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William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall
Family History and Bi-Centennial
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Born a Moir, orphaned and broguht up by Aunt and Uncle Archibald. She appears to have adopted the Archibald surname in most circummstances. (See Library/Wickliffe Greig/Item 18) | ARCHIBALD, Ella Moir (I196)
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Born before Cecilia - who was born in 1871 - accoording to her obit mentioning her as the eldest daughter. Died at 142 Bloor St, Toronto (Library/James Jeffrey 1835/Item 5 p 3) before her father (who died in 1910 in Raleigh North Carolina)
Body borought by train from Toronto (to St Catherines), with father and brothers.
Interment conducted by Rev George Burson of Knox Church (St Catherines)
Pall bearers: TJ Allan, B Burson, Charles Macgregor, HJ Johnston, AW Marquis and Albany Moore (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4 page 13) | JEFFREY, Minnie (I241)
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Born in Toronto Lived at 176 Briar Hill Avenue (originally numbered 100 before extension of the street to Yonge St) until about 1918.
Gleaned from Mary's large photo albums:
- Junior High School - Grosvenor School, Winnipeg -
- Visited Hudson Heights (Quebec?) in 1927 - home of Aunt Ethel and Uncle Harry Hutchison?
- Ruperts Land Collegiate Grade VII 1929
- Often at Victorai Beach in summer - Lake Winnipeg - a cottage on 2nd Ave ("Auntie Maude" was there often as well)
- Went to Kipling Camp in Kenora 1929
- Liked dolls as a kid
- Liked the outdoors and the beach or various lakes
- Liked to clown around with friends - put on plays
- Liked to assemble photo albums of herself and family life
Gleaned from Mary's small photo album:
- Travelled east in summer of 1934, visiting at least Uncle Bob, and Uncle Jack at Stony Lake, MAybe also Aunt Ethel at Hudson Heights
University of Manitoba 1938 (graduating year) Yearbook shows her as studied English, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology and current events editor of the "Browwn and Gold" 1936 (Library/Mary Greig Cowan/Item 8 page 50) | GREIG, Mary Isabelle (I2)
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Brother Fred Hutchison was a famous artist, according to Eileen Hutchison, Fred's niece. (Provided orally by Eileen to John Cowan Oct 20, 1997) | HUTCHISON, Jeffrey (I39)
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Buffalo newspaper 1941 | Source (S21)
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Built his home of the West half of Lot 19 Conc 4 Smith Twp.
Had 7 children | HALL, John (I424)
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By profession an Engraver, Illuminator and Engrosser. Was in business for a few years in Winnipeg. Returned to Montreal in 1896.
Dau's Blue Society Book of Montreal 1905-6 says he lived with his wife at 326 Cote St Antoine Road, Westmount, near his father. By 1911 he was at 86 York Ave, Westmount
His father's obit mentions him as "of Westmount" when he died in Feb 1922 (See Library/William Greig/Item 7) | GREIG, William (I177)
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Came to Canada in 1827 with his 7 children. Soon after arrival moved to Peterborough County, Smith Twp south half of Lot 20, Con 4.
A master stonemason.
Not (closely) related to Janet (Hall) Jeffrey | HALL, William (I406)
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Ceathrine Steel spouse to Andreu Jafery 19.3.1776 40 yrs - on gravestone in Chirnside Cemetery
BAPTISM: 21/12/1735 Katharine, daughter to George Steil wright in Bogend was baptized. Wm Leech and David Willsone tennants there being witnesses
SURNAME: Also shown as Steele
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Katherine | STEIL, Katharine (I1157)
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Coast guardsman Tortsoy, Banffshire | WAIT, William (I172)
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Cobourg Library - St Andrews Church 08-07 | Source (S88)
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Collection of materials relating to many of the Jeffreys | Source (S35)
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Conflicting information:
- Middle name conflicts with Eileen Hutchison's transcription of death notices (Library Item 7) where it says McGowan rather than Rodger.
- Part History of the Greig Family says living in Montreal (around 1898-1900?)
Only birth record is the Part History of the Greig Family (Library/William Greig/Item 2). It suggest the same biirth date as her brother John - twins.
