You can contact the Society via:
Email: HSSC.contact@gmail.com
Or traditional mail:
The Historical Society of St. Catharines
Box 25017
221 Glendale Ave., Pen Centre
St. Catharines, Ontario
L2T 4C4
President: John Brenton
Past President: Dennis Gannon
Vice President:
Treasurer: John Stevens
Secretary:
Directors:
John Stevens
Roger Bradshaw
Dan Sundy
William MacEachern
Wendy Stark
Patrick Little
The Historical Society of St. Catharines 
Hello,
I am trying to find information about my Great Great Grandparents. My Gggrand father was William Sears. All I know about him is that he was reportedly an Englishman. I do not know the name of my Gggrandmother. She died while my Ggrandmother was a small child. My Ggranddmother was Elizabeth Ann Sears, borm on March 7, 1832. When her mother died, she went to live with her sister, Hannah Ingram, wife of Daniel Ingram married in St. Catharines, Ont. I have no reliable information about my Gggrandfater, beyond what I have listed above. My Gggrandmother was supposedly the daughter of a French Marquise who fled from France as a result of the French revolution. My Grandfather said that his mother was born in Toronto, but his brother said she was born in Thorold.
Do you have any records which would substantiate anything I listed above? If not, where would you suggest I look?
Thanks for any information you can give me.
Roland Auble
rauble@sbcglobal.net
The e-mail address left with the query does not work!
reply:
Marriages in York (Toronto)
Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church/Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1800 to 1896, as recorded in Landmarks of Toronto : a collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1837 and of Toronto from 1834 to [1914] ; volume 3, pp.395 ff., by John Ross Robertson 1894(including biographical notations on some individuals and families by J.R.R.)
12 January, 1837, by license, Daniel INGRAM, of Oakville, bachelor, and Hannah SEARS, of the same place, spinster. Witnesses, James Charles INGRAM, William T. GODD.
I am looking for any information on the activities of Confederates who were either citizens of the southern US states or operatives of the Confederate government who plotted againts the US in Canada during the Civil War. If you have information, sources, names,etc. please let me know.
Thanks,
James E. Duffey
Kent State University
Dept. of History
USA
James, This may be a little late but I am working on a series of papers about the Confederate Secret Service in Canada. You can reach me at bsheehy712@aol.com or call me at 912 484 7127
See my web site civilwarsavannah.org
Hello. I was looking for information on Laura Secord, and I found lots, including your site.
However, it seems someone is vandalizing the Laura Secord page at Wikipedia … adding junk information about bands and stupid comedy references, and perhaps falsifying information in the account.
I wouldn’t know how to fix it myself, but perhaps someone amongst you could undertake to validate and monitor the page?
Sincerly, D.Petrini
dear st.catharines historical society,i’m curious what was the address of the y.w.c.a and the y.m.c.a. in st. catharines ontario canada for 1974?also,do you have old phone books for st. catharines,ont.can.,and if so,how far back do they date?thanks,signed christine j sojka
hi Christine, the St. Catharines Public Library’s Local History and Archives should have telephone books of that earia with the addresses.
Hello
My wifes grandfather was curious to see the old maps of grantham township as him and her grandmother lived in the area of the now CAW hall and homes. He currently lives in the CAW townhouses and would love to show his friends what it looked like when he lived there back in 1954. If you could point me in the right direction as to where to find these that would be fantastic! Thank you for your time in advance….
Jeremy Bell
I very recently donated I believe it was a1954 Grantham Map to Brock U. Map division, Contact Colleen Beard in the map Dept. She provided me with a photo of the map which I can send you if you contact me.
Hi
I am the president of Palatines to America– New York Chapter and we are planning the annual meeting to honor 300 years of the Palatines coming to American. It will be tha annual meeting of Palam held June 17,18,19, 2010 in Fishkill, New York. Please contact me for more inforamtion. I am also interested in your events of War of 1812 as my ancestor fought in that WAR. I am also intersted in your events for the Palatines that settled in your area.
Sincerely
Sarah Timmerman Israel
sarahtisrael@hotmail.com
Hi,
I have a copy of the “Biography of th Hon. W.H. Merritt, MP” from 1875 and I’m wondering if it’s of any value. Could you please point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Janine
I’d be very interested to see the photos (I am researching Merritton architecture, especially the work of WB Allan). I have no idea how to contact you (given our email addresses aren’t displayed), but perhaps someone can arrange it?
Pat Menon
hi Pat, I’m not clear on what you are looking for, but you might be interested in this page http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/
I am trying to find John Burtniak’s new e-mail address or new home address — all I have is his old Thorold address.
Dr. Mary Jane Miller
Prof. Emerit, Brock University
Hello, Many years ago I had contact with you via Bill Stevens , Paul Hutchinson and Bill Gannon.
Re- Robert(Bob)and Richard (Dick)Spaven. Dick died in WW1, a gunner with the Canadian Expeditionary force.Bob emmigrated to Australia.
I was very new to Family History and E-Mails. All three were very kind and gave me a vast amount of info. I really appreciated all the trouble they went to on my account.
I have just managed to upload the stock of photo’s and cards taken in and around Merritton. I didn’t realise there were so many!
Would you like the full photo archive? I can send written explanations and updates if you wish.
The photo’s are on Snapfish, a photo sharing website( I’m getting better at this!)
Please let me know which E-mail I can send the contact to.
Thank’s again, Kate Stirk