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Stanbridge
Township Missisquoi , Quebec , Canada
Research
Scrapbook |
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I have found in my 20 years of genealogical research that it is very
important to broadly research the places ones
ancestors lived. I think it rounds out your genealogical research, to have
a better understanding of the times and places in which they lived. This is an attempt to collect scraps of information on the
Stanbridge Township area , especially during the years in which my ancestors lived. I
also want to provide links to online research sites that I have found interesting
and helpful . We also have have a special "we were once neighbors " area to link
to researchers who are also researching families
in this
area. We would love to hear from other people researching any families in
the Stanbridge Township area and would be happy to post additional material.
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Missisquoi
County Genealogy Research
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Thanks, Nancy Cunningham
missisquoigenealogy@gmail.com
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According to Tom Baker, the exact area in which my family lived was
actually referred to as Puddledock. We know for example,
that Ira and Polly Hayden Davis owned "50 acres in the west half of the south half of lot 12 of
the second range of the township of Stanbridge" The deed can be
found here -DEED
I am researching the Ira Davis ( father , Amos ) and Benjamin Allen (
immigrant from England ) families that lived in the Stanbridge East area from 1825 -
1880. My gr gr - grandfather , Ira Davis was born in Vermont in 1790, but he appears
as early as 1825 in the Stanbridge census, and his wife Polly [nee Hayden]
Davis is still found
living in Stanbridge East in the 1881 census.
Thanks to Tom Baker because my
research would have not be
possible without all of the help, information and inspiration shared. Tom Baker
was my almost Canadian-cousin, we know that my gr
gr -grandmother deeded her farm to his gr- gr - grandparents as
payment for their taking care of her , and the farm, in her old age
and that is close enough to being related , at least in Texas
. Thanks Tom ! This is the farm at the right. |
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 Stanbridge 1801 Land Grant (9
pages and sample doc)
Old Stanbridge map circa 1850 ( thanks frank )
Eastern township map /
Eastern township map2
Missisquoi county 1831 map- David Ellis
Missisquoi County map1 -
Missisquoi county info
Modern road maps of area 1 ,
2, 3
Puddledock area maps 1,
2,
Missisquoi heritage trail
pdf
Various maps
here
Missisquoi county census
map ,descriptions and archive roll#s
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825 Canadian Census : District of Bedford including : Stanbridge,
St. Thomas , St .Armand, St. George , Dunham, Sutton, Potton , Brome ,
Farnham Townships ( thanks to David Ellis )
- 1831 Canadian Census : Stanbridge Township( I own a
print transcription/index and I would be happy to do a name look up -Email
Nancy )
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1851 Canadian Census
: Stanbridge Township: district one and two ( Roll # 1127 and Roll #1128
) this web page contains both the scanned images of the family name pages as
well as a complete transcription. Providing this transcription has
been a volunteer project of David J. Ellis, Sandy Williams and Nancy
Cunningham.
- 1861 Canadian Census :
- 1871 Canadian Census :
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1881 Canadian Census
: the entire census is available to search at
Family Search.org from the LDS
- 1901 Canadian Census : Stanbridge
Township transcriptions can also be found here . Thanks to the wonderful David J. Ellis,
this a project of Automated
Genealogy.
Davis /Allen 1851- Stanbridge
East Missisquoi census index (pdf)
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List of Missisquoi County Churches with information on holdings in
archives Page 1 /
Page 2 / Page 3 /
Page 4
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transcribed by David Robert, Seattle, WA
4 September 2004
General Information
History of the Eastern Townships, province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada: civil
and descriptive
Day, C. M. (Catherine Matilda), 1815-1899.(Montreal : J. Lovell, 1869.)
Temperance society signers page 1,
page 2 , page 3
1851 Directory- Stanbridge
1858 Directory- Stanbridge
Dominion Directory- Stanbridge
List of Persons Taking the Oath of
Allegiance at Missisquoi Bay from the Lower Canada Land Records 1795
Location images -
here others Photos.