In 1922, at time of her father's death she lived with him in Baltimore (See Library/William Greig/Item 7)
Died in Vancouver (Library/Wickliffe Greig/Item 7) | GREIG, Elizabeth McGowan Rodger (I145)
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Contains various references. Uses some primary evidence. | Source (S10)
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Date of death shown differently in the more questionable source (Item 10 in the Library) | KINGAN, Elizabeth Janet (I489)
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Dates, spouse and child as found in Family Search March 4, 2020 since they are more inclusive than previous record. | HALL, Mary Jeffrey (I980)
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Death Notice (JAnet Jeffrey Library Item 4 Page 5):
"Deceased who was 62 years of age was a prominent member of the Board of the Women's Foreign Mission Society and had special charge of the Indian work in the Northwest and British Columbia. She was also President of the Aged Women's Home."
Spoke at the WFMS in Stratford, several times, home of her brother-in-law Andrew Jeffrey. Lived at 4 St Vincent St Toronto at time of death (now St Vincent Lane near Bay and Grenville). LDS notes she lived in St Catherines Ontario!
Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School near Kenora (https://presbyterianarchives.ca/2018/08/17/cecilia-jeffrey-school/) was named after her. It was founded in 1901 in her honour by the Presbyterian Church on good principles (https://archives.algomau.ca/main/?q=book/export/html/23716). However, as with all residential schools in Canada that ended up 'taking the indian out of the indian' and thus creating much trauma down the generations, it is the location of a recently famous story about student Chanie Wenjack who died when trying to walk away from the school to go home in 1966. That story is immortalized in a book by Gord Downie called Secret Path, and song, in roughly 2017. | WALKINSHAW, Cecilia Mary (I93)
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Death Notice - Died at her residence on King St. Cobourg (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4 page 1): "Well known in Cobourg and universally beloved." See also Cobourg Sentinel Jan 15, 1876. page 3 col 6.
DEATH: Her obituary stated, “It is with sincere regret we record the death of Mrs. Jeffrey, widow of the late Hon. Andrew Jeffrey, of this town. Mrs. Jeffrey had been ill for some weeks, of fever; and this terminated fatally about midnight on Sunday last. The deceased lady was well known in Cobourg, and universally beloved; and the news of her death will be received with regret on all hands.”
A cousin? "Andrew Moscrept" is shown as having a foundry in 1851 (on page 146 of P. Clemo's book "Early Cobourg") | MOSCRIP, Agnes (I22)
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DEATH: Died of coronary occlusion, myocardial infarction. | CORTEZ, Rose Anne (I788)
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DEATH: Gravestone says, "Died 23rd March (illegible) aged 60 years" | KERR, Agnes (I1286)
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Designer of the Welland Canal, amongst many other civil engineering projects. See bio in Library/Janet Hall Jeffrey/8-Francis Hall. | HALL, Francis (I12)
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Did not marry.
Sucessful merchant in Peterborough with Robert Nicholls on the corner of Water and Simcoe Streets. Nicholls and Hall had an adjoining shoe store. | HALL, William (I430)
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Died as a child, as told orally by Eileen Hutchison to John Cowan Oct 20, 1997
William Campbell had notes saying this child was called William.
John Graham gathered facts from Little Lake Cemetery record, page 70 of Register #2 in June 1990. Died of pneumonia. | JEFFREY, William Graham (I87)
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Died at 6 weeks | HUNTER, James (I1379)
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Died at age 10 (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4, Page 12) | JEFFREY, Jane Cecilia (I238)
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Died at the home of her brother-in-law James Hay (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4 page 21)
BIRTH: Also shown as Born 23 Nov 1836
Rita Taylor email to John Cowan Aug 31, 2022 states
"Jane Short born November 23, 1836 and lived almost 73 years. She never married. She helped her mother and sister operate a private girls school in Woodstock. From the census I have checked, Jane lived with her Mother, until Mary passed away at which time it appears from the 1901 census that Jane went to live with her sister Bella and her family.
Jane was laid to rest in the Woodstock Presbyterian cemetery." | SHORT, Jane (I218)
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Died in crib | KINNEY, William Jeffrey (I537)
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Died in infancy
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Mary Carens | JEFFREY, Mary (I1300)
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Died in infancy | JEFFREY, William (I1295)
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Died in infancy | SHORT, Katherine (I1462)
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Died in Infancy | SHORT, Elizabeth (I1463)
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Died in Infancy. Dates unknown | GROVES, Baby (I528)
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Died of Scarlett Fever according to the Cobourg Star Feb 14, 1850 | JEFFREY, George (I21)
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Died shortly after birth of her only child Charles Lionel (see "History of a Pioneer Family" page 7) | PATERSON, Janet (I471)
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Died while visiting her sister Mrs Cross in St Catherines for a month.
Flowery description in death notice (see Jane Jeffrey Library Item 1)
Lived in Peterborough from 1852 to the time of death.
