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      Side-wheel steamer, Sheboygan; walking beam; built 1869, Manitowoc, Wis. by C.S.Rand; ran about 40 years between Chicago and Milwaukee; 623 gross tons; discarded. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1903 & 1909; Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1, p.886.

     

      A letter of Stephen Wright to Amos Wright from 20 of May 1869.

      Ira A. Ferguson & Sabrina Edmonds December 30th 1869 Northumberland Co, Murray Twp. Witnessed by Phebe Edmonds & John Abernathy, Minister W. E. Norman – Methodist Episcopal

      Assessment rolls were created for every year for property tax collection.

      Original version and Mohawk translation of the song "Rescue the Perishing."

      A list of registrations of marriages in Ontario, listed geographically that are on microfilm reels. The ones that are highlighted in yellow are ones that the library has in its collection that can be accessed in the library. The registrations of marriages span the years of 1869-1911 and 1920-1926.

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 11 Nov 1869, p. 3     Drowned. We regret to learn from Port Colborne, that James Belyea, Bronte, mate on the schooner Jane McLeod, was knocked overboard and drowned, on the trip down, on Lake Erie....

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 7 Oct 1869, p. 3     Boy Drowned. On Tuesday, 28th ult., as a son of Mr. Long, who lives near the Railway Station, Oakville, was playing with some of his playmates in the shallow water near the Lakeshore, he wandered out beyond his depth and was drowned before any assistance could be given to him. …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 7 Oct 1869, p. 3     A Sad Accident. On Saturday, while a large number of people were waiting at the Station at Oakville to see the Prince pass, a number of boys were playinhg with one or two loose cars which were standing on the switch. One of them, a son of Mr. David Arnott, …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 3 Jun 1869, p. 2     DEATH OF GEORGE ELLIOTT. - The many friends of this esteemed young man will learn with deep regret, that he died early this morning, at the residence of his uncle, Mr. M. M. Elliott. It is well known to many of our readers that he has been ailing for months …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 3 Jun 1869, p. 2     WILLIAM J. IRWIN, book keeper to the establishment of T. L. White & Co., Kilbride, and formerly to the Messrs. Lyon, of Milton, committed suicide in a very deliberate manner on Sunday last. It appears that he had been drinking heavily, and must have partially deranged his intellect in ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 3 Jun 1869, p. 2     THE LATE GEORGE BIRDSALL. - It grieves us to record the death by drowning of our old friend and schoolmate, Geo. Birdsall, Esq. He was out fishing with a friend down at Rice Lake; they were about half a mile from the shore when the boat capsized. He said to …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 10 Jun 1869, p. 2     The Late Brampton Station Master. Mr. Edward Stephenson, a Canadian, committed suicide in Chicago, on Monday night of last week. Some weeks ago he arrived in that city with two little children, and took lodging at a boarding house kept by a lady named Mrs. Eliza Clark, at 137 ...

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 10 Jun 1869, p. 2     JOSEPH, eldest son of Mrs. Sheppard, weaver, of this town, died yesterday morning, of inflammation of the lungs. The whole family are disposed to lung diseases, and are frequently unable to work for that reason. The husband, it may be recollected, lost his life by sunstroke last summer, and a …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 10 Jun 1869, p. 2     A VENERABLE resident of Georgetown passed away on Monday last - Mrs. Dayfoot, aged 91 years. She was quite active and rigorous to the last, having the use of all her faculties. Her husband survives her and is 97 years old. They were married 71 years ago, and have left …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 17 Jun 1869, p. 2     FATAL ACCIDENT. - A fatal accident occurred on the 10th inst., at Mr. Hadden's mill, Nelson. A man by the name of Joseph Vollick was killed. It appears that he had been engaged at work on this mill for some time, acting in the capacity of fireman, and yesterday while …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 24 Jun 1869, p. 2     We have been informed by a gentleman residing in Streetsville, that Geo. Sparling, who removed from the Hornby Hotel to Streetsville a few years ago, had recently removed to the Western part of this Province, and had been accidently killed at the raising of a barn. His eldest son James …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 1 Jul 1869, p. 2     MELANCHOLY OCCURENCE.- It is with regret that we this week have to record the death of a little girl, four years old, daughter of Mr. E. T. Hagyard, Campbell's Cross, under circumstances of a very melancholy character. It appears that one day about a week ago, the child was playing …

 appeared in Canadian Champion, 8 Jul 1869, p. 2     ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CHILD. - On Monday last Mr. Andrew Scott, who lives between Acton and Limehouse, lost his infant child by its choking on currants. It grandma was picking over some green ones, when the child grasped a bunch, and despite all efforts, died about half an hour …