Re: S.W. (Samuel William) Barnes in Grimsby, Ontario
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In reply to:
Re: S.W. (Samuel William) Barnes in Grimsby, Ontario
11/15/11
Ann,
Samuel did not have any sons by this name, so unless it was a nephew, I doubt it. Samuel, to my knowledge, had no other family that came with him from England to Canada besides his wife and kids. There was another Barnes family in the Grimsby area around that time, but they arrived there well before Samuel and his family did. They may have been of United Empire Loyalist (UEL) descent, that is, the folks who came from the Philadelphia/New Jersey/ New York tri-state area to the Niagara Peninsula in the 1790s because they refused to fight against the English during the Revolutionary War. Hope this helps in your search!
-Mark D'Elia