The Irish Palatines in Ontario: Religion, Ethnicity, and Rural Migration - Second Edition

By Carolyn A. Heald

Carolyn Heald provides a broad history of the Palatines in Ontario, where they came from, where they settled, and what characterized their communities. It is not a catalogue of every Irish Palatine who settled in Ontario. That said, the book does contain lists of individuals and many references to specific persons and families. 

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NOTE: Those who appear in "LISTS" are not included in the Index.

In this second edition the author corrected known errors from the original 1994 edition and added a completely new chapter on Barbara Heck and the Loyalist Palatines plus other refinements and new material. Barbara Heck was the most well-known of the Irish Palatines because of her influence on Methodism in Canada and the United States. 

Contents include:

• Introduction
• Foreword
• Who are the Irish Palatines?
• The Story of the 1709 Emigration
• Palatine Settlements in Ireland
• Aspects of a Separate Identity
• Barbara Heck and the Loyalist Palatines
• From Ireland to Canada
• Settlements in Ontario
• Whither an Ethnic Identity?
• APPENDICES
  • The Palatine's Daughter 
  • Lists of Palatine Families in Ireland
  • Colonial Office Petitions
  • Brock Township Data
  • Ramsay Township Data
  • Pakenham Township Data
  • Emily Township Data
  • Blanshard Township Data
  • INDEX

Maps:

• Modern-day Europe showing the general area and towns of the Lower Palatinate
• Main areas of Palatine settlement in County Limerick, Ireland
• Topography of County Limerick
• Townlands in the parishes of Rathkeale, Kilscannel and Nantinan where Palatines settled
• Court Matrix village, 1858
• Protestants as a percentage of total population in County Limerick, 1834
• Locations of lands granted to Irish Palatine Loyalists
• Primary settlements of Irish Palatine groups in Ontario
• Irish Palatine settlement in Brock township, Ontario county, 1861
• Irish Palatine settlement in Ramsay and Pakenham townships, Lanark county, 1861
• Irish Palatine settlement in Emily township, Victoria county, 1861
• Irish Palatine settlement in Blanshard township, Perth county, 1861
• Irish Palatine families in the 1871 census 

Tables:

• 1766 Religious Census of Palatine Parishes in County Limerick
• Religious Statistics for Palatine Parishes in County Limerick, 1831 and 1834
• Occupations of Irish Palatine Heads of Households in Brock, Pakenham, Emily and Blanshard Townships, 1851-1891
• Religious Distribution amongst Irish Palatine Heads of Households in Brock, Ramsay,
• Pakenham, Emily and Blanshard Townships, 1839-1891
• Persistence of Irish Palatine Families in Blanshard Township, 1843-1891
• Persistence of Irish Palatine Surnames in Brock, Pakenham and Ramsay Townships
• Marriage Partners of Irish Palatines resident in Ontario to 1891 

Photos

• View from Burg Lichtenburg
• The Rathaus in Assenheim
• Schweitzer inscription in Assenheim
• History of the Poor Palatine Refugees
• Aerial view of the town of Rathkeale, County Limerick, c.1900
• Mount Southwell, Rathkeale, County Limerick
• Remnants of Palatine community at Court Matrix
• Court Lodge in the townland of Castle Matrix, County Limerick
• The square at Adare, County Limerick, c.1900
• Methodist chapel on Palatine Street, Kilcooley, County Tipperary
• 'The Rocks' at Court Matrix, County Limerick
• Palatine cottage belonging to the Shier family, Court Matrix
• Rear view of the Shier home in Court Matrix
• Two relations of Barbara Heck at Ballingrane, c.1900
• John Street Methodist Church, New York City
• Artifacts in the John Street Church museum
• Portrait of Barbara Heck as an older woman
• Portrait of Barbara Heck as a young woman
• Barbara Heck monument at the Blue Church cemetery
• The highway between Adare and Rathkeale, c.1900
• Glenosheen, Particles parish, County Limerick
• Henry Doupe, c.1885
• John and Anne Teskey gravestone, Ramsay township, Lanark county
• Ruins of Teskey family mills, Appleton, Ramsay township
• Doupe/Switzer farm near Kirkton, Blanshard township
• John Young/Mary Crips gravestone, Nantinan, County Limerick
• Andrew Young gravestone, Stafford township, Renfrew county
• A Palatine Miller family of Brock township 

Details
241 Pages
6.5" X 9.75"
Maps
Illustrations
Photos
Lists (Appendices)
Index
Published By Global Heritage Press, June 2009 ISBN 978-1-897446-37-9 (hardcover)