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Thunder Bay, Ontario has a very large Finnish / Finnish-Canadian population This project covers the entire Thunder Bay District (Wikipedia) . The purpose of the project is to support the research and collaboration of Finnish and Canadian genealogists when it comes to Finnish emigrants to the area and their descendants who have lived there. Finnish immigrants began to arrive in the Thunder Ba...
The province of Ontario was a primary destination for Finnish emigration to Canada. Finns settled most often in Thunder Bay district for its farming and logging opportunities, Sudbury district for the Copper Cliff mines, and Cochrane district for the Porcupine gold mines near Timmins. Ontario still has the largest Finnish-descending population in Canada.Largest Finnish communities in Canada Cen...
Saint James Anglican Cemetery is located at the Lot 25, concession 2, Biddulph township.Cemetery Location: 34092 St. James Drive Clandeboye, ON==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave Canadian Headstones.com
This project is for people associated with the province of Ontario, Canada .If you have a brickwall in your research on a profile that is associated with Ontario , please start a discussion on it. Sources available for researching Ontario people: The following sources are not intended to be an all-inclusive list, but a starting point for research. Civil Registration of births, marriage and deat...
All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery resides on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. This small cemetery contains burials from the late 1850s through to 2020. Several Mohawk families have laid their loved ones to rest here. Find a Grave "Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nation reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is lo...
Homesteaders of Nolalu Ontario Canada ' Nolalu is a community about 48 km southwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. With the Government of Canada advertising for homesteaders and with the advent of the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western (PeeDee) Railway around the turn of the century, the first Finnish homesteaders along with a few Anglo-Saxon pioneers began to settle in Lybster, Strange, Marks...
People of the Flint The Mohawk people - Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern New York State, primarily around Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. As one of the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Kanie...
The Seneca or Onödowá’ga:’ (pronounced: Oh-n'own-dough-wahgah) or "Great Hill People" are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. They were the largest ...
The Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship is an honorary medal produced by the Canadian Province of Ontario. It was established by the Government of Ontario in 1973 to recognize people who, through exceptional long-term efforts, have made outstanding contributions to the well being of their communities and whose assistance is given without expectation of remuneration or reward. Typically, eleven t...
The Order of Ontario is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario. Instituted in 1986 by Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier David Peterson, the civilian order is administered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Ontario residents for conspicuous achievements in any field.* ...
Canadian Teachers= Pictured Right:- 1950 Canadian School Train. Pupils attend classes at Nemegos near Chapleau, Ontario Please add the profiles of Canadian teachers to this profile but please do not include any tutors. These should be added to Tutors Education in Canada is for the most part provided publicly, funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and local governments.[16] Education is wi...
Wöhl / Woehl family that originated in Oberseebach, Bas-Rhin, France. A good number of them migrated to Welland County, Ontario, Canada and settled. A select number emigrated to Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA.The surname can be seen written in a number of ways depending on where they are using the name. In Oberseebach it was Wöhl and in North America and other places that have issues with ...
Kirkton Union Cemetery is located in South Huron, formerly Usborne Township at the south west corner of County Rd 23 & Line 10. It approximately 1 km north of Kirkton. It is maintained by the Kirkton Union Cemetery Board. County Rd 23 is the border between Huron & Perth counties, so many Blanshard Township residents are interred here. ==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave Can...
York University (French: Université York ) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university.York University has approximately 55,000 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and 275,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, namely the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, Schulich Sc...
Also known as Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada, "The County of Brant (2021 population 39,474) is a single-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The County of Brant has service offices in Burford, Paris, Oakland, Onondaga and St. George. The...
From the Wikipedia article on Northeastern University .Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private, research university in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1898. It is categorized as a RU/H Research University (high research activity) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to doctoral degrees...
The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa , was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire's colony of Upper Canada along the Niagara River. This battle and the subsequent Battle of Lundy's Lane demonstrated that trained American troops could hold their own against British regulars. The battlefield is pr...
This is the sub-project for all Canadians with a district in Ontario, who have or currently hold the position of MP (Member of Parliament) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.All members of this sub-project should be added to the master project as well.
This is a sub project under the umbrella of the War of 1812= The Battle of Queenston Heights = The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812 and resulted in a British victory. It took place on 13 October 1812, near Queenston, in the present-day province of Ontario. It was fought between United States regulars and New York militia forces led by Roger Sheaffe , who...
Grand River United Church Cemetery resides in the Ohsweken community on the Six Nations Reserve in Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. This indigenous burying ground is also known as Grand River Cemetery and Grand River Mission United Cemetery. Burials began in the 1880s and Grand River United is still an active cemetery. Lot 88, Concession 110, Tuscarora Township This cemetery is ...
