Local and Family History
Malahide Genealogy
1828 Upper Canada Militia Men of Malahide Township
1842 Census Index for Malahide Township, Elgin County
Elgin County Branch OGS - See the Members' Research page for many Elgin names.
Discovering Your Roots in Elgin: The Elgin OGS Online Guide to genealogy sources in Elgin County, Ontario
Elgin County Library Catalog Online
History of Malahide from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Elgin, Ontario
St. Thomas Public Library - George Thorman Room for Genealogy in Elgin
Whitesell Researchers Page - A collaborative register report for the descendants of Andrew Whitesell
1901 census for Malahide Twp.
1911 census for Malahide Twp.
Malahide Township, London District (now Elgin County), Upper Canada (later Canada West and Ontario) -
Documenting the early settlers
Map of Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada - ca 1877
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Genealogies by Bruce Connor Johnson, Jr. include -
From Ireland to Elgin County, Ontario
CONNOR - Register Report for Matthew CONNOR - MATTHEW CONNOR was born in Ireland about 28 June 1769 and died at Dereham Township Oxford Co., Ontario, 28 February 1854. He married probably in Ireland, MARY ANN SHERLOCK, who was born in Ireland about 1776 and died at Dereham Twp., 20 August 1849. They had children, James, John, HENRY, who married ELEANOR CHRISTIE, and resided at Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Abner, Eleanor, Matthew, Robert, Frank, ISAAC, who resided at Bayham Twp., Elgin Co. Post queries at the Connor Family Genealogy Forum. Sherlock Family Genealogy Forum. Christie Family Genealogy Forum.Rootsweb Connor Message Board Rootsweb Sherlock Message Board
JOHNSON / JOHNSTON- The descendants of Humphrey (1786 - 1863) and Margaret (WHITCRAFT) JOHNSON / JOHNSTON of Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario.
JOHNSTON- EDWARD JOHNSTON / JOHNSON, was born at Armagh, Ireland, 17 August 1785 and died at Spring City Monona Co., Iowa, 1873. He married first SARAH BROWN and second PERCY (BALDWIN) CURTIS. By his first wife he had children, ELIZABETH (JOHNSTON) KOYLE, who died at Malahide Twp., March 1836; HARRIET (JOHNSON) MCINTOSH, who died at Springfield, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., 21 October 1897; ROBERT LEWIS; AND MARGARET (JOHNSON) GUYMON, who with their father were early members of the LDS church and resided at Nauvoo, Illinois with other Mormons. Edward's brothers and sisters may have been , JOSEPH, ROBERT, FRANCES, HUGH, MARGARET, SARAH COWAN, ELIZABETH HASTINGS, GEORGE, MARY NORRIS, JOHN and SUSANNAH PARTLOW.
WHITCRAFT / WHITCROFT- THOMAS WHITCRAFT / WHITCROFT, was born probably at Monaghan, Ireland about 1821 and died at Brooke Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario, 3 October 1880. He married first RACHEL GAGE and second MARY. By his first wife he had children, JACOB, who died at St. Thomas, 29 December 1919; WILLIAM HENRY; MARGARET J. SAUNDERS and THOMAS NEWELL. DESCENDANTS used the spelling of WHITCROFT. Rootsweb Whitcraft Message Board
Loyalists and other settlers from the American Colonies
NICKERSON- ELIUD NICKERSON, U.E.L., was born at Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, December 1760 and died at St. Catherines, Lincoln Co., Ontario, 30 March 1843. He married first MARY MARGARET FRITZ, who was probably born at New York about 1765 and died at St. Catherines, 22 March 1840. They were Loyalists, who left New York in 1783 for New Brunswick, later removed to Cobourg, Ontario and finally settled at Grantham Twp., Lincoln Co., Upper Canada. Their children were, NATHANIEL, who lived for a while at Malahide Twp., John, Eliud, Rebecca, LEVI, who died at Malahide Twp., 16 January 1872, Mary, Enos, Eunice, David Varien and Catherine. The Nickerson Family Association at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Post queries on the Nickerson Family Genealogy Forum or on the RootsWeb/Ancestry.com Nickerson Surname Message Board. For Selleck information try the Selleck Family Genealogy Forum. Selleck Research Association.WHITESELL / WHITSELL- ANDREW WHITESELL, U.E.L., was born at Sussex Co., New Jersey, 1 October 1754 and died at Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth Co., Upper Canada, 26 October 1816. He married at New Jersey, 17 October 1785 ANNA VAN WEY. She was born at Oxford, Sussex Co., 17 October 1763 and died at Saltfleet Twp., 7 September 1810. They were Loyalists who settled in Upper Canada (now Ontario) in July of 1787. Their children were Elizabeth, Joseph, Andrew, Richard, DAVID, who died at Malahide Twp., 1 November 1862, Margaret, Moses, AARON, who died at Yarmouth Twp., Elgin Co., February 1870, DANIEL, who died at Malahide Twp., 28 January 1884 and Charles, who married Sarah Bentley at Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., 30 April 1827.
Whitesell Researchers Page Searching for the origins of Andrew and Margaretha (Green) Whitesell of Sussex Co., New Jersey. Andrew was born 1723 and was buried at the Swayze Cemetery in Sussex Co., NJ in 1813.
