Table of Contents
- Listing of Residents of Coe Hill & Area link – date unknown
- Crosby, Gilroy, Gunter & McCaw families – individual databases
- Wollaston Twp & Area Early Marriages
- 1911 Census Wollaston Twp – listing all residents
- Telephone Book about 1950s
- Message Boards – inquiries
- Childhood School Photos – about early to mid 1950s
- Publications about Coe Hill area
- Map of North Hastings
A Listing of People of Coe Hill & Area
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https://www.locatefamily.com/Street-Lists/Canada/ON/K0L/K0L1P0/index3.html
EARLY FAMILIES IN HASTINGS COUNTY, Ontario
John Gilroy, age 20 and George Gilroy, age 29, were living in Wollaston Twp by 1881. John disappeared, but George remained in the Coe Hill area all his life. He has descendants in the area to this day.
From a study of four local cemeteries, the persons born the earliest included: William Gunter, born 1808 and buried in Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Jonathan Waite born 1809 who is buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery, then 1826 with birth of Garrett Puffer, who is buried in St Michael’s Cemetery. In 1833 Robert and Amanda Hawthorn were born the same year, and both are buried in St Andrew’s United Cemetery in Coe Hill. Where these individuals were born is not given, nor when they moved to Wollaston Twp, but they were early pioneers to this area. Other researchers of families in this area have added their work online, part of which has been provided in cemetery transcriptions on this website (top menu bar)
CROSBY
Click on name to find a page of Crosby records and families.
GILROY
Click on name to find a page of Gilroy records and families
GUNTER
Open link for an individual page about Gunter families and records
MCCAW
Click on name to open to an individual page of McCaw records and families
OTHER MARRIAGES LINKED TO WOLLASTON TWP
1911 Census Wollaston Twp
also
Last Name Index for 1911 Census, Wollaston Twp
1941 Directory of Hastings County
with listing of residents for Coe Hill
C. Telephone Book: est 1950’s
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D. Message Boards
Charles Benjamin BIRD (Ben) b 1856 in Wollaston Twp. Married in 1880 Rachel Hammers (Hanners) (1857-1909). Children: Myrtle, Pearl, Tommy (died as an infant), Harry (d infant), Mamie (d infant), William, …Researcher: Tanya 2003.
Charles William DANFORD, b 1883 Coe Hill. son of Alfred Thomas Danford. Died Aug 15, 1917 and remembered at Vimy Ridge, in France, World War I. Researcher: Gay Gennings
Charles W DOXEE b 1870, a farmer, married Susan Hubble. Their children two female infants, Lottie, & Maude born July 16, 1900 Coe Hill. Researcher: J Carroll, 2010
I have a Hiram R. DOXEE 1828-1920 married to a Roseline HOARD 1837-1869 with children Benjamin Franklin Doxsee b about 1855, and Roderick Doxsee b. about 1856. I am a direct descendant of the Wilson’s from Coe Hill, but be careful there were two unrelated Wilson families. My first WILSON relation in Coe Hill was William G. Wilson 1829 -1895, married to Elizabeth L. Anderson, 1842-1932. Their children were Alexander Anderson, Janet, John Baptist, William J, David J, and James A. Lynne. Researcher Lynne, 2003
Seeking descendants of Robert HAWTHORNE, born circa 1833 in Ireland. He was married to Anna/Amanda ? and had at least three known children according to the 1861 Ontario census; namely, Mary E. Hawthorne born 1856; Sarah Hawthorne born 1858; and Amanda Hawthorne born 1860. According to a newspaper account, Robert Hawthorne was residing in Coe Hill Mines, Lot 14, Con 9, Wollaston Township in 1902. For most of his earlier life, Robert Hawthorne grew up in Alnwick Township, Northumberland County and resided there with his father, John Hawthorne. Researcher Kevin Long, 2003
Harold JOHNSON was the station agent in Coe Hill. Son Ted
Harry Henry JOHNSON b May 5, 1849. Died 1932 Coe Hill. He married Adele Schumacher (1851-1923) on Sept 18, 1882. They had three children. Researcher Sandi 2005 (also Andrea Isaac 2025).
