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• Harrison, Mrs.

  officer of Womens' Institute;
• Barton, Clara

  officer of Womens' Institute;
• Dunant, Henry

  1863 inspired the formation of the Red Cross Society;
• McAlpin, Margaret (Dr.)
• Rowland, Mrs.

  1911-12 President of the Womens' Institute; appointed Delegate to the Convention in Toronto for The Womens' Institute;
• Hoodless, Mrs.

  Hamilton; Feb 1897 instigated formation of 1st Women's Institute of Ontario;
• Lee, Erland

  farmer; attended Ontario Agricultural College; president of Farmers' Institute in Stoney Creek;
• Smith (Mr.)

  Inspector of Schools; formed Farmers' Institute in Stoney Creek;
• Walker, Mrs.

  of Bartonville;
• Read, John C.

  son of Cornelius Read Jr.; brother of Fred C., William W. and Aaron; Assessment Commissioner of Owen Sound;
• Read, Aaron

  son of Cornelius Read Jr.; brother of Fred C., William W. and John C.; Kerroburt, Sask.; moved to BC;
• Read, William W.

  son of Cornelius Read Jr.; brother of Fred C., Aaron and John C.; reeve of Grantham Township;
• Read, Fred C.

  son of Cornelius Raed Jr.; brother of William W., Aaron and John C.; Reeve of Grantham Township;
• Read, George

  father if Alexander Read; of Beamsville;
• Read, Alexander (Private)

  died at Vimy Ridge; son of George Read; 29th Battalion, C.E.F.;
• Read, Aaron Jr.

  father of Fred N. Read; son of Cornelius Read Jr.; Mayor of Owen Sound;
• Read, Fred N. (Corp.)

  died at Passchendale; son of Aaron Read Jr.; Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry;
• Williot, W.
• Hodginson, William (Private)
• Cooke, Angus (Capt.)

  19th Regiment;
• Townsend

  outlaw;
• Read, Cornelius Jr. (“Bub”)

  father of Fred N. (C. ?), William W., Aaron and John C.; son of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; brother of John Brock Read, Susan Parnell, Aaron Read, George Read and William Read;
• Read, George

  son of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; brother of Susan Parnell, Aaron Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and William Read;
• Read, Aaron

  son of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; brother of Susan Parnell, John Brock Read, George Read and William Read;
• Read, George

  son of William Read; from St. Louis;
• Read, William

  father of George Read; son of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; brother of John Brock Read, Aaron Read, William Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and Susan Parnell;
• Dickson, William

  commissioner;
• Scott, Thomas
• Brock, James
• Dickson, Thomas
• Hamilton, Thomas

  of York;
• Brock, Isaac (General; Sir)
• Read, John Brock

  eldest son of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; brother of Susan Parnell, Aaron Read, George Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and William Read;
• Parnell, Fred R.

  son of Susan Parnell (nee Read); St. Catharines;
• Parnell, Susan (nee Read)

  b. Feb 21,1830 (Ten Mile Creek); mother of Fred R. Parnell; youngest child of Ann (nee Young) and Cornelius Read Sr.; sister of John Brock Read, Aaron Read, George Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and William Read;
• Hodgknain, Eleazer
• Read, George

  son of William Read;
• Burns, Robert

  poet;
• Young, John

  father of Ann Read; U.E.L.; chairman of committee to erect St. Andrews Church, Niagara;
• Read, Ann (nee Young)

  wife of Cornelius Read; mother of Susan Parnell, Aaron Read, John Brock Read, George Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and William Read; daughter of John Young;
• McEwan (Capt.)

  company commander in 1st Lincoln Regiment;
• Read, Cornelius Sr.

  d. 1837; husband of Ann Young; father of John Brock Read, William Read, Aaron Read, George Read, Cornelius Read Jr. and Susan Parnell; son of Sergt. George Read; brother of George Read Jr.; private in 1st Lincoln Regiment; battles of Lundys Lane and Queenston; member of one of the first Library Boards of Niagara;
• Frey, Bernard (Capt.)
• Addison, Robert (Rev.)
• Small, John
• Simcoe, John Graves (His Excellency)

  Lieut.-Governor and Commander in Chief of Upper Canada; Major General of His Majesty's Forces;
• Read, William

  native of Great Britain; married; father of 5 children including George; 1773 came to America with father and family; son of John Read Sr.; brother of George, John Jr. and 1 sister; erected the 1st Episcopal church in Niagara Peninsula;
• Read, John Jr.

  son of John Read Sr.; brother of William, George and 1 sister;
• Read, John Sr.

  father of William, George and John Jr. and 1 daughter; U.E.L.;
• Read, George Sr.

  b. 1763 (Yorkshire, England); d. Feb 1834; U.E.L.; 1773 went to New York; 1784 came to Canada; married; father of 5 children including George Jr. and Cornelius; son of John Read Sr.; brother of Wiiliam, John Jr. and 1 sister; Butler's Rangers;
• Read, George Jr.

  son of Sergt. George Read; brother of Cornelius Read;
• Hare
• Grass
• Read family
• Stull
• Parnell
• Goring
• Bessey
• Havens
• Schram
• Carnochan, Janet
• Hooker, Le Roy (Rev.)

  poet;
• Kirby, William

  poet;
• McMicking family
• Johnson family
• Crysler family
• Claus family
• Clement family
• Butler family
• Freel family
• Field family
• Servos family
• Ball
• Robinson, John Beverly (Sir)

  his daughter married Sir Henry Lefroy;
• Lefroy, Henry (Sir)

  1st wife: daughter of Sir John Beverly Robinson; 2nd wife: granddaughter of Col. Dundas;
• Dundas, Thomas (Col.)

  Carron Hall, Stirlingshire/ England; granddaughter became 2nd wife of Sir Henry Lefroy;
• Servos, Daniel

  built grist mill;
• Secord, Peter

  built grist mill;
• Bowman, Mrs. Sphon
• Bowman, Peter

  Butler's Rangers; settled in Stamford;
• Young family
• Buck family
• Bowman family
• Secord family
• Nelles family
• Gilbert
• Secord, John
• Secord, David

  June 1790 first person to receive certificate of lands from Land Board; built saw mill;
• Street, Samuel

  1788 appointed Justice of the Peace;
• Ball, Jacob

  1788 appointed Justice of the Peace;
• TenBrock, Peter

  1788 appointed Justice of the Peace;
• Tice, Gilbert

  1788 appointed Clerk of the Peace;
• Hamilton, Robert

  1788 appointed Justice of the court of Common Pleas;
• Burch, John

  1788 appointed Justice of the Peace; built mills near Falls;
• Jones, Augustus

  1788 assistant surveyor;
• Pawling, Jesse

  1788 assistant surveyor; 1788 appointed Justice of the court of Common Pleas;
• Frey, Philip Rocknell (Lieut.)

  Butler's Rangers; 1785 appointed Deputy Surveyor; 1788 appointed Clerk of the court;
• Haldimand (Governor)
• Land, John
• Dobson, Isaac