Bibliography Compiled by Erin Brubacher for Heritage Mississauga
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Hicks, Kathleen. “The Life and Times of the Silverthorns of Cherry Hill”. Mississauga: The Mississauga Library System, 1999.
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Perkins Bull, William. “Spadunk, From Paganism to Davenport United”. Research notes from the William Perkins Bull Historical Series, circa 1935. Consulted at The Region of Peel Archives, Brampton, Ontario.
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The United Church of Canada/Victoria University Archives and The Halton-Peel Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. Wesleyan- Methodist Baptismal Register. Ontario, 2001.
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Steward, Austin. “Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman; Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West”. Rochester, N.Y.: William Alling, 1857.
“Abstract Index of Concession 2, Lot 12, NDS”. Toronto Township, Ontario. Documents referenced at the Region of Peel Land Registry, Brampton, Ontario.
Last Will and Testament of George Woodford Ross. Presented in 1879: executors Charles Wilcox and James Mensies, under concession 2, lot 12, NDS. Reg # 3025. Microfilm consulted at the Region of Peel Land Registry, Brampton, Ontario.
Ontario Marriage Registration, County of Peel, Division of Toronto Township, source
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Mann, Trudy. “Early Churches of Toronto Township in Peel County (Mississauga)”. Resource and Record Locations, compiled by Trudy Mann, rev. 2 nd Print. Mississauga: T. Mann, May 1999.