Funeral took place from her home at the corner of Stewart and Brock (271 Brock St) in Peterborough. Rev Mr Torrance of St Paul's (Presbyterian) officiated.
William Campbell's unreferenced notes show Peterborough as place of death, but that is most likely burial spot. | JEFFREY, Jane (I14)
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Died young | JEFFREY, Patrick (I1190)
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Discussions between John Cowan and Virginia Kinney Feb 21, 2020 in Troy, Ohio | Source (S132)
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Doubt about birthplace:
-Swinton, according to his death announcement in the Cobourg Sentinel Aug 1, 1863 (see Misc Stuff Library, Item 4, page 15)
-Foulden, according to the John Jeffrey family bible (See John Jeffrey Library, Item 2, page 2)
-Foulden - tombstone Cobourg Union Cemetery
-Chirnside, Berwickshire, according to William Jeffrey (II) Library, Item 3.
These places are all close to each other. It appears he felt he was from Foulden
Joined the Presbyterian Church in Scotland at age 17 (See William Jeffrey (II) Library Item 3)
Arrived in Canada with Lyall and Hall families in 1820 (see passenger lists for steamboat from Quebec to Montreal Aug 13, 1820 in Andrew Jeffrey Library Item 12, and John Cowan's email to Jim Jeffrey Nov 22, 2018). Also see "Emigrated to Canada at age 20" (=1820) in William Jeffrey (II) Library Item 3.
May have met future wife, Janet Hall at age 12, while coming to Canada, unless the families knew each other in Scotland and decided to emigrate together.
His signature can be seen in Janet (Jessie) Jeffrey's visitor book (see Janet Jeffrey Library Item 4, page 4).
Businesses
Hardware merchant. Though active in the Board of Trade in 1845 (see below) the first mention of his business (Hardware Store) is Jan 1, 1848 - Page 128 of "Early Cobourg" by P. Clemo (see below). Then the Cobourg Star April 11 1849, Page 2 Col 4, reports that "we understand that Andrew Jeffrey, Esq, one of our well known and highly respected Hardware merchants, is about building a large two storey shop on his present site. Location is 19 King Street West, at First Street, Lot 1 of Block B in Lot 16 Conc A - See Library Item 25. Then his own announcement in the same newspaper next week (Apr 18, Page 3 Col 4) that he had moved to the "store formerly occupied by Thomas Eyre, Esq, next door to the Albion Hotel. Being about to erect new buildings on the old site" he was having a sale. See Library Item 29. (Albion Hotel was at 44 KIng St E - Eyre's store was Conger's store in the sketch on P 37 of R Mikel's book "Cobourg The Spirit of the Place," accroding to R Mikel in email to John Cowan Feb 9, 2020.)
Foundry property owner. By marrying the widow of John McLenhan, Andrew became owner of the McLenhahn Foundry on Division Street at Spencer (See Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 26h) Though he is described as owner of the (renamed?) Cobourg Foundry, business records show that James Davidson operated Cobourg Foundry and paid rent to Andrew Jeffrey.
Shareholder in the Grand Trunk Railway
Built the third sawmill on Rice Lake with Thomas Scott in 1851, competing with the Fortune Mill. This new sawmill was next door to Mr Fortune's residence (Ref "P.55 "Gore's Landing and Rice Lake Plains" 1986 by Norma Martin, Catherine Milne and Donna S McGills, published by Heritage Gores Landing, 1986, Haynes Printing, Cobourg)
Operated a Cobourg school in 1832 "on the north side of King St at the corner of D'Arcy" (Page 139 "Cobourg 1798-1948"). (John Cowan speculates that this was on the west side of D'Arcy Street - see Homes, below) Also R. Mikel reported to John Cowan Oct 28, 2019 that a history Schools in Cobourg says his school was on the NW corner where the Rosevear house now stands.
Cobourg & Peterborough Railway chartered in Dec 1852 ....... see https://www.cobourghistory.ca/histories/harwood-station-museum/65-cobourg-peterborough-railway-part-1-the-railway
Community Service
Dec 2, 1836 Andrew Jeffrey and two others were appointed by a town meeting to petition 'both houses of the legislature' to amalgamate Amherst and Cobourg and incorporate the combined Town of Cobourg, separate from the rest of Hamilton Township. Their petiton worked as on March 4, 1837 the legislature passed "The Act to Establish A Police in the Town of Cobourg, and to Define the Limits of said Town." The Act established bylaws for the town and fines for transgressors, as well as grannting the power to tax and invest in infrastructure.(ref p71-81 of "Early Cobourg" by Percy Climo, published around 1985, in the possession of John Cowan.)
