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• Hamilton, Alexander

  d. Feb 19,1839; sheriff;
• Morreau

  Jul 30,1838 executed;
• Colborne, John (Sir)
• Durham (Lord)

  1838;
• Arthur, George (Governor, Sir)
• Grant, David
• Grant, Robert

  died age 60 yrs. May 1838 (Thorold);
• Lockhart, James

  1837;
• Hamilton, John (Hon.)

  1835;
• Melville (Capt.)

  1834 President of Niagara Dock Company;
• Wood, John

  shipbuilder in Port Glasgow;
• Gilkison, Isabella (nee Grant)

  wife of Capt. William Gilkison; mother of 6 sons including Robert, Jasper T. and Archie; daughter of Commodore Grant; 1815 returned to Glasgow with her husband and family;
• Gilkison, Jasper T.

  husband of Miss McCormick; father of Augusta Isabella Grant Gilkison; son of Isabella (nee Grant) and Capt. William Gilkison; brother to 5 brothers including Robert and Archie; 1833;
• McCormick, Thomas

  husband of Miss Jarvis;
• McCormick family
• Gilkison family
• Jarvis family
• Peters, S. (Rev.)

  father of Mrs. William Jarvis;
• Jarvis, Mrs. William (nee Peters)

  Hamilton family burying ground; wife of William Jarvis; daughter of Rev. S. Peters; 1792; 1833;
• Simcoe, John Graves (Col.; Governor)
• Jarvis, William

  husband of Miss Peters; Secretary to Gov. Col. John Graves Simcoe;
• Gilkison, Robert

  b. 1810 (Queenston); d. Apr 8,1855 (Leith, Scotland); 4th son of Isabella (nee Grant) and Capt. William Gilkison; brother to 5 brothers including Jasper T. and Archie; uncle of Augusta Isabella Grant Gilkison; 1815 left Canada with family to return to Glasgow; 1834 returned to Niagara to work for Niagara Dock Company; 1840 went to Glasgow for visit, took ill and died after lengthy illness;
• Gilkison, William (Capt.)

  husband of Isabella Grant; father of 6 sons including Robert, Jasper T. and Archie; 1815 returned to Glasgow with his family;
• Tullock, I.L.

  1857 Military Superintendent of Pensioners;
• McBryan, Bernard (Barney)

  b. ca 1810 (County Tyrone); father of 2 sons and 4 daughters; Jul 1828 enlisted with 56th Regiment of Foot; Jul 1849 discharged on account of disability;
• Richards

  Provincial Secretary;
• Cameron

  Commissioner of Crown Lands;
• MacDonald, John A. (Sir)
• Plumb (Senator)
• Jones, Elias

  b. Apr 1,1764 (Caernavon); d.1873 (Niagara); served in Royal Navy then 58th Regiment; 1832 came to Canada; 1837 Sergeant with Niagara Volunteers;
• Geale (Capt.)

  R.C.R.;
• Cox (Capt.)

  father of James Ogilvy Cox; R.C.R.;
• Cox, James Ogilvy

  buried in St. Mark's cemetery; son of Capt. Cox; 100th Regiment; enlisted in R.C.R.;
• Harrington, Timothy

  father of Mrs. Henry Riches; R.C.R.; Niagara;
• Riches, Mrs. (nee Harrington)

  2nd wife of Henry Riches; daughter of Timothy Harrington;
• Riches, Henry (Corpl.)

  b. ca 1827 (Canterbury, County of Kent); d. May 22,1888; first married while stationed in Wales; 2nd wife: Miss Harrington (Niagara); father of 10 children; Aug 1843 enlisted with 41st Regiment; 1858 came to Canada and joined R.C.R. In Kingston;
• Swift, James
• Ears, Joseph

  2nd Brigade Light Infantry;
• Moorhead, A.

  Secretary and Registrar;
• McCarten, Mrs. William

  daughter of William Lunn;
• Lunn, William (Private)

  b. ca 1809 (Berks County, England); father of Mrs. William McCarten; 1832 enlisted in London with 56th Regiment; served in R.C.R.; May 10,1840 landed in Canada;
• Hill, George

  son of George Hill; band master at West Point;
• Dunleavy
• Hare
• Hill, George

  father of George Hill; band of the R.C.R.;
• Mulvaney
• Duke of York
• Tupper, F. Brock

  nephew of Sir Isaac Brock; author of “Life of Sir Isaac”;
• Ball (Mr.)
• Duke of Wellington
• Brock, Isaac (General; Sir)
• Burns, James

  son of Thomas Burns; bugler with R.C.R. at age 12 yrs; bugler in Fenian Raid as well as 1885 Rebellion;
• Simpson (Hon.)

  Justice of the Peace; M.P. for Niagara;
• Burns, Thomas (Sergeant)

  d. Jan 3,1908; 1850 married Miss Holohan; father of James Burns; Aug 2,1847 joined band of Royal Canadian Rifles; transferred from the band to the ranks; 1870 discharged as sergeant; Montreal Police Force; 1883 returned to Niagara; Customs House officer;
• Collins (Mr.)

  Royal Navy;
• Kent (Mr.)
• Keitley, Jesse
• Goodwin (Mr.)
• Maxwell, William (Corpl.)

  Sexton of St. Andrew's Church;
• McKenzie, John (Corpl.)

  librarian of the Mechanic's Institute;
• Hacker, William
• Beaven, Robert
• Fulton, John
• Atkins, Tommy (Private)
• Clement, Mrs. (nee Donaldson)

  wife of John M. Clement; mother of 1 daughter and 1 son; originally from Grantham;
• Campbell, Charles (Rev.)
• Dunn, James M.
• Phillips (Rev.)
• Ball, Johhn C.

  father of Hannah Clement;
• Clement, Hannah (nee Ball)

  wife of George A. Clement; mother of John M. Clement; daughter of John C. Ball;
• Clement, John

  father of George A. Clement;
• Kirby (Mr.)

  poet;
• Clement, George A.

  husband of Hannah Ball; father of John M. Clement; son of John Clement U.E.L.;
• Librock, P.

  jeweller;
• Lewis, J.H.
• St. Andrew's Church

  Presbyterian Church;
• Sherbrooke, John (Sir)
• Young (Dr.)

  Scotsman;
• Raddish (Mr.)
• Duke of Portland
• Brant (Capt.)

  1793;
• Jarvis (Mr.)

  Provincial Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel;
• Simcoe (General/ Gov.)
• Forsyth (Mr.)

  1791 merchant in Montreal;
• Toosey (Mr.)
• King Henry VIII

  1546 founded Trinity College at University of Cambridge;
• Humphreys (Mr.)

  Lecturer of Hampstead;
• Montagu, Edward
• Hamilton, Robert (Hon. /Col.)
• Butler (Col.)
• Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

  1795;
• Stuart, J.(Rev.)

  1790 missionary to the Mohawks at Kingston Cataraqui;
• Inglis (Bishop)
• Doty, John (Rev.)

  1783 missionary in Canada;
• Ogilvie, John (Rev.)

  1760 missionary to the natives in N.Y. State;
• Pascoe, C.F.
• Rudolf (Mr.)
• Heriot
• Clark (Col.)

  1804;
• Russell

  1797 requests permission to have churches built at Newark, York and Cornwall;