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between Canada and the United States, opposite of the State of New York. The county seat is Brockville. The county was formed by the union of the historical co...
Greenbush Cemetery resides in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario. Also known as Smith's Cemetery and Old Greenbush Cemetery, the burying ground is no longer active. The earliest, recorded interments date from the 1820s. The last burial occurred in 1952. When Greenbush Cemetery as established, the town of Brockville was known as Elizabethtown.
St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery resides on the Six Nations Reserve in the Tuscarora Township, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. This small cemetery is also known as St Paul's Kanyengeh Anglican Church Cemetery and Sour Springs Cemetery. The earliest burials are from the 1820s and continue through to 2018. "Lot 88, Concession 120, Tuscarora Township This cemetery is part of the Si...
Mohawk Chapel Cemetery is located in Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks, this small cemetery is "the oldest surviving church building in Ontario and was the first Anglican church in Upper Canada. It is one of only three Chapels Royal in Canada. In 1981, the chapel was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Con...
This project has been created to house all of the Notable People in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Canada Census==Canada West=This Sub-project of Canada Censuses is a portal to 1851 census of Canada West (Ontario) county, municipality and district projects. Detailed list - Library & Archive of Canada LAC 1851 Search ==1851 Canada West=====1- Addington (county)===* 1-Amherst Island* 2-Camden East* 3-Earnestown* 4-Sheffield===2 -Brant (county)===* 5-Brantford* 6-Brantford* 7-Burford* 8-Du...
Bethany Mission Church Cemetery resides on the Six Nations' lands in the historic township of Tuscarora, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. The cemetery is also known as Bethany Baptist Cemetery and Bethany Baptist Mission Cemetery. Bethany burials began in the 1950s. This burying ground is active at present. About 60 persons have been interred here. Lot 18, Concession 3, Tuscaro...
Onondaga Longhouse resides in the Tuscarora township on the Six Nations Reserve, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. There is a private, sacred burying ground for the Onondaga Longhouse adherents, near the Longhouse. It is closed to the public and designated for indigenous peoples only. Recorded burials began in the 1930s and continued through 2020. Onondaga Longhouse is one of five lo...
Individual projects for specific cemeteries should be added under the county where the cemetery is located. Algoma District Brant County Bruce County Carleton County - including Ottawa Chatham-Kent Municipality (Kent County) Cochrane District Dufferin County
Cemeteries listed in this project are within the communities of the Six Nations Reserve, Brantford and Tuscarora Township as well those indigenous cemeteries in the surrounding areas of the reservation. Six Nations Communities: Beavers Corner, Longboat Corners, Medina Corners, Millers Corner, Ohsweken, St. Johns, Sixty-Nine Corners, Smith Corners, Smoothtown, Sour Spring, Stoneridge Beth...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery resides on the Six Nation Reserve in Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Tuscarora Baptist Church Cemetery, this small cemetery has recorded burials from the 1880s. Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery is an active cemetery. Lot 88, Concession 115, Tuscarora Township During the mid 19th century, Baptist missionaries were granted permission from the Six Nati...
Medina Baptist Church Cemetery resides in Tuscarora Township on the Six Nations Reserve, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. The cemetery sits adjacent to the Medina Baptist Church. Recorded burials are from the 1860s through to the present. Medina is an active cemetery. Lot 88, Concession 111, Tuscarora Township 400 Chiefswood Road Six Nations, Ontario, N0A 1M0 Canada Coordinates: 43...
Mount Pleasant Cemetery The land was donated by Chief Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea of the Six Nations Cemetery Location: 703 Mount Pleasant Rd, Mount Pleasant Concession 1, Lot 5, Brantford Township GPS: 43.077364,-80.314077 Maintained by: County of Brant Links Canada GenWeb's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
Saint John's Cemetery resides on the Six Nations Reserve, Tuscarora Township in Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Also known as Saint John’s Anglican Cemetery, this small cemetery was founded in 1817. The cemetery is adjacent to St. John's Church which was designated as a Historic Chapel in 2000. The original burials have been obscured by time and neglect; their residents are lost to ...
Stump Hall Cemetery is located on the Six Nations Reserve in Brant County, Ontario, Canada. This small burying ground is also known as the Plymouth Brethren Cemetery. The earliest burials began in the 1830s. Stump Hall is an active cemetery and still accepts burials for the indigenous peoples of the area.
