Doors Open Dutton Dunwich October 20th

Tour these 10 heritage locations in Dutton Dunwich on October 20, 2019 between 10am - 4pm.  Organized by the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich Heritage Committee.

https://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/en/dutton-dunwich

Fall-Winter 2019 Events at Backus-Page House Museum

Instead of multiple posts of upcoming events I thought is would be easier to put them altogether for your viewing pleasure.  Hope to see you out soon. 

Nov. 2 Paranormal Investigation - 4 tickets left  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paranormal-investigation-with-cpi-tickets-70684317697 

Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 Christmas Dinner in the Museum - 2 tickets left each night  https://christmasdinner2019.eventbrite.com

September 27-29 Closed for Wallacetown Fair.  Visit us in the Commercial Exhibit building for your Heritage Farm Calendars, newly published history books, and a chance to win a 2020 membership and toy John Deere tractor. 

Oct. 26 is Clean Up Day - volunteers needed for outdoor work

Heritage Farm Show Thank You

Tyrconnell Heritage Society, Backus-Page House Museum and the Heritage Farm Show committee wish to extend our thanks to: 

4-H Poultry Club, ACE Hardware, John & Peter Agar, Diana Arthur, Cafthy Attridge, Yvonne Brooks, Country Seat Upholstery, Nancy Carey, Mike Campbell Seeds, Corry Bachmeier, Tony Bawden, Don & Betty Ann Bobier, John & Angela Bobier,  Bonita’s Spa Essentials, Elaine Brown, Butch’s Small Engine Repair, Joe Casey, Susan Chapman-Reinke, Mark Clark, Don Clayton, DJW Mini Backhoe Service, Bill Denning, Decorating Diva, Dixon’s Feed Service, Dunwich United Church, Dutton Foodland, Dutton Meadows Golf Course, East Elgin Spinners and Weavers, Elgin County Archives, Brian & Liz Elliott, Rob & Janice Ellis, Chris Ford, Glenn Ford, Sam Foreman, Marcus Frazer, Fulline Farm & Garden Equipment, Larry & Paula Grafstein, Beth & Katie Goldsworthy, Rob & Laura Hathaway, Hathaway Feeds, Doug Hemming, Mike Hentz, Marg Hulls, Marg's Variety, Mancari’s, KT’s Good Booth, Bernice Keane, Knight's Home Hardware, Sabrina Merks, Bruce and Lin McCann, Earl McDonald Transport, Colin McGugan, Betty McLandress, Cal McMillan, Hugh McFadden, Dan McKillop, Kathy Morgan, Melbourne Farm Automation, Memories in Wool, Municipality of Dutton Dunwich, Municipality of West Elgin, Dutton and District Lions Club, NAPA Auto Parts, Ontario Parks, Shawn Paton, Patteron’s Music, Elizabeth Patterson, Craig Pierce & Musical Friends, Red Barn Accessories, Ken Reinke, Brad & Joanne Reive, Edith Richardson, Rick’s Auto Repair, Rogan's Repairs, Karen Rose, Beth Russell, John Sanders, Sam’s Diner & Pizza, Shedden Veterinary Services, W.D. Shaw, Shelley's Saw Mill, Don Skipper, Joe Smeekens, Southside Restaurant, Take-a-Bite, Talbot Trails Restaurant, Tasty Sweets Cafe, Carlie Thompson, Lorraine Vallee-Moczulski,  Van-Lahti’s Café and Eatery, Catie Welch, Dave Welch, Jim & Leta West, Westelaken Trucking, West Elgin Genealogical & Historical Society, West Lorne Foodland, Barb Wheeler, Dave Wheeler Automotive, Wire Tie and everyone else who attended or helped at the show in anyway.  
See you in 2020 on Labour Day Weekend.

Scottish & Irish Christmas Dinner in the Museum Menu

There are 2 tickets available for our Christmas Dinner on Nov. 30th and 2 tickets for December 1st.  https://christmasdinner2019.eventbrite.com

Menu

Smoke Salmon on Tattie Scones
Oatcakes with Butter and Jam

Colcannon Soup

Irish Soda Bread, Haggis, Creamy Neeps, Skirlie and Turnips

Scottish Shortbread, Black Bun or Dundee Cake, and Irish Apple Cake

 

Anniversary Remembered by MPP Jeff Yurek

Delany Leitch, Assistant to Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek, presents Angela Bobier, Cultural Manager of Backus-Page House Museum with a certificate commemorating the 25th anniversary of Tyrconnell Heritage Society.  Heritage Farm Show September 1, 2019

Farming Meme Day 8

Today is the last day of the Heritage Farm Show 10am - 4pm
http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Farming Meme Day 7

Heritage Farm Show August 31 & September 1
http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Farming Meme Day 6

Heritage Farm Show on August 31 & September 1
http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Farming Meme Day 5

August 31 & September 1 is the 15th annual Heritage Farm Show
http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/ 

Farming Meme Day 4

http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

15th Annual Heritage Farm Show is August 31 & September 1, 2019

Farming Meme Day 3

http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/
It's the 15th Annual Heritage Farm Show on August 31 & September 1, 2019

Farming Meme Day 2

The 15th annual Heritage Farm Show is August 31 and September 1, 2019
http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Farming Meme Day 1

The 15th annual Heritage Farm Show is August 31 and September 1 at Backus-Page House Museum.  10am - 4pm each day.  Admission $8/person, children 12 and under free.  http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Belbeck Bulbeck Descendants to Honour War of 1812 Veteran

