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Dufferin County Genealogy

This page was last updated: Tuesday September 04, 2007

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Dufferin County includes:
Amaranth Station, Amaranth Township, Banda, Biggles, Black Bank, Blacks Corners, Blount, Bowling Green,  Camilla, Campania, Cardwell, Colbeck, Conover, Corbetton, Craigsholme, Crombie, Earnscliffe, East Garafraxa Township, East Luther Township,  Elba, Elder, Farmington, Fraxa, Garafraxa Woods, Glen Cross, Grand Valley, Granger, Hereward, Honeywood, Horning's Mills, Jessopville, Kilgorie, Laurel, Laurel Station, Lavender, Leggatt, Lucille, Mansfield, Maple Grove, Marsville, Melancthon, Melancthon Township, Mono, Mono Centre, Mono Mills, Mono Township, Monticello, Mulmur, Mulmur Township, Orangeville, Peepabun, Prices Corners, Primrose, Purple Hill, Randwick, Reading, Redickville, Relessey, Riverview, Ruskview, Salem,  Shelburne, Sheldon, Shrigley, Springwater Lakes, Stanton, Tamarac, Tarbert, Terra Nova, The Maples, Violet Hill, Waldemar, Whitfield, Whittington.
MAP OF DUFFERIN COUNTY: Dufferin Gen Web has a beautiful map of Dufferin County - please visit this link

According to the Toronto Star dated August 21, 1901, Orangeville's population in 1891 was 2,962.  In 1901 it was 2,511.  The Toronto Star published an article dated October 4, 1902 on a "Special Census" done in Orangeville which put the Orangeville population at 4,056.


Vital Statistics (BMDs) in Dufferin County as published in the newspapers (including extras!).  
With special thanks to the Orangeville Library as the  indexing project is underway .  Lookups available upon request.  If you are requesting more than 5  lookups and do not wish to share or contribute information, please submit a fee of $25
which will allow you unlimited lookups for a period of one year.  *This project is not funded in any way, with the exception of kind donors*  (The project also accepts donations payable to the MS Society of Canada in lieu of contributing to the project.)

Search Dufferin County Indexes

These indexes include, but are not limited to: births, marriages, deaths, engagements, property exchanges, citizen moves, historical news, school info, business news, memoriams, illnesses, injuries and accidents and more. INDEXING IS NOT LIMITED TO ORANGEVILLE AND INCLUDES ITEMS FROM DUFFERIN, GREY, PEEL, SIMCOE AND WELLINGTON COUNTIES 

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DATABASE LAST UPDATED September 4, 2007

Definitions:
a - anniversary
b - birth b/c - baptism/christening bday - birthday bn - business news c - classified
d - death/funeral/obituary
e - engagement m - memoriam
n - news (news, illnesses, relocation, notes of interest, legal/court, school reports and more)
p - property w - wedding/marriage

<Database includes mostly Orangeville Banner indexes, but includes many from Grand Valley papers, Orangeville Citizen, Orangeville Sun, and Shelburne papers>

Orangeville Banner Interments - this page lists which cemeteries folks were interred in according to their obituaries.  Updated December 20, 2006

The following are soon available for sale, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Orangeville Public Library:
Orangeville Banner  - Sep 19, 1907 to Apr 01, 1909 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Apr 08, 1909 to Dec 07, 1911 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Dec 14, 1911 to Aug 07, 1913 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Aug 14, 1913 to Apr 01, 1915 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Apr 08, 1915  to Dec 07, 1916 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Dec 14, 1916 to Aug 22, 1918 (Indexes and Extractions)
Orangeville Banner  - Aug 29, 1918 to May 13, 1920 (Indexes and Extractions)
 


Things you need to know:

The following books are available for purchase!!!!

BookLore
121 First Street
Orangeville, ON   L9W 3J8
(519) 942-3830  email: booklore@bellnet.ca

*THE YELLOW BRIAR* a special printing sponsored by the Mitchell Church Preservation Group is available for sale - Cost: $24.95 (plus shipping if it needs to be mailed)

*NEW*
*EAST GARAFRAXA: A HISTORY*
by Steven J. Brown and Krista A. Taylor - includes the history of the township from settlement to present day, with school, church and village histories and more than 200 family histories

*NEW*
*ORANGEVILLE - The Heart of Dufferin County* by Wayne Townsend - includes a wonderful descriptive history of the city of Orangeville.  Does not contain family histories but does have mention of settlers as well as wonderful photos and stories of days gone by.

 

And more you should know...

The Orangeville Citizen dated July 28, 2005 reports three cemeteries being vandalized.  "Thirty-one headstones in Primrose Presbyterian Cemetery, four in Whitfield's Christ Church yard, and two in Methodist churchyard near the former Whitfield Orange Lodge were pushed over by vandals sometime late last week."  Costly repairs are necessary and your help is needed!  Primrose Presbyterian Cemetery has not been abandoned to the township and needs your financial support. Photos of the vandalized cemetery and the article can be found on the Mulmur Cemeteries Page)


CEMETERIES IN DUFFERIN COUNTY:  (Please let me know if you are able to help with photographing cemeteries or cenotaphs - janet-jones@sympatico.ca - cemeteries in bold have photos online)

Amaranth Township     Last updated May 08, 2007
Bowling Green Primitive Methodist Cemetery; Crombie's Cemetery; Greenwood [Spring Brook] Cemetery; Hughson Family Cemetery; Laurel Cemetery; Waldemar Methodist Cemetery

East Garafraxa Township    Last updated October 04, 2006  
 Bishop's Cemetery; Grove Cemetery; McKee Cemetery; Price's Corners Cemetery; Providence  Cemetery (The Maples)

