JOSEPH WAS BORN IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND MOVED TO THE NIAGARA DISTRICT IN ONTARIO WITH ANNA (nee ROWLEY)AND HIS PARENTS.THERE ARE SEVERAL PETITIONS SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA, IN REGARD TO LAND GRANTS, ALL IN THE SUMMER OF 1797.
HE AND ANNA RAISED A LARGE FAMILY BEFORE SHE DIED.
HE THEN MARRIED ANNE COUNTRYMAN (?)HER MAIDEN NAME WAS PASSED DOWN TO US WITH QUESTIONS..AND THEY HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN.
AFTER HER DEATH HE MARRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO CATHARIN FOSTER (A WIDOW FROM IRELAND, WHO HAD BROUGHT HER CHILDREN WITH HER).
THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES THAT REFER TO JOSEPHS SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
HE ALSO WAS AWARDED A JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY ON JUNE 12, 1829, REGARDING THE LAND THAT JOSEPH OWNED (LOTS 238 AND 239). THEY HAD EXPROPRIATED LAND FROM HIM FOR THE CANAL ENLARGEMENTS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES RE HIS CASE.
JOSEPH DREW UP HIS WILL ON DEC 22, 1832, AND ON APRIL 26 1844 HE SOLD 7 MORE ACRES TO THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY FOR 89 POUNDS, 3 SHILLINGS AND 6 PENCE (whatever that is).
THEN IN 1924 THE WELLAND CANAL NEEDED MORE LAND AGAIN, SO FRED AUBREY BURGAR (JOSEPHS GRANDSON)SOLD THE REMAINER TO THEM FOR $9515.68 AND THE LAND WAS FINALLY OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 116 YEARS.
HE AND ANNA RAISED A LARGE FAMILY BEFORE SHE DIED.
HE THEN MARRIED ANNE COUNTRYMAN (?)HER MAIDEN NAME WAS PASSED DOWN TO US WITH QUESTIONS..AND THEY HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN.
AFTER HER DEATH HE MARRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO CATHARIN FOSTER (A WIDOW FROM IRELAND, WHO HAD BROUGHT HER CHILDREN WITH HER).
THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES THAT REFER TO JOSEPHS SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
HE ALSO WAS AWARDED A JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY ON JUNE 12, 1829, REGARDING THE LAND THAT JOSEPH OWNED (LOTS 238 AND 239). THEY HAD EXPROPRIATED LAND FROM HIM FOR THE CANAL ENLARGEMENTS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES RE HIS CASE.
JOSEPH DREW UP HIS WILL ON DEC 22, 1832, AND ON APRIL 26 1844 HE SOLD 7 MORE ACRES TO THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY FOR 89 POUNDS, 3 SHILLINGS AND 6 PENCE (whatever that is).
THEN IN 1924 THE WELLAND CANAL NEEDED MORE LAND AGAIN, SO FRED AUBREY BURGAR (JOSEPHS GRANDSON)SOLD THE REMAINER TO THEM FOR $9515.68 AND THE LAND WAS FINALLY OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 116 YEARS.
JOSEPH WAS BORN IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND MOVED TO THE NIAGARA DISTRICT IN ONTARIO WITH ANNA (nee ROWLEY)AND HIS PARENTS.THERE ARE SEVERAL PETITIONS SIGNED BY MEMBERS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA, IN REGARD TO LAND GRANTS, ALL IN THE SUMMER OF 1797.
HE AND ANNA RAISED A LARGE FAMILY BEFORE SHE DIED.
HE THEN MARRIED ANNE COUNTRYMAN (?)HER MAIDEN NAME WAS PASSED DOWN TO US WITH QUESTIONS..AND THEY HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN.
AFTER HER DEATH HE MARRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO CATHARIN FOSTER (A WIDOW FROM IRELAND, WHO HAD BROUGHT HER CHILDREN WITH HER).
THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES THAT REFER TO JOSEPHS SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
HE ALSO WAS AWARDED A JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY ON JUNE 12, 1829, REGARDING THE LAND THAT JOSEPH OWNED (LOTS 238 AND 239). THEY HAD EXPROPRIATED LAND FROM HIM FOR THE CANAL ENLARGEMENTS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES RE HIS CASE.
JOSEPH DREW UP HIS WILL ON DEC 22, 1832, AND ON APRIL 26 1844 HE SOLD 7 MORE ACRES TO THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY FOR 89 POUNDS, 3 SHILLINGS AND 6 PENCE (whatever that is).
THEN IN 1924 THE WELLAND CANAL NEEDED MORE LAND AGAIN, SO FRED AUBREY BURGAR (JOSEPHS GRANDSON)SOLD THE REMAINER TO THEM FOR $9515.68 AND THE LAND WAS FINALLY OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 116 YEARS.
HE AND ANNA RAISED A LARGE FAMILY BEFORE SHE DIED.
HE THEN MARRIED ANNE COUNTRYMAN (?)HER MAIDEN NAME WAS PASSED DOWN TO US WITH QUESTIONS..AND THEY HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN.
AFTER HER DEATH HE MARRIED AGAIN, THIS TIME TO CATHARIN FOSTER (A WIDOW FROM IRELAND, WHO HAD BROUGHT HER CHILDREN WITH HER).
THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES THAT REFER TO JOSEPHS SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812.
HE ALSO WAS AWARDED A JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY ON JUNE 12, 1829, REGARDING THE LAND THAT JOSEPH OWNED (LOTS 238 AND 239). THEY HAD EXPROPRIATED LAND FROM HIM FOR THE CANAL ENLARGEMENTS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TRANSCRIPTS IN THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES RE HIS CASE.
JOSEPH DREW UP HIS WILL ON DEC 22, 1832, AND ON APRIL 26 1844 HE SOLD 7 MORE ACRES TO THE WELLAND CANAL COMPANY FOR 89 POUNDS, 3 SHILLINGS AND 6 PENCE (whatever that is).
THEN IN 1924 THE WELLAND CANAL NEEDED MORE LAND AGAIN, SO FRED AUBREY BURGAR (JOSEPHS GRANDSON)SOLD THE REMAINER TO THEM FOR $9515.68 AND THE LAND WAS FINALLY OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE BURGAR FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 116 YEARS.
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