Friend to the museum, Ed Maxwell is aiming to get as many Belbeck descendants to attend August 18th, as possible.
Cargill, August 18, 2019 – A short ceremony will officially mark eleven years of service to King George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), which included five years in the British Army in Nova Scotia and Lower Canada. The ceremony will take place at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery in Cargill, Municipality of Brockton, Ontario. Henry Bulbeck (1788-1856), a private in the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Regiment of Foot, British Army will be presented with a footstone commemorating his service during the War of 1812, by the Graveside Project of the Government of Canada. The object of the project is to trace and mark the graves of as many of the veterans of that 1812-1814 nation-building conflict as possible. After spending five years with the Sussex Militia guarding the English coastline against a possible invasion by Napoleon’s French Army, Henry transferred to the British Army, coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1810. After guarding the ports of Halifax and St. John, New Brunswick for over three years, the 2nd Battalion snowshoed to the Montreal area and took part in the Battle of Lake Champlain in September 1814. Henry spent 2 months in a Montreal hospital before returning to England in late 1815. Three years later he was rewarded with 100 acres in Goulbourn Township near modern-day Ottawa, Ontario. By May of 1854, Henry Bulbeck was located in Cargill, Brant Township where he applied for a piece of farmland – Lot 24, Concession A, Brant. The short ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 2019 and will be attended by the family and by War of 1812 re-enactors in the uniform of the day. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend to honour a local citizen who fought in the War of 1812. Seating is not provided. For more information, please contact Ed Maxwell, a great great great grandson of Henry Bulbeck at +1-519-317-0733 or at ed.maxwell@bmts.com

Seeking Descendants of 1809 Dunwich Settlers

We will be celebrating the 210th anniversary of the 1809 Irish settlers arriving in Dunwich Township.  The adults were given land grants along Lakeview Line, south of Wallacetown.  If you are a descendant, we are hoping you will join us June 22-23 at Backus-Page House Museum for the event, plus we are looking for the loan of artefacts, photographs, genealogy research and help with the Irish settler table in the genealogy building at the event.  Please contact Angela Bobier info@backuspagehouse.ca  519-762-3072

Original Irish Families of Dunwich Township arriving in 1809

13 settlers

1 Mary (Patterson) Storey 1758 – 1842   widow

                2 Walter Storey 1783 - 1831 married Mary Currie – no children

                3 Anne Storey 1791 – 1857 married Stephen Backus

                4 Sarah Storey 1792 - 1838 married Captain Benjamin Willson               

5 Leslie Patterson 1751 - 1852 married 6 Lydia Backus 1782 - 1870

                7 Joseph Patterson 1807 - 1882

                8 Walter Patterson 1808 - 1890

9 John Pearce 1777 - 1850 married 10 Frances Patterson 1774 - 1850

                11 William Pearce 1805 – 1890 married Anne Moorhouse

                12 Leslie Pearce 1807 – 1871 married Jane Donaldson Barber

                13 Catherine Pearce 1809 – 1850 married William Moorhouse

Half Way to Goal of 150!

This is so exciting!  We currently have 76 members of Tyrconnell Heritage Society.  In 2019 our goal is 150 so we are just over half way there.  Can we count on you to be one of our 150 members?  We want YOU to support your local museum by purchasing a membership.   Forms are at the link below. 

http://backuspagehouse.ca/membership/

Here are some current and past members of the society supporting Backus-Page House Museum.

Activities for PA Day April 5, 2019

Tickets Available for Easter Dinner and Paranormal Adventure

We have tickets available now for 2 upcoming events in April at Backus-Page House Museum.  Just click on the link to go to Eventbrite and purchase tickets before we are sold out. 

Easter Dinner Tickets

Paranormal Adventure Tickets

Join Us for Seedy Saturday at the St. Thomas Library

Backus-Page House Museum will be there with a display about Colonel Talbot the gardener.  

Making History Contagious 2019 History Symposium

2019 History Symposium

Making History Contagious: Deconstructing the Past

March 23rd, 2019 Central Library, London, ON

www.historysymposium.com

Keynote:

Ted Barris: Dambusters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi

Seminars: For further topic and speaker information, other activites, timings and, especially,

registration, please visit: http://www.historysymposium.com/

Zenon Andrusyszyn: Documenting the Carvings Left by WWI Soldiers
Larry Barnard: Close Quarter Enemies: Dealing with Vermin in the WWI Trenches
Betsy Bayshore: Women’s Attire in the US and Canada, 1800-1818
David Blain, Robert Norton & Robert Sacco: An Overview of the Roman Imperial Army
Jeff Brown: First World War Fashion Show
Tim Compeau: “A New Batch of Ships”: British Experiments in Naval Technology and Challenges of
Frontier Warfare inCanada, 1812-1815
Mark Dickerson: You Want the Tooth? You Can’t Handle the Tooth!
Yvonne Drebert: Exploring our Stories Through Film: The Bruce
Rosalyn Elm: The Longhouse and the Chapel: Reclaiming our Spiritual Birthright Between the Tension of
History and Reality
Steve Hartwick: The Pursuit of Mons: A Modern Cavalryman’s Journey Down a Hundred Year Old
Corridor
Patrick Kinghan: Impressions of History: Reenactment and Teaching the Past
Jordan Kipp: Keep the Powder Burning: Reloading and Maintenance of Antique and Vintage Firearms
Tracy Macdonnell: A Passing Obsession: The British Fife and Buttrey Manuscript
Al McGregor Can History Pay?
Susan Smart: Death and Burial in 19th Century Ontario
Susan Spencer: Period Hand Stitchery Secrets
Georgiana Stanciu: The Story Behind the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum: a “museum room” at the
Infantry School Corps Building in London, Ontario
Glenn Stott: Last Invasion: McArthur’s Raid
Lynne Stott: A Quilting Workshop
George Wells: The Enemy in Your Pants
Barbara Whelan Of Warp and Weft: A Timeline of Fabric Production