Upper Canada (Ontario) Hamilton Insane Asylum Inmates
Hamilton Insane Asylum
Hamilton Insane Asylum
What they shared was a sense -- among fellow citizens, families, doctors, judges, policemen, and in time social workers -- that they were, if not actually violent, then certainly aberrant. Their odd ways were often a burden to friends and loved ones, to others offputting at best: unconventional; unpredictable; unsettling. They were disturbing -- therefore "disturbed." And maybe dangerous.
The aberrances deemed most disturbing, even if not violent (most in fact not), were those seen linked to sex. Of women locked up at the Toronto Queen Street Asylum prior to 1900, a quarter were in for "female trouble" -- "childbirth, lactation, miscarriage, menstrual disorders, uterine disorders" and other natural conditions seen as "the predisposing cause of insanity."
Following are some excerpts from the historical research of Kathleen Kendall (School of Medicine, Southampton University).
....Criminal lunatics became recognized as a unique group only in the 19th century. Prior to this time, criminals, the insane and debtors were all confined together in jails. However, early Canadians soon found that jails were becoming overcrowded and were increasingly concerned about the changes associated with urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. In response to these social forces, reformers began to employ scientific methods, including classification, as a means of re-establishing order and control. The separation of criminals and lunatics was part of this endeavour, achieved through the creation of two institutions of great significance: the Kingston Penitentiary in 1835, and the temporary Lunatic Asylum at Toronto in 1841. A permanent asylum, the Provincial Lunatic Asylum was completed in 1851.
Criminal lunatics soon proved troublesome to both the penitentiary and the asylum. Because of their emotional and sometimes physical outbursts, they disrupted the disciplinary regime underlying the penitentiary. More importantly, however, criminal lunatics were a philosophical conundrum. They were considered a contradiction in terms “inasmuch as the word Criminal obviously implies a knowledge of evil, while the word Lunatic as evidently implies an utter absence of that knowledge [italics in original].” Female criminal lunatics were an even greater enigma regarding moral agency, since the sexual ideology at the time maintained that women were inherently virtuous and innocent. The fusion of insanity, criminality and femininity appeared incongruent. In transgressing the boundaries of classification, criminal lunatic women disrupted attempts to maintain order and control.
As categorical anomalies, female criminal lunatics fitted into neither the asylum nor the penitentiary. However, since this group contained elements of criminality and lunacy, they belonged in both institutions. Consequently, they were shuffled back and forth between institutions and were wanted by neither. The animosity and vitriol directed at criminal lunatics finally resulted in the establishment of a temporary criminal lunatic asylum within the penitentiary in 1855. In response to the “evils arising from the reception of insane criminals at the [Provincial Lunatic] Asylum,” Attorney General Sir John A. MacDonald recommended that the “portion of the Provincial Penitentiary…be fitted up for the reception of the criminal lunatics in the Asylum, now 21 in number, as well as for those at present confined in the several County Gaols of Upper Canada.” MacDonald also suggested that provision would be needed “for the separation of the sexes.” In his letter to one of the penitentiary inspectors, the warden echoed this last concern. “There must be a positive decision as to female convicts as they cannot be confined within the same prisons as the male lunatics, there not being any place for them.”
The issue was resolved by the inspector’s decision that “…after a very careful examination of the Penitentiary there is no possibility of making a proper place for female lunatics and would therefore recommend that none of this class be forwarded to this institution.” The success of the inspector’s decision is apparent in the warden’s smug reply: “… we are rid of the females which is quite satisfactory.” Consequently, when the Criminal Lunatic Asylum finally opened in June 1855, there were no females among its occupants. Female criminal lunatics remained in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum until their transfer to the horse stables at Rockwood in 1857. The Act creating the Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Rockwood stated that the following classes of people were to be admitted into it:
1.Convicts in the penitentiary becoming insane while under sentence there.
2.Certain classes of lunatics committed to jail as lunatics dangerous to be at large.
3.Persons charged with some offence of which they had been acquitted on the ground that they were insane at the time such offence was committed.
4.Persons indicted for any offence, and upon arraignment thereof found, by a jury especially impanelled for the purpose, to be insane.
Hamilton Asylum for the Insane
In 1873 it was decided to locate a site and begin construction of a new asylum in the Hamilton area. Construction began in 1874 with the main (Barton) building.
The Hamilton Asylum for the Insane, also called the Ontario Hospital and later the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, was initially intended to be an asylum for ‘inebriates’. However there was more need for beds for the mentally disturbed and this became its sole concern. In 1876 the asylum officially opened. New patients began arriving in March 1876 from other provincial asylums including Toronto, Kingston and London. Patients came from all areas of Ontario including the counties of Wentworth, Halton, Peel, Simcoe, Wellington, Waterloo, Norfolk, Haldimand, Welland, Lincoln, Peterborough, Victoria and the City of Hamilton.
In 1884 East House (now Century Manor) opened, built as a reception hospital. Patients could now come directly from the community. Prior to this, patients were transferred from other hospitals. It housed 80 men but plans for a similar addition for women were never carried out.
