Ostroms in Canada

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Canada
Surname/tag: Ostrom

Trying to sort out various Ostrom families who spent time in Canada between the Revolution and the Civil war. They are the Hiram B. Ostrom (1801-abt.1870), the husband of Lydia (Hover) Ostrom (abt.1813-abt.1854) or Hoover, and the husband of Lavina Precore (1815-1907), reportedly Hiram Ostrom, father of Hiram B. Ostrom (1833-1904). Both have Canadian born children. Lydia Hover's children were Thomas, born 1838, Canada East, Hulda Anne, born 1841, Canada East, Caroline Matilda, born 1844, Port Stanley, Charles A. born 1846, Rondeau, Joeluski, born 1848, Howard, and Richard H born 1854, Morpeth. Lavina Precore's children were, Hiram B. born 1833, Upper Canada, Harry James, born 1838, Canada, and Annie M., born 1843, Canada. It is not clear which man is the boy born in Dutchess county and baptized in Rhinebeck in 1801 as Barent Hiram Ostrom. Items of interest are the presence of Adam B. Ostrom (sr?) age 62, born Dutchess County, Carpenter with wife Lavina or Lovina, age 59, born Canada, and son Henry J., age 26, born Canada. on page 43 of the 1865 New York census for the second election district in the Town of Evans in Erie County. Lavina's presumed son Hiram B Ostrom is found in the same census on page 18, age 36, born Canada, Farmer, with wife Catharine, age 26, born Erie County, who seems to be the daughter of Lambert Garrett Dingman (abt.1801-1887). Lambert is the brother of John G. Dingman (abt.1797-bef.1875), the husband of the widow of John Pawling Ostrom (1797-1850). He is the brother of Barent Hiram Ostrom, later known as Hiram B. Ostrom, currently connected as the husband of Lydia (Hover) Ostrom (abt.1813-abt.1854). Because her husband is named Hiram Ostrom in her obituary, the name Adam Ostrom for her husband is a mystery. No Dutchess County Adam Ostrom has been discovered, to date. Did the census taker mishear or miswrite the name? It should be noted that John Pawling Ostrom's oldest son, Adam, was born in Upper Canada, like Lavina's children.

• Barent Oosteroom (bef.1732-)

• John Pawling Ostrom (1797-1850); His second child, Adam S. Ostrom (abt.1827-abt.1894), was born in Upper Canada.

• Hiram B. Ostrom (1833-1904); Born Upper Canada 1833, son of Lavina Precore (1815-1907) and Hiram Ostrom not yet identified.

• Barent Hiram Ostrom (1801-abt.1870) Brother of John Pawling, later know as Hiram B. Ostrom. His current profile has him married to Lydia Hover/

• Simon Ostrom (1779-abt.1859) His children were born in Upper Canada

• Catharine Auley Ostrom Ellis, daughter of Gilbert, https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Ellis/6000000051145585821

• DOXTATOR NANCY .. OSTROM LUKE .. 1831 ; FOSTER HARRIET .. OSTROM HENRY .. 1842  ; GRANT MARY .. OSTROM ISAAC .. 1847 ; JONES BENJAMIN .. OSTROM MARY .. 1849  ; MCKINNIE AMEE .. OSTROM SIMON .. 1852  ; MCKINNIE ANNE .. OSTROM SIMON .. 1851  ; OSTROM LUKE .. SEXSMITH MARY .. 1857  ; OSTROM SAMANTHA .. CARD GEORGE .. 1845  ; OSTROM JAMES .. BENNS MARY .. 1843  ;

• Roelof/Ruliff's Family, https://talespin.weebly.com/daniel-ostrom-1779---1859.html , https://talespin.weebly.com/isabel-crysdale-1779---1851.html , https://talespin.weebly.com/simeon-wellington-ostrom-1803---1879.html ,

• Hulda Ostrom Youker: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158367817/huldah-youker

Marriage:

• 14 May 1822, Andrew Kimmerly, Rich., Hudah Ostrum, Thurlow, M'Dowell Marriage Register,^[1]

• Simeon Ostrum, Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County, Loyalist Property Confiscation. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "List of loyalists against whom judgments were given under the Confiscation Act" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92a14bb0-0e2f-0134-a08b-00505686a51c .

