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Monday, December 7, 2020

Importance of the Church

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For the settlers their Christian faith was strong and the church was very important to them. Part of getting a land grant involved proving t...
Thursday, November 5, 2020

The 1st Don Log Schoolhouse

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I came across this snippet about the 1st Don School today when in the Toronto Historical Society Site: http://www.torontohistory.net/don-sch...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Possible Mystery Solved

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Who were the 'relations and friends' mentioned in James Grays land grant application, that would help him get outfitted?   The likel...
Friday, October 30, 2020

James Gray 1791-1834: The plot thickens, more answers lead to more questions, another 'fact' of family lore is proven wrong.

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I made a happy discovery a few days ago.  The Upper Canada Land Grants were digitized in 2019, which makes it possible to locate the actual ...
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Monday, October 26, 2020

School Days on the Don with information gleaned from the notes of Harold Gray

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The 1st school on the Don, built on the corner of John Hogg's farm.  John Hogg donated land for the construction of the 1st school in Do...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Where my genealogy searches take me, following the Gray roots

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I find the hunt for information, and the facts I dig up about our Gray family and connections fascinating, plus what they had to go through....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

The Don River & Grays Mill...according to Harold

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According to Harold:  (my grandfather, who started writing down memories in the 1960s) "In the early days the little stream (the eas...