In 1888 Orchard House was completed on January 24. The present land proved insufficient for farming and gardening so 95 additional acres were acquired. The patient population increased to 822.
In 1890 East House was set aside for the detention of Province's criminally insane. Andrew's Homestead and 8 additional acres were acquired. The entire food supply was derived from the farms. Patient airing courts, with high jail-like fences, were eliminated. Instead, inmates were engaged in a variety of outdoor games in the grove behind the Asylum.
Until well into the 20th century the asylum was accessible only by a dirt road and was therefore quite isolated. However it was largely self-sufficient with the farm, on which the hospital stood, providing all the necessary food. Cattle, chickens and pigs as well as fruits and vegetables all came from the farm. It had its own bakery, butcher's shop, greenhouse, root cellar, milk-processing house, tailor's shop, sewing room, upholstery shop, fire hall, power house, a fleet of vehicles, skating and curling rinks, a bowling green, tennis courts and chapel. In 1890 it housed 915 patients and employed 119 people. The Asylum Ball was an annual event in the Hamilton community for many years. Its guest list was a who’s who of Hamilton society.
The following database has been constructed from records of the Hamilton Insane Asylum. Each record in my index consists of the name of the inmate, the home residence (when available) of the inmate (ie District,county,town), and the age of the resident.
The COMPLETE insane asylum records contain a wealth of information on your ancestor that will not be found in any other records available.
Most of the Hamilton Asylum records include detailed medical or treatment reports.
Data that may be included (* amount of info recorded varies from case to case) in the inmate files includes country of birth, previous place of abode, by whom supported (ie friends,province), sex, age, single or married, number of children, occupation, degree of education, religion, habits of life (ie. sober,sedate,intemperate), times admitted, date of admission, date of discharge (this often death date in asylum), time in asylum, age at first attack, number of previous attacks, duration of present attack, whether suicidal or dangerous, nature of crime (if convicted before admission), cause of disorder (ie. hereditary, life event), form of mental disorder, hallucinations, accompanying body disorder, results (ie. died, discharged), cause of death, general observations. Many of the inmates were repeat patients over the years.
Those researchers interested in using my very fast and convenient research services to obtain the COMPLETE insane asylum record, may direct
Those who wish to use these databases as guides in their own searches, are welcome to do so.
Updated February 15, 2012
* As far as locations are concerned, county, township, or town/village are recorded for many individuals. Many were listed as being from various gaols, but researchers should keep in mind that many of these individuals originally were from elsewhere in the province. For those individuals whose residences are not given, their location often can be identified by doing an online census search, ie. 1881, 1891 or 1901
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NAME ... LOCATION ... AGE
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'UNKNOWN' MILLY .. GREY GAOL .. 40
AINSLIE AMY .. LINCOLN GAOL .. 22
ALEXANDER ANDREW .. WATERLOO GAOL .. 65
ALLEN ROBERT .. MARKHAM .. 24
ALLEN ROBERT .. YORK GAOL .. 23
ANDREWS JOHN H .. HAMILTON .. 30
ARMSTRONG ELIZABETH .. TORONTO .. 22
ARTHUR JANET .. HASTINGS GAOL .. 38
ASHBY ELIZABETH .. YORK .. 35
ASHOVER MARY .. TORONTO .. 53
AUGUSTINE ABRAHAM .. CLINTON .. 39
BAKER JANE .. HAMILTON .. 22
BAKER JOSEPH .. HAMILTON .. 58
BANNAN MARY .. FLAMBOROUGH .. 50
BASTIEN CHARLOTTE .. HAMILTON .. 17
BATTY ABIGAIL .. HALDIMAND TWP. .. 51
BATTY EMMA .. ETOBICOKE .. 39
BAYLEY MARY .. NORFOLK .. 47
BAYNE MARY .. MONTREAL .. 56
BEAMISH THOMAS .. TORONTO .. 66
BEDSON SOPHIA G .. TORONTO GAOL .. 16
BEER SOPHIA .. LINCOLN COUNTY .. 31
BENNETT CHAUNCEY .. SIMCOE - NORFOLK .. 44
BERESFORD THOMAS .. HAMILTON .. 26
BIERWORTH ANNA C .. BRANT .. 27
BIGGAR ANSON E .. GRIMSBY .. 34
BIRD WILLIAM .. HALTON GAOL .. 26
BIRDSILL NELSON .. BRANT GAOL .. 48
BISHOP RICHARD .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 22
BLANEY JAMES .. L'ORIGINAL .. 39
BLATCHFORD CAROLINE .. KINGSTON .. 32
BLEW (BLUE) PHILEMON .. PLANTEGENET .. 37
BOTHWELL JOHN .. SIMCOE COUNTY .. 68
BOTTERILL ELIZABETH .. GUELPH .. 46
BOWLS ROBERT .. NORMANBY .. 35
BOWMAN CATHERINE .. HALTON GAOL .. 36
BOWMAN MARY JANE .. WELLAND GAOL .. 32
BRADBURY SARAH .. YORK .. 53
BRADDELL MARY JANE .. GEORGETOWN ? .. 45?