• John Ostrum, Rumbout Precinct, Dutchess County, Loyalist Property Confiscation. Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "List of loyalists against whom judgments were given under the Confiscation Act" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/93710fc0-0e2f-0134-fbb7-00505686a51c

Contents 1 Research Notes 2 Sources 2.1 Canadian Records 2.2 Mohawk Valley

Research Notes

From a family member on the Ostrom Google group: Janice (Conklin) Hesselink who supplied much first hand information. Sandra was a direct descendant of Jesse Seely (Cele) Ostrom.

Hiram Barent Ostrom (1801 - abt. 1887) who married Lydia Hover, is the son of Peter (Petrus) Seely Ostrom (1765 - 1811) and Alida Pawling

Hiram Milton Ostrom (1818 - 1894) born in Hastings Co., ON - was the son of Simon Ostrom (1779 - 1859) and Lucy Crittenden. Simon Ostrom (1779 - 1859) born in Rhinebeck, NY and died in Mitchell, WI was the son of Barent (Bernard) Ostrom (1734 - 1790) and Rebecca Westvaal (Westfall) (not Marietje Westvaal who married Henry Ostrom) Barent (Bernard) Ostrom (1734 - 1790) was born in Lower Rhinebeck, NY and died in Hastings Co., Ontario https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KLXX-794

Harry J. Pg 43, Line 26, Service, USN Wamsota, Chief Boatswain.

Many Ostrom Baptisms: A list of Baptisms performed by Rev. Robert McDowall. Included are both of the parents' names and date of birth for the children. Thanks go to Keith Brickman. https://web.archive.org/web/20200224192756/http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/mcdowall2.htm

THURLOW Township Baptisms:

• Roswell LEAVENS, Sarah Ostrom Mahatebel 7 Nov 1802

• Gilbert OSTROM, Hannah Burley Salley 21 Jun 1804

• Stephen GILBERT, Sarah Ostrom Lucretia 5 Dec 1806

• Roswell LEAVENS, Sarah Ostrom Hector 24 Mar 1807

• Stephen GILBERT, Sarah Ostrom James 20 Sep 1810

• Roswell LEAVENS, Sarah Ostrom George Ketcheson 23 Jan 1821

SIDNEY Township Baptisms:

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdal Minerva 26 Mar 1800

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdal Nancy 20 Sep 1801

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdale Simion 23 Oct 1803

• Gilbert OSTROM, Hannah Burley Gilbert 22 Jan 1806

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdel Moriah 3 Dec 1806

• James ELLIS, Catherine Ostrom John 14 Sep 1807

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdell Peter 15 Aug 1808

• Gilbert OSTROM, Hannah Burley Stephen 15 Sep 1809

• James ELLIS, Katherine Ostrom James Gilbert 18 Jul 1810

• James ELLIS, Katherine Ostrom Samuel 13 Nov 1808

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdale Harriot 24 May 1810

• Stephen GILBERT, Sarah Ostrom Nancy 29 Nov 1808

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdal Brock 15 May 1812

• James ELLIS, Catharine Ostrom James Gilbert 10 Aug 1810

• Gilbert OSTROM, Hannah Burley Stephen 15 Sep 1809

• Simeon OSTROM, Lucindia Frederick John McIntosh 17 Aug 1837

• Elijah KETCHESON, Minerva Ostrom William Henery 20 Sep 1837

• Daniel OSTROM, Elizaheth Crysdale Henry 23 Apr 1820

• Daniel OSTROM, Isabel Crysdale John McIntosh 10 Apr 1814

Sources

1. ↑ REV. ROBERT McDOWALL’S REGISTER , Source: Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, pg. 91, https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf archived, https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150934/https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf

• Paul Ostrom and Ruliff. http://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/BelPL/BelPL002437077pf_0326.pdf
• https://search.ourontario.ca/results?dd=181&q=Ostrom&rows=20 Mostly Ruliff.
• Ostrom's Hotel Trois Rivieres Que, ca 1819, https://news.ourontario.ca/Barrie/2752544/page/1818020?q=Ostrom , also 1848, https://mauricie.cieq.ca/doc_explorer.php?-skip=14220&-max=25 , Leonard Ostrom in Trois Rivieres 1816, https://valcartiergenealogy.com/valcartier/second-site/valcartier-o/g0/p134.htm , Ostrom Leonard 1831 Tr Riv Census, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=47028676&lang=eng , Burial, "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDR1-B2F : Thu Nov 16 11:10:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Léonard Ostrom and Anna O'Sullivan, 10 Jan 1853. Widow's Burial: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDT3-SJ2 : Fri Oct 27 19:22:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Anne Sullivan and Léonard Ostrom, 12 Oct 1857. See research notes on profile of Jacobus (Oosteroom) Ostrom (abt.1742-abt.1804) for a link to a brother of Rachel Ostrum (1786-1869), not named, at Three Rivers, Canada. (She had brothers John, Hendrick and Leonard.) See profile for Leonard: Leonard Ostrom (abt.1773-1853)
• Ostram, Benjamin, Ostrom, Daniel and Gilbert: https://www.ontariogenealogy.com/uppercanadasundries.html
• At: https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/sites/crkn/files/2020-07/CRKN_CanadianaCollectionsHeritage_2020-05-28.txt , Department of Indian Affairs, Six Nations Superintendency : land records 1790 1879 http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_157760 157760 fulltext C-13407 ; C-13409 ; C-13492:C-13493 ; C-13495:C-13497 ; C-15124 Canada Department of Indian Affairs Ministère des Affaires indiennes, Surintendance des Six-Nations : Documents relatifs aux terres This collection consists of miscellaneous records relating to land matters created and maintained by the Six Nations (Grand River) Superintendency. It includes the following: land returns, 1844-1881; cash accounts of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the superintendency, 1830-1845; as well as other cash accounts for land, 1852-1859; a record book for the sale of Grand River lands, 1844-1849 (this volume also contains entries for land at Hawkesbury and Innisfil); valuation of town lots at Cayuga and Azos, 1851, with a report by David Thorburn, Superintendent, to Lieutenant-Colonel R. Bruce, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs; and records relating to the eviction of squatters, 1846-1849. It also contains land record subject files relating to the Ogle Lot, Bath Estate, 1869-1879; the claims of the descendants of Adam Young, 1790-1848; H.B. Ostrom's claim, 1842-1850; the Mount Pleasant land claims, 1830-1848; Dr. Charles Duncombe's claims, 1845-1851; as well as to various receipts, 1842-1862.
• Ostrom's in Argenteuil. Derrick: https://www.lochabercemetery.org/Stories/History_of_Argenteuil_and_Prescott-CThomas/history_CThomas.html
• Roelof, https://talespin.weebly.com/roelof-ostrom-1740---1818.html
• Results: Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865, Library and Archives Canada, https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-upper-canada-1763-1865/Pages/List.aspx?Surname=Ostrom& .

