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Letters to Mayor about Library crisis
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Port Dalhousie Cenotaph. by Bill Stevens
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Reeves of Grantham Township 1850 to 1960. by Bill Stevens
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Grantham Township Cenotaph. by Bill Stevens
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Mayors of St. Catharines. by Bill Stevens
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Brief bios of the soldiers named on the Merritton Cenotaph by Bill Stevens
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REEVES of the VILLAGE of MERRITTON – 1874 – 1918. MAYORS of the TOWN of MERRITTON – 1918 – 1960. by Bill Stevens
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The City of St. Catharines World War One Honour Roll
Lest We Forget
Remembering those who died in the First World War.
By: William John Stevens.
Second Revised Edition-October 2021.
Remembering-those-who-made-the-supreme-sacrifice
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William Hamilton Merritt: Muse
Robert R. Taylor co-authored with Roberta M. Styran several influential books on the construction of the four canals. This article investigates the poetry and prose inspired by the the instigator of the canals, William Hamilton Merritt.
Books by Taylor and Styran.
This Colossal Project: Building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913-1932
This Great National Object: Building the Nineteenth-Century Welland Canals.
Mr. Merritt’s Ditch : A Welland Canal Album.
The ‘Great Swivel Link’: Canada’s Weiland Canal, ed. by Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor
Focus on women in St. Catharines History
by Elizabeth Finnie
Montebello Park. by Dennis Gannon.
Williams Family question
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY IN DOCUMENTS – PDF document with search results
LINCOLN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL HOME BURIAL GROUND
Lincoln County Industrial burial ground
John Colin BLAIN – Past President of The Historical Society of St. Catharines (1936, 1937 and 1938) by Bill Stevens
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REEVES OF THE VILLAGE OF PORT DALHOUSIE 1863 – 1947
MAYORS OF THE TOWN OF PORT DALHOUSIE 1948 – 1960
Researched and Compiled By William J. STEVENS – Second Edition – July 2013
If you can add any information please send it to Bill Stevens at bibmstev@computan.on.ca.
Those Who Served as Leaders of Port Dalhousie
On October 30, 1862, the Municipal Council of the County of Lincoln passed a By-Law to change the status of the unincorporated Village of Port Dalhousie to an Incorporated Village of Port Dalhousie and further enacted that the first election in the village be held.
Click to View Port Dalhousie Reeves and Mayors
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St. Catharines Resident First Canadian Killed In Action During Spanish Civil War
Adrian van der Brugge
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The First Executive and Club Captain of the St. Catharines Rowing Club which was founded in 1903 as the St. Catharines Rowing and Canoe Club
By William J. Stevens (August 25, 2012)
First executive and club captain of the St. Catharines Rowing Club_
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Thomas BONE the Sailors’ Friend by William J. STEVENS
Thomas Bone the sailors friend
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Korean War Honour Roll
Affixed to the front façade of the St. Catharines City Hall on Church Street is a plaque which reads:
Honour Roll / Erected to the Glory of God / and in Affectionate Memory of / the Men of St. Catharines / Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice / Korea / 1950 – 1953 / EHLER, Albert cpl. / GILL, John cpl. / GAGNIER, Joseph pte. / LEACH, Roger pte. / SHEA, James pfc. / ROACH, Lloyd pte. / Their Name Liveth for Evermore
So, who were these Six Soldiers from our City who lost their lives as a result of the Korean War?
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St. Catharines Lady at Royal Wedding
Heading for story on front page of The Standard, Thursday, April 26, 1923
By: William J. STEVENS
St. Catharines lady at royal wedding
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Charles Ashton HESSON
By: William J. STEVENS
Charles A. HESSEN holds a place on page 221 in the book titled Prominent Men of Canada
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Howard Eugene ROSE – served the shortest period of time as Acting-Mayor
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Albert William AUSTIN and his Port Dalhousie connection
Submitted by: William J. STEVENS
Albert William Austin and his Port Dalhousie connection
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Gordon Cline MERRITT – Past President of The Historical Society of St. Catharines -1964, 1965 and 1966. Submitted by: William J. Stevens
St. Catharines Gordon Cline Merritt.
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William Henry SULLIVAN – submitted by Bill Stevens
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Did you Know… that the Queen’s Plate was once held in St. Catharines?
by Bill Steven
Sources: web sites: http://www.woodbineentertainment.com; www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com; www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com; books: The Plate, A Royal Tradition; An Unbroken Line (Note: both books are available at the St. Catharines Public Library.
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Alexander Watson
(by Bill Stevens. Edited from the article originally published in the March 2002 Newsletter)
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Military Monument Plaques
(transcribed by Bill Stevens. Originally published in the March 2002 Newsletter)
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Colonel George Horace MORGAN
Colonel in the U.S. Army Calvary
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Mrs. (George) Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
President from 1952 to 1957 of the Lincoln Historical Society
Mrs. George Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
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Geoffrey M. Lampard – HSSC Past President – 1951
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Past President Wilfred Rand Bald – 1958
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Private Alexander WATSON and the Monument
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Lincoln County Court Judges 1850-1969
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Headline: The First Fatal Accident On The Canal Construction
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The Naming of Lakeside Park
The following appeared in The Evening Star (St. Catharines), July 22, 1902, page 1.
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Bronze Tablets of City Honour Roll on the Front of City Hall
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War 1812 Losses Sustained by George Adams
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Designation of the DeCou House Monument
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The British Methodist Episcopal Church – Salem Chapel
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Civil War Veteran Robert Franklin Patterson Buried in Victoria Lawn Cemetery
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100th Anniversary of the Ontario Horticultural Association
Ontario Horticultural Association
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They Lost Their Lives In The Boer War
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial web site contains the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice for our country. The site contains information on those who died in the South African / Boer War, WWI, WWII and the Korean War. There is the ability to submit photographs, letters, etc. of those named and thus be made accessible on this site. If you have a picture of a soldier that currently has none on-line, please send it in. If you are unable to do so, the Society can have another member scan it and submit it. The web site is located at:
< http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem>
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Lest We Forget – Richard Braithwaite Spaven
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Wardens of Lincoln County From St. Catharines
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Dedication Of Monument to James “Chief” SMILEY
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Pensioners of the War of 1812
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The Ferry PROWETT BEYER and Charles Quackenbush
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The St. Catharines Lawn Bowling Club
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Albert Ernest “Scout” COOMBS -Past President 1950
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The Marquis Family
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Plaques around St Catharines
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Early Governance as it Relates to Grantham Township
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The St. Catharines Cenotaph
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History of The Historical Society of St. Catharines
Historical Societyof St. Catharines
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Heritage Remembered: The May-Clark-Seiler House
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Lest We Forget – Private William Brown
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REEVES OF GRANTHAM TOWNSHIP
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Reeves of Louth Township
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IODE Park and the History of the IODE
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The Osage Orange Tree
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Best From The Past and an update on Edwin C. POOLE
Edwin C. Poole photographer
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The Historical Society of St. Catharines’ First President: Fred R. Parnell
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The May Clark Seiler House
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Lest We Forget – Lance Corporal Fred Fisher
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Lest We Forget – Private William Brown
Private William Brown
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Stone Cairn in Grantham Avenue Park
Stone cairn in Grantham Avenue Park
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“Auntie” Katherine Deveaux
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Old Raceway Was Factor Bringing Factories Here
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Charles Daley Park
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John W. Abbott and Company
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Heritage Designation Winchester-Larkin House and Captain Patrick LARKIN
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Colonel George Horace MORGAN
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Old Page Research Interests
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