BRADLEY ABRAHAM .. ST.CATHERINES .. 50
BRADSHAW NATHANIEL .. COBOURG GAOL .. 44
BRASCH HIRAM .. RENFREW GAOL .. 35
BRENNAN MICHAEL .. NISSOURI .. 64
BRITAIN JANET .. UXBRIDGE .. 54
BRITTON (BRITAIN) JANET .. UXBRIDGE .. 55
BROCK WILLIAM .. GREY COUNTY .. 55
BROWN ANN .. YORK GAOL .. 40
BROWN JANE .. TORONTO GAOL .. 29
BROWN JOHN .. WOODSTOCK .. 37
BROWN MARGARET .. NORFOLK ..
BROWN MARY .. PORT COLBORNE .. 44
BUFOUR PETER .. HAMILTON .. 38
BURNETT FRANK .. HALTON GAOL .. 35
BURNS ANN .. TORONTO GAOL ..
BURNS JOSEPH .. NORVAL .. 21
BURNS THOMAS .. LENNOX - ADDINGTON .. 22
BURRISTON WILLIAM .. WELLAND GAOL .. 60
BURT JAMES .. HAMILTON .. 52
CAHILL JULIA .. ARTHUR .. 19
CALDWELL ADAM .. DUNDAS .. 38
CALLAHAN ELIZABETH .. HAMILTON .. 52
CAMPBELL ARCHIBALD .. CALEDON .. 63
CAMPBELL JANE .. GODERICH .. 56
CAMPBELL MARGARET .. ESQUESING .. 28
CHALMBERS SAMUEL .. GREY GAOL .. 32
CHAMBERS JANE .. STORMONT .. 36
CHATTERSON GEORGE F .. CRAMAHE .. 31
CHIPICHAN ? CATHERINE .. WATERLOO GAOL .. 23
CHRISTIE CATHERINE G .. GRIMSBY .. 43
CLARK IRWIN .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 31
CLARKE CATHERINE .. LINCOLN GAOL .. 45
CLARKE JOSEPH .. HALTON GAOL ..
CLARKE MARY .. VICTORIA CTY. GAOL .. 57
CLARY JOHN .. OWEN SOUND .. 35
CLAYTON ELIZABETH .. YORK GAOL .. 33
CODEY DANIEL .. HALTON GAOL .. 44
COLDWELL ELIZA ANN .. BRUCE GAOL ..
COLLINS MARY .. LONDON .. 37
COMBS MARGARET .. WENTWORTH GAOL .. 50
COMFORT JAMES .. MOULTON .. 62
CONLIN HARRIET .. YORK GAOL .. 25
CONLIN THOMAS .. TORONTO GAOL .. 33
CONNELL MARY .. OAKVILLE .. 35
CONSTABLE JANET .. INNISFIL .. 30
COOK NANCY .. TORONTO GAOL .. 49
COOK RUTHERFORD .. YORK .. 23
COOKE AMELIA .. BRANTFORD .. 55
COOKE THOMAS .. YORK GAOL .. 34
COOPER JANE .. ESQUESING .. 54
COOPER JOSEPH .. OSHAWA .. 50
CORKERY CATHERINE .. PERTH GAOL .. 52
COTE LUCY .. OTTAWA .. 45
COTTON MARY .. COOKSVILLE .. 56
COWAN JANE .. KINGSTON/PORT HOPE .. 53
CRADDOCK JOHN .. HAMILTON .. 56
CREIGHTON CORNELIUS .. TORONTO .. 45
CROSSLEY FRANK .. TORONTO .. 24
CROZIER MARTHA .. COBOURG GAOL .. 40
CUNNINGHAM JOHN .. MOORE .. 31
CURRY ANN .. YORK GAOL .. 29
CURRY MARIA .. TORONTO .. 51
CUTLER MARGARET .. COBOURG GAOL .. 26
DALEY ANN .. OTTAWA .. 44
DALTON BRIDGET .. QUEENSTON .. 34
DAVEY ANNIE .. YORK GAOL .. 30
DAVISON MARY .. MT.PLEASANT - BRANT .. 55
DEACON ANN .. TORONTO .. 58
DEAN MATILDA .. WHITBY .. 53
DEEKS HANNAH .. WAINFLEET .. 56
DEEN MARY .. HURON GAOL .. 40
DEGARME MARTHA .. BURLINGTON .. 53
DEHRINGER SOPHRONIA .. BEVERLEY .. 34
DERMODY MATTHEW .. KESWICK ..
DERRICK MARY .. TORONTO .. 41
DEVITT CATHERINE .. WEST GWILLIMBURY .. 52
DEVLIN DAVID .. TORONTO .. 35
DEWAR SARAH ANN .. STANLEY TWP. .. 36
DEWEY AMANDA JANE .. BRIGHTON .. 41
DICKSON CATHERINE .. WESTMEATH .. 58
DILLON CATHERINE .. LEEDS .. 43
DILLON JOHANNA .. TORONTO ..
