July 29, 2007:

Hi Al: 

I’m wondering if anyone knows more about the Hazelwood / Hazlewood lines, particularly 
where they moved to after they left Carleton County. Two of my ancestors are Hazlewoods.  
Hazelwood Falls married Mary Hazelwood  d/o William HAZELWOOD &  Elizabeth BEATY in 
1875 in Bell’s Corners, Nepean.  I don’t know anything more about William Hazlewood 
though I suspect him of being a brother to John Hazlewood who was an early settler 
in Goubourn.

My other Hazlewood belongs to a previous generation. She is the wife of John Kemp : 
Mary Hazlewood. John Kemp is found in the 1822 Goulbourn census. Can anyone shed 
some light on the Hazlewoods?

Thanks,
... Linda Falls
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Hi Linda:

The name Kemp is sometimes spelled "Camp" in the early records. I have also come
across the surname Hazelwood.

In the 1950's, a Dr. Kemp, who was a dentist in the village of Richmond, taught a
few of us youngsters how to catch Lake Trout on the Big Rideau Lake. This was before
the days of downriggers and electronic fish finders. What you needed to find
these trout, in 150 feet of water, was many years of experience. Dr. Kemp was the
local legend. The first time I fished with him, he showed me the trolling routes --
"steer a course for the big tree". This big tree was at least five miles down the 
lake and it took most of an afternoon to make one pass through the hotspots.

Those were good days. We all had time to enjoy things.
... Al
 August 1, 2007:

Thanks, as usual, to Sue for her research:

Linda, I did a little digging around and found your William Hazelwood and wife 
Elizabeth Beatty / Beattie Hazelwood buried in the Caintown Cemetery in Yonge twp, 
Leeds county, Ontario.  Unfortunately, the 1851 census for Yonge twp is no longer 
around, so their children are 'spotty', but all born in Leeds county.  William 
Hazelwood was born in Ireland and wife Elizabeth Beatty/Beattie was born 3 June 
1803 in Scotland and died 4 March 1877.  She was a daughter of Walter Beatty/Beattie 
(24 Feb 1776 Ireland - 8 Oct 1860 Yonge twp, Leeds, Ont) and Isobel Robb / Rabb 
(born 4 Dec 1775 in Glasgow, Scotland and died 22 Dec 1852 in Leeds county, Ont).  
They were married in Glasgow 16 August 1805.  Known children of William Hazelwood 
and Elizabeth Beatty/Beattie were:
 
1) Hannah, born abt 1826 and died 8 June 1876 in Leeds County at age 50.  
She was the wife of Henry Purvis.  After her death, Henry Purvis married Mary 
Ann Oliver in Leeds county in 1878;
 
2) Sarah, born 15 March 1843 and died 26 March 1930 in Leeds county.  She married 
abt 1874 Robert Beatty/Beattie (born 24 Jan 1843 in Yonge twp and died 8 March 
1910 in Yonge twp.);
 
3) Mary, born 16 Nov 1840 according to the 1901 Huntley, Lanark census and the 
1911 Huntley, Carleton census, married 1875 Hazlewood Falls (born 2 April 1845 
according to both censuses).  Good for her - she had no problem saying that she 
was 5 years older than her husband!  Mary died 10 August, 1924 in Carp, Huntley, 
Carleton.  She was buried 12 August 1924 in the Huntley Cemetery.  On her death 
registration, the informant (son George H. Falls) said she was born 16 Oct 1840, 
but I would think that Mary knew better and that it was really 16 Nov, 1840.  
Fortunately, it says that her father William Hazelwood was born in County Wexford 
(Ireland) and that her mother Elizabeth Beatty was born in Glasgow (Scotland), 
so you are lucky to get the Irish county of William's birth!  It also re-affirms 
that she was born in Leeds county, Ontario;
 
4) James Wesley, born 12 Aug 1845 in Yonge twp, Leeds, Ont. married 18 Jan 1874 
in Fordwick, Huron county, Margaret Seney (born in Ontario abt 1852, a daughter 
of Benjamin Seney and Sarah Gibson).  The witness to this wedding was Hannah L. 
Hazelwood (I think this is the Dr. Hannah Hazelwood (born abt 1845)  who will 
end up delivering one of James Wesley's children.  Margaret Seney Hazelwood died 
and James married again on 2 Oct 1881 in Brockville to Emma Agnes Hollister (born 
8 Mar 1855 to Charles Hollister and Caroline Eligh).  They had at least 4 children: 
Mabel Lulu (1882), Florence Gertrude(1886), Frank Lorne(1890), Evelyn Leona(1895).  
This family is in the 1901 Brantford, Ontario census;
 
5) William John, born August 1850 in Yonge twp, married 19 June 1873 in Leeds 7 
Grenville twp, Charlotte Eligh (born Nov 1849 - one of the wedding witnesses was 
James W(esley) Hazelwood).  They had just the one child, daughter Lauretta in 
Jan of 1880, then moved to Dorset, Bennington, Vermont in 1900 as William John 
was managing a farm in Vermont.  They are in the 1900 Dorset, Bennington, Vermont census.
 
Either the children's marriage or death registrations give the names of their 
parents as William Hazelwood and Elizabeth Beatty.  I should think there were 
more children born in Leeds county, given the gaps between the years.  They all 
are Wesleyan Methodists.
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John and Mary Kemp are in the 1851 Huntley, Carleton census, both born in Ireland 
abt 1792 and both members of the Church of England.  They are with their 4 children, 
all sons and all born in Upper Canada: John (1828), George(1830), Richard(1832) 
and Benjamin(1837) - birth years approximate!
 
Hope this helps out and, yes, Al, you can put this up on the site!
 
Sue

 
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