Gore District Vital Records Vol 2, Part 3: 1806-1869

By Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai

Gore District included the present counties of Wentworth, Halton, Brant, Waterloo & Wellington, and parts of Haldimand and Lincoln counties. In June of 1840, the counties of Waterloo and Wellington were separated out of the Gore District to form the Wellington District. See the Background section below for details.

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This Volume Includes:

• Records of Peter Jones, Missionary to the Credit 1826-1865
• New Credit Wesleyan Mission, Marriage register, Brant County, 1859-1869
• Census of Catholics on the Dundas Mission, December 1833
• St. Luke's Anglican Church, Burlington, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1835-1869

Background: This volume of the District Vital Records Series  combines a variety of parish records and other vital documents to not only replace but to go beyond what should have existed for the Gore District had the early marriage register survived. We hope this new series will provide researchers with the tools to learn about the individuals and families of the Gore District through the birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial and other vital records that survive today .

An example of some of the towns and townships where vital event occurred and were reported in the Gore District Vital Record series include: Nelson, Nassagawaya, Esquesing, Trafalgar, Town of Oakville, East Flamborough, Erin, Saltfleet, Eramosa, Chinguacousy, Ancaster, Town of Brantford, Dundas, Brantford Township, Town of Hamilton, Cayuga, Oneida, Beverly, Barton, West Flamborough, Dumfries, Blenheim, Town of Palermo, Glanford, Brinbrook, Wilmot, Grimsby, Townsend, Gainsborough, Waterloo, Guelph, Town of Paris, Grand River, Tuckersmith, Whitchurch, Town of St. Catharines, Puslinch and a number of other areas.

Details: 

240  Pages 
8.5" X 11" 
Maps
Index 
This revised and updated edition with new maps and introduction published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2005 ISBN  978-1-894571-61-1 (coil-bound edition)