Yearly Archives: 2016

Monday, Set 12, 2016, 7 pm: EssexOGS members and guests head to the Comber & District Historical Museum (10405 HWY 77) . The Comber Museum members will provide a tour as well as information on local family histories and resources. If you would like to carpool from the […]

Cemetery Registration Project Update June 29 2016 From Diane Clendenan and Marjorie Stuart Co-Chairs OGS/OHS Cemetery Preservation and Registration Committee Responsibility of ALL OGS Members To watch for all official cemetery notices in their local newspapers and report these immediately to: (e-mail to [email protected] and copy to [email protected] […]

From the Members Only section of the EssexOGS there are a few Sandwich West Public School Attendance records. The attached pdf is one page from the 1900 edition for school number 5. There appeared to be a number of Vollans at the school at the time: Teacher of […]

NEW for 2016: Many copies of the EssexOGS Newsletter “Trails” have now been scanned by “Active Members” and posted to the Essex Branch’s ‘members only’ section of the OGS web site: https://www.ogs.on.ca/ The third edition of the 1980 Trails contains a number of names of active council members, guest […]

William Henry Hooker was born 25 Mar 1793 in London England where he married Ann Whittal on 1 Apr 1822.  They travelled to Canada shortly after their marriage and their children were born in Quebec.  George Henry Hooker , their youngest, obtained 125 acres on Concession 7, Lot 12 in […]

Record #3 from the Early Settlers Binder (EssexOGS collection , WPL , 2nd Floor; or EssexOGS Members Only section of www.ogs.on.ca) – Ezekiel Bowring, submitted 1983 by Dolores Lee of Sarasota Florida (great great grand daughter). Ezekiel married Sarah Munger (Father Henry Munger / Monger from Rockingham Co, […]