"Early Ontario Settlers" by Crowder

A book for Ontario Descendant genealogy research.  If you are doing family history research and don't know where you family went during or right after the Revolution War.  Then you may want to take a look through this book.  It pretty much list out all The Butlers Rangers families & other Loyalist that went to Canada in the late 1783 - 1789.

My Van Valkenburg/Vollicks, Kiltz, Cooke, Hainer, Garter & Warner.

The Index in this book is wonderful.  Saves alot of time since it's done so well.

Who will you find in here?

Haldimand County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

Welcome to the Haldimand County Branch,
Ontario Genealogical Society

You're Invited.

Tuesday June 4, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.
Haldimand County Museum and Archives
Open House and
Announcement of Haldimand County Branch
receiving grant from The Ontario Trillium Foundation
more information

Founded in 1991, the Haldimand County Branch is a non-profit organization for people with a shared interest in genealogical and family history for people in the County of Haldimand. We are located on the north shore of Lake Erie.

We assist people whose ancestors were residents in Dunnville, Canborough, Moulton, North Cayuga, South Cayuga, Oneida, Sherbrooke, Rainham, Seneca, and Walpole Townships.

The Haldimand Branch

• offers assistance to individuals interested in learning about how to research their family tree.
• publishes and sells transcriptions for cemeteries in Haldimand County.
• compiles and sells obituaries, death notices, memorial cards, death registrations.
• has regular branch meetings with guest speakers
• has research information on census, family trees, books on marriages, War of 1812 and more.

This web-site is owned and operated by Haldimand County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.
© 2006 - 2013 Haldimand County Branch, OGS

You have Ancestors that died in Ontario?

ocfa@islandnet.com 

You might find your family here?

Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia

Haldimand County Museum & Archives (Cayuga, Ontario)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     

The Haldimand County Museum & Archives, located at 8 Echo Street in Cayuga, Ontario,Canada, is a museum that preserves and makes accessible evidence of the history ofHaldimand County. Artifacts related to Haldimand County, from its precivilization^{[citation needed]}beginnings to the 20th century, are restored and displayed in the museum galleries and grounds. The current curator is Karen Richardson.

First Nation War Memorial in Canada

From: Wikipedia see link

Haldimand County

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Haldimand is a rural city-status single-tier municipality (but called a county) on the 

Niagara Peninsula inSouthern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River.

 Municipal offices are located in Cayuga.

History 

Haldimand's history has been closely associated with that of the neighbouring Norfolk County.

Haldimand was first created as a county in 1800, from a portion of Norfolk.

 It was named after the governor of theProvince of Quebec Sir Frederick Haldimand.

In 1844 the land was surrendered by Six Nations to the Crown in an agreement that was

signed by the vast majority of Chiefs in the Haldimand tract^{[citation needed]}.

 The two counties were separate until 1974, when they were reunited as the 

Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

In 2001, the counties were separated again, but the lower-tier municipalities

from the former Haldimand-Norfolk were merged into two single-tier municipalities.

 Although they both retained the name "county" for historical reasons, each is

 governed as a single municipality without lower-tier governments.

Haldimand was formed through the amalgamation of the former

Towns of Haldimand and Dunnville, and the eastern half of the City of Nanticoke.

Beginning in February 2006, a land dispute by native protesters began near Caledonia over a 

housing development being built on the outskirts of town,

which members of the nearby Mohawk Six Nations people claim is rightfully their land.

Communities 

The main towns in Haldimand are Jarvis, Hagersville, Caledonia, Cayuga and Dunnville.

 Part of the Six Nations Reserve is in Haldimand County, but not within its jurisdiction.

 Most of Haldimand is agricultural land, although some heavy industry, including

the Nanticoke Generating Station, is located here.

Smaller communities within the municipality are Attercliffe Station, Balmoral,

 Bodri Bay, Brookers Bay, Byng, Canborough, Canfield, Cheapside, Clanbrassil,

 Crescent Bay, Decewsville, Empire Corners, Featherstone Point, Fisherville, Garnet,

Hoover Point, Kohler, Little Buffalo, Lowbanks, Moulton, Mount Carmel, Mount Healy, 

Nanticoke, Nelles Corners, Peacock Point, Port Maitland, Rainham Centre, Selkirk,

Sims Lock, South Cayuga, Springvale, Stromness, Sweets Corners, Townsend,

 Willow Grove, Woodlawn Park and York.

The ghost towns of Cranston, Dufferin, Erie, Indiana Lambs Corners, Lythmore,

Sandusk, Upper, Varency, are also located within Haldimand.

Historic townships 

Haldimand County area 284,817 acres (1,153 km²) was formed from part of the land grant to the Six Nations in 1783. The County was purchased by treaty and opened for general settlement in 1832. It was first settled by white veterans of Butler's Rangers established there by Joseph Brant. A large number of Germans were among the first settlers.

·         Canborough, area 21,586 acres (87 km²). Granted in 1794 by Joseph Brant to John Dochstader of Butler's Rangers. Purchased by Benjamin Canby in 1810 for 5,000, he named the village-site "Canborough. Community centre: Canborough, Darling and it touches Dunnville

·         Dunn, area 15,122 acres (61 km²). Opened for settlement in 1833. Community centre: Dunnville

·         Moulton, area 27,781 acres (112 km²). Landowner Henry John Boulton named the township from the Boulton family seat in England.

·         North Cayuga, area 32,825 acres (133 km²).

