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MARKLE in ONT 1790

MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 21 Aug 2002 5:24PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 May 2006 3:26PM GMT
Looking for evidence of *any* MARKLE family in southern Ontario prior to 1790, esp. Brant, Lincoln, Norfolk or Wentworth counties. Please contact me if you know of Markle families in those areas before 1790.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

ANON (View posts)
Posted: 22 Aug 2002 2:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Maybe you should be looking for Maracle in the Niagara
District i.e. Frederick Maracle of Niagara and his wife
Rebecca; Jacob Maracle of Osnabruck; or John Maracle of
Louth Twp. I think that is how the name was spelt in 1790.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 22 Aug 2002 5:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 May 2006 3:26PM GMT
My James Markle was born in 1788 and I haven't seen any indication that he changed the spelling of his name, but I'll keep in mind the family groups you suggested. Thanks for the tips.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 1 Dec 2003 4:30AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: PEER, MARICAL
Markle is the same family as Marical and Merkley.

They all descend from the Palatine ancestor Johann Frederich (Frederich) Merckel who came to NY in 1710. You can get a great deal of information about him and his descendants in Hank Jones Jr's well sourced book PALATINE FAMILIES IN NEW YORK. See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/pal/ for more info on the Palatines and Jones' book.

Many of the descendants of these Palatine families came to Upper Canada (Ontario) as Loyalists

I descend from Frederick's son Johann Matthias (Mathys) Merckel (note the variant spelling). Some of his grandchildren were Loyalists in the Niagara area. Some of the variant spellings for the surname are Merickel, Maracle, Marakel, , Maricle, Marikle, Markel, Markell, Markil, Markle, Markle. For more -- see http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmarkle/Variant.HTML

My direct ancestor who ended up in Upper Canada spelled her surname Marical but she too was a descendant of Frederick

Sarah Ann Markle married into my Vollick family with her marriage in 1858 to Joseph Morris Vollick. They lived Kilbride, Halton Co ON

Maryann Markle b 1819 in Ontario married into my Peer family thro her hubby Jeremiah Lyons s/o Harcor Lyons and Marcy Peer. They lived in the Dundas area

If you tell us who your James was married to, or who his children were it would be helpful. He may be in my database, or online, but with a variant spelling.

See http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmarkle/D0024/I326.html as an example of some early Ontario Markles.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 3 Apr 2004 4:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Aug 2004 7:53AM GMT
Surnames: Peer (and Murton)
Hi--I wonder if your Peer family is the same as mine!? The earliest one we could trace is John Peer, who went to Canada from England in 1810. We also have Loyalists in the family, but are not sure if it's the Peers or the Murtons. The second earliest Peer is Harvey, born circa 1880 in the Toronto area, married Florence Murton, and had W.A. Murton in 1912 (my grandfather) and Arthur 3 years later. He abandoned the family when my grandfather and great-uncle were young boys and none of us Peers ever heard from him again.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 3 Apr 2004 8:42AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 May 2006 3:26PM GMT
Hello Lorine: Unfortunately I didn't see a notification of your reply to my post, hence the lack of response until now; I hope this address is still good for you.

My James Markle was m. 1st to a woman believed to be Hannah Taylor. They had children George, Francis, Virel and Rebecca. He m. 2nd Eliza Ann Bigelow, widow of Hugh Malcolm. Their children were Lura, Hugh, Sabra, Richard, and Louise/Louisa. All consistently used the 'Markle' spelling.

I've been through Hank Jones' books, the J. V. Thompson Journals, and the websites of James Markle and Ejvor Merkley. I have a rather strong clue that James was a son of Henry Merckel and Maritie Vrooman, which would also trace back to J. F. Merckel through his son Wilhelm and wife Sarah Koch.

If you receive this message and have any information that would help make the connection (or disprove it) I would appreciate hearing from you.

Thanks for responding to my post.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 3 Apr 2004 11:30AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 4 Nov 2004 6:47PM GMT
Hello

My PEER line is not English - but I have some information on an Ontario Irish PEER line, the Dutch/German PEER line from USA (mine), and an English PEER line in Ontario

If you give me some more details on your John Peer who was in Canada such as his spouse and/or children and where they lived (Ontario? another province? what town/county or township of what province?) I will check my research notes to see if I have anything

Meantime feel free to read about my PEER line and the Dutch NY PEER line at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/pier.shtml

Maybe you will see a connection

Lorine

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790/Peers

Posted: 3 Apr 2004 9:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Aug 2004 7:53AM GMT
Surnames: Peer
Hi again,
I think my line is the English Peers in Ontario, leading to the Harvey Peer that I mentioned. I have no other info on the John Peer of 1810, unfortunately. (There might be info in my late grandfather Murton Peer's files, if I can ever get to them!)

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

kyla (View posts)
Posted: 30 Sep 2004 3:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Peer, Wiegand
Hello Lorine! My name is Kyla Peer and Im posting this in case it helps anyone, who knows? My father is John Thomas Peer, his mother, Lola Hildegard Wiegand from Traverse City Michigan and his father Herbert John Peer one of the founding fathers of Port Credit and played for the Detroit Red Wings (though one year only). They used to have a hardware store in Port credit named Peers Hardware. Perhaps with this information you might be able to tell me beyond that and where our peer line originated.

Re: MARKLE in ONT 1790

Posted: 1 Oct 2004 12:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: PEER, MARICAL, GREENLEES
Hi Kyla

I'd love to chat with you about your Peer family. If you visit my page at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/surnames/pier.shtml you will find a brief intro to the Peer family - and at the bottom of the page, a contact email (or click on my name here and use the email shown)

Your grandfather must be Herbert John Peer b 1910 to Stephen Lester Peer and Ada Gaston.

Stephen (1863-1956) born and died in Clarkson, Peel Co. Ontario, was the s/o James Peer and Emma Anderson

James was the s/o John Peer (1835-1908) & Mary Ann Oliphant. Please see my message posted this morning on the Canada>Ontario>Wellington Co. message board with the lineage of John Peer back to 1790s in NJ

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lQC.2ACE/704.1.1 is the original question, my reply is there as well.

I have much more on this family - land petitions, births, marriages, deaths, wills,census etc. Perhaps we can help each other - I'd like more info on Herbert, wife Lola etc. I didn't have his wife or children, you can probably help me with that.


Let me just give a word of caution - the Peer family lineages on the 'net are error-ridden. It's a tricky family to figure out, and a lot of what you will find online is guesswork and unsourced.

Also, the Perkins-Bull collection of family genealogies has an interview with John Peer's grandsons, John Charles Peer and Stephen L. Peer, taken circa 1930s. Much of the information is incorrect so be careful if you are using that as a source. It's just someone's memories, and anyone's memories can be faulty - or they simply didn't have the resources we have to check family lore.


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