The Simcoe Loyalist Newsletter of the Governor Simcoe Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. Volume XLII, Issue #4, Sept 2016 www.uelgovsimcoe.org Inside this Issue: Oct and Nov Meetings 1 Fort York 2 President s Message, and Digital Simcoe Loyalist, Loyalist Gazette 3 Subscribers of Old Hay Bay Church 3 Last Post: Eleanor PHILIP UE 4 Loyalist Certificate, Chambers Blakney Sr. 5 Scottish Diaspora Tapestry 9 Membership Renewal for 2017 3 & 10 Upcoming meetings: Oct 5, "The Governor and his Lady", Jean Baxter Nov 2, Edward Marion Chadwick (1840-1921) by Jonathan S. Lofft "The Governor and his Lady" by Jean Rae Baxter All five of Jean Rae Baxter s historical novels have been written in response to the need to tell the story of the Loyalists from the Canadian point of view. It was during her research for the fifth novel, Hope s Journey, set in 1791, that she reread Elizabeth Simcoe s Mrs. Simcoe s Diary. Fascinated by this vivid account of the observations and experiences of Upper Canada s first Lieutenant Governor's wife, Baxter delved more deeply into the remarkable partnership between John Graves Simcoe and Mrs. Simcoe. She was a true child of the Enlightenment, and he a visionary whose reach sometimes exceeded his grasp. Jean has made several presentations to our branch over the last few years. She has written four previous books about different aspects of the Loyalist experience. This presentation, although not about her latest book, will build from some of her research from it. Edward Marion Chadwick (1840-1921) by Jonathan S. Lofft. Edward Marion Chadwick (1840-1921), the greatest Canadian of whom you've likely never The Queen s Rangers and Simcoe The Queen's Rangers first assembled in the Rev. War in August of 1776, but suffered serious losses at Mamaroneck, Brandywine and Germantown until, on October 15, 1777 Simcoe was promoted to major and made regimental commander of the Queen's Rangers. Simcoe turned the badly mauled Queen's Rangers into one of the most successful British regiments in the war. Fighting as reconnaissance and outpost troops, they were never defeated in battle. One advantage they had was the fact that they were the first British regiment to wear green uniforms, as more suitable for purposes of camouflage than red. A point of pride for the regiment is that when the British finally surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, the "colours" (banner) of the Queen's Rangers were smuggled away, never to fall into enemy hands. Today those same colours are on display in Toronto in the officers' mess of the Queen's Rangers. As the finest Loyalist unit, they were awarded the title 1st American Regiment and enrolled in the British Army in 1782. In 1783, when the war was concluded by the Treaty of Versailles, the Queen s Rangers left New York for Nova Scotia, where it was disbanded. Next Gov. Simcoe Branch Meetings/Events Regular meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month, October to May, at St. David s Towers, in the Community Room, 51 Donlands Ave. at the Danforth, 7:00 pm for 7:30 meeting. Oct 5, "The Governor and his Lady", Jean Baxter Nov 2, Edward Marion Chadwick (1840-1921) by Jonathan S. Lofft Dec 7, Strong Roots in Crowland and Norfolk, Ontario by Sandy McNamara More details on later meetings in next issues. The Governor Simcoe Branch preserves and promotes Loyalist heritage with the assistance of a Grant from the province of Ontario. September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 1
heard, held the unusual distinction of being an honorary Loyalist. Described as an 'inventor' of the Loyalists, though not himself of Loyalist descent, as commonly understood, Chadwick's involvement indeed dates to beginning of the organized movement late in the nineteenth century, as legal advisor, genealogist, heraldic designer, and adopted Mohawk chief. We shall explore Chadwick's mostly invisible role and his biography with a view to understanding the historical context of the founding of the UELAC. Jonathan S. Lofft, PhD-candidate is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Divinity at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, and an adjunct instructor in the affiliated Toronto School of Theology where he teaches the history of Anglicanism. Jonathan's research informs a dissertation now in preparation entitled A Blessed Word: the Mixed Life of Edward Marion Chadwick ( 1840-1921). Jonathan volunteers as president of the Toronto Branch of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, as well as Secretary of the Canadian Church Historical Society. Friends of