THE HILLMANS OF ELGIN COUNTY

A look at the Hillman family who immigrated from Wiltshire to Ontario, and then spread throughout North America. Now I can not write a blog and not have some opinions. I have a few.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

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John Arnold Hillman January 10, 1920-September...

Friday, May 10, 2013

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An interesting article. Who am I? Data and DNA answer one of life’s big questions

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

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Library and Archives Canada has a listing by surname of land petitions up to 1865. A description of the database is as follows: “Before ...

Saturday, December 3, 2011

The Tweedsmuir Histories

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Over the years the Elgin County Archives have been putting the Tweedsmuir Histories online. The first women’s institute was organized in...

Friday, November 11, 2011

Veterans Day 2011

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Here are a couple of photos from my collection. Graduation class for wireless operators in Guelph, Ontario 1943. John A. Hillman is botto...

Friday, October 28, 2011

Canada 150

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Canada 150 is a national campaign to encourage Canadians to collect their life stories, family and community histories. The idea is to colle...

Monday, August 29, 2011

The Hillmans and the Mays

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Brothers from one family marrying sisters from another family is not an unknown event for this region of Southwestern Ontario, even in my li...

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William Bruce Hillman: A graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a B.A., M.A. in history specializing in turn of the century Ontario. Also graduated from Althouse College of Education with a B.Ed.; but I quickly found that teaching was not my thing !

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