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George J. Ryerse Marriage Register

Elder George Joseph Ryerse of Woodhouse Township in the London District, himself a son of a Long Point Settlement pioneer, married the children of many early settlers between 1831 and 1857, dutifully maintaining his Marriage Register.

This Register survives!  A transcript was published in the 14 Mar 2023 and 
21 Mar 2023 issues of the Simcoe Reformer. The Reformer's transcript was the basis for dozens of entries in this index. Each index entry copied from Elder George J. Ryerse's Marriage Register ends with the index code [GJR]. We have not varified the Reformer's transcription against the original marriage register.


Norfolk Reformer newspapers

The Simcoe Reformer was previously called the Norfolk Reformer. (The 1890s name change was gradual as alternating issues carried eith banner for a while.)  Events from issues bannered Norfolk Reformer are identified in this transcription indexed as [NR] as in [NR18670711] for the Norfolk Reformer of 11 Jul 1867.

Another newspaper used as a source document for B-M-D Etc. was the
Port Dover Maple Leaf. Entries sourced from that publication are tagged with the abbreviation ML, such as [ML18920915] for Maple Leaf of 15 Sep 1892.

A third newspaper, The British Canadian, was published in Simcoe at the turn of the last century. Norfolk Historical Society volunteers are currently indexing names that appeared in several years of this newspaper. References to their index of B-M-D for 1906 have been added and 1907 are currently being added to B-M-D Etc. to provide leads to people/events the Reformer may have missed. These references are tagged BC (for example, BC19061127], and include only name, type of event, and publication date.


To the best of our knowledge, a complete set of the old weekly newspaper The Port Rowan News does not survive. But Long Point Settlers Journal editor Robert Mutrie has perhaps the next best thing....

The Mabel (Procunier) Aker Clipping Collection

Mabel Procunier, daughter of David P. Procunier and Kate Van Wagner, was born
18 Feb 1878 in St. Williams, Ontario. She married Sidney Aker, son of Hugh Alexander Aker and Flora Woodward, born 20 May 2023 on "Troyer's Flats," Lot 20, Concession 1, Walsingham Township.

Mabel and Sidney lived their entire married life on the Troyer's Flats farm, the original homestead of Norfolk County pioneer "Doctor" John Troyer. Mabel died there 
8 Mar 2023 and Sidney died there 4 Sep 1956. Sidney and Mabel had two children: Flora and John Aker.

As an adult, Flora lived on the heights above Troyer's Flats and taught at Port Rowan High School. Flora was very interested in her ancestry and the early days of Norfolk County and collected information and pictures which she donated to the Norfolk Historical Society. In 1993, she gave her Mother's collection of Port Rowan News clippings to Robert Mutrie, who has graciously provided norfolkgenealogy.com with a partial transcript to use as a source document in Births Marriages Deaths etc.

Since this collection of clippings is in private hands and therefore not readily accessible for source document inspection, data from this source may be hard to confirm. We recommend, therefore, that you treat it as only a road map for additional research.

Photocopies of some Port Rowan News clippings are available from Robert Mutrie. Here's a list of those available:
Mrs. Peter F. Fick obituary
Deacon John Frayer obituary


Charlotteville Births 1876-1900

Original Charlotteville Birth Registration Ledgers survive and are available for inspection in the Reading Room of the Norfolk Historical Society Archives at the Eva Brook Donly Museum in Simcoe, Ontario. This source has been used to augment the data found in local newspapers  and other sources.

While supplies last, a limited number of copies of the 31-page summary transcription Charlotteville Births 1876-1900 (Second Edition) listing father's, mother's and newborn's name, and child's birth date, is available for $10 plus $1 postage, from:
Charlotteville Births Transcription Sales
Eva Brook Donly Museum
109 Norfolk Street South
Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 2W3


Lynedoch Cemetery Caretaker's Records

Norfolk Historical Society Archives include tombstone transcriptions and other records of Norfolk County cemeteries. Among these we found the Lynedoch Cemetery  caretaker's log, which lists the name, gender, date of burial, and occasionally other data about those buried in this Charlotteville township Cemetery.

Note that there were two cemeteries in Lynedoch and the caretaker's log seems to reference other cemeteries, so researchers are advised to check the original source document themselves, both to confirm data transcribed from this log here, and to pursue other log data not transcribed here. Some entries in this handwritten log were difficult to read.

Entries from this log end with the source tag [LCL].


Old Woodhouse Church

Old Woodhouse Church: The Cradle of Methodism in the Long Point Settlement, edited by Twila and Roger Cruickshank, published 1999 by Laser Tec. Print and Design, Vittoria, Ontario. 290 pages, hardcover. ISBN 0-9684647-0-X

"Woodhouse United" (originally "Woodhouse Methodist") Church, was built in 1801, about four miles south of present day Simcoe, Ontario, and equal distance inland from Lake Erie at Port Ryerse (due south) or Port Dover (southeast). Its churchyard cemetery was the burying ground for some of the district's earliest settlers and their descendants.

Old Woodhouse Church celebrates 200 years of Methodism in Norfolk, with stories and illustrations (drawings, photos, etc.) of church members and activities through the years. Pages 254-279 alphabetically list everyone known buried in this cemetery. The list includes columns for: name of deceased, birth and death dates, cemetery location of grave, spouse's name or comment, father's name and mother's name.

While this cemetery transcription will be a boon to some researchers, we caution that it is a recent creation, not an original historical document; and as such is best used as a road map for your own investigation.

Entries sourced from Old Woodhouse Church are identified with the index code [OWC].

Old Woodhouse Church cemetery listing covers a 200 year period. Only a subset of records for the time period covered by local newspaper Births Marriages Deaths columns appear here. Old Woodhouse Church is the only known source for a complete listing.

 

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