Fort York Gov. Simcoe Branch proudly contributes to the Friends of Fort York. John Graves Simcoe our namesake directed its initial construction. Canada Day at Fort York President Anne Neuman and Past-President Colin Heath staffed the Gov. Simcoe display inside the Blue Barracks on the left. Ft. York brings history alive in heart of the city Old Fort and canon, young cadets, Canada flag and the modern city - a great experience. President E. Anne Heath Neuman UE 3399 Vandorf Rd RR#4 Stouffville ON L4A 7X5 905-888-1278 Secretary & Genealogist: Jo Ann Tuskin UE Unit 78 24 Fundy Bay Blvd Scarborough M1W 3A4 416-492-1623 Newsletter, Program, Sales: Doug Grant UE S720 112 George St. Toronto ON M5A 2M5 416-921-7756 Executive for 2016/7: Vice President & OutReach Sandra McNamara UE 53 Epson Ave East York On M4C 2A8 416-429-2413 Membership Lionel Collier UE Unit 8-B, 256 Jarvis St. Toronto ON M5B 2J4 416-591-2229 Treasurer: Robert Heath UE 15 Patika Ave. Weston, ON M9N 2E7 416-249-7981 Past President, Telephone Colin Heath UE 114 John St Toronto, ON, M9M 1J8 416-247-7599 Refreshments Erin Tanner 190 Ranleigh Ave. Toronto ON M4N 1X4 416-485-3204 Member at Large: Alex MacLeod UE 119 571Woodbine Ave.. Toronto ON M4L 2V8 416-691-0006 September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 2
President s Message I hope that everyone had a healthy and enjoyable summer. The weather certainly cooperated well. In early July, some members from the Governor Simcoe Branch went to the UELAC conference in Summerside PEI. What a wonderful time we had! A group of re-enactors from the 84th Regiment were there to entertain us. The seafood was fantastic and meeting with family and friends was most enjoyable. July 1st and August 1st some members of our Branch were at Fort York with a table of information. Thank you to Doug, Colin, Victoria for your presence there. Our annual dues for 2017 will remain the same as 2016... no increase at all. Our first meeting for the Fall is Wednesday, October 5th with Jean Rae Baxter as our guest speaker. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. I look forward to your participation in our programs for 2016-2017. Loyally Yours, Anne Neuman UE 2017 Membership Renewal Especially for those who like to get a head start on the end of year activities (Christmas shopping, vacations, etc.), here is your golden opportunity to get that advantage on time renew your membership now and have it done. See page 9. Digital Version of the Simcoe Loyalist The Simcoe Loyalist is available in digital format, with photos in full colour. This brings the newsletter more to life. If you haven t tried it, send a note to Doug loyalist.trails@uelac.org and see how it looks to you. Already tried the digital copy if you like it would you be willing to NOT receive the paper copy? This would save trees, save expenses for printing, envelop and stamp, and save Doug the time and effort of printing and mailing. He would be most appreciative!! Digital Gazette: Fall 2015 Issue Now Available As you may recall, our Association began really creating in colour and making available a digital copy of the Loyalist Gazette in 2014. Two objectives: Branch meetings at 51 Donlands Free street parking in evenings on: a. Strathmore Blvd east of Donlands b. East side of Donlands north of Strathmore c. On Glebeholme east of Donlands to offer our UELAC periodical -- the Loyalist Gazette -- in a digital format with enhanced features (colour) for those who prefer it. to contain and reduce costs i.e. the printing and mailing costs. Following UELAC policy of a one-year delay, the digital version of the Fall 2015 issue of the Loyalist Gazette is now available publicly, with a lot of colour. To look at the Fall 2015 issue, go to www.uelac.org and look under publications and then under Loyalist Gazette. Follow the link there to request the next issue in digital format (by itself, or both it and the paper copy as well) and receive the issue in full colour, and before the paper copy is mailed....the UELAC Publications Committee Loyalists and Old Hay Bay Church: A Diverse Group For the "Roots 2016" Event at Old Hay Bay Church, 27 Aug 2016. Old Hay Bay Church is on the south shore of Hay Bay which is located north of Adolphustown which in turn is between Picton and Kingston Ontario. Many of the 22 Subscribers of Old Hay Church were Loyalists. September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 3