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery is located at Beavers Corner, Six Nations, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. The cemetery is also known as Christ Church Cemetery and it's church is one of five Anglican churches on the Six Nations of the Grand Rivers. The land for Christ Church Anglican was donated in 1873 by George Rokwaho Loft and his wife Ellen Konwajonhondyon (nee Smith) Loft,...
St Luke's Anglican Cemetery resides in Burlington, Halton, Ontario, Canada. The earliest burials are from the 1830s and continue through 2020. This small cemetery is attached to the Parish Church of St Luke. "The Parish Church of St Luke has been a place of worship for Anglicans in Halton since 1834. It is the oldest church in Burlington. The land originally belonged to Mohawk Chief Joseph Br...
Pioneers of Canada - Ontario ===History=====Aboriginal Settlement===The first residents of Ontario arrived during the last ice age, approximately 10,000 years ago. As the ice retreated Ontario's paleo-Indian inhabitants moved into the northern region of the province. For many years Ontario's Aboriginal peoples probably lived by fishing and hunting; deer, elk, bear and beaver could be found in t...
This project is for those buried in Trent Valley Cemetery, Hastings, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario. The cemetery is located just past the border between Whitby and Oshawa. Justin Bartley, Supervisor, Facility Operations for the City of Oshawa 905-436-3311, ext. 2075 800-667-4292 Notable Interments Hon. Gordon Daniel Conant (1885-1953) - 12th Premier of Ontario Ross Robert Lowe ...
Please add profiles of those buried in this cemetery. Find a Grave
This project is for those who are buried in the Maple Leaf Cemetery, Echo Bay, Algoma District, Ontario. Find a Grave
This is the master project for all Canadians, who have or currently hold the position of Senator from Ontario in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. All Canadian Senators are able to serve up and till the day that they turn 75, at which point they have to retire. They can retire from the job at any time before their 75th birthday.All members of the sub-projects should be added to the main Canadian Senator...
The Ontario Liberal Party (French: Parti libéral de l'Ontario ) is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and have separate, though overlapping, memberships. The party is ...
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or Parliament of Ontario),[1] is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada by number of members. It meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital, Toronto.The Legislative Assembly has existed since 1867 when t...
This project is for those buried in Ontario Village Cemetery, Ontario, Wayne County, New York. Find a Grave Ny GenWeb
This project is for those buried in St. Agatha Roman Catholic Cemetery, St. Agatha, Wilmot, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario. Find a Grave
The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieu...
Links to City of Toronto Cemeteries=* Forest Lawn Mausoleum * Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery * Mount Pleasant Cemetery * Park Lawn Cemetery * Prospect Cemetery * Cathedral Church of Saint James * St James' Cemetery and Crematorium
This is a list of the premiers of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Ontario uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly. The premier is Ontario's head of government, while the Queen of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the Lieuten...
Links to Huron County Cemeteries=Cemeteries are listed under their historical township location (current municipality) Huron County Map ===Ashfield Township===* Greenhill Cemetery ===Colborne Township===* Colborne Cemetery (Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh)===Goderich Township===* Maitland Cemetery (Goderich)===Hay Township===* Calvary United Church Cemetery (Dashwood)
Necropolis Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Toronto, located on the west side of the Don Valley near Riverdale Farm.[1] Cemetery Address: 200 Winchester Street Toronto, ON M4X 1B7 416-923-7911Opened in 1850 to replace "Strangers' Burying Ground" (or Potter's Field), the cemetery is the resting place for many dead Torontonians including:* Joseph Bloore* William Lyon Mackenzie - Toronto's firs...
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the third party and then ratified by the legislature. David Warner was the fir...
1851 Canada West-38 Waterloo County-360 Waterloo Township=1851 Census note - ages listed are on Next Birthday not age in January 1851. 38 - Waterloo (county)* Dumfries North* Waterloo* Wilmot* Woolwich (Personal census is missing for part 2.)* Wellesley* Galt* PrestonPage layout- each record spans four sheets, page numbers apply to both left & right sheets. Each new set of records (50) starts o...
Links to Middlesex County Cemeteries=Cemeteries are listed under their historical township location (current municipality)===London===* Elsie Perrin Williams Property Cemetery* Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens * Grove / Webster Cemetery * Hope / Proudfoot Cemetery* Islamic Cemetery of London* Middlesex County Jail / London City Jail Cemetery* Mount Pleasant Cemetery & Crematorium * Oakland / Proud...