DOCKSTADER GEORGE A .. MUSKOKA .. 74
DOHL JOHN G .. ERIN TWP .. 45
DONEEN JAMES .. HAMILTON .. 25
DONOVAN TIMOTHY .. RENFREW GAOL .. 35
DORLAND SARAH .. NELSON .. 51
DOUGHERTY MARTIN .. HAMILTON .. 29
DOWKES JANE .. BROOKE TWP. .. 85
DOYLE JOSEPH .. RICHMOND .. 40
DREW SUSAN .. TORONTO .. 61
DROGHER (DRUKER) ANTHONY .. MERRITTON .. 38
DUFFY BRIDGET SHAY .. HAMILTON .. 40
DUNCAN JOHN G .. DUNDAS .. 52
DUNCAN MARIA .. CHARLOTTEVILLE .. 39
DUNN (HUNT) MARY ANN .. YORK COUNTY .. 26
EASTON MALCOLM .. ONEIDA .. 61
ECCLESON SUSAN .. HAMILTON .. 22
EDGECOMB JULIA .. WELLAND .. 19
ELENOR JAMES .. ALNWICK .. 51
ELFORD MICHAEL .. COBOURG GAOL ..
ELFORD MICHAEL .. COBOURG GAOL .. 24
EMERICK SUSAN .. SIMCOE - NORFOLK .. 33
EMERSON MARY ANN .. CLINTON .. 24
ENGLISH MARGARET .. HALTON .. 35
ENWRIGHT JOHN .. TORONTO .. 53
EPPS GEORGE .. ANCASTER .. 38
EVANS ELIZA .. PETERBOROUGH .. 36
EVERETT ANN .. HAMILTON .. 70
EVES THOMAS .. YORK GAOL .. 50
FARLEY JOHN .. CARDWELL .. 36
FELL ZENOS .. WELLAND .. 66
FERGUSON JOHN .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 45
FEWSTER CHRISTOPHER .. WALPOLE ..
FINN MATILDA .. RALEIGH .. 24
FITZGERALD MARY .. EGANSVILLE .. 29
FLEMING REBECCA .. BRANT COUNTY ..
FLETCHER LEIWS .. LENNOX - ADDINGTON .. 65
FLOWERS HANNAH .. GLENELG .. 39
FORD CELIA .. ELGIN .. 45
FORD ELIZA .. NORTH GOWER .. 36
FOX BRIDGET .. LINCOLN GAOL .. 40
FOY THOMAS .. LANARK GAOL .. 29
FRASER EWEN .. ELDON TWP. .. 52
FRAZER (PERAZO) JOHN .. ITALY - ONTARIO GAOL .. 46
FREESTON MARGARET .. OWEN SOUND .. 35
FULTON MARGARET .. KINGSTON .. 59
GARDNER ANN .. WATERDOWN .. 74
GARRETT EDWARD .. HILLIER .. 60
GARTIZ (GARTIG) EDWARD .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 46
GAY ELIZABETH .. GUELPH .. 70
GERMAN CLARISSA .. HASTINGS COUNTY .. 34
GERRON BRIDGET .. TORONTO .. 49
GILBERT JOHN .. YORK GAOL .. 40
GILLEN MARY .. OTTAWA .. 39
GILLESPIE MARY .. LINDSAY .. 39
GINGERICH ANNE .. WILMOT .. 39
GINLEY JAMES .. CARLETON GAOL .. 50
GLENNIE WILLIAM S .. HAMILTON .. 33
GOLDSMITH GEORGE .. CARLETON .. 55
GOWAN ALEXANDER .. SARNIA GAOL ? .. 42
GRAHAM CHARLOTTE .. PICKERING .. 32
GRAHAM ELIZA .. HAMILTON .. 45
GRANT (MURCHISON) MARGARET .. MARTINTOWN .. 59
GRANT ELIZABETH C .. WATERLOO .. 19
GRAY NANCY .. WENTWORTH .. 67
GREIG MARY JANE .. HAMILTON .. 56
GRIMLEY PATRICK .. WENTWORTH GAOL .. 65
HAGANS JANE .. CASTLETON .. 36
HALEY MARY .. HAMILTON .. 49
HALL PHILIP .. FOREST MILLS .. 28
HAMILTON SAMUEL .. WENTWORTH .. 18
HANG JACOB .. BRUCE COUNTY ..
