- Grand River Branch - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada

· UELAC Conference 2017 ·

· June 22 ~ 25 ·

London, Ontario

·Hosted by London & Western Ontario Branch·

·aAssisted by Grand River Branch ·

""Discover Your Roots""

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March 18 --: SATURDAY :--

Monthly Meeting · Brantford ·

Best Western Brantford Hotel

& Conference Centre (link)

19 Holiday Drive

Brantford ON N3R 7J4

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12:00 NOON Buffet lunch

$13.99 plus beverage

1:00 pm Annual Meeting

1:45 pm Sandra McNamara UE

3:00 pm General Meeting

Program: Sandra McNamara UE will present her research on the Loyalist Declaration of 1776.

Sandy has Norfolk County Loyalist family connections: Rev. Jabez Culver UE and Peter Wyckoff UE. From the Gov. Simcoe Branch newsletter of January 2017... (a popup window might ask if it's OK to open XPS Viewer. Please click 'Allow'!)

Sandy's had a remarkable career and a journey of discovery; to read more of it, click here .

Our kick-off meeting will welcome everyone back to a new year of Grand River Branch activities.

BEFORE the meeting, please join us for a buffet lunch at Myra's Bar and Grill - located within the hotel! (link)

March 2017

Sandy McNamara UE is member of Toronto Branch and has done extensive research on this little-known document.

1776 Declaration of Dependence

The Declaration of Dependence was signed over a period of three days, ending November 28, 1776.

The Declaration was signed by 547 Loyalists from New York. The signers were merchants, yeomen, freed slaves – basically a mixed bag of people all wishing to remain loyal to the Crown.

The Declaration of Dependence has 491 more signatures than its counterpart which was signed earlier in 1776.

The Declaration of Dependence is in the library of the New York Historical Society.

For a transcription of this historic document, click here to read it on the UELAC Dominion website.