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From: "Lauraine Syrnick" <>
Subject: Re: [SCOTS-IN-CANADA] Betty's New Lists (Quebec)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:07:11 -0600
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Hi Joan & Wayne:

There are some records of the earliest Lord Selkirk settlers (a ships list),
but not too sure about the ones in 1817. You did not giver a surname which
would be helpful. Believe there were some early census or at least lists on
the people in the settlement. Please post the surname and will do a looksee
for you.

Problems between the Norwesr Fur Co. & Hudson Bay had some settlers going to
Ont. Lots of books and history on all this. However 1780ish sounds more
like someone involved in the fur trade perhaps settling in Ont. (Upper
Canada). 1780's might even suggest a loyalist connection and thinking on it
suggests Lower Canada. One site with some hisgtorical information from
1790's is:

http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/upper.html

Cda West was not split into Upper (Ont) and Lower (Quebec) until about
1791! - note am not sure of these dates.

Lauraine


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan & Wayne Wilton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [SCOTS-IN-CANADA] Betty's New Lists (Quebec)


> My Scots part of the family were Selkirk settlers to Manitoba and who
> trickled into Ontario from there beginning c 1817. Dad's family came into
> the Niagara region beginning c 1780ish. I'd hoped to find some immigration
> info on the lists but I now think it was too early for Canadian records.
> You do a good job with your lists so keep up the good work. Have a great
> day,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betty" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [SCOTS-IN-CANADA] Betty's New Lists (Quebec)
>
>
>> Hi Joan,
>>
>> Thank you for thinking of me. Yes, I started that List last February,
>> and
>> we average about 280 subscribers.
>>
>> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. Last week I started up another new List. I haven't had time to
>> set it up, yet, but researchers should be able to subscribe to it:
>>
>>
>>
>> I had thought about starting up a new List for Argenteuil County, Quebec,
>> but, I found out that the counties north of the St. Lawrence River are
>> now
>> grouped into municipalities. A little investigating showed that a
>> good
>> part of this area is part of the Laurentian Mountain range. I decided
>> that might be an appropriate title. But, when I checked the Message
>> Boards, I found out there is a Laurentides Message Board. So, I
>> decided
>> my new List should have the same title as the Board.
>>
>> An FYI is that there has been a List for "the Former Township of Gore"
>> for
>> several years. And, researchers can post a query for other parts of
>> Argenteuil County. That is where the KERR / HENDERSON family-group
>> settled. That "former town" is where Lachute and Lakefield are now.
>>
>> (Don't forget that some place-names in Quebec Province have both English
>> names and French names.)
>>
>>
>> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)
>>
>>
>> Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your
>> surnames
>> and place-names.
>> And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames
>> and
>> place-names.
>>
>>
>>
>> We may have arrived on different ships but we're all in the same boat
>> now.
>> :o)
>>
>>
>> (thinking genealogy)
>> (possibly first said by Martin Luther King, Jr.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joan & Wayne Wilton" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SCOTS-IN-CANADA] Looking for Betty
>>
>>
>>
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