Canadian Records

• Victoria District/Hastings County Marriages 1839-? Transcription: https://web.archive.org/web/20190124185020/https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/vicdistrict.htm See also for images: Link to Victoria District/Hastings County Marriage Records 1839-? : "Canada, Ontario District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-GC5M : Tue Oct 24 12:47:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Luke Ostrom and Mary Sixmith, 23 Sep 1857.
• https://search.ourontario.ca//search
• Niagara Transcriptions and graves: https://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/080027/amicus-13325197.pdf
• Prince Edward County History: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/The-county---the-first-hundred-years-in-Loyalist-Prince-Edward-2R3BF1OV10AIX.html
• Hastings Land Records, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-F7GS-V?i=24&cat=462267 Index: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/462267?availability=Family%20History%20Library .
• Hastings Map: https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/hastings.htm
• Ontario Probate Records, https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/ontario_probate_rg22fc.aspx
• Directory of the County of Hastings, Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County, PDF, https://discover.cabhc.ca/uploads/r/community-archives-of-belleville-and-hastings-county/6/b/0/6b01321ea433c49a20a31c85a9a3ded3c47770e0ccf11f3b08693bc05ecb8205/directoryofcount1889boweuoft.pdf .
• Travels through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, and 1808 : to which are added biographical notices and anecdotes of some of the leading characters in th United States; and of those who have, at various periods borne a conspicuous part in the politics of that country, by Lambert, John, fl. 1806-1811; Bayntun (Firm) (binder), 1810, London : Printed for Richard Phillips, Vol 1, https://archive.org/details/travelsthroughlo01lamb/mode/1up , Vol 2, https://archive.org/details/travelsthroughlo02lamb/page/1/mode/1up .
• Herbert Clarence Burleigh fonds - Family files series - Ostrom, Queen's University Archives, https://archive.org/details/hcbostrom/page/25/mode/1up , These genealogical files, which relate mainly to Bay of Quinte and Loyalist families, contain correspondence, research from printed sources, newspaper clippings and some photographs. Note Argenteuil, Quebec Ostroms.
• Herbert Clarence Burleigh fonds - Family files series - Gilbert, Queen's University Archives, https://archive.org/details/hcbgilbert/page/33/mode/1up , These genealogical files, which relate mainly to Bay of Quinte and Loyalist families, contain correspondence, research from printed sources, newspaper clippings and some photographs.
• Records of Niagara : a collection of documents relating to the first settlement, Niagara Historical Society Transactions, 1896, University of Toronto, https://archive.org/details/localhistory_2HL/page/n141/mode/1up .
• University of Toronto Local Histories, https://archive.org/details/utoronto_localhistory
• Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens, Toronto Rolph and Clark, 1900, https://archive.org/details/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft/page/n5/mode/1up . Ostroms on pg. 609-613
• "Ducit Amor Patriae", NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NO. 27, NAMES ONLY BUT MUCH MORE, BY JANET CARNOCHAN, NUMBER 1 COMPANY, NIAGARA, BY MRS. E. ASCHER, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjA7ODt-syDAxUJrYkEHU6KDcY4ChAWegQIDBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notlmuseum.ca%2Fresearch%2Fdownload%2F81%2F3%2F32&usg=AOvVaw0IflehLVKVB3wiQ7rbVz44&opi=89978449 .
• EARLY ONTARIO RECORDS by Bill Martin, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada., Excellent source of links. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130233018/http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/earlyont.htm .
• Randy Saylor: Family & Bay of Quinte Records, Genealogical and Historical Research, https://web.archive.org/web/20210126073434/http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~saylormowbray/genealogy
• Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, https://web.archive.org/web/20230322150934/https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf
  • CONTENTS. Rev. John Langhorn——Persona1 Note - - - - - - - - - - -Marriage Record of Rev. John Langhorn, No. 1. - — - - - - Rev. G. O’Ki11 Stuart’s Register at St. Joh.n’s Church, Bath - — Marriage Register of St. John’s Church, Ernest Town, No. 2 - — Langhorn’s Book No. 3. - — — - - - - — - — - - - —In the Parish Register of St. Gwrge, Kingston - - - - - - - A Register of Baptisms for the Township of Fredericksburgh Rev. John Langhorn’s Records, 1787-1813-—-Burials - — - - - Rev. John Langhorn Register of St. Paul’s Church, Fredericksburgh Rev. Robert MeDowa11—Persona1 Note - - - - - - - McDoWall Marriage Register - - - — - — - - — - A Register of Baptisms by the Rev. Robert MoDoWall - - - Marriage Register of Stephen Conger, J.P., Hallowell -Some Descendants of Joseph Brant- - - - -Remarks on the Maps from St Regis to Sault Ste. Marie - - Sketch of Peter Teeple, Loyalist and Pioneer, 1762-1847 The Cameron Rolls, 1812 - - - — - - - - - - - - The Talbot Settlement and Buflalo in 1816 — -"Memorandum of the proper names of the Townships or Towns of the District of Mecklenburg in the Province of Quebec, made on October 13th, 1788.“Kingston, the flrst; Ernest Town the second, Fredericksburgh the third,Adolphus Town the fourth, Marysburgh the fifth, Sophiesburgh the sixth, A_1ne1iasburgh the seventh, Sydney the eighth, Thurlow the ninth, Richmond the tenth,Camden the eleventh. There is another north east of Catarakwee or Kingston called Pittsburgh, but I do not know its number. Cadarakin, Cataraqui, or Catarakwee, formerly Fort Frontenac, but now Kingston, is at or near the south east corner of the First Township, or Kingstown."
• Newspapers:
  • https://search.ourontario.ca/
  • https://ourdigitalworld.net/what-we-do/digital-newspapers/
  • http://communitydigitalarchives.com/newspapers.html
  • Halton County- http://www.halinet.on.ca/localhistory/forms.htm

Mohawk Valley

• Mohawk Valley Resources