East Luther Township    Last updated May 08, 2007
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery; Grand Valley Cenotaph; Grand Valley Union Cemetery; McDougall Cemetery; Monticello United Church Cemetery; St. Alban's Anglican Cemetery

Melancthon Township    Last updated August 17, 2007 
Hornings Mills Cemetery; Melancthon United Church Cemetery; Shelburne Cemetery; Shelburne Cenotaph; Spring Valley Cemetery; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery; St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery; United Brethren Church

Mono Township    Last updated November 28, 2006 
Burns Cemetery; Forest Lawn Cemetery; Mitchell's Cemetery; Mono College Cemetery; Mono East Cemetery; Relessey Cemetery; Snell's Cemetery; St. Cyprian's II (Granger) Cemetery; St. Francis Cemetery; St. John's Cemetery; Wesley Cemetery; Zion Cemetery

Mulmur Township    Last updated August 17, 2007   
Banda Methodist Cemetery [Bakers Church]; Campbell Family (Private) Cemetery; Christ Church Anglican Cemetery; Honeywood Cemetery; Honeywood; Mansfield Cenotaph; Mansfield Presbyterian Cemetery; Mulmur Pioneer Cemetery; Perm Methodist Cemetery; Primrose Presbyterian Cemetery; St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery; Whitfield United Church Cemetery

 MISPLACED STONES     Last updated July 27, 2005   
(stones found on Dufferin County properties): WALKER

Cemeteries Surrounding Dufferin County  Last updated May 17, 2006  
Grey County: Inistioge Cemetery (Proton Twp.), Dundalk Cemetery

Peel County: Alton Cemetery, Caledon Cemetery, Caledon East Public Cemetery, Melville United Church Cemetery (Caledon Twp.)

Simcoe County:  Raney's / Reaney's Methodist United Church Cemetery (Adjala Twp.); Sloan's Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Adjala Twp.);  Banda's Christ Church (Nottawasaga Twp.); Lavender Cemetery (Nottawasaga Twp.)

Wellington County: Greenfield Cemetery (Peel Twp.), Peel Anglican Cemetery (Glen Allen)


 Dufferin County History Tidbits  (newspaper articles)  Last updated April 24, 2007

An Old Congregation (Mono East Presb.) (1918)  / An Old Minute (Mono Centre Presb.) 1918 / Bowling Alley articles / Caledon Cemetery  / Coulter (1905)  /  Curling Club/Destructive Fire In Orangeville/ The Dowling Family / East Luther Joins Dufferin / Egg Had Long Journey (1918) / Farmer Fights for His Dream (1957) / Fire Alarm (1913) /Fire Brigade / The First Settlers (1911) / A Golden Wedding (BANKS-WEST 1919) / Having Hard Luck (Arthur Halbert - 1918) / History of Camilla Corners (1944) / A History of Dufferin (1951) / History of Orangeville (1916)  / History of the Township of Caledon (1919) / Hockley Landmark Ravaged By Fire / Hornings Mills (1918) / IrishLong Search Ended (Vickery - 1935)  / Lost Without Banner (Mrs. R. Turnbull - 1918)  / Melancthon Township History / Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews (1918) / Mono Pioneers (Children)  / Mulmur Clerk - Honeywood Part Two  / Mulmur Clerk Writes Honeywood History (1948) Part One /Obituary for 1914 / Old St. John's Cemetery  /  Orangeville Founders and History  / Orangeville - Beautiful Town of Homes (1913) / Orangeville Hotels (1911) / Orangeville Male Quartette (1915) / Origin of Name Mulmur (1920) / Patriotic Work (Daughters of the Empire - 1917) / A Pioneer Cemetery  / Pioneer Days - Mono Centre (1909) / Progress of Orangeville /Royal Hotel / Rural Mail Routes (1913) / St. Mark's 125th Anniversary / Scotch in Orangeville (1908) / Spanish Flu Outbreak (1918) / Telephones /Tweedsmuir Presbyterian Church/ Warden Hilborn (1919) / What About a Rink (1913) / Whittington Church  /  Without a Judge


MILITARY RELATED ITEMS

Fenian Raid Last updated December 17, 2006

United Empire Loyalists  Last updated March 22, 2007

War Monuments in Dufferin County - coming soon!

World War I   Last updated April 24, 2007

World War II   Last updated July 5, 2006


Dufferin County Families - Information that I have come across on families in Dufferin County

Dufferin County Interests - A listing of Dufferin County queries - free service!  Just ask!

Dufferin County Links

Dufferin County Publications

Historical sites in Dufferin County  

Pictorials in Dufferin County  


Are you a Dufferin County Researcher? 

*Would you like to contribute your research or information to assist others? Please contact me...

*Can you help me with obituary requests in Dufferin County?  I have several requests for those who have passed on, but don't have dates or locations.  Can you check your family files to assist?  Please visit this link for the listing Dufferin County Requests

*Are you looking to connect with other researchers in Dufferin County? Please send me a brief note and I will post your interests on the Interests Page


If you have queries in this area, please email me with all information.  More information will be added as time permits.  janet.jones@ontarioobits.com  Please don't hesitate to ask to have your Dufferin County interests posted on the Interests Page - free!

My many thanks to everyone who has and is supplying information to the Dufferin County Section.  I hope it is becoming a regular and useful tool, an effective time-saver and possibly even a brick wall destroyer!


Ontario Obituaries Services

This page was last Updated: Tuesday September 04, 2007

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Janet Jones
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