Aylmer, Elgin Cty.Ontario Canda Cricket Team - 1862

In August of 1862 the Weekly Dispatch has an article about the Aylmer cricket team beating the St. Thomas Cricket team. On the 28th of Aug 1862, page 2 reads:

On the 15th ult., Aylmer cricket team beats St. Thomas twice. In the evening the two clubs dined together a COLE's Hotel.

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/397/397328.html

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/14/14066/Other_Matches.html

If you google "Aylmer Cricket" you can pull up an 1886 archive of a cricket game between Aylmer (names like Paupst, Montieth. C. Sinclair etc) and the Peninsular Cricket Club in Detroit.

Lists of names as shown below can be an excellent tool to help locate areas your relatives were from & provide you with a clue to pursue further searches in a specific area.

 

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/397/397328.html

Aylmer first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Paupst	c Dodds b Bamford	2
L Jones	c Codd b Bamford	4
H Draper	b Dale	3
C Sinclair	c Codd b Bamford	5
D Price	b Bamford	0
CW Williams	c Dodds b Dale	7
P Paupet	b Dale	0
J Rose	run out	3
White	not out	0
McCleish	b Dale	1
Monteith	b Bamford	0

Talbot Times March 2014 featured Surnames

The Family surnames appearing in the March 2014 edition of the Talbot Times include the following:

Burgess, Bussburg, Arkell, Shepherd, and   Pogue MacDonald, McIntosh, McPhail McNichol, McDonald, Bissett, McBurney, Dease, Mason, Wilson, Richmond, Andrews, Noyes, McFarland, Gordon, Hartsell, Harrington McAdams, McCallum, Johnson, Whitcraft, Young.

To view the March newsletter and read the articles visit the website at: www.elginogs.ca

St Thomas Cemeteries Elgin County Ontario Canada

Researchers should visit the updated St Thomas Cemetery site to search for genealogy updates. A tremendous amount of work has been put into this excellent site.Note - Two different search engines here - You must use the "Locations Search" to find names, NOT the Site search.

Visit it now at:
http://stthomascemetery.com/genealogy/ 

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Visit: http://ogs.on.ca/home/essay.php

and learn about the two essay contests for students to win.