HARDIMAN JAMES .. TORONTO .. 28
HARDY MARGARET .. ST.CATHERINES .. 37
HARRINGTON MAGGIE .. TORONTO .. 19
HARRIS JOHN .. ANCASTER .. 67
HARVEY ANN .. TORONTO .. 51
HEARNE HENRY .. TORONTO .. 42
HELWIG FREDERICK .. WATERLOO .. 40
HENNESSEY HERBERT .. LONDON .. 22
HENWOOD THOMAS .. HAMILTON .. 38
HEROD MARY .. ONEIDA .. 40
HERRIMAN JANE L .. ANCASTER .. 65
HESS WILHELMINA .. BERLIN/KITCHENER .. 59
HEWITT HANNAH .. PEEL GAOL .. 47
HEYBOURNE CHARLES .. LONDON GAOL .. 40
HILLMAN JAMES .. HAMILTON .. 26
HOCKLEY MARY ANN .. ONTARIO CTY. GAOL ..
HODGSON LOUISA .. ONTARIO CTY. GAOL ..
HOGAN JOHN .. NORWAY .. 74
HOGG DUNCAN .. GREY GAOL .. 35
HOOVER ELIZABETH .. CAISTOR .. 51
HOOVER MARY .. HALDIMAND GAOL .. 28
HORTON FRANCES .. WENTWORTH GAOL .. 36
HOWIE JAMES .. PARIS - BRANT CTY. .. 50
HUCK PETER J .. GUELPH GAOL .. 35
HUGHES CHRISTOPHER .. NORFOLK GAOL .. 70
HUGHES LLEWELLYN .. ST.THOMAS .. 20
HUNTER MARY .. FLAMBOROUGH .. 40
HUTCHINSON ALEXANDER .. BARTON .. 20
HUTCHINSON JOHN .. HAMILTON .. 60
IRELAND REUBAN J .. MURRAY TWP. .. 26
IRWIN ADRIAN .. YORK GAOL .. 17
IRWIN MARIA .. BRANTFORD .. 40
JACKSON ROBERT JAMES .. BRANT GAOL .. 22
JAMES JOHN .. HAMILTON .. 64
JAMIESON CHRISTINA .. BEVERLEY TWP. .. 27
JENNINGS HUGH .. TORONTO .. 56
JOHNSON JOHN .. YORK COUNTY .. 54
JOHNSTON CATHERINE .. GLENGARRY .. 66
JOHNSTON ROBERT .. HAMILTON .. 53
JONES CELINA .. ONTARIO COUNTY GAOL .. 36
JONES HANNAH .. CALEDON/LOGAN .. 39
KAKONSKI HANNAH .. DUNDAS COUNTY .. 42
KEENAN ANN .. TORONTO .. 65
KELCHER WILLIAM .. ANCASTER .. 56
KELLS WILLIAM .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 45
KELLY JOHN .. SIMCOE GAOL ..
KELLY JOHN .. WENTWORTH .. 32
KELLY LETITIA .. .. 40
KELLY MARGARET .. NORFOLK GAOL ..
KELLY MICHAEL .. HAMILTON .. 40
KEMP GEORGE .. TORONTO .. 35
KENNEDY MICHAEL .. YORK GAOL ..
KENYON ANN .. SALTFLEET .. 59
KERR MARY GOSS .. HALDIMAND COUNTY .. 39
KEYS MARY .. KENT .. 44
KILLEEN JOHN .. CARLETON GAOL .. 21
KINNARD TACEY .. SHERBROOKE .. 31
KIRKE MARY .. TORONTO .. 30
KITELY JAMES .. WELLINGTON .. 47
KLYNE SIMON .. ASHFIELD .. 38
KRONENBURGH MARGARET .. YORK GAOL .. 40
KUHN KATE .. HAMILTON .. 21
LAFFERTY JOHN .. ETOBICOKE .. 39
LAING JAMES B .. HAMILTON .. 36
LAMONT ANN .. CALEDON .. 31
LANGLEY MARY T .. USA - BRANT GAOL .. 28
LARKIN WILLIAM .. PETERBOROUGH .. 40
LATIMER ROBERT .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 60
LATTIMER ARCHIBALD .. HASTINGS GAOL .. 45
LATTIMER SUSANNA .. CAISTOR .. 27
LATTIMER SUSANNA .. CAISTOR .. 28
LEE MARY .. GREY GAOL .. 70
LESTER JOHN W .. LONDON .. 48
LIBBY ROBERT DAVID .. COBOURG GAOL .. 23
LISTON (STEWART) JANE .. LESLIEVILLE .. 44
LITSTER JANET .. VERNONVILLE .. 28
LITSTER WILLIAM .. COBOURG GAOL .. 31
LIVINGSTONE SAMUEL .. MARIPOSA .. 26
LONG ROSE .. GREY CTY. .. 37
LONG SUSAN .. NORFOLK GAOL .. 60
LONGFORD WESLEY .. LAMBTON .. 49
LONSBOROUGH MARY ANN .. BRANT TWP. .. 50
LOW ANNE .. TORONTO .. 64
LUCAS HENRY L .. GRIMSBY .. 56
LUXON ELIZABETH ANN .. OTTAWA .. 60
MACKLEM JOHN .. BARTON .. 57
MAGAN SARAH .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 21
MALIN ANN .. YORK GAOL .. 48
MALONE ANDREW .. PEEL GAOL .. 36
MALONEY HELEN .. PETERBOROUGH GAOL .. 52
MANGE (MENGE) THEOPHILUS .. SYDENHAM .. 39
