by Monica | Mar 14, 2023 | NEWS, Publications
CHIEF YELLOWHEAD’S JUSTICE IN 1832 Indians and Canoe at Coldwater River, 1844, Titus Hibbert Ware (Toronto Public Library) By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee member and Family Historian This is a story of an accidental killing in 1832, an unsatisfactory trial...
by Monica | Feb 28, 2023 | Publications
THE TAITS OF ORILLIA Andrew Tait, 1896. Photo from the Orillia Museum of Art & History Archives By William Leslie, Guest Contributor This is the story of the Tait family. William Tait, his wife, Mary and family left Scotland in 1848 for Canada, travelling from...
by Monica | Feb 1, 2023 | NEWS, Publications
THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee member and Family Historian About 1810, 20-year-old Benjamin Davenport, his younger brother William, and William’s wife Sarah arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) as former Black slaves. William was born in...
by Monica | Jan 18, 2023 | NEWS, Publications
By P. (Trish) Crowe-Grande, Chair: OMAH History Committee Winter weather can bring short, bone-chilling days and long, dark nights with the sun setting much too early. For many of us, it can be challenging to find engaging activities that don’t involve bingeing an...
by Monica | Jan 4, 2023 | NEWS, Publications
By David Town It was another proud first for Orillia, and an astounding accomplishment – but as John Miller stepped off the train at the Orillia platform the only people there to greet him were his family. He had single-handedly negotiated, organized, and managed the...
by Monica | Nov 23, 2022 | Publications
MASSEY FAMILY HOME CHILDREN OF CANADA Albert (Bert) Scaife Massey – OMAH Collection By Fred Blair, OMAH History Committee In 1868, Anne Elizabeth Massey was born in Chelsea, London, England. She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Massey. By 1891, the family...
