Family History of Two early Ontario Families

The following pages are designed to show where our ancestors came from. There are many lines here covering my side of the family as well as my wife's. Some lines are longer than others and have more information, but none is more important than any other. If even a single line hadn't existed, then this story wouldn't be told.

These are the surnames of my parents, grandparents, greatgrandparents, etc.

More lines will be added as I get them formatted and ready.

Beaty - origins in County Cavan, Ireland, then emigration to Halton County, Ontario (Upper Canada) in the early 1800's.

Crawford - origins in County Cavan, Ireland. Came to Upper Canada as the wife of one of the Beaty family.

Hill - USA, Ontario - UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST FAMILY

Magill - origins in County Tyrone, Ireland. Came to Upper Canada in the mid 1800's as the wife of one of the Robinson family.

Robinson / Robertson - origins in County Tyrone, Ireland. Came to Toronto County, Upper Canada in the mid 1850's. Possible present Streetsville, Peel County, Ontario area.

Woods - origins in Melton Mowbray, Leicester, then to Plaistow, Essex and finally to Canada after WWII.

Whyte - Originally from Cambuslang, Lanark, Scotland, emigrating to Upper Canada in the mid-1830s to Lanark County.

Watchorn - origins in County Carlow, Ireland, then to Lanark and Renfrew Counties in Upper Canada in the 1840's.

Family Histories

A collection of family stories, copies of newspaper clippings and the like can be found here.