MANN ELIZABETH .. COBOURG GAOL .. 36
MARKS JOHN .. BARRIE .. 49
MARSHALL ALEXANDER .. TORONTO GAOL .. 29
MASLIN ANN .. HAMILTON .. 45
MCARTHUR CHRISTINA .. YORK .. 20
MCAVENZIE ALICE .. TORONTO .. 36
MCBRIDE JOHN .. ADJALA .. 37
MCBRIDE MARY .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 27
MCCABE JOHN .. DURHAM .. 47
MCCABE MARY .. LINCOLN GAOL .. 22
MCCALL REBECCA .. PORT DOVER .. 29
MCCARTHY MARY .. PORT HOPE .. 50
MCCASLIN THOMAS .. WESTON .. 54
MCCASLIN THOMAS .. WESTON .. 55
MCCOLLOM ELIZABETH .. MALAHIDE .. 50
MCCOSH JAMES B .. PARIS (BRANT COUNTY) .. 38
MCCRAE JANET .. CORNWALL .. 65
MCCROSSAN JAMES .. LINCOLN COUNTY .. 34
MCCULLOUGH MARGARET .. SIMCOE COUNTY .. 46
MCDERMOTT ELIZA .. WASHAGO .. 34
MCDONALD FLORA .. GARAFRAXA .. 37
MCDONALD GRACE .. LONDON ASYLUM .. 69
MCDONALD JOHN .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 32
MCDONELL DONALD .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 25
MCEACHERN ANGUS .. GREY GAOL .. 30
MCGILLIVRAY GEORGE .. KINGSTON .. 27
MCGINNES (MCGUINESS) MARY .. SARNIA .. 53
MCGLENNON JOHN .. NORTHUMBERLAND CTY. .. 63
MCGRATH JOHN .. PITTSBURG TWP. .. 39
MCGRUTHER GEORGE .. GREY GAOL .. 31
MCGUIRE DOMINICK .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 30
MCINNIS JOHN .. YORK ..
MCINTOSH ANN VASS .. TORONTO .. 24
MCINTOSH CATHERINE .. LUCKNOW .. 40
MCINTOSH CHARLES .. MIDDLESEX .. 59
MCINTYRE SARAH .. BENTINICK .. 38
MCKAY DUNCAN .. NASSAGEWAGA .. 48
MCKAY ELIZA HOPE .. HAMILTON .. 53
MCKEE HANS .. WALLACE TWP. .. 40
MCKELLICAN MARTIN W .. PRESCOTT GAOL .. 25
MCKENZIE CATHERINE .. ERIN TWP. .. 46
MCKEOWN JANE .. GRAFTON .. 54
MCKERSIE JANET S .. WELLINGTON .. 60
MCKINNON ANNABELLA .. GRAY TWP. .. 54
MCKINNON HARRIET .. STORMONT GAOL .. 32
MCKINNON HUGH .. CALEDON .. 58
MCKINNON HUGH .. CALEDON .. 59
MCKINNON ISABELLA .. VAUGHN .. 32
MCKINNON JOHN .. ONTARIO COUNTY .. 24
MCKINNON NANCY .. BRANTFORD .. 36
MCLACHLAND MARGARET .. ST.THOMAS .. 59
MCLACHLIN CATHERINE .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 55
MCLEAN MAGDELAN .. NORFOLK GAOL .. 35
MCLEOD JAMES .. ROXBOROUGH .. 34
MCMASTER ABRAHAM .. GREY COUNTY .. 32
MCMILLAN DONALD .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 60
MCMILLAN DONALD B .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 40
MCMURRAY ROBERT .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 37
MCNABB DUNCAN .. ORO .. 28
MCNALLY ROSE .. OSHAWA .. 45
MCNAMARA JOHN .. TORONTO .. 65?
MCNAMARA LAWRENCE .. MOUNT ST.LOUIS .. 20
MCNAMARA MICHAEL .. HAMILTON .. 29
MCQUEEN ISABELLA .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 46
MCWILLIAMS LAVINA .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 25
MELLON MARY .. MERRITTON .. 41
MERRILL IDA .. TORONTO .. 37
MIDDLETON (MORGAN) MARY JANE .. ..
MILLAR ELIZA .. BRANTFORD .. 40
MILLER CATHERINE .. JARVIS - HALDIMAND .. 34
MILNE JESSIE .. HAMILTON .. 31
MITCHELL JOHN .. MANVERS .. 41
MITCHELL SARAH .. ELGIN COUNTY .. 31
MONK ALLAN .. CORNWALL .. 58
MOONEY BRIDGET .. ONTARIO .. 57
MOORE MARY JANE .. VICTORIA GAOL .. 23
MORAN MARY .. GUELPH .. 40
MORCAN JUDITH .. LONDON .. 46
MOREAU LOUIS .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 70
MORGAN CHARLOTTE C .. ORILLIA ..