Loyalists were those individuals who supported the British during the American Revolution 1775-1783. They were residing in the American Colonies prior to the outbreak of the War. In the United States the Loyalists can be referred to as "Tories" or less charitably as "Traitors". There are those of us who regard the Loyalists as people to be admired. As for those who rebelled against Great Britain, in the US they are usually referred to as "Patriots" but in Canada they are often called Rebels. In the Quinte area four main groups of Loyalists settled beginning in 1784 including: the 2nd Battn, King's Royal Reg't of NY in Fredericksburgh Township (Roger's) King's Rangers also in Fredericksburgh (Jessup's) Loyal Rangers a part of whom settled in Ernestown Township the Major Peter Van Alstine portion of the Associated Loyalists who settled in Adolphustown Township. This group is especially interesting; they formed near the War's end, so many of those therein had previous military experience worth noting. Another local group was our Native Allies in Tyendinagea, but none of the 22 Subscribers are known to have had that origin. As you see the average Loyalist had military experience during the War; but Civilian Loyalists and women could and did help the cause too. Turning to the 22 Subscribers some statistics: about 77% were Loyalists. Among the five who weren t or at least have not been confirmed are Henry Davis a British Regular soldier, Joseph Clapp a Quaker oddly enough, settlers Solomon Huff and Daniel Steel, and Elizabeth Roblin. More on her later. Almost 60% of the Loyalist Subscribers hailed from New York. In second place at 23% were those from New Jersey. At least two were foreign born. Andrew Embury was born in Ireland, and William Ketcheson in Yorkshire England but both were in America prior to 1775. Of course British Regular William Davis was also born Overseas. Some of the places of origin in New York included Orange County, Joseph Allison, the Hoosick Valley, Daniel Dafoe, Ft. Edward, Christopher German, with several including the Van Dusens from Dutchess County. Nancy Conn UE and Peter Johnson UE at Hay Bay Church. They share ancestor Solomon Huff, not UEL. Let s look at some of the individual Loyalists: Sgt. Andrew Embury- served in the 2 nd Battn of the King s Royal Reg t of NY and had seen even earlier service in the Queen s Loyal Rangers. He settled along Hay Bay some distance east of the Church. He was the nephew of the famous Methodist Philip Embury. Daniel Dafoe served in (Roger s) King s Rangers although was barely old enough to join. He lost a brother at the terrible Battle of Bennington in 1777 Henry Hoover served in Butler s Rangers, and he was imprisoned by the Rebels for a period of time. Arra Ferguson served in (Roger s) King s Rangers. Peter Frederick served in the King s Orange Rangers. His 1811 grave marker is the oldest surviving at Hay Bay. The Greens may have served in (Jessup s) Loyal Rangers. William Ketcheson served in Emmerich s Chasseurs and later in the British Legion. He settled initially in Nova Scotia before relocating in Upper Canada early enough to be a Subscriber. He was at the disastrous Battle of Yorktown in 1781 September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 4
Several of the Subscribers arrived in 1784 in Van Alstine's Associated Loyalists. Almost 50% of the Loyalist Subscribers had some connection to the Associated Loyalists. They included: Joseph Allison who had previous experience in Delancey's Brigade Conrad Van Dusen who served in the King's American Reg't. Christopher German who had served in (Jessup's) Loyal Rangers The Ruttan Brothers William and Peter were from Bergen County NJ. The ancestors of the Ruttans were French Huguenots. At one time Peter served as a captain in the 4th Battn of the New Jersey Volunteers- largest of all Loyalist Regiments. Paul Huff -- had served in Delancey's Westchester Refugees I can't end without a more detailed mention of Subscriber Elizabeth Roblin. From Orange County NY, she was the daughter of a Rebel, Capt. Garrett Miller who died of smallpox while in British captivity in 1777. She married Loyalist Philip Roblin who died in 1788 and would likely have been a Subscriber had he lived longer. Elizabeth's second husband was a Canniff and she is said to have been buried in 1815 in the now terribly vandalized Cannifon Cemetery north of Belleville. As the daughter of a Rebel and the wife of a Loyalist, she must have witnessed some interesting dinner time conversations in that household! I can only touch on the topic in this brief time. For further reading I suggest you read J. William Lamb's book, The Founders. More about Hay Bay at www.oldhaybaychurch.ca Peter W Johnson UE, July 2016 Last Post: PHILIP UE, Hazel "Eleanor" (Brown) September 30, 1930 - August 3, 2016 Predeceased by her cherished parents Elizabeth Jane (nee Pillar) Brown (1930) and Gerald Reginald Brown U.E. (1990), and step-mother Jessie Murray Manson (nee Cowan) Brown (2006). Survived by her son Gerald "Gerry", halfsisters Jo Ann Graham (Stan), Jessie E. Gall (Bill) and Geraldine R. Wilson (Bill, predeceased 2013). Member of the Governor Simcoe Branch UEL Toronto. Eleanor received her Loyalist Certificate as a descendant of David Palmer in 1988. Retired from Bell Canada, Toronto in 1994. At Eleanor's request there will be no public visitation and no funeral service. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Sincere appreciation to Dr. Sidney Nusinowitz and Mount Sinai Hospital Staff and to the staff at Castleview Wychwood Long Term Care Facility. Loyalist Certificate to Chambers Blakney Sr. by Brenda Hawley-Harrison. I was 23 when I started genealogy to fill in the family tree in my first child Hopes baby album. Two years later, there was a family reunion for the Blakeneys, UEL s who came to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1783. William and Elizabeth (Chambers) Blakeney had two sons. These sons David (and Elizabeth) and Chambers Sr. (and Catherine White) Blakeney came to Canada as UEL s along with their children. Chambers settled in Nova Scotia and David went to New Brunswick. I wasn t able to attend the reunion, but my Mom went and brought back all the Blakeney family trees that people brought to the reunion. So, I started searching the Blakeney and other family lines in 1982. Being so young at 25 when I started genealogy, I was able to ask lots of questions while there were still many older family members alive. Tracing back and trying to find old records from the 1700 s and 1800 s, has been challenging. I don t believe my UEL NS line of Blakeneys was proven before this. The Maritime Loyalists were not officially tracked and recorded well. I started seriously researching and gathering more records to prove my Mom s UEL Blakeney ancestors about 3-4 years ago. People from the 1982 reunion proved the New Brunswick line afterwards and provided the basic information that I learned about Chambers, his brother David and father William. They came from Newtonards, County Down, Ireland. They left Belfast, Ireland on October 2, 1767 on the ship, Earl of Donegal arriving in Charleston, South Carolina, USA on December 22, before the American Revolution. Irish Protestant immigrants were promised free land to help settle SC. September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 5
William and his sons Chambers and David later fought for Britain in District 96, Charlesto(w)n, South Carolina in the American Revolution. In 1783, Chambers and David and many others loyal to Britain, and their families fled for their safety, in the troop ship Argo. They were evacuated along with other UELs from Florida, in the troop ship "Argo", which picked up the UEL s in FL, SC and went on to NY to pick up others. The same ship (at different times) transported my other UEL line, Matthew Hawley Sr., to NS--a bit of serendipity! The UEL proof information that Ray Blakeney and several other UE s submitted led me to finding the UEL military record. UEL and other land and grant records confirmed the information about where the two brothers and their family members settled, some in NS and others in NB. I searched the New Brunswick and University of NB Archives websites for land grants to find and order the original Blakeney land grants, petitions, etc., to confirm where they were granted land and where they originally lived. After ordering records, I received some early land grant, petitions, etc. through these records. Searching further into the reunion information and other online sources, I discovered that the Argo ship landed at and left some UEL's at Halifax. David Blakeney and his family and other UEL's continued in the Argo, on to NB. David settled in Westmorland and Albert counties, first in Salisbury and eventually settling on a land granted in the Petitcodiac River area near the town of Petitcodiac. I worked backwards a generation at a time, confirming the reunion information. When I searched the New Brunswick Archives website, ordered land petitions and grant records for Chambers Blakeney, I discovered that he did not have any original land grants in NB. I was not sure where Chambers Blakeney Sr. first went or settled when he arrived in Canada. I knew they ended up in NS, so I searched into this further at the National Archives of Canada and Nova Scotia for land petitions and grants. Since the Argo landed in