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December 2008

Loyalist Trails 2008-48

2021-12-15T17:03:06-05:00December 28th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-48: December 28, 2008

In this issue:
Executed Loyalists I: Two Quakers — © Stephen Davidson
National Portrait Gallery of Canada Petition
The Canadian Museum For Human Rights
Anglo-Celtic Connections; A Blog by John Reid
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Editor’s Note: Happy New Year
Queries
      + Response re Black Powder Club and The Loyalist Cup

Articles

Executed Loyalists I: Two Quakers — © Stephen Davidson

Not all loyalists who died during the American Revolution lost their lives on battlefields defending the Thirteen Colonies against rebels. Many died at the […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-46

2021-12-15T17:07:42-05:00December 14th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-46: December 14, 2008

In this issue:
White Collar Loyalists: Thomas Jefferson’s Friend — © Stephen Davidson
Ed Kipp and George Anderson Bus Trips
Data on the Existing Cemeteries in the United Counties of Dundas and Stormont
Index to the 1786 McNiff Maps
Donations to The Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University
“The State Of Vermont Rolls Of The Solders In the Revolutionary War – 1775 to 1783”
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Last Post: David Stuart Gilmor
Last Post: Elisabeth Merkley
Queries
      + James […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-45

2021-12-15T17:08:34-05:00December 7th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-45: December 7, 2008

In this issue:
White Collar Loyalists: New York’s Mayor — © Stephen Davidson
The Eagle Has Landed – Fall Issue of the Loyalist Gazette
Scots to Celebrate with Homecoming 2009, the 250th Anniversary of Robbie Burns’ Birth
Prince of Wales American Volunteers
A Poem to Our Ancestors
The Book of Negroes Selected for “Canada Reads”
Three Peoples, One King, by Jim Piecuch
Shopping for Heritage Items
Evacuation Day Comments and George Washington’s Death
CD of Molly of the Mohawks Available
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
[…]

November 2008

Loyalist Trails 2008-44

2021-12-15T17:09:34-05:00November 30th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-44: November 30, 2008

In this issue:
White Collar Loyalists: A Lawyer — © Stephen Davidson
Prairie Regional Seminar Rocks
Senator Grafstein to Push National Portrait Gallery Plan for Ottawa – Petition
Award Winning Authors: Jean Rae Baxter UE and Lawrence Hill
Beacons Mark 1783 British Exit: Manhattan Evacuation
The Loyal American Regiment
Participants in the Battle of Saratoga
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Queries
      + Demorest/Demarest family of Foxboro, Hastings Co, ON
Last Post
      + Charles Lindsay Gerow UE
      + […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-43

2021-12-15T17:10:19-05:00November 23rd, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-43: November 23, 2008

In this issue:
Four Loyalist Shoemakers — © Stephen Davidson
Loyalist Chair Finds New Home North of the Border
When did Settlement begin at Caldwell Manor?
Evacuation Day Celebration Nov 25
Congratulation Indeed to Okill Stuart
Abner Stocking’s Account of the Expedition Against Quebec in 1775
Loyalist House in Prescott Area Available
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Queries
      + John Pencil (Pensyl) of Butler’s Rangers

Articles

Four Loyalist Shoemakers — © Stephen Davidson

The American colonists of the 18th century were a people who […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-42

2021-12-16T11:53:12-05:00November 16th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-42: November 16, 2008

In this issue:
Three Loyalist Padres — © Stephen Davidson
Ontario Lt. Gov.and Mrs. Onley Visit Grand River Branch
Simon Girty, Turncoat Hero – book review by David Beasley
Book, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1975-2007, Now Available
Past President Okill Stuart Honoured Again
Butler Homestead Monument Unveiled
“Immigrants to Canada” by Library and Archives Canada
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Queries
      + Sarah Corey Family

Articles

Three Loyalist Padres — © Stephen Davidson

British army regulations required that every regiment should have […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-41

2021-12-16T11:54:16-05:00November 9th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-41: November 9, 2008

In this issue:
A Loyalist Widow of New Brunswick — © Stephen Davidson
Friends of the Loyalist Collection Honoured by Brock University
Celebrating the 225th Loyalist Landing, at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London ON
Coupland’s Monument to the War of 1812 Unveiled
Letter from Clarence House
“History of New Brunswick” by Peter Fisher, 1782-1848
Presenting “The Facts behind the Fiction,” by Jean Rae Baxter, UE
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Queries
      + Andrew Butler and Family
      + David and John Hunter Family
  […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-40

2021-12-16T11:56:01-05:00November 2nd, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-40: November 2, 2008

In this issue:
A Most Amazing Town — © Stephen Davidson
More about Port Mouton NS – Sheep Overboard
The First Winter at Port Mouton
Fall Issue of the Loyalist Gazette is at the Printer
UELAC Takes Part in War of 1812 Celebrations
UELAC Executives Travel to Branches
“The Way Lies North” by Jean Rae Baxter Short-listed on Forest of Reading Program
Fort Ticonderoga’s Fifth Annual Revolutionary War Seminar
Poster and Brochure about The 1984 Loyalist 32¢ Canadian Stamp
Special Offer for Irish Roots Magazine
[…]

October 2008

Loyalist Trails 2008-39

2021-12-16T11:57:20-05:00October 26th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-39: October 26, 2008

In this issue:
Nine Loyalist Teachers — © Stephen Davidson
Loyalist Promotion Items by Christmas
Loyalist Trails Receives Accolade from columnist Ruby Cusack
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Queries
      + Response re Port Mattoon
      + Simon DeLong
      + George Waggoner/Wagner Family
      + Where is South River?
Last Post
      + MOKE, Elva May
      + DORLAND, John Terrance
      + Lois Eleanor Metler

Articles

Nine Loyalist Teachers — © Stephen Davidson

The […]

Loyalist Trails 2008-38

2021-12-16T11:57:58-05:00October 19th, 2008|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2008-38: October 19, 2008

In this issue:
Bermuda’s Loyalist Governor — © Stephen Davidson
New Articles About Sir John Johnson
Sir Johnson in Esprit de Corps Magazine
Updated List of Books for the Young at Heart
Additions to the Loyalist Directory
Last Post: Jean Irene Lake

Articles

Bermuda’s Loyalist Governor — © Stephen Davidson

In the historical records of the War of Independence, the islands of Bermuda are usually forgotten. Sharing the same latitude as South Carolina, Bermuda was a strategic port for the British navy’s fleet in the New World. By 1781, […]

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