Ancestor Links - Regional Summary
Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada (Updated - Q2 2015)
This web page includes a list of links, within this website, for web
pages that contain information regarding families that are known to
have lived in the Eastern Townships at some point.
The “Eastern Townships” or “Cantons de l'Est” in French - is a region in
the south-eastern section of the Province of Quebec. The region is
east of the City of Montreal - and lies between the former seigneuries
south of the Saint Lawrence River and the border with the United States.
Photos & Images - HAYES Ancestors and related families
• Hayes Family Line (back to New England c.1680 & Lower Canada 1796)
• Hayes-Horne Family Line (Early New England Ancestors, Magna Carta Links and Royal Ancestors) NEW 2015
• Berry Family Line (back to New England c.1631 & Lower Canada 1795)
• Cooley Family Line (back to New England 17th Century & Lower Canada 1799)
• Cowee Family Line (back to North America 18th Century)
• Craig Family Line (back to Scotland & North America 18th Century)
• Graves Family Line (back to New England c.1659 & Lower Canada 1796)
• Newell Family Line (back to North America 18th Century)
• Stone Family Line (back to North America 18th Century)
• Vincent Family Line (back to North America 18th Century)
Photos & Images - Cousin Family Lines
• Lawrence Family Line (back to England 14th Century & New England 17th Century)
Other Historical Photos & Images grouped by theme
• Early Settlers, Eastern Townships, Lower Canada (1790's)
An image of an early pioneer settler's home with a description of the challenges that they faced.
• Early Towns & Communities in North America
The early pioneer settlers built the first homesteads, schools, churches, businesses, towns, roads, bridges ...
• Early Transportation by Stagecoach
As soon as roads were built and well enough developed - horse drawn
stagecoaches were used to transport passengers, mail and goods between
towns and across regions.
• Fenian Raids (1866-1871)
The Fenians, Irish nationalists dedicated to driving the British out
of Canada from bases in the United States, began sporadic raids over
the border in 1866.
• Olympic Flame - Vancouver Winter Olympic Games 2010
Leading up to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games – the Olympic
Torch Relay started on October 30, 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia –
as day one of the 106 day journey through over 1,000 communities across
Canada (including historic West Shefford (Bromont), Magog and
Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec).
• Notable & Famous Descendants of Early New England Settlers
Many of the early settlers of the Eastern Townships - were also descendants of early settlers of New England.
Notable and Famous Descendants include: Founder of Eastman Kodak;
Founder of the B.F. Goodrich Company; Founder of American Red Cross;
First Woman to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean; Inventors; Architect;
Authors; Poet; Playwright; Actors & Actresses; Colonial and State Governors
of Connecticut, Massachusetts & Vermont; Wife of a Prime Minister of
Canada ...
Direct descendants of the listed Early New England Settlers - are also
either direct descendants or distant cousins of the relevant listed
Notable and Famous Descendants.
For example: Direct descendants of New England emigrants Benjamin Cooley
(c.1617-1684) & Sarah (died 1684) - are also either direct
descendants or distant cousins of Richard Morris Hunt (1828-1895),
American Architect (Designed: Pedestal for the Statue of Liberty; Facade
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Biltmore Estate ...).
A popular current term for this is “Notable Kin”.
Data
• HAYES Ancestors and related families
This section includes: Family & Ancestor Links with Scotland and England (15th to 19th Century).
Plus over 70 early New England Settlers (17th Century) and 10 early Lower Canada Settlers (18th to early 19th Century).
NEW 2015 - "Gateway Ancestor" added with Early New England Ancestors, Magna Carta Links and Royal Ancestors.
The families, listed within this section, that are known to have lived in the Eastern Townships at some point are as follows:
HAYES; BERRY/BEREY; COOLEY; COWEE/COWIE; CRAIG/CRAIGIE; GRAVES; NEWELL;
NOBLE/NOBLES; SCHOOLCRAFT/SCHOOLCROFT; STONE; VINCENT and WELCH/WELSH.
Sources
• Useful Sources for Genealogy Research
This section includes lists of many of the main sources that I have
found useful for Genealogy Research. Many of these sources are relevant
for Genealogy Research related to the Eastern Townships.