Post queries on the Whitesell Family Genealogy Forum. Rootsweb Whitesell Message Board
ALWARD / ALWOOD - DANIEL ALWARD, was born at New Jersey about 1727 and his will was filed at Lincoln County, Niagara District, Upper Canada, 19 March 1801. He married JEMIMA and they had at least four children, Jemima, who married Silas Carter, Daniel, Jr., Hulda and William. It is known that many in his family were loyalists who settled at New Brunswick. Rootsweb Alward Message Board
FELKER / VÖLCKEL / VOELCKEL- ELIZABETH (FELKER) WHITESELL, was born probably at Niagara District, Upper Canada, 5 April 1801 or 24 April 1800 and died at Malahide Twp., 29 August 1875. She married DANIEL WHITESELL. She may have had sisters, ANNA (FELKER / VÖLCKEL) LAFEY, who died at Malahide Twp., 4 April 1891, age 94 and LYDIA FELKER, who died at Malahide Twp., 29 June 1880, age 75. They are believed to be descendants from Völckel families who immigrated from Erndtebrück, Westfalen, Prussia (now Germany) to New Jersey just before the Revolutionary War then to Upper Canada about 1797. Post queries on the Felker Family Genealogy Forum. Rootsweb Felker Message Board
BROWN - Register Report for Ancestors and Descendants of Walter BROWN of Malahide (1791-1876) - Some ancestors and descendants of Benajah and Violetta (PAINE) BROWN. Those researching Browns will be interested in the Brown Genealogical Society. Check out Mike Brown's Brown Genealogy for some great transcriptions of news articles on the descendants of Benajah BROWN. He has also posted photos of Brown gravestones.
CARTER - SILAS CARTER was born at Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, 9 July 1765 and died at Bertie Twp., Welland Co., Ontario, 29 June 1856. He married first JEMIMA ALWARD who died before he married second, about 1833 MARGARET (BUCK) WATERHOUSE. By his first wife Silas had children, SALLY, who died at Malahide Twp., 27 October 1881, NICHOLAS, who died at Malahide Twp., 27 August 1861, Henry, Nancy, SILAS, who died at Malahide Twp., March 1856, JEMIMA, who married WALTER BROWN, and died at Malahide Twp., 23 July 1878, Phoebe, and Rebecca. He had three children by his second wife. Post queries on the Carter Family Genealogy Forum.
MILLER - GILBERT MILLER., was born at New York or Upper Canada about 1796 and died at Malden Township, Essex Co., 28 August 1834. He married at Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., 11 March 1828, WILLEMPJE "WILMOT" VAN PETTEN / VAN PATTER, daughter of Nicholas Van Patten and Catherina Mabie. They had children, CORDELIA BROWN, SIMON VAN PATTER, and ALBERT OGDEN. Gilbert had sisters, HARRIET, who married Levi Nickerson, and died at Malahide Twp., 17 May 1828/1829; WILMOT, who married Eliud Nickerson, and BERTHENA, who married Nathaniel Nickerson, and died at Malahide Twp., 29 August 1851.It is believed that they were all children of OGDEN MILLER of Saratoga Co., New York. Post queries on the Ogden Family Genealogy Forum. Rootsweb Ogden Message Board
GOFF - MATILDA GOFF was born at Massachusetts about 1796 and died at Port Bruce, Ontario, 5 October 1873. She married RUFUS YOUNG and they had at least 12 children. It is believed that she had sisters, SARAH, who was the second wife of LEVI NICKERSON, IRENA, who was the second wife of JAMES CARPENTER, and ABIGAIL, who was the second wife of LEMUEL DILTS. They may have had a brother DAVID GOFF who married MARY THAYER.
Post queries on the Goff Family Genealogy Forum. Rootsweb Goff Message Board
YOUNG - Descendants of Rufus (1800-1875) and Matilda (1796-1873) (GOFF) YOUNG of Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario.
Ahnentafel for Bruce Connor Johnson's Ontario Loyalists, Irish, New England, German and English ancestors
Elgin County Sources and Citations
Web Register Report of Elgin County Sources and Citations generated from the Experimental Sources.ged file. This web report will show you what sources and citations are contained in the current GED file. If you think that you would like to incorporate these Elgin County, Ontario sources and citations into your genealogy database software (ie FTM, Reunion, Family Origins etc.) then download the Sources.ged file given below.
IMPORT the special GEDCOM file given below into a copy of your existing AQ, FTM, Reunion, TMG or other database files and please let me know how if works. Your software should be able to link these preformatted citations automatically to the Elgin County BMD events in your database or GEDCOM file. This could save you dozens of hours of tedious work in properly documenting Elgin County sources.
Elgin County Source Citation GEDCOM [ update 4/26/99 ] - © 1999 Bruce C. Johnson Jr. This GEDCOM file will be updated as sources are added to it.
Other Family History Research
by Bruce C. Johnson Jr.Swedish Ancestors - of John Peterson (188 - 1955) of Rockford, Illinois, Clinton, Wisconsin and Öllöv ( Ollov)), Grevie, Kristianstad, Sverige / Sweden. \
Norwegian Ancestors - of Ingrid Olsdatter Foss (1886-1986) of Rockford, Illinois and Jostedal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norge / Norway.
Nehemiah Hundley Resarchers - Register Report for the descendants of Nehemiah HUNDLEY, a Revolutionary War soldier who died at Virginia in 1833.
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