Genealogy Pictures of a recent trip to Ontario



First stop on the trip was to check out my new Great Granddaughter, "Halley-Girl"


Moose near the highway 17 in Ontario

Gravesite of my ggggrandfather Barnabas Lewis

Barnabas Lewis, early pionneer to Elgin County of Ontario. This cemetery is called Sparta South, near Sparta, Ontario


Grave site of Mary Peary, second wife of Barnabus Lewis. This stone has quite a lean to it!


Gravesite of Asahel Lewis,at the St.Thomas Church Yard at St,Thomas, Ontario Asahel is another son of Barnabas Lewis and was the editor of a local newspaper


Gravesite of my gggrandmother, Lucy Ann Morgan, wife of Chauncey Lewis


gravesite of Chauncey Lewis, his second wife Mary, and infant child and Bella Gray. This cemetery is near Fingal, Ontario where Chauncey had an Inn and livery stable. this cemetery is near Fingal, Ontario.


St.Thomas Church in St. Thomas, Ontario where some of my Lewis graves were located. This church was the first church in the area and has been preserved as a historical site.



Inside of St. Thomas Church. (note the boxes for each family)



Artist's conception of building the talbot trail. Each settler had to cut a road through the front of his farm ten feet wide. (no easy task)

From the painting by P.J.Bainbrigge.

Courtesy of the Public Archives of Canada


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