Halifax and Chambers Sr. was later granted land (and settled) in Jeddore and descendants settled in Sackville, NS, I searched for these records. I discovered that Chambers Sr. was originally granted land in Ship Harbour, NS for his loyalty to Britain. Early NS records are indexed at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia or PANS. I hired a researcher from NS, who has helped me before. She was able to search the indexes and microfilms at the PANS and got copies of the early BMD s she found that I needed for the early NS generations: some of Chambers Sr.'s children's births, marriages and deaths. Chambers Sr. and Catherine White originally settled in the shipping port of Ship Harbour, where he was granted land after they arrived in Halifax from South Carolina. Chambers Sr. had a son Chambers Jr. who married Ann Harpell. My early ancestors were fishermen. By 1825, Ann and Chambers Jr. and at least one of his other siblings had moved and settled on land in Jeddore, NS, a small fishing village, further along the coast, northeast of Halifax, where they remained until they died. His sons, including William, who married Elizabeth Hartlen, also lived there until they died. Chambers Jr. s sons passed on part of the land they had, to their sons and daughters to help them get established in life. William and Elizabeth were the parents of Peter Blakeney, my 2 nd great-grandfather. Jo Ann Tuskin (l) presenting certificate to Brenda Hawley-Harrison, Anne Neuman (r) assisting. Early census records did not list whole families, only the heads of the households. I used later Canadian census records to find the whole family over time. I searched microfilms in person locally: at the library through interlibrary loan from the National Archives of Canada and at the LDS or Mormon Church Family History Centre and online at Ancestry.ca, Familysearch.org and automatedgenealogy.com. More recently, I found land records at a NS Land Registry office. September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 6
There is a gap in the NS records in the late 1800 s until about 1908 to 1920. Many people did not register the BMD events until much later, in the 1920 s or even later, until records were needed to get pensions. I used the Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics website to find and order various birth, marriage and death records and to search for any other children, spouses, etc. including my 2 nd great-grandfather, Peter Blakeney's marriages and death, and his wife Susan Heffler's birth and death and their children's BMD's when available. This included their daughter, my great-grandmother, Stella's birth, marriage and death. She married Harry Rayner of England. Stella and Harry were the parents of my grandmother, Edna. By this time, I already had my parents and grandparents information and dates. Edna married Ralph Ward. Their births were not registered because they occurred during the registration gap. I already had Edna s baptism and their death records from an aunt. My grandparents divorce records were located and ordered online from the NS Archives. Their marriage record was included. This and their death certificates listed their birth and death dates. For the current generations back to my parents, I already had my Dad, Roy Hawley s long form birth certificate. I ordered my Mom, Meriam s birth and marriage certificates from Vital Statistics Nova Scotia office, and my birth and marriage records from the Ontario government Vital Statistics office. These were all ordered online. I also searched the National Archives of Canada online to confirm information about William Blakeney and his son Peter. William was a postmaster in West Jeddore before 1868 until Sept. 1880. Peter who moved to Halifax, NS and married Susan Heffler. By 1874, they moved to Sackville and had Stella who married Harry Rayner. Peter was a prosperous merchant, farmer and also owned a saw mill. He was a successful businessman and postmaster (between 1884-1928 and 1931-1937, when he resigned) in the Sackville, NS community. He owned a general store in Sackville, working there until 2 years before he died at age 92 in 1940. Harry and his son, Vilroy looked after the store after Peter died. Searching at a local NS County Land Registry office where I do research in the summers, I learned that Peter purchased, owned and sold a significant number of properties in Jeddore, Halifax. He gave properties to his sons and daughters who in turn, gave parcels of land to their daughters and sons, to help them get established. Peter was involved in many land transactions and I still need