Eddie Cemetery == Cemetery Location: 4490 Glendon Dr (Hwy 14),Glencoe Concession 2, Lot 18, Ekfrid Township GPS: 42.775362,-81.679896 Maintained by: Eddie Cemetery==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
Kingsville Memorial Gardens ==Cemetery is located in Kingsville, Essex County, formerly Gosfield South Township on Concession 3, Part Lot L & M Cemetery Address: 2471 Division Rd N Leamington, Ontario N9Y 2Z4 GPS: 42.071867,-82.738629Owned by: Setterington Cemetery Services Ltd. ==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
McRae Cemetery Cemetery Location: 3874 Hyndman Drive, Southwest Middlesex Range 2S, Lot 23, Ekfrid Township GPS: 42.712293,-81.645759 Maintained by: Municipality of Southwest Middlesex.==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
Kilmartin Cemetery Cemetery Address: 24452 Dundonald Rd., Rd 80, Kilmartin Concession 13, Lot 24, Metcalfe Township GPS: 42.801801,-81.781127 Denomination: Kilmartin Church. Presbyterian Maintained by: Kilmartin Cemetery Board==Links== Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
This is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election, and Mackenzie was chosen by the Reformers.==History==From 1834 to 1857, and again from 1867 to 1873, Toronto mayors were not elected directly by the public. Instead, after each annual election of alderm...
Greenhill Cemetery is located in Kingsville, Essex County, formerly Gosfield South Township. Cemetery Location: 42.036305,-82.746867 Cemetery Address: Mill St & Cemetery Rd Kingsville, OntarioMaintained by: Town of Kingsville==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (French: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario ), often shortened to Ontario PC Party or PC , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. As of the end of 2015, it governed the province for 80 of the 148 years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985. It is the Official Opposition in the current Legis...
This project will collect all of the residents of the Township of Vaughan from the 1871 Canadian Census.
The Ontario New Democratic Party ( ONDP or NDP ; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario ), is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario CCF) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).For many years, th...
Awarded by the Ontario Government to members of the Ontario Provincial Police for 20 years service.The qualifications are:# The Provincial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was awarded to those members of the Force who were of irreproachable character, and who had served in the Force not less than 20 years, the last 10 of which was with good conduct and satisfactory service.# Medal awa...
The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was specified that the council should consist of at least seven members. Members were appointed for life but could be dropped for non-attendance. The first nine members of the council were appointed on...
This is a list of the mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.* Colin Campbell Ferrie (1847)* George Sylvester Tiffany (1848)* William L. Distin (1849)* John Fisher (1850)* John Rose Holden (1851)* Nehemiah Ford (1852)* William G. Kerr (1853)* James Cummings (3 months in 1854)* Charles Magill (9 months in 1854–1855)* James Cummings (1856)* John Francis Moore (1857)* George Hamilton Mills (1858)* He...
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) – The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario , or more informally and commonly known as The Ontario CCF , was a democratic socialist political party that existed from 1932 to 1961. It was the provincial wing of the National CCF. The party officially had no leader in the beginning, being governed by a provincial council and executive. The party e...
The University of Guelph (U of G) is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College, and has since grown to an institution of more than 28,000 students and academic staff. It currently offers over 94 undergraduate degrees, 48 grad...
Iler Settlement Baptist (Old) Cemetery is located in Essex, Essex County, formerly Colchester South Township on Concession 1, Lot 37 Demonination: Baptist Cemetery Location: GPS: 41.996205,-82.841745Maintained by: Town of Essex==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project Find A Grave
Algoma University (Algoma U) is a post-secondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1965, Algoma University is the smallest undergraduate-only university in Ontario. With a particular focus on the needs of Northern Ontario, Algoma U is a teaching-focused and student-centred post-secondary institution, specializing in liberal arts, sciences, and professional degree ...
The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present day Ontario) in December 1837. While public grievances had existed for years, it was the Rebellion in Lower Canada (present day Quebec) that emboldened rebels in Upper Canada to openly revolt soon after. The Upper Canada Rebellion was largely defeated shortly after it ...
The Ontario Medal for Firefighter Bravery recognizes individual acts of outstanding courage and bravery by members of Ontario's firefighting services.This honour is an important way to demonstrate public support for the often hazardous nature of the work of our firefighters.For more information on this Ontario medal, please visit the link at the top of this project.
The Ontario Medal for Police Bravery recognizes acts of outstanding courage and bravery by members of Ontario's police services.This honour is an important way to demonstrate public support for police officers across Ontario.For more information on the honour, please visit the link at the top of this page.
Baptist/Olinda Baptist Cemetery is located in Kingsville, Essex County, formerly Gosfield South Township on Concession 5, Lot 21 Demonination: Baptist Cemetery Location: GPS: 42.088764,-82.666326Maintained by: Town of Kingsville==Links== Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project