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      A transcription of the 1851 Census for Windham Township, Norfolk County.

      A transcription of the 1851 Census for Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. An introduction with historical background notes is included.

      Sister Delphine gave refuge to the orphans of Toronto Source: The Toronto Star, Saturday, August 27, 1983 Acquired: January 2008

      A certificate of marriage, dated August 10, 1851, for John William Taylor, of St. Catharines, to Susan Jones, also of St. Catharines. The certificate is signed by a William Wilkinson, Baptist Minister. This marriage certificate was in the possession of Rick Bell, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Rick Bell's mother, Iris …

      This item is a letter dated January 13th, 1851 addressed to Thomas B Campbell from W. H. Fisher in Saint John, New Brunswick.

      London, Ontario - Industries. London, its manufactures and general progress. Issue of the London Prototype and Daily Western. Advocate, Mar. 5, 1851. Western Ontario History Nuggets, No. 13 ...

      Card 2 Recorder (cont'd) appointed, and shall receive a salary of not less than two hundred and fifty pounds per annum, payable quarterly out of the Municipal Funds of such City... Source: "Incorporated Cities," Scobie's Municipal Manual for Upeer Canada. Second ed. with ...

      Pt. 1. Queenston.--Pt. 2. Fort Niagara. Printed by Steele's Press

      Signed S. Wright.

      Ad. appeared on p. 3

 Evening Post (New York, NY), 25 Mar 1851, p. 3     Marine List ...Arrived this Forenoon... Steam propeller Ontario, Latham, from St. Juan, and 21 ds from Chagres, in ballast, to H. Holdridge; 15 passengers....

      Spring Walk I Time the remorseless eater-up of all things has made our other annual revolution and compels us to take again that "Walk," which it seems but the other day to have been finished and ended. In youth the hours stand idly still; in early manhood, they glide along …

      Spring Walk II Contrary to general expectation, the opening of Kingston Harbor has been greatly accelerated by favorable circumstances, and the consequence is, that it has taken the shipping interest somewhat by surprise. Every body is ...

      Spring Walk III THE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTON: As various changes have taken place this season in the location of the several Forwarders and Wharfingers, a concise notice of such establishment may be found useful, and not out of place in this Our ...

      Fire. - A fire broke out about 7:30 o'clock last evening in the long ship building connected with the Marine Railway of Messrs. Carrington & Pardee. It was occupied by Capt. Weeks and his ship carpenters and joiners, employed in preparing the upper works of the steamer. The ...

      Fast Elevating. - The grain warehouse of H. & G. Ames, on the east side of the river, elevated yesterday from the schooner Gazelle, 4,594 bushels of wheat in one hour and seventeen minutes, being the whole of her cargo, and discharged it into canal boats during the same time. …

      Capt. Week's newly invented wheel for propelling steamers, which we noticed a few days since, we understand is about to be tried upon the steamer Northerner, the Captain having contracted to put in a set of his wheels.

      Lake Business of Oswego We give, under our commercial head, a statement, showing the principal articles imported by lake into Oswego, during the past season, with the total value of our lake trade for a series of years. Our statement of the articles imported is by no means full, ...

      LAKE COMMERCE - A REMINISCENCE. The Buffalo Courier has obtained possession of the Letter Book of Messrs. Phyn & Ellice, who were Merchants at Schenectady more than 80 years ago. They are curiously interesting, as will be seen: Schenectady, ...

      The New Steam Tug "O. S. Howard" We understand from Mr. Abner C. Mattoon, the Proprietor of this trim little steamer, that she will be ready for business by the 18th inst. She is designed expressly for towing canal boats and vessels in and about our harbor; and we should …