Photos from Stanbridge and
Missisquoi in our
Picasa web album
Local researchers and the families they are researching
Way back when , ....we
were once neighbors ( researching the
Baker, Manchester, Curtis,
Schoolcraft , Boomhower, Allen, Davis, Mortimer, Miller,
Corey, Blakely, Allen , Dee families)
Various scanned documents :
here - name index here 
Canadian Patents, 1869-1894 by city -
Stanbridge
Capt. John Corey 1855 Stanbridge militia documents -
Complete roster
of Stanbridge Militia of 1855
Stanbridge East's part in the rebellion
Fenian Raids -Between 1847
and 1861, over two million Irish crossed the Atlantic. Many Irish, both in
America and in Ireland, were bitter towards England, and sought independence
for Ireland. A radical group known as the Fenian Brotherhood was formed.
Their aim was to take Canada hostage and force England to grant independence
to Ireland.
In 1866, the Fenians launched a series of raids on Canadian territory. One
was at Pigeon Hill, on the Quebec-Vermont border. Led by a man named
"General" Samuel Spear, several hundred Fenians marched six miles into
Canada, where they planted a bright green flag. A small Canadian force saw
them coming, but wisely retreated. The Fenians met no soldiers, so they
busied themselves by stealing chickens, pigs, or liquor from farms in the
area. A veritable armed mob, they plundered nearby St. Armand and
Frelighsburg (Slab City), and, it was said, "insulted and abused" the local
population. On hearing that Canadian reinforcements were approaching, the
Fenians began a disorganized retreat to the U.S. The last 200 stragglers
were charged by a volunteer cavalry troop who managed to capture sixteen
prisoners. Once back on American soil, the Fenians had their guns
confiscated by American soldiers.
page 1,
page 2,
page 3 ,
page 4,
page 5,
page 6,
page 7,
page 8,
page 9,
page 10,
page 11,
page 12,
page 13,
page 14,
page 15
page 16,
page 17,
page 18,
page 19,
page 20,
page 21,
page 22,
page 23,
page 24,
page 25,
page 26
Cemeteries of the Stanbridge area of Missisquoi County, Québec
Morgan's Cemetery- aka Mapledale Cemetery
Old Corey Cemetery
Pike River Cemetery-
lookup
Ridge Cemetery
Missisqoui Historical Museum
La Société de
Généalogie des Cantons de l'Est
- Sherbrook
The United
Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
American -
Canadian Genealogical Society
Canada:
Quebec:
Eastern Townships:
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Eastern Townships Research Centre
(ETRC) is an incorporated, not for-profit, organization located at
Bishop's University. Its mission is to further multidisciplinary research into
the history, culture and society of the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, and
to preserve the region's English-speaking archival heritage.
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United
Church Archives ( Eastern Townships Research Centre manages the
records of Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches within the
Quebec-Sherbrooke Presbytery (Eastern Townships only) prior to 1925, and of
The United Church of Canada after 1925
- Eastern Townships
Research, Quebec (RootsWeb/ genweb) Pam Wood's excellent page
- Township Heritage
Missisquoi County:
Missisquoi County Genealogical Reseach page - Nancy Cunningham
Missisqoui Historical Museum
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Missisquoi Historical Society is located in the Cornell Building of the
Missisquoi Museum. The archives is open year round Monday to Wednesday
from 9.00 a. m. to 4.30 p.m. Appointments must be made by contacting the
archivist by either
e-mail or by telephone at (450) 248-3153.
The Missisquoi
Historical Society Archives holds a collection of the following:
· Local family history in
the form of letters, photographs, diaries, family Bibles
· Collection of
Scrapbooks dating from the 19th century
· Manuscript files on
school records
· Minute Books of various
school boards
· records of early businesses
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Cemetery listings
· Canadian Census
records
· Microfilm Church records,
Protestant and Roman Catholic, to 1899
Maps and
Directories
· Microfilm of notarial records
· U.S. cemetery listings
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Databases- free to search but
charges for abstractions :
Eastern
Townships genealogical research page (
Marlene Simmons )
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Index of over
610,000 church, cemetery, census, and newspaper articles from Quebec and
Eastern Townships
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HISTOQUEST
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The
MESSAGES databank is a collection of personal messages posted
between 1820 and 1837 in different Quebec newspapers and transcribed
by HISTOQUEST. It mostly contains information on Irish immigrants
seeking the whereabouts of members of their family |
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