Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry

male, deceased (1819)
War flag, Matthew Calbraith Perry, matthew perry, Adams, midshipman, lakeerie…Battle of Lake Erie
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 - August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the War of 1812 against...

John Brown

male, deceased (1876)
American migrant to Canada, Scottish migrant to Ontario, Rail transport, cement, Canadian, canal…lakeerie
John Brown (1809-1876) was a Canadian builder of Scottish origin. He is best remembered today for building Ontario's Imperial Towers. Brown began...

William Clark

male, deceased (1851)
from Pennsylvania, lakeerie, congressman, war of 1812, Treasurer of the United States, lawrence…Battle of Lake Erie
William Clark (February 18, 1774- March 28, 1851) was a farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania. William Clark was born in...
William Hull

William Hull

male, deceased (1825)
Yale University, princeton, american revolution, fort stanwix, monmouth, lakeerie
William Hull (June 24, 1753-November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. He was born in Derby, Connecticut and graduated from Yale in...
Robert Dinwiddie

Robert Dinwiddie

male, deceased (1770)
French, British, ohio river, lakeerie, allegheny, monongahela river
Robert Dinwiddie (1693 - July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to...
Thomas Talbot

Thomas Talbot

male, deceased (1853)
Anglo-Irish migrant to Canada, Upper Canada Rebellion, Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, malahide castle, From London, Ontario, Elgin…lakeerie
Colonel Thomas Talbot was born at Malahide Castle in Ireland. He was the fourth son of Richard Talbot and his wife Margaret Talbot, 1st Baroness...

Étienne Brûlé

male, deceased (1633)
Champigny-sur-Marne, Penetanguishene, Fur trade, lake superior, Explorer of Canada, Jesuit…lakeerie, lake huron, Lake Ontario
Étienne Brûlé (c. 1592 (Champigny-sur-Marne, France) - c. June 1633 (Toanche, on the Penetanguishene peninsula, Ontario)) was a French explorer in...
Robert Heriot Barclay

Robert Heriot Barclay

male, deceased (1837)
British, captain, Royal Navy officer, lakeerie, war of 1812, commander…Battle of Lake Erie
Robert Heriot Barclay (18 September 1786 - 8 May 1837). He was a British naval officer who was engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, and its North...
John Askin

John Askin

male, deceased (1815)
Ulster-Scottish migrant to Canada, Canadian, Pre-Confederation Canadian business person, From Hamilton, Ontario, American, Fur trade…lakeerie
John Askin (1739 - 1815) was a fur trader, merchant and official in Upper Canada. He was born in Aughnacloy in Northern Ireland in 1739; his...
Claude Dablon

Claude Dablon

male, deceased (1697)
French, lake superior, Jesuit, Native American, missionary, mississippi river…lakeerie, Lake of the Illinois
Claude Dablon (b. February, 1618 - d. May 3, 1697) was a Jesuit missionary, born in Dieppe, France. At the age of twenty-one he entered the Society...