Family History by Donna & Fred Prong, Ontario, Canada

Some History & Genealogy of Families Who Settled in Upper Canada
(Now Southern 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

Image -- Proud to live in Canada

Read the PRONG Family History entitled:
 
A Brief Family History, PRANGE-PRONG-GRAUEL
Fred's Personal Stuff
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!!
Genealogy Resource List
The Jacob CRANE Family Descendants
 Hundreds of descendants of Jacob Marsh CRANE (1768-1849) & Elizabeth (Betsy) POOLE (1776-1819)
who migrated from Westfield, New Jersey to Niagara District, Upper Canada c. 1795
My "Winter Palace" et environs
-- a short video --
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. 
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Fred C. Prong
1924 Rural Directory, North and South Dorchester Townships, Ontario, CanadaSearch This Site
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.
Revised March 2009