·         Oneida, area 32,598 acres (132 km²). Joseph Brant granted a 999 year lease of part of Oneida and Seneca townships to Henry Nelles, of Butler's Rangers and his sons, Robert, Abraham, William, Warner and John. Community centres were: Caledonia, Dufferin and Hagersville.

·         Rainham, area 25,705 acres (104 km²) Community centres: Balmoral, Selkirk, Rainham Centre and Fisherville.

·         Seneca, area 41,721 acres (169 km²). Community centres: York and Caledonia

·         Sherbrooke, area 5,098 acres (21 km²), the smallest township in Ontario. Opened in 1825 and named from Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, a Governor-General of Canada. The Township was granted by the Indians to William Dickson (a lawyer) as a professional fee. Community centres: Stromness and Port Maitland.

·         South Cayuga, area 13,293 acres (54 km²). Community centre: Cayuga

·         Walpole, area 66,213 acres (268 km²). Community centres were: Hagersville, Jarvis, Selkirk, Cheapside and Nanticoke.

Source: Province of Ontario -- A History 1615 to 1927 by Jesse Edgar Middleton & Fred Landon, copyright 1927, Dominion Publishing Company, Toronto

Connection of Van Valkenburg Line

The DNA results for a Tree that matches on the 
Van Valkenburg family line.

Shared Ancestor Hint

Isaac Vollick VanValkenburg

5th great-grandfather

&

Anna Maria Warner

5th great-grandmother

Catharina Van Valkenburg Vollick4th great-grandmother

Dorothy Hainer3rd great-grandmother

*John Putman2nd great-grandfather

William PutmanGreat-grandfather

George Byron PutmanGrandfather

Etta M PutmanMother

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cornelius Vollick4th great-grand uncle

Mathias Vollick1st cousin (5x removed)

Catherine Vollick2nd cousin (4x removed)

Franklin M. Fenwick3rd cousin (3x removed)

Catherine Ann Fenwick4th cousin (2x removed)

xxxxxxxxxxx5th cousin (1x removed)

Lake Erie Ship Wrecks

In seeking out one of my ancestors origins there was a ship wreck in Lake Erie spoke of. 

Finding out such information based in fact has been very difficult.  

There are several Lake Erie shipwreck web sites to use:  

http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/

http://www.alcheminc.com/shipwrck.html

http://www.shipwreckworld.com

http://www.ohioshipwrecks.org/Shipwrecks.php

http://www.lakeerieimprovement.org/shipwrecks/

http://seagrant.psu.edu/education/stear/SHIPWRECKS%20Lost.pdf

Great Lakes Shipwrecks

greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/files/m.htm

http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/famous-gls.html

Enjoy the information & Good Luck!
You have to check them out and see if you can gain information for yourself.

George Kiltz Ontario Loyalist Descendant

Johann Kiltz b. 30 May 1732 in Henau, Kirchberg, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany  

  d. 15 Dec 1808 in Manheim Twp, Herkimer, New York

& m. 2 Sep 1760 in Palatine, Montgomery, New York  

Maria Catharina Hiltz

b. 1743 in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York

d.03 Aug 1780 in Manheim Twp, Herkimer, New York 

Their son

 George Kiltz 

Birth 07 Mar 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York  

Death 27 Aug 1868 in Crowland, Lincoln, Ontario  

& m

Mary Catherine Carter

b.11 MAR 1782 in German Flats, Herkimer County, New York, U.S.  

d. unknown

Kilts Family in Canada from Herikermer County, NY

In working on my Marilla Cohns/Cook line I have acquiesced to that her last name was Cook not Cohn.  So I will follow to see if this will bring me True results.  I am in the gathering stage of this line of my research.

Using Family Search.org & Ancestry.com so far I have been able to find Marilla's mother Catherine Kilts, her siblings & parents listed with documentation in Family Search.  Having the correct dates was paramount to this success.



Now I have her father George Kilts & Mother Mary Catherine Carter/Garter

Children as follows:

                                Catherine          b. 1801
                                Elizabeth           b. 1802
                                 Peter                 b. 1803
                                 Susan                b. 1805
                                Betsy                 b. 1806
                               Nicholas             b. 1807
                                  Sarah Ann       b. 1809
                                  Miarah             b. 1811
                                 Nancy               b. 1813
                                 George              b. 1819

In Family Search I also found marriages & death dates for some of them.  Then I went on over to Ancestry.com made a new tree to cluster.  Entered In George Sr. first then his wife Mary Catherine Carter [I believe it's Carter not Garter].  Then with the leaf  popup
 I saw a tree that listed most of the children.  I used that to quickly add in the childrens names & dates.  After I then entered in the other know facts of the missing children.  10 children which includes Mariah that lived about 1 year.

There are so many ways to quickly add in your tree.  But please check the sources to avoid time consuming editing.  When I use Ancestry to add to my trees I check the tree out first.  I look at all the sources.  I want to be certain that I can back up what I am using.  I will never stop saying verify, verify.

Next I will scour through the message boards.  To glean what other info is out there on the Kilts Family.  I will also check on Google to see if there are other trees.  To look for the descendants of the Kilts.


                              

Web Sites with Grave Stone Information Including Canada

Of course I start off with  www. Find A Grave

then there is  www.Interment.net 

On the USA gov. level http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/



Also now there's A Billion Graves

I have also found typing in the Grave yard/cemetery name someone may have done a project and have a seperate web site or blog for the place.

Genforum is a volunteer state to state county to county source. Every area is different You just might be the lucky one. Or even become inspired to go out and help others .  


In Ontario there is :   http://ocfa.islandnet.com/

For Canada  Great News  and looks like more volunteers are needed

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