to sort all of these out. Peter s descendants remained in the Sackville area until my parents generation when some young adults left NS to find work in Ontario in the 1950 s. My mother and her siblings Phyllis and Bill have fond memories of his store and going there to chat with him and of course to get some candies! About 4-5 years ago, my husband and I ventured along the coast to see all these ports and villages to see where my ancestors lived. Another year a cousin and I visited a cousin of sorts, in Jeddore and exchanged information about Peter Blakeney s 2 nd wife, Grace Hart Mitchell. While visiting my uncle, my Mom's brother Art on a summer trip 2 years ago, I asked him to show me around the area where they, Peter Blakeney and his daughter Stella lived, along with my grandparents. We drove around the area in Lower Sackville, NS as he pointed out where Peter's land and general store were, and the houses or where the homes had been before they were torn down and replaced with sturdier homes many years ago. As I mentioned previously, there were some serendipitous events over the years as I researched this line. The 2 nd serendipity event was when my cousin, Peter s great-granddaughter, Christine, bought Peter s grandson, Vilroy Rayner s home, after his death. When they were renovating the home, they found a newspaper article in the walls, used as insulation at the time, about Peter Blakeney, a Postmaster in Sackville, who was molested (meaning robbed) at gunpoint. At the time, and for many years, Peter was a Postmaster, sorting and distributing the mail that arrived by one of Samuel Cunard's ships. I ve brought the photo from that news article with me today. The 3 rd serendipitous thing would be that I discovered that William and Peter Blakeney were postmasters. Peter, his grandson Vilroy's sister, Edna Rayner, her son Bill, and his daughter, my cousin Christine, my sister and I all became stamp collectors developing a love of stamps! This is another avenue for future research, finding out the outcome of that robbery, and hopefully, the police September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 7
or sheriff found the culprit and he was sentenced to some jail time. Another serendipity event occurred one day when I was scrapbooking at a local store. As an avid scrapbooker, I was working on some heritage pages for a Blakeney album when another scrapbooker noticed the name, and asked me who I knew that was a Blakeney. I explained and to our surprise we discovered we are 2 nd cousins twice removed..she is a Blakeney, a descendant of the NB Blakeneys! On one of our many vacation/research trips to NB and NS, we drove along the Petitcodiac River in NB, and discovered the small hamlet of Blakeney, NB. It was barely a dot on the map, but a lovely little community. It is wonderful to know that our Blakeneys were well thought of and a small hamlet was named after my ancestors. One day, I will have to go back and try to find some of my other "cousins". Another event two years ago, when on separate trips, that scrapbooker, Linda Blakeney and I both visited NB and decided to go to the Blakeney Cemetery in Petitcodiac to see the UEL Memorial there. We got home and were scrapbooking together talking about our trip and found out we both had visited the same cemetery looking for Blakeney info and ancestors, two weeks apart! Peter Blakeney s wife, Susan Heffler was a community nurse who had diphtheria as a child and was immune to it. They lost two children during a diphtheria outbreak in 1890 while Susan was out helping other families in the community. Returning home after many weeks, she discovered that two of her young children had died of diphtheria while she was away. She never forgave herself for leaving her family because the children died. After her death in 1917, Peter hired a widow, Louise (Mitchell) Baker, as his housekeeper. Two years after Susan's death, Peter married Grace (Mitchell) Hart in 1919. In 1937, five years after his wife Stella died in 1932, my great-grandfather, Harry Rayner, married Louise, Peter's housekeeper's cousin. More serendipity, of sorts. Recently, I had my DNA tested, along with my Mom s brothers, to hopefully fill in some more of the blanks, connect with other cousins through common DNA. I have found some other people researching the Blakeneys through the DNA websites I ve used. Also, I hope to continue and am still searching for more records from Ireland, South Carolina, and military documents to help me fill in all the blanks in in time and to do a timeline for many ancestor s genealogy. The UELAC Conference in 2016 