While the majority of land records for the Baker family are found in the Abstract Index Books for East Flamborough, there are references to them in the Waterdown books. Abraham Baker (1822-1897), the eldest of the Bakersville brothers, who Read more
By 1855, John Baker had acquired total ownership of Lot 8, Concession 5, East Flamborough Township from his brothers. The property included approximately 100 acres, a sawmill and a hotel serving the popular stage coach run from Hamilton to Read more
Occasionally the Abstract Index books for East and West Flamborough Townships note that a will has been registered in connection with the future ownership of property.
This was the case following George Baker’s early death – for the contents Read more
A search of the first East Flamborough Township Land Registry Abstract Index showed that George Baker’s purchase of Lot 8, Concession 5, East Flamborough Township in 1822 was conducted without the request for a mortgage to cover the cost.
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Turning the pages in the first of the Abstract Index Books for the Township of East Flamborough that document the ownership of Lot 8, Concession 5, it revealed who the first owner of the property had been and it Read more
Flamborough was the last of the original 13 townships Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe ordered Augustus Jones to survey. Only a small section of what would become East and West Flamborough was surveyed during the first Read more
Over the next few months, ‘From the Vault’ will present a series of articles about tracing the ownership of a piece of property and how a little research can produce a picture of previous owners.
This will not be Read more
The death of General Sir Isaac Brock at the Battle of Queenston Heights on 13 October 1812 was among the reasons that the northern parts of East and West Flamborough Townships were so late to see the arrival of Read more
Pierre Desjardins was born in 1775 in Nesle, Picary in France before the eve of the French Revolution.
As a Royalist, he fled to England in the spring of 1792 before leaving for Upper Canada in the fall of Read more
