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• Dent
• Gourlay, Robert

  1819 trial;
• Cockrell, Richard

  1816 publisher of the Spectator of St. Davids;
• Rye (Miss)
• Our Western Home

  built in 1817; see: 'Jail and Court House'; over 25 yr period occupied by Miss Rye's 4000 orphan children;
• Jail and Court House

  built in 1817; 1847-1864 only used as a jail;
• Duke of Kent (H.R.H.)
• Colquhum, Mrs.
• Alma, John

  1830 came to Niagara; wholesale merchant;
• Quade, Mrs. (nee Henry)

  b. 1804; d. 1831; daughter of Mary (nee Madden) and Dominic Henry;
• Winterbottom (Mr.)
• Government House
• The Parliament Oak
• The Indian Council House
• Thomson, W.A.
• Duke de la Roche Fancauld-Liancourt [Foucauld-Liancourt]

  1795 visited Governor Simcoe in Navy Hall;
• Chewett (Mr.)

  1804;
• Navy Hall

  also called “Red Barracks”;
• Ker (Dr.)

  missionary to Gaspe;
• Arnold (Canon)

  rector of Fort Erie;
• Fort Erie
• Grass, George

  d. May 27,1813 (battle of Fort George; Homer Burial Ground);
• Ball, R.N.
• Jenoway, Mrs.

  1814; husband commands Engineers Depot at Fort Mississagua and Fort George;
• Gordon, Seaton (General)

  1824;
• Henry, Mary (nee Madden)

  wife of Dominic Henry; mother of Mrs. Quade;
• Henry, Dominic [Dominac]

  died 1829 (Niagara); husband of Mary Madden; father of Mrs. Quade; veteran of 4th Battalion Royal Artillery of Cornwallis; 1803-14 lighthouse keeper at Mississagua Point;
• Fort Niagara
• Fort George
• Robertson, John Ross (M.P.)

  Honorary Member of Niagara Historical Society; author of “History of Free Masonry”;
• Fort Mississagua
• Roe, Mrs.

  daughter of George Ball; sister to 10 siblings including Charles A.F. Ball; Hon. Vice-President of Niagara Historical Society;
• Ball, Margaret
• Ball, John W.

  Church Warden of St. Mark's Church; Sunday School teacher;
• Ball, William M.
• Ball, G.P.M.

  son of George Ball; Louth;
• Clendennan U.E.L.
• Vrooman U.E.L.
• Cassaday U.E.L.
• McMicken U.E.L.
• Showers U.E.L.
• Fields U.E.L.
• Ten Broeck (Capt.)

  Jan 1783 resigned from Lieut.-Col. John Butler's regiment;
• Ball, Jacob (1st Lieut.)
• Broeck, Peter Len (Capt.)
• Ball, George

  father of 11 children including Mrs. Roe and youngest son Charles A.F. Ball;
• Vavasour (Capt.)
• Brock (Capt.)

  nephew of Sir Isaac Brock;
• Ball, George

  father of G.P.M. Ball; son of Capt. Jacob Ball; brother of Peter, Jacob Jr. and John; 1784 came to Canada; erected grist mill, woolen mill, cooper shop and general store on the Twenty Mile Creek;
• Ball, John

  died Feb 1854; son of Capt. Jacob Ball; brother of Jacob Jr., Peter and George; 1782 came to Canada; fought in Butler's and Queen's Rangers;
• Ball, Jacob Jr.

  Homer burying ground; son of Capt. Jacob Ball; brother of Peter, John and George; 1782 came to Canada; fought in Butler's and Queen's Rangers;
• Ball, Peter

  son of Capt. Jacob Ball; brother of Jacob Jr., John and George; 1782 came to Canada; fought in Butler's and Queen's Rangers;
• Ball, Jacob (Capt.)

  father of Peter, Jacob Jr., John and George; 1782 came to Canada; fought in Butler's and Queen's Rangers;
• Mann family

  emigrated from Heidelberg, Germany to County Norfolk, England;
• Ball family

  emigrated from Heidelberg, Germany to County Norfolk, England; ca 1690 some members purchased lands from Crown in Mohawk Valley and emigrated to America;
• Bahl family

  emigrated from Heidelberg, Germany to County Norfolk, England;
• Ball, Mrs. J.W.

  resident at Locust Grove;
• Simcoe (Governor, Col.)

  1792 arrived in Newark;
• Locust Grive

  residence of Mrs. J.W. Ball;
• McDonald, George
• Cartwright, Richard

  1792;
• Crooks, John

  died 1833; Superintendent of first Sunday School; postmaster;
• McDonald, Donald

  93rd Highlanders;
• Smith, N. (Rev.)

  1899-1900 Committee member of Niagara Historical Society;
• Bell, J.W. (Rev.)
• Cleland, William (Rev.)
• Robinson, Beverley (Hon.)

  Lieut.-Governor;
• Mowat, Oliver (Sir)

  Lieut.-Governor;
• Simcoe, Mrs.

  1792;
• Lord Portland
• Russell, Peter
• Miller, William Duff
• Murry (Murray ?), Robert
• Blake, John
• Campbell, Charles (Rev.)
• Torrance, Andrew
• Currie, John
• Dunn, James M.
• Currie, James G.
• Lawder, John M.
• Mowat, J.B. (Rev. Dr.)

  professor of Hebrew at Queen's University;
• Carnochan, Andrew
• Elliot, Thomas
• Young, John

  b. ca 1767; d. Jul 29,1840 (drowned in Lake Ontario); merchant in Niagara;
• Christie, Alexander R.

  Toronto;
• Webster, James
• McFarland, James
• Barr, William
• Currie, A.C.
• Colborne, John (Sir)
• Head, Francis Bond (Sir)
• Wagstaff, John
• Rogers, John

  d. 1883;
• Claus, John
• Melville, Robert
• McDougall, Daniel
• Hamilton, Robert
• Campbell, Edward C.
• Clement, Lewis
• Dickson, Walter H.