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• Inksetter, Robert James C.

  b. Apr 22,1902; d. Nov 20,1981; husband of Ethel E.H. Jackson (m. Nov 27,1926); son of Sarah (nee Calder) and Robert A. Inksetter;
• Cope, William

  b. 1719 (England); d. 1813; husband of Phoebe Ellsworth; father of Jacob (died young), William Jr., Henry, Conradt,Thomas, Rebecca Bright, Mary Neal (w. Cronk), Phoebe Derby and Jacob ; settled at Catskill, NY and later Flushing, Long Island; provost guard with Queen's Rangers Hussars; after Revolutionary War immigrated to Niagara;
• Kennedy, Roma

  Assistant Genealogist of United Empire Loyalist Association in Niagara Peninsula;
• Chisholm, George

  b. Jul 19,1744; d. Dec 5,1842 (Oakville Cemetery); husband of Barbara McKenzie (m. 1778); father of Janet, Mary Christina Land, John, James, William McKenzie, Barbara King, George, Christina Griggs and Nancy; 1773 emigrated from Scotland to America, New York, with his brother John; served during Revolutionary War under General Burgoynes and taken prisoner at Saratoga; after war transported to Nova Scotia and settled on farm near Shelbourne; aboned farm and took his wife and 6 children to Niagara to join his brother John; Mar 25,1793 land petition; 1793 together with George King purchased 900 acres in East Flamborough; one of earliest settler on the shore of Burlington Bay; negotiated treaties with Indians on behalf of British Government; at age 76 yrs served together with his 3 sons in War of 1812;
• Campbell, John
• Campbell, Glen
• Campbell, Oliver

  1744-1805; husband of Catherine; father of William, John, Stephen and Cornelius; served with Loyal New York Volunteers during Revolutionary War; King's Royal Regiment of New York; 1783 sailed with group of Associated Loyalists from New York to Quebec; settled for a time in Shelbourne, NS; employed at Adolphustown (Midland District); 1796 land grants in Cramahe Township, Northumberland County;
• Boughner [Buchner], Henry (Capt.)

  b. 1759; d. 1842 (Lyon's Creek cemetery); husband of Joanna Ainsley (m. 1780); father of Ozias, Daniel, Mary Wilson,Joanna Ryan, Penelope, Ereden, Frederick, Henry and Anna Howey; brother of Jacob, Christopher and Peter; German origin; fought on British side during war; emigrated as U.E.L. with wife and brothers from New Jersey to Canada; first settlers in Crowland Township; 1809 made Captain in 3rd Lincoln Regiment; Battle of Cook's Mills during war of 1812; Wesleyan Methodist Church;
• Beasley, Richard

  b. Jul 21,1761 (Hudson Valley, NY); d. Feb 16, 1842 (buried at Christ Church, Hamilton); husband of Henrietta Springer (m. 1791); father of Henry, David Clement, Margaret Stegman, Mary Sarah Hammill, Hannah VanEvery, Keziah Ford, Richard George, Catharine Priscilla Ferrie and George; 1777 entered Canada at Niagara; nephew of Richard Cartwright; assistant Commissary or storekeeper at Niagara; merchant and fur trader; settled in Burlington Bay; partnership with James Wilson; built grist and saw mills in Ancaster; U.E.L. of Ancaster and Barton townships; 1795 and 1796 appointed Justice of the Peace and Magistrate; 1791-1804 member of Upper Canada Legislature; Speaker of Legislature; 1809 appointed Colonel, commanding 2nd Regiment of York Militia; one of founders of Christ Church on James Street North in Hamilton; U.E.L. of Glanford Township (1800);
• Babcock, John
• Elliott, William M.
• Babcock, John Sr.

  b. 1747 (New York); d. prior to 1812 (Canada); husband of Catharine; father of Catharine Bonter, Mary Wanamaker, William, John Jr., Phoebe Weese and Margaret Weese; U.E.L.; carpenter; 1776 living in New Jersey; joined Provincial Regiment, the New York Volunteers; ensign in Fourth Battalion; 1790 travelled to Canada; land grant of 200 acres; established sawmill; Babcock family originally emigrated from Essex County, England, to Rhode Island;
• Findlater, Margaret
• Austin, Solomon
• Aikman, John Alexander

  Butler's Rangers; U.E.L. of Barton Township;
• Aikman, John (Capt.)

