Some History & Genealogy of Families Who Settled in Upper Canada
(Now Southwestern Ontario Canada)

The PRANGE brothers, Hans Heinrich & Jürgen Heinrich, from Baumgarten, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (now Meklenburg-Vorpommern), settled as the Henry & John PRONG families in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, c1860;
Includes related families from Mecklenburg-Schwerin, with the surnames:
GRAUEL, KÖHN, LEHMANN, LÜSS, MOLL, PIERSTORFF, PRANGE, WANGELIN;

Includes also other families from England and New England with surnames:
ANDERSON, BOND, BUCHNER, BURT, CRANE, DARLING,
DeCOU, DOWSWELL, EARLE, HIBLER, LATTIMER, POWLEY

Fred's Personal Stuff

Read the PRONG Family History entitled:
A Brief Family History, PRANGE-PRONG-GRAUEL

Genealogy Resource List

Internet Genealogy from MRFHC

The World's Largest Collection of DOWSWELL Family Descendants
Thousands of descendants of Amelia HELPS & Thomas DOWSWELL
from Wiltshire England to Scarborough Upper Canada in 1832.
This site must be seen to be believed!!

My "Winter Palace" et environs
-- a short video --

The Jacob Marsh CRANE Family Descendants
Hundreds of descendants of Jacob Marsh CRANE (1768-1849) & Elizabeth (Betsey) POOL (1776-1819)
who migrated from Westfield, New Jersey to Niagara District, Upper Canada c.1795

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Fred C. Prong

APPLEFORD, ACKERT, and WHYTE Families
South Dorchester Township, Ontario, Canada
William APPLEFORD, Philip ACKERT, & William WHYTE and their families, were early pioneers of Upper Canada. They settled c.1835 in Dorchester Township, London District, now Malahide Township, Elgin County.

Revised September 2011

1924 Rural Directory, North and South Dorchester Townships, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Genealogical Society
Thousands of names indexed online. Visit the Elgin County Branch OGS, for Cemeteries, Obituaries, Online publications, and more
-- This is one of Ontario's best genealogical websites for County Research --
Visit also the Elgin County OGS Blog for the latest happenings.