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Title |
Colonel George Chisholm Jr. (1792-1872) |
Description |
Col. George Chisholm (1792-1872) was born in Fort Erie, Canada. He was one of nine children of George Chisholm (Sr.) (1752-1842) and Barbara McKenzie Chisholm (1758-1824). George Sr. was involved in building Fort Erie. He was the brother of William and John Chisholm. When he was six years old, the family moved to Upper Canada and settled first in Fort Erie before moving to Burlington. He took over the farm on Burlington Bay after his father died. He and his wife, Eliza McCarter, (1796-1851), had 7 children, who were all born on the farm: Alexander Murray Chisholm, (emigrated to Australia) Barbara Bell (Chisholm) Cooper (1817-1860), Amanda Fitzallen (Chisholm) McKay (1822-1845), Duncan Chisholm (1824-1888), William King Chisholm (1825-1884), George Brock Chisholm (1828-1884), and Daniel Black Chisholm (1832-1899) When his brother William went bankrupt in 1842, George lost the farm. He, Eliza and her mother are buried in the cemetery on the southeast corner of Dundas and Guelph Line. |
Catalog Number |
1950.3.405 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Collection |
Oakville Museum Pictures |
Neg # |
00405 |