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Re: Land Grants Quebec 1763 - 31st December 1890
« on: Sunday 20 May 07 10:17 BST (UK) »
my gggreat uncle Joshua Wharton 1800 has a will referring to him as a "gentleman " formerly from Quebec . i know his whole family were yeoman for generations before from Cumbria. Kirby Stephan ... england . we have since found a farm in ks. named Quebec but i have often wondered did he get his fortune in Quebec and return to england . i have never had any leads so maybe you could point me in the right direction . regards .
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Re: Land Grants Quebec 1763 - 31st December 1890
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 28 May 08 04:41 BST (UK) »
You may already have solved this, but I have posted this just in case

Book

Dictionary of Canadian Biography
By Francess G. Halpenny
http://tinyurl.com/5zc73b

Répertoire des données musicales de la presse québécoise. Tome I : Canada. Volume 2 : 1800-1824 : les divertissements urbains : confrontation de deux cultures
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=980105

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Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie

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Re: Land Grants Quebec 1763 - 31st December 1890
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 28 May 08 06:51 BST (UK) »
hi Janice , Would you believe i found that reference to Joshua Wharton yesterday . the one in Canadian dictionary. i was thrilled . we had a will that said he was formerly of Quebec but weren't sure if it was a farm Quebec in Kirby Stephan . thank you for those sites i will follow through . bye > Jan
valentine.fairhurst,hayes,hammond,codling,rust.norfolk.deyrujo.jutsum.wharton.lacey,probert,prickett,preby atherley-jones.clifton ..london /china. judd, eubank , dixon , hine , airey ,park .twentyman , dampier , jones in suffolk , limby , derrick , stockwell..