MORGANRETTE HENRIETTA .. PRUSSIA - HAMILTON .. 69
MORROW LIZZIE .. HALTON .. 26
MUCKLE MARGARET .. ONEIDA .. 30
MULLETT ANASTASIA .. KINGSTON .. 60
MULVEY DANIEL .. YORK GAOL .. 30
MURPHY JOSEPH .. ERAMOSA .. 32
MURPHY MARGARET .. ST.CATHERINES .. 36
MURPHY MAY .. TORONTO .. 34
MURPHY WILLIAM .. EGLINTON, YORK .. 59
NATELL SARAH .. YORK .. 50
NEIL ELIZABETH .. PEEL GAOL .. 25
NEILL SARAH JANE .. YORK ..
NELIGAN DANIEL .. LINCOLN GAOL ..
NELLIGAN RICHARD .. WENTWORTH ..
NESBITT JANE .. PLYMPTON .. 27
NEWTON JULIA .. PETERBOROUGH GAOL .. 35
O'BRIEN DENIS .. GIBRALTAR-YORK GAOL .. 39
O'CONNELL DANIEL .. TORONTO .. 27
O'CONNELL PATRICK .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 20
O'CONNOR MICHAEL .. PETERBOROUGH .. 37
O'DEA JAMES .. TORONTO .. 36
O'DEA JOHN .. HAMILTON .. 32
O'DEA JOHN .. HAMILTON .. 35
O'KEEFE ANN .. PORT HOPE .. 36
O'LEARY JOHN .. WELLINGTON .. 57
O'LEARY MARGARET .. HAMILTON .. 27
O'MADDEN MARY .. ESSEX ..
OLIVER ELIZA .. BRANT COUNTY .. 37
OLIVER THOMAS .. HAMILTON .. 36
ORR SABRA M .. MADOC .. 24
OTT REUBAN .. WAINFLEET .. 20
OUGHTON CHARLES .. ANCASTER .. 67
PAINE ELISHA .. MERSEA .. 42
PARGETON ? THOMAS .. NEWMARKET .. 44
PARKINSON JOHN .. WALPOLE .. 24
PATTEN CATHERINE .. ERIN TWP. .. 37
PECKMAN (PAXMAN) ELIZA .. YORK GAOL .. 35
PEEL ANN .. TORONTO ..
PEER NANCY .. GREY COUNTY .. 34
PLUNKETT ANN .. .. 50
POLLARD FANNY .. YORK GAOL .. 27
PRANG HENRY .. WATERLOO COUNTY .. 41
PRIORY ROSANNA .. LEEDS-GRENVILLE .. 23
PROBERT JOHN .. YORK GAOL .. 52
PYRES THOMAS .. HARRISTON .. 30
QUIGLEY HELEN .. CANNINGTON .. 24
REDDITT JANE .. YORK GAOL .. 60
REICHERT MARY .. KITCHENER .. 61
REID DIXON .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 46
REID WILLIAM .. MONO .. 24
ROBERTSON WILLIAM J .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 18
RODGERS THOMAS .. YORK GAOL .. 30
ROOT ISAAC .. BEAMSVILLE .. 66
ROOT LEMUEL .. BEAMSVILLE .. 33
ROSENBARKER MARY JANE .. LEEDS GAOL .. 28
ROSENTHAL ANNA .. TORONTO .. 39
ROSS CHARLES .. WELLINGTON COUNTY .. 38
ROSS JANE .. ELGIN/BRADFORD .. 35
RUDD WILLIAM J .. KITLEY .. 32
RUSSELL HELEN .. HAMILTON .. 47
RYALL JAMES H .. HAMILTON .. 30
RYAN PATRICK J .. YORK GAOL .. 30
SANDHAM JANE .. ST.CATHERINES .. 45
SCANLON ELIZABETH .. STAMFORD .. 42
SCARBORRROW SOPHIA .. STORMONT-GLENGARRY .. 53
SCARLETT ISABELLA M .. TORONTO .. 29
SCHLIMM FREDERICK .. WATERLOO GAOL .. 26
SEGSWORTH JANET .. SIMCOE .. 53
SERVICE JULIA A .. HAMILTON .. 49
SHANNON ROBERT .. ELORA .. 40
SHARP GEORGE .. HALTON GAOL .. 50
SHEA MARY .. WENTWORTH GAOL .. 40
SHEEHAN JAMES B .. DUNNVILLE .. 24
SHEHAN WILLIAM .. MIDDLESEX .. 48
SHINE MICHAEL .. VICTORIA CTY. GAOL ..
SILVERSIDES CHRISTINA .. YORK GAOL .. 35
SIMMONS ALICE .. COLLINGWOOD .. 27
SIMPSON CAROLINE .. LINCOLN .. 37
SIMPSON ISABELLA .. THOROLD .. 30
SINNAMON ANN .. KINGSTON .. 46
SLATER ROBERT H .. HAMILTON .. 26
SLAVEN ELIZABETH .. PEEL GAOL ..
