BRANTches Newsletter - November 2011

The talk at the September meeting of the Brant County Branch of the OGS was given by Gerry Miller on the Jewish families who used to live there from the 1900s up until the late 1920s, when most of them moved on to Toronto or to the United States.

Some of the surnames mentioned were HENKLE, WHITE, BERKERMAN, NYMAN, TULCHIONSKY, YAMPLSKY, KANTER, FINKELSTEIN, and SILVERSTEIN.

In an article by Jean Farquaharson called, "The War of 1812-1814: People in Brant Area – The Nelles Family", she tells us about Hendrik, and his nephew, Andrew. Hendrik supported the Americans during the American Revolution, but Andrew supported the British in the War of 1812.

Jean also writes a review of Mary Coushnie-Mansour's book, A Twentieth Century "Portia": Biography of Thelma Bernice Kerr-Thomson.

Visit the Brant County Branch online at http://brantcountybranchogs.ca

If you are interested in joining Ontario Genealogical Society,go to http://www.ogs.on.ca/membership.php.

Tomorrow's Post: - SCAN (Simcoe County Ancestor News)

Cemetery Outing

News from the Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society http://www.halinet.on.ca/sigs/ogshp/tells us that there will be a Cemetery Outing to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery on Saturday September 10th at 2099 Dickson Road, Mississauga.

They are looking for people to finish transcribing the cemetery, and if you are able to help out please contact Dorothy Kew at dkew@cogeco.ca for directions to the cemetery.