  1754; Butler's Rangers; U.E.L. of Ancaster and Saltfleet (1786) townships;
• Grimwood, Hilda
• Aikens, Samuel

  died Dec 20,1826; husband of Elizabeth; father of Robert, Elizabeth Oates (w. Nash), John, Samuel, Jane Hugh, William and Mary Oliver; of Lowland Scot descent; carpenter; wagoner; member of Associate Army and Navy; U.E.L.; left New York to come to Canada with wife and 4 children as member of the Port Roseway Associates; granted land in Logan Township, Perth County;
• Aikens, Elizabeth

  wife of Samuel Aikens; mother of Robert, Elizabeth Oates (w. Nash), John, Samuel, Jane Hugh, William and Mary Oliver; U.E.L.; left New York to come to Canada; settled Perth County;
• MacCrimmon, Hugh Ross (Dr.)

  b. Oct 4,1923; husband of Doris Irene Davison (m. Jun 3,1948); father of Katherine Irene, Ian Ross and Carol Laura Pugliese; son of Catherine Alexandra (nee Clark) and Leon Ross Anderson McCrimmon; U.E.L.; President of United Empire Loyalist Association, Hamilton Branch;
• MacCrimmon, Hugh Ross (Dr.)

  b. Oct 4,1923; husband of Doris Irene Davison (m. Jun 3,1948); father of Katherine Irene, Ian Ross and Carol Laura Pugliese; son of Catherine Alexandra (nee Clark) and Leon Ross Anderson McCrimmon; U.E.L.; President of United Empire Loyalist Association, Hamilton Branch;
• Newark

  1782 surveyed/settled; 1798 name changed to Niagara;
• the Palatines

  inhabitants of Lower Palatinate and Upper Palatinate ca. 1700; 1708 petitioned British government to transport them to American Colonies; 1709 petition granted with result of Fiirst Settlement of the Palatines in America;
• Luckhurst, Mrs. C.T.

  genealogist, Albany,NY;
• Vrooman, Jessie

  cousin of Sarah and John M. Crysler;
• St. Arnauld, Mary

  cousin of Sarah and John M. Crysler;
• Clement, Joseph

  uncle of Sarah Crysler and John M. Crysler;
• Crysler, Sarah

  sister of John M. Crysler;
• Clement Family
• Niagara Township

  settlement following Revolutionary War in spring of 1784;
• Crysler Family
• Crysler, John Morden

  image and signature;
• Field, Harold M. (Gunner)

  son of Murray Field of Virgil; brother of Erland W. and Wilfrid Murray Field; Niagara High School Honour Roll; enlisted Feb 22,1916 at St. Catharines; overseas with 49th Battery, C.F.A.; served in France, Begium and Germany; returned early summer 1919;
• Wallace, George

  Niagara Public School Honour Roll;
• Rankin, Gordon

  Niagara Public School Honour Roll;
• Coffey, John

  Niagara Public School Honour Roll;
• Chamberlain, Gordon

  Niagara Public School Honour Roll;
• Millar, Frederick

  Niagara Public School Honour Roll; Niagara High School Honour Roll;
• Bird, Richard
• Stivens, Frederick

  attended Public School in Niagara; served in American Army;
• Servos, Mrs. Dan

  mother of Leeming Hedley Servos;
• Servos, Dan

  father of Leeming Hedley Servos;
• Servos, Leeming Hedley (Staff Sergeant)

  only son of Dan Servos; enlisted Aug 5,1914 in the C.A.M. at Welland; attached to head quarters staff of the Welland Canal Protectors Force; served for 2 yrs;
• Swift, Mrs.

  grandmother of Harry Reilly and William Reilly;
• Reilly, William

  brother of Harry; grandson of Mrs. Swift; cousin of Matthew Girvin; served on US battleships;
• Reilly, Harry

  brother of William; grandson of Mrs. Swift; cousin of Matthew Girvin; served on US battleships;
• Barrack [Barracks], George (Cadet)

  Buffalo, NY;
• Rumsey, Dexter Cleveland (Major)

  La Jolla, Calif.; attended Niagara Public School for short time; 1911 graduated from West Point; 1912-1916 served with 6th US Cavalry on Mexican Patrol duty; 1916-1917 1st Lieutenant and Captain with the 4th Cavalry in Hawaiian Islands; 1917 Major, Air Service, Senior Military Aviator; 1917-1919 Flight Commander, supervising engineer, South Western District, Field Commander over eight flying fields; Mar 1919 was to depart on service with A.E.F. in France but recalled due to armistice;
• Hindle, Harry

