives.org
It is entitled "The Map of Woolwich Township" - this was part of the Germany Company Tract of Woolwich, which included 86,078 acres of land and which was originally conveyed to William Wallace by the Canadian government in 1798.
The location of the plots on the east side of the map are considerably different than on the Christian King and Eby Family original maps.
The plots on the east side of the map is similar to the Abraham Reist original handdrawn map.
www.mcusa-archives.org /personal_collections/Hartzler-Harold.html   (1409 words)

  
 AJAX - BURLINGTON: Regions of Ontario, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ontario's flag is red with the Union Jack in the top left corner reflecting the relationship with Great Britain.
Ontario's Shield located on the right side is the shield displays the cross of St. George on the top and again denotes the provinces ties with Great Britain.
Located on the north-west shore of Lake Ontario, Burlington is one of many communities that make up the Golden Horseshoe on the Niagara Peninsula.
www.geocities.com /p_taggett/towns.html   (621 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Waterloo, Ontario Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
with Waterloo in red.]] The City of Waterloo, Ontario is the smallest of the tri-cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener.
The City of Waterloo, Ontario is the smallest of the tri-cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the larger city of Kitchener.
Kitchener and Waterloo are often jointly referred to as Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W), or the Twin Cities, although they have separate municipal governments.
www.ipedia.com /waterloo__ontario.html   (779 words)

  
 American Trails
Woolwich Trails Group works for trails in the township 150 kilometres west of Toronto: http://www.grandconnections.com/woolwich/trails_group.htm
Hike Ontario represents the interests of walkers and hikers in the province of Ontario, Canada, and includes 21 hiking clubs and trail building associations: http://www.hikeontario.com/hikershome.html
The Cataraqui Trail is in Eastern Ontario follows the 104 km former CN Railway line from Strathcona near Napanee to Smiths Falls; the four season trail is for hikers, cyclists, equestrians, snowmobilers, and cross-country skiers: http://www.rideau-info.com/cattrail/index.html
www.americantrails.org /resources/statetrails/Ontariostate.html   (629 words)

  
 Ryan's 'SWEET MAPLE' Syrup in Forest Ontario Canada, selling maple syrup
Hence, maple syrup country was that where hard maples grew numerously: parts of present Maritimes, Southern Quebec and Ontario, upstate New York, New England, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The making of the syrup and sugar was and is a North American activity based primarily on the native deciduous forests spread broadly throughout eastern Canada.
Today, especially in Southern Quebec and in eastern Ontario, maple syrup and maple sugar continue to add their flavour (literally) to a distinctive Canadian farm-and-bush industry.
www.sweetmaple.ca   (566 words)

  
 Woolwich - Woolwich Observer :: Observer Online (www.woolwichobserver.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolwich recruitment - Regularly updated local jobs in Woolwich and local recruitment agencies in Woolwich.
The Woolwich Free Ferry was opened on 23 March 1889 by the 'London County Council' (LCC).
Woolwich Dock and Parklands is located in the suburb of Woolwich, on the Hunters Hill peninsula
www.byindex.com /?q=woolwich   (452 words)

  
 On the Trail of Our Ancestors/Almost Canadian
This story is related with the hopes that someone reading it may ultimately trace their Canadian lineage back to Lancaster County, PA. This article is quoted in its entirety.
One of the inducements to procure subscriptions was that the subscriber would receive a deed to an area of land out of the unsold portion of the tract.
In the settlement of his estate, it appears that these three tracts were sold to his second cousin David W. Brubaker, a great-grandson of his great-aunt Eve Wenger, who married Henry Weaver.
www.ristenbatt.com /genealogy/menn_sto.htm   (793 words)

  
 Waterloo 76
, 21, Woolwich, Woolwich, d/o Elias and Susanna, witn Menno BAUMAN and Susanna SCHNEIDER of Woolwich, 5 November 1876 in Waterloo.
, 22, Ontario, Pilkington Twp, d/o Wendelin and Catharine, witn Andrew SEIFRIED of Woolwich Twp and Rosina ROTH of Waterloo Twp, 1 September 1876 in New Germany.
, 19, Woolwich, Elmira, d/o Solomon and Elisabeth Emma, witn Reuben WINGER and Susanna WEBER of Elmira, 20 December 1876 in Waterloo.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~maryc/water76.htm   (8114 words)

  
 Eli Schrock Family
There is a record in the Waterloo County courthouse at Kitchener, Ontario that shows his estate sold 2 Roods, 14 Perches of land (1 perch =.5875 acres) to Jonas Wenger.
Three of his children (Joseph, Susan and Eli) record in the 1880 US Census that their father was born there, and son John and daughter Mary Berkey stated in the 1910 US Census that their father was born in Pennsylvania.
Sarah Shrock was born April 3, 1837, and is the oldest child of Eli and Magdalena Shrock of Ontario.
www.bibleviews.com /schrock.html   (8099 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Province of Ontario Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
We had a total of 60 outings for breakfast, lunch, tea and supper while we were in Ontario.
The main menu is already so much food that you probably won't be able to eat it all otherwise.
When the chain first opened in the early 1980s the decor has a distinct alpine wannabe feel and the servers dressed in odd outfits that were meant to look like traditional Swiss costume.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/Canada/Province_of_Ontario/Restaurants-Province_of_Ontario-BR-1.html   (1846 words)

  
 Fuhry.htm
, and died November 02, 1870 in Waterloo County Ontario.
Jacob Fuhry ran a Hotel in both Morriston and Guelph.His wife Catherine is the sister of Alex Ochs who built the hotel in Morriston on Lot#5,of the Ochs survey between 1851 and 1861.
1853, and died February 13, 1926 in Woolwich Township, Ontario, Canada.
puslinch.bravepages.com /Fuhry.htm   (302 words)

  
 CURRICULUM VITAE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Developing Indicators for Woolwich Healthy Communities,Ê presented to the Annual Conference of the Ontario Public Health Association, November 7-9 2001, Kitchener, Ontario.
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, editor, Inspiring Change: Healthy Cities and Communities in Ontario.
Woolwich Township State of the Community Report (with Woolwich Sustainable Communities and Nina Bailey) St. Jacob's: Woolwich Healthy Communities June, 1999 50 pages
www.fes.uwaterloo.ca /ers/faculty/cv2004wismer.htm   (1642 words)

  
 Sprawl-Busters ~ Newsflash Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
we narrated the story of the town of Woolwich, Ontario, where local officials, by one vote, gave Wal-Mart a green light to rezone land for a superstore.
The Waterloo Council voted 4-4 on August 17th on the subject of services to the project, and then Mayor Joan McKinnon broke the tie by weighing in against the project.
There are other options." But to most residents in Woolwich, it looks like Wal-Mart finally met its much-deserved Waterloo.
www.sprawl-busters.com /search.php?readstory=63   (298 words)

  
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