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Henry G. Hoyt

I few years ago, a gentleman from the states asked for research on his great grandfather, Henry Gardner Hoyt. Through […]

George R. Wiley was born about 1868 and died at Windsor on April 27, 1944. He was the son of

Friday, July 16, 191(3?)7 The Halifax Herald, Halifax, N.S. AT WINDSORWINDSOR, July 15 – Mrs. D. O. Collier (Flora Sivwright)

The Chapel School, a multi-denominational church built in 1771 at the Old Parish Burying Ground, served as a school on

~ A History Dating Back To 1759. ~ Hampshire Court has the distinction of being one of the oldest properties

The Great Windsor Fire of 1897: A Catastrophe and the Community’s Rebirth The most devastating event in the visual history

Benjamin DeWolf Fraser, M. D., F. R. C. S., was the son of the Hon. James Fraser, a Cadet of

Hon. Michael Francklin Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1766 “If historians have been unable to reach a consensus about Michael

Pesikitk Tapestry The Threads of History in West Hants The tapestry of history is woven of many threads The land

Joseph Gerrish (September 29, 1709 – June 3, 1774) was a soldier, merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was