Hall and Leeming Family TreeUpdated August 26, 2010 |
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Joanne Hughes (Hall)
, Texas
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I am reseaching the Hall and Leeming families of Ontario Canada. I started researching my family history in or around 2000 and during this time have discovered that my ancestors were interesting people that I would like to know more about and have it recorded for future generations. My ancestors were from all walks of life, most just ordinary people living in extraordinary times. They came to the New World from England and Scotland. _____________________________________________________________________________________ The Hall family emigrated to Canada in c.1900; Herbert James Hall and wife Florence Williams left Everton, England and settled in Toronto. William and Jemima Arthur came to Canada from Scotland c.1914 when the children were small. _____________________________________________________________________________________ The following story is from a book that was written by the Glanford Historical Society. The book documents "old" Glanford under the leadership of Dr. Sam Shwaluk to write this book as a Bicentennial project. "Glanford - Recollections and Reflections" by the Glanford Historical Society Copyright 1985 Leeming by Clela Gillies The Leeming family emigrated from England in the early eithteenth century. There were four brothers, all born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and educated at St. Bees College in Cumberland. One of the four (the Reverend John) remained in England. Two of them came directly to Canada as ministers. The Reverend Ralph, born in 1788, was ordained by the Bishop of London and was the first Anglican minister to be sent to the Gore District in Canada in 1816. He was also the first rector of St. John's Anglican Church at Ancaster. During his ministry, he married Susan Hatt of Dundas and also had the honour of laying the cornerstone of the present church, after the former frame structure had been destroyed by fire. He also acquired land in 1858 in the Township of Glanford. The Reverend William, born in 1787, became the rector of Trinity Church at Chippawa near Niagara Falls. The fourth brother, Braithwaite (1792-1899), emigrated to the States, but later came to Canada, receiving a loyalist's rights in the Township of Glanford. He choose to farm and it is from this branch of the family that the Leemings of Glanford descended. He married Phoebe Land in 1818, who was a granddaughter of the famous U.E.L. Colonel Robert Land. Colonel Land was recognized to be one of the first to settle on the bay at Hamilton. This brings to mind an interesting story of part of his life. Originally, he lived in the New York State, but when the Amercian Revolution broke out, he became a scout for the British. One night while on duty, he was wounded, which prevented him from returning home and when expected. Sometime later, when he reached home, he found nothing but the ashes of his house and his wife and family was missing. He could find no trace of them and thinking they had shared the same fate as many of their neighbours, he decided to travel to Canada, realizing it was unsafe for him to remain in the States any longer. He finally arrived at Niagara Falls and was granted land there, but because of his loneliness and despair, the roar of the the falls irritated him and finally he had his changed to one at the head of the lakes. In the meantime, after the attack on their home, Mrs. Land had kept hidden from the rebels and later received news that her husband had been killed. She decided to try to reach the British lines, so she and her family travelled to New York and set sail for New Brunswick. After residing there seven years, a friend told her, on his return from Niagara, that he had seen the name Robert Land carved on a birch tree at Niagara. Mrs. Land decided to go in search of her husband and finally she and her two sons reached Niagara. An Indian who took them across the river said he knew Robert Land an |
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