June 1837 elected as a member of the first Police Board governing Cobourg (before town council existed). He served one year. (To be qualified for this role persons needed to have an "assessed" property value for taxes of at least 60 pounds. - see weblink in Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21)
Dec 6-19, 1837 he first served as a private in the First Northumberland Militia hastily formed to put down the Mackenzie Rebellion. He probably saw no action as they would have arrived at the scene of battle in Toronto too late for the action - Mackenzie had already fled. However he also served Nov 13, 1838 to May 7 1839 (see Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Items 34 and Jim Jeffrey email to John Cowan Jan 17, 2020).
Elected as President of the Committee of Management of the new Board of Trade Sept 15, 1845 - as reported in the Cobourg Star Sept 17, (see "Early Cobourg" Page 120)
Justice of the Peace. In the July 18 1849 edition of the Cobourg Star, Andrew Jeffrey and Thomas Eyre (see also Library Item 29) were "convicting justices" for 3 cases of selling liquor without a license (fines of 5-7 pounds each) and 2 cases of assault (fines 3-10 shillings each).
Founding Elder and Trustee of St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Cobourg. Aug 14, 1833 "Andrew Jeffrey et al Trustees" for the Presbyterian Church bought a half acre lot from Henry Ruttan (see https://www.cobourghistory.ca/biographies/henry-ruttan) (Lot 19 Conc A, Block A, lot 7) according to Land Titles records. Appreciation for his service to the Church seen in letter from the Church (Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 35b).
Trustee for the town's collection of funds to support the establishment of Queen's University in Kingston, hoping it will provide Presbyterian-oriented training in general and training of badly needed ministers.(1840) (Library/Items 8 & 9)
Chairman of the Cobourg and Rice Lake Plank Road and Ferry Company. He is listed as Chairman publishing the third annual report of the company as it was completing its plank and gravel road to Gores Landing. See Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-B. He may also have been a shareholder, though we found no evidence of such.
Mayor of Cobourg in 1852, also Councillor in 1851 (ref Cobourg 1798-1948" Page 253by Edwin Guitllet 1948) (In 1852 town decided to build the Cobourg & Peterborough Railway, crossing Rice Lake.)
President of the Board of Trustees of the Northumberland and Durham Savings Bank (ref Library Item 31) 1852 to his death.
Appointed one of five Commissioners of the Cobourg Town Trust 1859 until his death. He was Chairman from 1859. See letter of appreciation upon his death Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 35a.
In 1848 he was the Reform candidate for the Legislative Assembly. In 1859 he went to the Provincial Reform Convention in Toronto, where he was Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. (ref John Graham's Jan 1998 presentation to the Lakeshore Genealogical Society - Library\William Campbell Jeffrey Materials\Item 5)
Elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1860 (until his death) representing the Newcastle Division.
Homes
Assessment records reviewed by William Campbell show that Andrew lived somewhere on Lot 15 Concession A in Hamilton Township (Cobourg) from at least 1826 to 1838. (Library\William Campbell Jeffrey Materials\Item 10 Census records) Also Settlement map (Library/Misc Stuff/Item 26)shows him as being on an easterly portion of Lot 15.
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (cobourghistory.ca/architecture) recorded that Andrew Jeffrey built a house at 272 University Ave West in Cobourg in the 1830s. It is shown on Sandford Flemings 1846 Map (Library/Andrew Jeffrey Item 26b) (See Library Item 28) He probably lived there until 1844. When it was built, University Ave was called Seminary. Also, its front entrance faced directly to William Street. In modern times a lot has been separated off on William Street so the house no longer has access to William, instead University. It is very close to the first Church property for which he was a Trustee in 1833. Andrew's house was demolished in 1893 according to Cobourg World May 17, 1893 (see email from R Mikel to John Cowan Oct 28, 2019)
He built a new house in 1844 at the corner of King and Ontario Street (See Library Item 24). It was a large property for a house, occupying lots 12, 13, 25 and 26 of Block I in Lot 19 Concesssion A. Robert Mikel reported Oct 19, 2019 that the Polson's rented the house at some stage after the Jeffreys moved out (still in the 19th century). This house was used as West End Public School after 1928 (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21 page 1). It was taken down in the 1960s.(ref Robert Mikel - see Library Doucment Index for Item 27). The school's grounds were described in 1937 as "large spacious grounds are one of the beauty spots of Cobourg." (see Library/Misc Stuff/Item 21) A park was on the site until 1995 when the Public Library was built there.
