Our initial goal was to index the 1832-1899 Port Hope/Hope Township...
...as reported in the available microfilmed issues of the Port Hope newspapers, located at the Public Library. Entries have been recorded where the people mentioned were, or were suspected to have been, connected with the area at some point. Entries have also been cross-referenced with CemSearch and the original registration documents at Ancestry.com, with pertinent information added wherever possible. As it was relatively expensive to announce these events in the newspapers - sometimes as much as twenty-five cents! - not all were recorded.
Although the earliest issues begin at 1832, there are considerable gaps - two issues for 1901, one for 1902 and none for 1905 nor 1908, for example - until 1870. The collection is quite comprehensive from that point until 1927, although not complete.
Barbara Trumper organized the indices for 1900-1920 (4300+ entries) and Shirley Horner for 1921-1927 (1400+ entries).
While there are no microfilms for the period from 1928-1954, the Library has the microfilms for the ensuing years to the present, as listed below. Frequent items in those issues (In Memoriam, 20 Years Ago and 40 Years Ago) will provide some limited information for the missing years. We are not searching through the local "community news" columns for the occasional anniversary or marriage item as it simply takes too much time.
- 1955-1956 (indexed)
- January-June 1958 (indexed)
- July 1959-December 1962 (indexed)
- September 1966-December 1972 (indexed to December 1967): 3,679 entries (as of 11 Mar...).
- April 1973-September 1975
- July 1976-December 2003
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The Port Hope Archives has original copies for some of the "missing years" (1928-1954). These, along with several issues of the early 1900s, have been indexed: 268 entries (as of 14 June).
Again, where possible, further information has been added from the original documents and the cemetery database. Should you wish copies of these newspaper entries, please contact the Archives.
Further issues from the early 1940s-'50s are in the process of being microfilmed by the Library, and the BMDs will be posted online as soon as possible.
The following entries were transcribed from Archival issues which, due to their fragile state, are not accessible by the public.
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Port Hope Commercial Advertiser - 07 October 1847 (3/1):
- Drowned.--On Wednesday morning last, Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. James Walsh, of this town, aged four years and six months, was taken out of the mill-dam, by N. Waddell, Esq. Medical aide was promptly rendered; but we are sorry to state that life was extinct, when she was found.Birth of a daughter to Nathaniel Bate on 09 Jul 1850 at Port Hope.
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Port Hope Watchman - 11 July 1850 (3/1):
- Birth of a daughter to Nathaniel Bate on 09 Jul 1850 at Port Hope.
- Death of Alice Annette (15 months, 10 days), only daughter of James Grant of Port Hope, at Beloit, Wisconsin, on 10 Jun 1850.
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Port Hope Watchman - 11 July 1851 (2/6):
- Birth of a daughter to James Grant at Port Hope on 05 Jul 1851.
- Birth of a son to M.F. Whitehead on 09 Jul 1851.
- Marriage of Rev. H.E. Plees, Missionary in the Eastern District, and Catherine, 2nd daughter of Morgan Jellet of Cobourg, at Port Hope on 25 Jun 1851 by Rev. Jonathan Shortt.
- Death of Edward Warren Powers. The obituary reads:
Died, At the residence of his father, in the Township of Hope, on the 7th instant, after a long and painful illness to which he submitted with singular patience and fortitude Edward Warren, eldest son of Samuel S. Powers, Esq., aged 21 years. The early death of this amiable and promising young man, is deeply regretted by a very large circle of relatives and friends. His manners were gentle, winning and unassuming; and his intellect was such as led those who were intimately acquainted with him, to predict that his future career would be one of usefulness and honour. But the angel of death stood over him and he withered, like a flower that is cut down at noonday. He was perfectly conscious for several weeks that his end was approaching, but he was not afraid to die. He departed in the unshaken belief that "this mortal shall put on immortality," and met the icy gaze of the pale King of Terrors with the calm and sublime triumph of a chritian. The lines underneath were handed to him a few hours before he expired, and which he perused with great pleasure. Tiddy, in the concluding stanza, was the pet name of a beautiful and interesting little sister of his that died about twelve years ago.
TO EDWARD
Above this world of care,
Of anguish and despair,
Above earth's night of sorrow,
Above the loftiest star,
Heaven's shining mansions are,
And an immortal morrow!
There no sad mourners weep,
No looks turn hoary,
And brows forever keep
Their gladness and their glory.
There little Tiddy stands
Eager to meet you,
And lifts her angel hands
To clasp and greet you!
T.C.W.
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Port Hope Times - 06 Sep 1876 (5/4):
- Death of Frederick Jacobs (10 months), youngest son of T. Hewson, at Port Hope on 04 Sep 1876. (of whooping cough)
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Evening Guide - 27 Aug 1905 (4/2):
- Death of John (Jack) Stewart Harrah (2 years, 2 months), oldest son of George Harrah Ralston and Louise Pasmore, at Hill & Dale, Port Hope on 27 Aug 1905. (of an intestinal obstruction)
VERY SAD.--Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Ralston have the deepest sympathy in the loss of their only son. "Jack" was under three years but was so uncommonly well developed that he would have passed for four or over. He was a great favorite in a large circle of acquaintances and the shock of his death was very great because few knew of his illness and being always the picture of health, it was hard to realize that the little fellow was dead. His illness was very brief only from Thursday until Sunday morning and everything that skill could devise was done to save him. Even an operation was performed as a last hope.
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Evening Guide - 01 Mar 1906 (4/2):
- Death of John Heard on 01 Mar 1906 at Port Hope, aged 65. Funeral from his Bruton street residence to Wesleyville cemetery.
- OBITUARY
On the last day of January, 1906, a very sad event took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Taylor. Their second daughter, Bertha Evelena, had been ill but a short time with that fell disease, cancer of the throat, when her death occurred so suddenly. Her friends though not expecting her to recover still had the hope that she would live for a considerable time. The merciful Providence ruling over all cut short her suffering and permitted her to go "Home". She was only in her twentieth year but was greatly beloved by all who knew her, for she was quiet and obliging in her manner. Work in the church and Sunday School was her great delight and all the neighbors and friends join with the bereaved parents in grief over their sad loss. The funeral was largely attended, and the bearers were her two brothers, Henry and Howard Taylor, two cousins, Percy and Abert Taylor, and two brothers-in-law, Frank Johns and Edward K. Keeler.
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