Chateauguay Valley Notary Records “The following information was collected by Gina Smith during her own family history research. Gina Smith is a professional genealogist who has access to both the National Archives of Canada and the Quebec National Archives. Except for the fact that the notaries listed below were located in Huntingdon, Chateauguay, and Beauharnois …
Author Archives: Kermit Murray
James Hargrave
More information on the reference to James Hargrave on the Thomas Genealogy page (see 2/10/2002 entry): See The letters of Letitia Hargrave p. 20. Mary, Margaret, George and Thomas Taylor were the children of Captain George Taylor (d. bef. 1838) and his “country wife,” Jane Prince (d. 1844). Mary Taylor was country wife of Chief …
Grierson
Herbert J.C. Grierson Yes, that Herbert Grierson. I wondered why someone called ‘John Clifford Grierson’ in my genealogy database went by Sir Herbert Grierson in ‘The Letters of Letitia Hargrave.’ Sir Grierson, as it turns out, was married to my third cousin thrice removed, born Mary Letitia Ogston. Mary Letitia Ogston is the daughter of …
Canada Tree
Canada Tree Volume 2 Issue 2 January 1995 “While doing some research on Cuthbert Grant recently, I had occasion to search through the Margaret MacLeod collection in the University of Manitoba Libraries Archives. The collected notes from The Letters of Letitia Hargrave make very interesting reading, especially if you are looking for individuals in the …
Hargrave Family Tree
I updated the Hargrave Family Tree file to add image files and remove people who are living but do not have birth year information. Some entries belonging to people who are obviously dead but don’t have birth year information were removed. I will put these back in the next update. -KKM
Donald Ross
– B.C. Archives MS-0635 Donald Ross Originals 1816-1876 87.5 cm Microfilm (neg.) 1816-1876 16mm 3 reels [A00831- A00833] Donald Ross was a fur trader at Norway House. The records consist of correspondence between Donald Ross and other Hudson’s Bay Company officials and employees, private correspondence between Ross and members of his family, and a variety …