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“Symbols of Perspiration” recognizes the slogging hard work of our forebears in building our communities and country.  In 1986 Nancy Tausky and Lynne DiStefano published a wonderful work titled “Victorian Architecture In London and Southwestern Ontario – Symbols of Aspiration”.  I thought it fitting to address and acknowledge how these Symbols of Aspiration were achieved, via “Perspiration”.

This site brings a few projects of the author to the world wide web!

i) The first concerns the History of Metal Casting in London, Ontario.

London Ontario: When Casting Was King

ii) The second concerns the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who settled in London Township.

The Martyrs of Tolpuddle: Settlers in Canada

iii) The third concerns the connection of Thomas Alva Edison and his ancestors to Canada, plus some genealogy.

Thomas Alva Edison – The Canadian Connection

iv) The fourth concerns the emigration of Outer Hebridean Scots from South Uist, North Uist, and Benbecula to the Bornish area in what is now East and West Williams Townships in Middlesex County, Ontario.

Bornish, Ontario – Outer Hebridean Gaelic Scotch Settlement 1849

v) The fifth concerns the wreck of the Steamer Victoria on the Thames River in London, Ontario on May 24, 1881 in which approximately 180 persons drowned.

If you have direct knowledge of, or a familial connection to, what is known as “The Victoria Disaster”, please contact me at steamervictoria1881@gmail.com

vi) The sixth concerns the Poet Anne Cochran (Gibbons) Wilkinson (1910-1961)

Anne Cochran Wilkinson web page plus a link to her Connections to London, Ontario