  Imperial Army pensioner of Niagara; great-grandfather of Charles Sherlock;
• Sherlock, A.

  father of Charles Sherlock Sr.; served in Fenian Raid;
• Sherlock, Mrs. Charles

  mother of sons including Charles;
• Sherlock, Charles Sr.

  father of sons including Charles; son of A. Sherlock;
• Sherlock, Charles

  older son of Charles Sherlock; great-grandson of Harry Hindle; enlisted Apr 8,1918 in Toronto; served in the office of the Head Quarters Staff; discharged; re-enlisted in the R.A.F. and served in Toronto and Long Branch offices; discharged Dec 1,1918;
• O'Donnell, Jo. (nee Cummings)

  wife of James O'Donnell; mother of sons including James C.;
• O'Donnell, James

  husband of Miss Jo. Cummings; father of sons including James C. O'Donnell;
• O'Donnell, James C. (Cadet)

  youngest son of James O'Donnell and Jo. O'Donnell (nee Cummings); Aug 30,1917 enlisted with Royal Flying Corps in Toronto; attended School of Aeronatics serving in Camps Long Branch, Borden and Leaside; his flying course was all but completed when Royal Air Force demobilized;
• Meadows (Mr.)

  father of J. William Meadows; engineer on the local line of the M.C.R.R.;
• Meadows, J.William (Lieut.)

  enlisted Apr 1918 in the Air Force; demobilized Dec 15,1918 with rank of 2nd Lieutenant;
• Lynch, Mrs. John

  mother of sons including Felix;
• Lynch, John

  father of sons including Felix; fireman on the M.C.R.R.;
• Lynch, Felix

  youngest son of John Lynch; Public and High School in Niagara; enlisted Feb 28,1918 in Southern States; 339th Engineers stationed at Norfolk, VA; discharged Mar 12,1919 at Camp Hill, VA with rating of Master Engineers, Sr. Gr.;
• Lynch, John

  Public and High School education in Niagara; enlisted Sept 3,1918 in US Army; attached Adj.Det.Personnel Sections at Camp Sherman, Ohio;
• Keith, Mrs. William

  mother of sons includintg Edward James Keith;
• Keith, William

  father of sons including Edward James;
• Keith, Edward James

  second son of William Keith; 1915 enlisted in 180th or Sportsman's Battalion; passed as an Air Man but was discharged as unfit for service after a few weeks in army;
• Hood, Arthur Richard (Pte.)

  younger son of William Hood; brother of Albury K. Hood; tried to enlisted with Welland Field Battery and then with 98th Battalion but was rejected because of sight problems; Feb 7,1915 - July 5,1918 joined the 44th for frontier defense; July 1918 2nd C.O.R. and the Canadian Army Vetinary Corps at Exhibition Camp and in the R.C.D.; discharged Jul 31,1919;
• Hood, Mrs. William

  mother of Albury K. and of Arthur Richard Hood;
• Hood, William

  father of Albury K. Hood and Arthur Richard Hood;
• Hood, Albury K.

  born in England; son of William Hood; brother of Arthur Richard Hood; received all schooling in Niagara; Jul 1,1915 joined the Permanent Force at London, ON; served with Ordnance Corps in London, Toronto, Camp Borden and Halifax; discharged Jul 27,1919 in Montreal;
• Garret (Canon)

  father of Hamilton C. Garrett; rector of St. Mark's Church;
• Garrett, Hamilton C. (Capt.)

  only son of Canon Garrett; Ridley College; Niagara High School Honour Roll; enlisted Oct 6,1914 in the C.A.S.C. 124th Battalion at Toronto; served 1 yr as Supply and Ordnance Officer at Kapuskasing Internment Camp; 7 mths with the 124th Bn., C.E.F.; 4 mths Staff Captain of the 5th Training Bde.; declared medically unfit for overseas service; permission to retire Oct 1916;
• Garrett, Frederick Edward (Corpl.)

