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2 Thumbs Up To Library & Archives Canada for putting digitized images and an index online for Soldiers of the South African War 1899 - 1902 Tip of the Month Search the Collections of Early Canadiana Online - a digital library containing more than 8,750 volumes. Huron County Records Cemetery Records Census Records Church Records Court Records Home Children Land Records Lookups Military Records Newspapers Obits Orders in Council Archived Queries Settlers & Biographies Township Records Vital Stats (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Wills Featured Database WALLACE, DEAN, MITCHELL, JOHNSTON Family Album of Bruce & Huron County, Ontario Surnames include Wallace, Dean, Mitchell, Johnston. Locations include Lucknow, Ripley, Kincardine, Bruce Co., Goderich, Huron Co., Clinton, Orangeville, Marquette Michigan Criminal Assize Clerk criminal indictment files, 1853-1929 (210 Huron County names) Quick Links Census Records Canada Naturalization Records Canada Census Records Canada Past Voices: Letters Home Family Branches - an online community of family trees Olive Tree Genealogy Brick Wall Help Search Huron County 1911 Census Indexes [AllCensusRecords.com] Blogs Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy updates of free records online and tips for finding those elusive brick-wall ancestors The Paper Trail Eclectic mix of old documents - you may just find an ancestor's will, land record or general store receipt here! Past Voices Letters, letters and more letters! Letters from Civil War soldiers, from wives to husbands, sons to mothers, sisters to sisters... Ancestors at Rest - The blog for AncestorsAtRest.com website. Contains death records of all kinds - funeral cards, death notices, cemetery receipts, obits...and more Family Bibles - Another AncestorsAtRest.com blog of Family Bible entries and pictures of the births, marriages and death pages Antique Hunter - If you like antiques or collectibles, this brand-new blog will be one you don't want to miss!

TOWNSHIPS Stories and information on Huron County Townships taken from the book The Settlement of Huron Countyby James Scott, 1916. Ryerson Press, 1966 Ashfield Colborne  Goderich  Grey Hay  Howick  Hullett  McKillop Morris Stanley  Stephen  Tuckersmith Turnberry  Usborne  Wawanosh E.  Wawanosh W. Huron County Wills Miscellaneous Huron County wills can be found on Rootsweb.com. A list of names and locations follows. Each will provides more details such as spouse's name, children, executors, etc: Tuckersmith Township Huron County Deaths & Wills NAME: Broadfood, James Date: 13 January 1899 Place: Tuckersmith twp, Huron county NAME: Broadfoot, John Date: 13 February 1888 Place: Tuckersmith twp, Huron county NAME: Cooper, William Date: 20 September 1893 Place: Tuckersmith twp, Huron county TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP This Township comprises 40,850 acres. It is bounded on the north and northwest by the townships of Hullett and McKillop, on the southwest by the Township of Hibbert in the County of Perth, on the south by the Township of Usborne and on the east by parts of the townships of Hay and Stanley. The land is rolling and was considered by the early settlers to be one of the most fertile in the County. Tuckersmith got its name from one of the original directors of the Canada Company Martin Tucker Smith, a banker in London, England. Originally the name of the Township was spelled as two words, but over time was put together and now has been referred to as Tuckersmith for over 100 years. Settlers National origin is indicated by the various religious denomination. In the pioneer period well over half of the population were members of various branches of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, which indicates a heavy predominance of settlers of Scottish origin. A little over one-third were Methodists or Anglicans, which were probably of English descent. About one-sixth of the community were Roman Catholics which would be Irish descent. Tuckersmith shared with the Township of Goderich the honour of being the first township to hold a meeting for the purpose of setting municipal government in the County which was held in 1835 at Bayfield. William Woolley, Constable appointed on the order of Messrs. Charles Prior and Richard Brewster, Justices of the Peace. Township Officers elected at first meeting for Municipal Government were Town Clerk - John Colquhoun Assessors - Peter Vanderburg and Richard Lowe Collector - William Chalk, M.D Overseers of Highways - Henry Ransford, Jonathon Wade Poundkeeper - William Fowler Town Wardens - Samuel Carnochan and John Hannah