SMITH AMELIA .. HAMILTON .. 30
SMITH AMELIA .. HAMILTON .. 31
SMITH BENJAMIN .. PALERMO .. 53
SMITH CHARLOTTE .. YORK .. 25
SMITH ELIND ? .. WELLAND GAOL .. 39
SMITH JOHN .. YORK GAOL .. 39
SMITH LOUIS .. WENTWORTH .. 29
SMITH MARGARET .. CALEDON .. 36
SMITH SARAH .. BOWMANVILLE .. 51
SMITH SARAH .. LOBO .. 44
SMITH THOMAS M .. WALSINGHAM .. 40
SOLES DANIEL .. TORONTO .. 33
SPENCER BELINDA .. PERTH COUNTY .. 27
SPENCER EMILY .. HAMILTON .. 27
ST.PHILEMON JOHN .. YORK GAOL .. 38
STACK JOHN .. HALDIMAND COUNTY .. 38
STANTON ANN .. EASTHOPE .. 48
STEEL CHRISTINA .. ONTARIO COUNTY GAOL .. 35
STEVENSON FANNY .. PICKERING .. 40
STEWART DUNCAN .. MARA .. 50
STONE JOHN .. LENNOX - ADDINGTON ..
STRACHAN MARY .. NEPEAN .. 31
STRANG JANET .. OSBORNE .. 51
STRONG JANE (JANET) .. MEDONTE .. 28
STYLES MARY ANN .. HAWKESBURY .. 44
SULLIVAN BRIDGET .. HAMILTON .. 52
SUTER JAMES .. VICTORIA GAOL .. 40
SUTHERLAND DUNCAN .. WEST ZORRA .. 47
TAYLOR ALFRED .. YORK GAOL .. 25
TAYLOR CUSIA .. HAMILTON .. 38
TAYLOR ROBERT B .. ANCASTER .. 22
TAYLOR WILLIAM .. MARYBOROUGH .. 47
TAYLOR WILLIAM W .. MIDDLESEX GAOL .. 48
TEMPLETON ANN .. HURON .. 35
THOLBY WINDHAM .. LONDON .. 75
THOMAS ANN .. TORONTO .. 50
THOMPSON GEORGE R .. WENTWORTH GAOL .. 32
THORNTON SUSAN .. YORK GAOL .. 39
TIERNEY JUDITH .. LONDON .. 32
TILLISON JOSHUA .. BRANTFORD ..
TOMLINSON AMANDA .. BOXPORE YORK COUNTY ..
TOPPING MARGARET .. HAMILTON .. 46
TROYER ANNIE .. SIMCOE GAOL .. 45
TUCKER AMELIA .. PEEL TWP. .. 27
UNSWORTH ELIZABETH .. HAMILTON .. 40
URQUHART OLIVER .. LENNOX-ADDINGTON .. 45
VAILE THOMAS .. TORONTO .. 36
VAUGHN ELIZABETH S .. HAMILTON .. 23
WADDINGTON E. ANN .. DAVENPORT .. 30
WALKER ELIZABETH .. LINCOLN GAOL .. 36
WALKER JOHN .. SIMCOE GAOL ..
WALLS EMMA .. SIMCOE GAOL ..
WALSH MARGARET .. KINGSTON .. 49
WARNER NORMAN I .. CORNWALL GAOL .. 25
WARREN SUSAN .. TORONTO .. 26
WATSON MARY .. DOWNIE .. 32
WATSON THOMAS .. BEVERLEY .. 46
WEATHERALD JEMIMA .. PELHAM .. 51
WEAVER JOHN .. WILLIAMSBURG .. 25
WELSH JAMES .. ARTHUR .. 27
WETHERALD JAMES .. WELLAND .. 24
WHARRAM DOROTHY .. ONTARIO COUNTY .. 63
WHELAN SARAH .. HARWICK .. 57
WHITE MARGARET .. BEVERLEY .. 36
WHITEHEAD CHARLES .. TUCKERSMITH .. 59
WHITELY JOHN .. NICHOL TWP. .. 65
WHITNEY THOMAS .. OWEN SOUND ..
WILBERFORCE JAMES .. YORK GAOL ..
WILLIAMS MORGAN .. WATERLOO .. 46
WILSON ALICE .. KEPPEL .. 32
WILSON ELIZABETH .. JARVIS/HALDIMAND CTY .. 30
WILSON HENRY .. LINCOLN .. 43
WILSON MARGARET .. TORONTO .. 28
WILSON MARGARET .. VICTORIA GAOL .. 35
WILSON WILLIAM .. BROCK TWP. .. 24
WING MARY .. WILMOT .. 47
WISE GEORGE .. VICTORIA SQUARE .. 24
WOOD RICHARD .. TUCKERSMITH .. 45
WOODBORNE JOHN .. YORK GAOL .. 35
WOOLING THOMAS .. TORONTO .. 35
YOUNG HENRY .. YORK GAOL ..
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