was hosted by the Atlantic Region Branches, led by PEI s Abegweit Branch. It was good another memorable gathering. The encampment of the 84 th Regiment Salute at the Loyalist Cairn by the hotel Genealogy and teaching genealogy and memoir writing, writing about genealogy and heritage scrapbooking are all my hobbies. I spend most of my free time on the computer researching my ancestors. I ve recently finished a book on internet genealogy and am working on a novel of stories of my ancestors, linking the generations together. I never get tired of genealogy, writing and research, trying to break through my brick walls! I ve been looking forward to tonight for the past few years. Thank you all for this lovely celebration and honouring me with my second UEL certificate. I will put it up and proudly display it with my other UEL certificate for the Hawleys, in my office at home. Thank you again Jo Ann for all your help and patience with the Blakeney UEL research, application and certificate. September 2016 Simcoe Loyalist www.uelgovsimcoe.org Page 8
The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry World Tour -- Exclusive Ontario Exhibition 305 beautifully hand-stitched panels tell the story of Scots living around the world. For over three centuries, ordinary Scottish folk including coalminers, trades-people, farmers and farm servants have carried their strong work ethic, social institutions and values to the four corners of the globe. In their adopted communities they made new friends, learned together, and shared ideas, perspectives and dreams. St. Andrew s Presbyterian Church, 115 St. Andrew s Road, Scarborough 416-438-4100 diaspora@standrewsscarborough.ca www.standrewsscarborough.com www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org FREE ADMISSION Sept. 19 - Oct. 1, 2016 Weekdays: Noon 8 p.m. Sat. Sept. 24, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sun. Sept. 25, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sat. Oct., 1, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Scarborough Panels of the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry Almost twenty volunteers associated with one early Scottish community -- Scarborough, Ontario completed three Diaspora Tapestry panels in celebration of the relationship between Scottish settlers and the Canadian forest almost 200 years ago. Symbolized in these panels are stories of hardship and survival, and others of prosperity, fellowship and faith death by falling tree and stump remover; clearing the land for crops; sawmills for the construction of homes, barns and churches; cutting and selling masts for the shipping industry; and Alex Muir s famous song The Maple Leaf Forever. Join us at St. Andrew s for this fascinating exploration of their stories.
Governor Simcoe Branch United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada Membership Renewal 2017: Thank you for renewing your memberships this past year. We value your contribution. We offer a meetings program with interesting speakers, display tables of historical and loyalist items, and opportunities for discussion, networking and fellowship. Each year, Governor Simcoe Branch publishes four issues of its newsletter, "The Simcoe Loyalist," and leads or participates in a number of events, which often involve the larger Toronto Heritage Community. The Governor Simcoe Branch is a proud member of the Toronto Historical Association. We also have our own website www.uelgovsimcoe.org. By joining the Governor Simcoe Branch, one becomes a member of its parent organization, the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada (UELAC) which has its own website www.uelac.org. UELAC publishes the Loyalist Gazette twice each year, in Spring and Fall, which is automatically sent to members. As we reach the end of the Calendar and Fiscal years, we would like to remind you that it is time to renew your membership for the upcoming year. Information on current fees is below. Would you be willing to help out at our events? Would you be willing to be a Speaker? Would you be willing to help out on the Executive? Annual Fees 2017 - Gov. Simcoe Branch UELAC 1. Single membership receives mailings $55.00 2. Student fees: $27.50 3. Family of two or more with one mailing $75.00 (please list all family members at one address) Membership $. Name: (Please Print) Additional Family Members (at the same address): Address: City: Prov/State: Code: Phone: H: W: Cell: E-mail address: Make cheque payable to Gov. Simcoe Branch UELAC and mail to: Lionel Collier lionelmc@interlog.com Unit 8-B, 256 Jarvis St Toronto, ON, M5B 2J4 416-591-2229