Research Interests
If you are conducting research on St. Catharines history or the surrounding area and wish to connect with researchers with similar interests, submit your name, e-mail and subject(s) to the Historical Society’s website and we will post it on this page. Hopefully this will lead to several new contacts. All subjects are listed in alphabetical order.
Harris, George (Family History) – Port Dalhousie c.1850s
Contact: Gordon Harris – gordon.harris@xplornet.com
Gordon Harris said
I don’t know if genealogy counts as a research interest but that is mine and I am researching the George Harris family that lived in Port Dalhousie in the 1850s. Would love to connect with someone doing similar research in the area.
Louise Halloran said
My ancestor, W.H.Carey (Westenra Henry) drowned in the Welland Canal in August 1875. He had been living in Oswego at the time (originally from Ireland)and had been working as a sailor on schooners on the lakes. Could anyone let me know what might have happened to his remains – where he might have been buried or his death recorded? I would be so grateful – many thanks!
shadia maloney said
I am doing a 25 page thesis on fugitive slaves in St Catharines and I would like to find resources from the 1820s up until 1865. I was wondering if I can find census records and assessments or any other primary documents online. Can anyone help me?
dsharron said
Hello Shadia,
Your supplied e-mail address did not work.
Thank you for you inquiry. I am not aware of any of this information being online. However, there are several places locally to seek out and contact.
1) Brock University – has assessment and collectors tax rolls for St. Catharines going back to the 1850s I believe. I know that Harriet Tubman appeared in one of these rolls for the year or two she was living in St. Catharines. There are other census and African American resources in the library as well.
2) St. Catharines Museum – has an exhibit called “Follow the North Star”. I am not sure what kind of written resources they have, but I am sure that they can help.
3) Norval Johnson Heritage Centre in Niagara Falls – specifically about the experiences of escaped slaves and the black community in Niagara Falls and the area
To see what census data is available online, visit http://www.cyndislist.com/census-canada.htm.
I hope that this helps.
Good luck,
David
alysha said
Hi everyone I am doing a research project on montebello park in St. Catharines if anyone has any information that might help me out I would greatly appreciate it. I am looking for mainly primary sources and I amd concentrating on why people commemorated there and what people are commemorating when they meet there. So if anyone has any information please let me know it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Alysha