Mrs MASTERS lived in Coe Hill on Station Street. She had a son Sid Patterson.
William MOYNES b Aug 18, 1863 died about 1944, buried St Andrews Cemetery, Coe Hill. Married Kathyrn Smith (Kittie), Dec 12, 1872. Their children: Alex, Arnold and Earl Moynes. Researcher William Moynes.
Harvey NEIL and his wife, Elizabeth SHEPPARD, lived in Coe Hill. Five children. Researcher Wilma 2012 (I grew up with Neils, who lived on Station Street near the train station. (comment by Norma). Researcher: Wilma 2012.
CHILDHOOD PHOTOS
(Looking back over 60 years ago, so many names forgotten.
Left to right each row
Back Row: girl, Norma Gillespie, boy, boy, boy, boy
2nd Row from Back: Sheila Wannamaker, Nola Crosby, Sherrill Ferguson? Eileen Neil, Shirley Twomey? Sharon McCauley, Barbara Thompson?
3rd row from back: Una Marshall, Marilyn Woodbeck, Linda Warner, Stephanuk girl, boy
Front row: boy, boy, boy, Bill McCaw, Terry, ?Bill Sprackett
Books about Wollaston Township
Coe Hill & Ormsby: Yesterday and Today by Paul Kirk, 2017
Echoes From the Past, by Ruth Tierney – has one chapter on Coe Hill
Growing Up Big Island, by Terry Sprague, Naturalist in Prince Edward County. (the last half of his book was written by his wife, Nola Crosby, of her experiences and memories growing up in Coe Hill. Nola published a book of poems, “Silhouettes & Reminiscing). Note: Nola was my best girlfriend, as we grew up together across the road from each other, on the east side of the village by the cemeteries.
Historic Hastings by Gerald Boyce – has one chapter on Wollaston Twp
I Remember Gramma by Annie Faul & Patricia Husak
Joe Alcorn’s Boy by William Hawthorne about homesteading in Wollaston Twp
Canadian County Atlas of Hastings County – lists people living at that time.
Memories of Our Pioneers, Volumes I & II, by Wollaston Heritage Committee, editor Edith McCaw.
Memories of Our Military Men and Women, by Wollaston Heritage Committee, editor Edith McCaw
My Coe Hill Heart: Poems by Sandra Leigh Russell
North of 7….And Proud of It. A collection of stories and photos for North Hastings. Available Bancroft Public Library. History of Bancroft area from 1855 to 2003
Over 1000 Different Ways to Serve Rabbit, by Allan Jones, 1974
North Hastings Digital Record. Online resource
The Cardiff Courier Vol 1, No 6 lists Coe Hill Public School, teacher.
The Gillespie Family of Coe Hill, by Norma, Sam, Glenn Gillespie, 2022
The Little Brick Church: St Michael’s Congregation (of Coe Hill) 1885 – 1985 by Heritage Committee, Bob Lyons, Elizabeth MacGregor, 1985
The Show Must Go On, by Heather Gunter Campbell – glimpses of the life of the Howard Gunter Clan while she growing up in the village. (several other volumes available & her weekly newspaper columns).
Touring the Past, by Bob Lyon – has one chapter on Coe Hill, a guide to old mines, ghost towns of North Hastings.
Your Loving Anna, Letters From the Ontario Frontier, by Louis Tivy (Anna was his grandmother) ISBN 0-8020-6166-4. University of Toronto Press. Available Bancroft Public LIbrary.
Zion United Church, the Ridge, Looking Back 125 years, 1875 – 2000
Note: Many of these volumes are available at the Wollaston Township Public Library located on west side of Coe Hill Public School in a portable building. Some volumes are in Bancroft Public Library.
MAPS
Lot and Concession Map for Wollaston Twp area
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