  enlisted Feb 13,1917 with Canal Force; Jun 30,1917 joined 2nd Garrison Battalion; July 23,1917 transferred to 1st Battalion 2nd Depot at Niagara; Sept 1917 transferred to Siberian Force 59th Battalion; contacted the flu and was hospitalized in Burlington, Guelph and Whitby; discharged Apr 14,1919, placed in Category E;
• Fisher, Maude (Army Nurse)

  originally of Virgil; Niagara High School Honour Roll; trained as nurse in Geneva, NY; enlisted Nov 1918 at Geneva; served at Old Green Hut building, a Debarkation Hospital No. 3, in New York City until July 15,1919;
• Cumpson, Mrs. James

  mother of sons including James; of Mary Street, Niagara;
• Cumpson, James

  father of sons including James; of Mary Street, Niagara;
• Cumpson, James (Pte.)

  eldest son of James Cumpson; enlisted May 23,1916 in the 210m Battalion in Moose Jaw; served in Canada only until Feb 8,1917;
• Connolly, Robert

  2nd son of James Connolly; enlisted Apr 25,1915 in R.A.F. as first class mechanic; served with them in Texas, Toronto and Deseronto; discharged Nov 30,1919;
• Coffey, Jack

  married; father of child; eldest son of Arthur Coffey; brother of Edward; enlisted in US Army in May 1917; July 1917 just prior to entering officers' training camp he resigned under conditions that when he was needed he would enlist again;
• Coffey, Mrs. Arthur

  mother of Jack Coffey and Edward Coffey; New York;
• Coffey, Arthur

  father of Jack Coffey and Edward Coffey; New York;
• Coffey, Edward (Cadet)

  Yonkers, NY; youngest son of Arthur Coffey of Yonkers, NY; brother of Jack Coffey; enlisted Apr 17,1917 in Naval Reserve Force while student at Princeton;
• Carnochan, James

  father of sons including Edward;
• Carnochan, Edward

  second son of James Carnochan; enlisted Feb 8,1916 when only 15 yrs old; commanding officer obtained baptismal certificate from Toronto and Edward Carnochan was discharged as under age after serving sometime;
• Caughill, John

  father of Herbert Joseph Caughill and Edward Caughill;
• Caughill, Herbert Joseph (Pte.)

  youngest son of John Caughill; brother of Edward Caughill; enlisted Feb 8,1916 in the 19th Battalion at St. Catharines; transferred to the Welland Canal Force; served at Niagara, Niagara Falls and De Cew Falls; discharges Jul 31,1916;
• Healey family
• Burd, Richard C.

  relative of the Healey family; enlisted May 1,1918 for four years service in the American Naval Reserve; served on the Great Lakes; Jul 17,1918 went to the submarine base at Panama to do patrol work; Dec 17,1918 given leave; rank of Seaman 2nd Class;
• Ball, Charles

  3rd son of Albert Ball; brother of Edward Harold Ball; served on the Frontier Guard for 2 years;
• Ball, Mrs. Albert

  mother of at least 4 sons including Edward Harold Ball and Charles Ball;
• Ball, Albert

  father of at least 4 sons including Edward Harold Ball and Charles Ball;
• Ball, Edward Harold (Pte)

  youngest son of Albert Ball; brother of Charles Ball; declared medically unfit to serve overseas; Jan 8,1915 accepted by the 44th for frontier duty; served with them in Port Colborne, Niagara Falls, Fort Erie, Queenston and Niagara until May 8,1918;
• Bolton, Mrs. John

  mother of John Bolton;
• Bolton, John Sr.

  father of John Bolton; Niagara;
• Bolton, John

  only son of John Bolton of Niagara; Niagara High School Honour Roll; enlisted Jan 27,1916 with 49th Battery under Major Lancaster in St. Catharines; drilled in St. Catharines, Toronto and Petawawa; developed trouble which unabled him for overseas service; discharged Oct 31,1916;
• Brock, Irvine

  husband of Lila Bissel; father of Lorenzo Irvine Everette Brock;
• Brock, Lila (nee Bissel)

  wife of Irvine Brock; mother of Lorenzo Irvine Everette Brock;
• Brock, Lorenzo Irvine Everette (Pte.)

  only son of Lila Bissel Brock and Irvine Brock; enlisted May 28,1918; served until Aug 1918 as Headquarter's Bugler at Brockville; sent home as mother's sole support; discharged Jan 15,1919;
• Nash, Carleton

  enlisted in B.C. and served with Imperials overseas;
• Nash, Benjamin

  father of Carleton Nash;
• Nash, Carleton

  son of Benjamin Nash; attended Miss Servos' School; enlisted in B.C. and died there before regiment was ordered overseas;