Soldiers, Squatters and Settlers—early settlements in Upper Canada
Christine Woodcock
Content
Welcome
1m 31s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 34s
Introduction
1m 4s
Fur Traders
4m 48s
Surveying the Land
10m 13s
Talbot, Baldoon, and Holland
8m 55s
Emigration Societies
4m 57s
Other Settlements
11m 19s
Peter Robinson Settlers
20m 57s
Company Towns
4m 33s
Announcements / prizes
3m 21s
Questions / answers
6m 13s
About this webinar
Following the Revolutionary War, many British subjects were eager to get onto British soil and Canada was the nearest colony. Land was granted to soldiers who had remained loyal to the Crown and with the success of settlements such as Glengarry, colonizers soon realized that there was success to be had in getting immigrants to settle in the huge swath of untapped land in Upper Canada. In this presentation we will discuss: Military Settlements, Crown & Clergy Reserves, Queen’s Bush Settlement & Wilberforce Colony, Quaker Settlements, Mennonite Settlements, Talbot Settlement, Peter Robinson Settlement, Huron Tract. We will also look at sale of treaty lands, and emigration societies in Scotland.
About the speaker
Christine Woodcock is a genealogy educator with an interest in Scottish research. As an immigrant herself, Christine is always interested in the stories of other immigrants and her research has led he...
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Comments (59)
Excellent presentation with plenty of leads to follow up on
What a wealth of information!
So MUCH information to take in and follow up with - love it! Very interesting part of our history.
Christine did an amazing job of outlining the various settlements that occurred in Upper Canada. I'm so thankful she shared her vast knowledge with us. I'm sure I'll be watching the replay many times!
I have no Canadian roots that I know of, but I wanted to expose myself to the history of the area and learn something new. Who knows...perhaps the answer to my Irish brick wall ancestor lies in Ontario!
This webinar was very informational. I had no idea so many Quakers were in Canada. Great job!!
Wonderful webinar! Christine always has such great information and a pleasant delivery. Thanks again for a great webinar.
I am so excited to use the wonderful information I just learned to hopefully track my 5th great grandpa back to one of the settlements in Canada.