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John Halliday
Lanark
County's School Teacher
In 1963,
Clarence Halliday completed his work on the Halliday family history.
The Halliday/Holliday family of Lanark County, Ontario can trace
their ancestry back to the Annan River in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
According to information discovered by Clarence, it was not until
1297 that an individual of that name became known to history
- Thomas Halliday of Corehead.
Clarence
wrote two histories, one comprised of a family history listing
all the members of the family with basic biographical data, dates
of birth, marriage, and death etc., and the other, a biography
of John Halliday. John was a "forthright man, who knew
what he wanted and never hesitated to say it."
Clarence
contacted my grandmother, Elizabeth Maye (Holliday) Carmody in
the early 1960's and forwarded a copy of his family history to
her. The biography of John Halliday is 60 pages in length. You
may view his biography chapter by chapter by clicking in the
following table.
Unfortunately,
my copy is a photocopy so the photographs Clarence included in
his work were not clear enough to include. What is fortunate
is that John Halliday's house was purchased and restored to its
past glory. Click here for a photograph of
the house and the gravestone identifying John Halliday and his
wife, Margaret Johnstone.
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