| SURROGATE COURT RECORDS INDEX 1859-1900 Ontario, Canada |
| This index provides a listing of microfilmed records for estate records, wills, child custody orders, and other court records in Ontario held by the Archives of Ontario. It currently houses records up to 1962. For records less than forty years, the genealogist must contact the local Surrogate office. Currently the Archives houses all the earliest (pre-1859) Surrogate records for each Surrogate Court in the Province. Up to 1850, the province was divided for most governmental purposes into Districts, not counties; the locate Surrogate Court records reflect these district divisions. There is no province-wide index to the early records, and the genealogist needs to know the District records he is going to need to examine. The records for the period 1793-1858 are not as complete for the period that follows. The estate files held by the Archives are not necessarily complete, so if no estate file is found, one should check the Registers for a record. Most of these Registers are indexed. There are few estate files for women during most of the nineteenth century. Until 1859, a married woman in Ontario could not hold property in her own right. Any property that she owned at the time of her marriage became the property of her husband. Only single women and widows could own property. It was not until 1884 that married women gained the same property rights as men and single women. Some Land Regisry Office hold 60% of all surviving wills because they were never probated, and the deceased's estate consisted only of property (most were farmers). An Estate File contains the documents used by the Surrogate Court to disperse the deceased person's estate, whether he or she died with or without a will. |
| CARLETON COUNTY - n/a at this time Reel GS1-764 to GS1-792 found in Cabinet 1 PRESCOTT & RUSSELL CO. Reel GS1-7 43A to GS1-751 Gillespie, George, Turnbridge Wells, England, #169, 1865. STORMONT, DUNDAS & GLENGARRY CO. Reel GS1-1253A to GS1-1274 Gillespie, Thomas, Morrisburg, #719, 1884 LANARK CO - n/a at this time. Reel GS1-77, GS1-425, GS!-452 LEEDS & GRENVILLE CO. - n/a at this time Reel GS1-453 to 478, GS1-415 to 419 FRONTENAC CO. Reel GS1-1224 to GS1-1246 Gillespie, Robert, Wofe Island, #1371, 1889 LENNOX & ADDINGTON CO.- n/a at this time Reel GS1-1207 to GS1-1218 HASTINGS & PRINCE EDWARD CO Reel GS1-1178 to GS1-1204 Gillespie, George, Tyendinaga, #578, 1879 Gillespie, John, Thurlow, #1090, 1887 PETERBOROUGH CO. Reel GS1-811 to GS1-828 Gillespie, Alexander, Otonabee, #1130, 1892 Gillespie, James, Otonabee, #1557, 1898 Gillespie, Jane, Otonabee, #1435, 1896 Gillespie, John, Otonabee, #1470, 1896 Gillespie, John Lyall, Otonabee, #942, 1889 Gillespie, Katherine, Douro, #1661, 1898 Gillespie, Louis Edward, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, #1655, 1899 Gillespie, Peter, Otonabee, #1241, 1893 NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM CO. Reel GS1-1097 to GS1-1137 Gillespie, infants, (G) Cartwright, #838, 1873 Gillespie, infants, (G), Hamilton, #3852, 1896 Gillespie, Henry, Manvers, #563, 1869 Gillespie, Peter, Haldimand, #836, 1873 Gillespie, William Henry, Haldimand, #3324, 1893 Gillespie, William Hilliard, Hamilton, #3841, 1896 ONTARIO CO. Reel GS1-1145 to GS1-1176 Gillespie, Dugald, Thorah, #1328, 1880 Gillespie, Duncan, Beaverton, #3225, 1899 Gillespie, Malcolm, Brock, #2388, 1892 [TORONTO -n/a at this time] HALTON CO. - n/a at this time Reel GS1-538 to GS1-559 [SIMCOE CO - n/a at this time.] DUFFERIN CO. Reel CS1-427 to CS1-434 Gillespie, George, Orangeville, #268, 1890 Gillespie, Maria Adelaide, Shelburne, #409, 1893 Gillespie, Sarah Emily, Orangeville, #176, 1887 WELLINGTON CO. Reel CS1-593 to CS1-642 Gillespie, John, yeoman, Minto Twp, #705, 1872 Gillespie, William, farmer, Amaranth Twp, #1192, 1877 Continued Page 2 |
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