Canada 150 - County of Halton, Ontario

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a publication or website I find that may help you tell the story of your Canadian ancestors.
Click on the Canada 150 label on the right or at the bottom to see all the posts.

Today I have for you...

Records and memories of Boston Church in the "Scotch Block", 

Esquesing Township, County of Halton, Ontario, Canada, 1820-1920

Includes an appendix of Original Land Holders and list of pew holders towards the back.
There are two other publications naming residents of Halton.



Relevant Links

Records and memories of Boston Church, Esquesing Township, Halton, Ontario 

A sketch of the County of Halton, Canada West, 1862

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton, Ont 1877

Ontario Genealogy Resources

My 2x great grandfather came from Ireland to Canada about 1833 and lived in Kingston, Ontario.  I still search for information about when he actually arrived here, why he came, and what the family got up to in Kingston.

During the course of my research I have come across many publications for Ontario that don't always help me in my search, but may help others.

The pdf will also be under the Resources tab above.

Relevant Links

The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

Kingston City Directories

Ontario Newspapers

Ontario Sessional Papers

Papers and records - Ontario Historical Society

Kingston and the Loyalists of the "Spring Fleet" of 1783 : with reminiscences of early days in Connecticut

The parish register of Kingston, Upper Canada, 1785-1811 (Our Roots)

The parish register of Kingston, Upper Canada, 1785-1811(HathiTrust)

Ontario Voters Lists

Ontario Genealogy Records Online 

History of the Province of Ontario 1872

The story of Renfrew : from the coming of the first settlers about1820

Early records of Ontario, being extracts from the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the District of Mecklenburgh; afterwards the Midland District. With introd. and notes

History of County of Frontenac

The history of the County of Brant, Ontario (and townships)

A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin, as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character

Histoire des Canadiens du Michigan et du comté d'Essex, Ontario 1895

Annual report of the James-St. Methodist Church, Exeter, Ontario1918

Central Dumfries Farmers' Club, Galt, Ontario, 1934

Grimsby, Ontario, Canada and district : including Beamsville, Winona and Stoney Creek, illustrated and descriptive souvenir, July 1901

The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, 1906

List of properties for sale by M.S.B. Putnam

Ontario Ladies College

Golden Jubilee, School for Nurses, 1888-1938

Second annual directory of graduates and students of the School of Mining, Kingston, Canada, 1908

Schools and teachers in the Province of Ontario

At school in Kingston, 1850-1973 : the story of Catholic education in Kingston and district

The Ontario law list and solicitor's agency book

The Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Co., Waterloo, Ont:12^th annual list of claims paid

The Federal Life Assurance Co – List of Medical Examiners

Upper Canada (Ontario) Insane Asylum Inmates

Report of the directors and list of shareholders of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co., 1886

Ontario Online Historical Directories

Leeds, Grenville, Lanark, & Renfrew county directory, 

The Province of Ontario gazetteer and directory 1869

Lovell's Business and Professional Directory of the Province of Ontario, for 1882

Ontario Business Directory 1903

Ontario commercial year book and gazetteer : 1906

A Medical directory for the province of Ontario, 1869

Western Ontario gazetteer and directory, 1898-99 : containing that portion of the province west of, and including, the city of Toronto and south of Georgian Bay

Farmers and Business Directory for the Counties of Ontario

Souvenir books of Ontario

Ontario Police Honour Roll

List of magistrates, coroners and constables in and for the County of York, 1880

Real estate catalogue for immigrants: Ontario, 1880

Prisoners at Kingston (Sessional papers) 1903

Kingston Penitentiary Records

Annual of the Rose Society of Ontario

Horticultural Society of Ontario

City of Kingston 1908 Insurance Plan Map

Auditor's report of receipts and disbursements for the county of Frontenac for the year 1900

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid

 

Serendipity Sunday - Toronto Landmarks and Homes

I came across two publications this week that may help you if you have ancestors from Toronto, Ontario.

The first is...

Robertson's landmarks of Toronto: a collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833, and of Toronto from 1834 to 1893 : also, over three hundred engravings of old houses, familiar faces and historic places, with maps and schedules connected with the local history of York and Toronto - 1894

And while we are visiting Toronto, I also found this...

Assessment Roll for the Municipality of the City of Toronto 1890

It is formatted like a Street Directory, but gives the name of the occupant, name of the owner, the size of the lot and the value of the land and the buildings. In a few cases it also gives the occupant's income. 

Relevant Links

Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto 1894

Assessment Roll for City of Toronto 1890