He bought 4 acres from Abraham Crouter on Sept 10, 1839, in the west part of Lot Pk Lot A, in Lot 18 Conc B (Land Titles Record for Lot 18, in Northumberland County Archives, page 3, Instr 5649.) This property faced Victoria St, close to what became the Grand Trunk Railway (Library/Andrew Jeffrey/Item 26f). He was probably first user of this land since Crouter bought a 60 A chunk in 1836 and a 57 A chunk in 1837. (A lot contains 200 A.) He and his wife sold 9/100 acre to GTR on July 2, 1856 (Registry Lot 18 page 11, Instr C63). Robert Mikel speculated with John Cowan (Oct 19, 2019) that the land was probably used to provide food for the family, since no industrial facilities were known on the property until modern times.
1861 Census (Library/Misc Stuff/Item 28 P1) show his mother-in-law (Jane Moscrip) living with him, as well as two unkowns: Harriet, age 19, and I. Thompson Age 17.
His will made his eldest son (William) executor and heir. His assets at death seem minimal (need to source this).
In Oct 1866 William Jeffrey was discharging(?) 6 mortgages on Parts 12, 13, 25 and 26 in Part ?? of Lot 18 Conc A - the land that Andrew's house stood on. Or was he granting mortgages on sale - its unclear from the incomplete land title records in the Northumberland Archives. Two of the mortgages were to a person by the name of Daintry. GS Daintry was Mayor of Cobourg in 1864 and 1865.
Misc facts:
Land Titles records for Lot 18 show that Andrew Jeffrey loaned money via a mortgage on a half acre of land to James Burnett (location unknown) on Oct 16, 1846. Instr 8256.
It was reported by Jessie Belle Jeffrey Greig to John Cowan that Andrew entrusted his chequebook with a fellow peer of the church so that the contractor building the new church in 1862 could be paid while Andrew travelled on government business. His bank account was cleaned out and the contractor was not paid. Was this a stress that led to Andrew's early death within a year? Or is this the family story to account for the financial distress commonplace in the town as recession hit (Speculation by R Mikel Oct 19, 2019).
His Obit reports that "the places of business in town were closed from noon to 2 o'clock, in token of respect to the departed" Obit also speak in glowing terms of his upright character. (See Library/Misc Stuff/Item 22-C)
BAPTISM: From the Foulden Parish Register - Andrew, lawful son to William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall, born Feb 17th, baptised March 16th 1800, before these witnesses viz: Andrew Jeffrey, Peter Jeffrey | JEFFREY, Honourable Andrew (I8)
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Downloaded by Jim Jeffrey Nov 23, 2018 | Source (S70)
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Eileen Hutchison orally reported to John Cowan Oct 20, 1997 that:
"Poor" Agnes was schooled in Milwaukee riding school, but never rode in Canada.
Date of death from July 31, 1984 Creditor Notice in newspaper by Canada Permanent Trust Company, Toronto, executor, by Peterborough solicitor Frank Stefler.
Graduate of National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Maryland, USA (a 'finishing school' for girls (see Library/John Jeffrey/John R Jeffrey/Item 1) | JEFFREY, Agnes Isobel (I79)
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Emails to John Cowan | Source (S83)
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Esquire
Lived in Newcastle, Clarke (see Janet Jeffrey Library, Item 4 Page 21)
William Campbell believed he lived in the Woodstock area, and found a John Short in the Oxford County Gazeteer 1862-63 (see Mary Jeffrey 1809 Library Item 1) | SHORT, John (I966)
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Extract of Church records | Source (S89)
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Extracts of Hamilton and Dinah (Gregg) Rogers history.
Provided by Virginia Kinney to John Cowan Feb 14, 2019. Virginia thought these notes were prepared about 10 years earlier | Source (S99)
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Facts assembled by Bill Cowan, Jan 2019 | Source (S27)
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FamilySearch.com results obtained by Jim Jeffrey and sent to John Cowan Nov 24, 2017 | Source (S40)
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Farmed at Cambray near Fenelon Falls (see Library/Andrew Jeffrey Siblings/Item 4 P2) | HALL, William (I981)
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Farmer and livestock dealer in Union Township (Wikitree 1987) | GROVES, Scott Beecher (I526)
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Farmer. No family (see Library/Andrew Jeffrey Siblings/Item 4 p2) | HALL, Andrew Jeffrey (I985)
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Feb 12, 2022 | Source (S177)
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