Little Forks Branch reports - for United Empire Loyalists

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RETIREMENT HOBBY
better descendant couldn’t have been found. After retiring from the newspaper business in 1984,
Taylor took up a new hobby – family history. He meticulously combed through family documents,
often transcribing them on his home computer.
When he turned them over to Bishop’s, the papers were neatly catalogued, transcribed and protected in
acid-free plastic envelopes.
Taylor’s active mind and sense of humour charm those he meets.
Taylor’s visit is his first to Eastern Canada. The trail which led him to the Eastern Townships started
about two years ago, when his research prompted him to write the Stansbridge East, Sir John Johnson
Centennial Branch of the United Empire Loyalists.
A reply referred him to the Lennoxville Loyalists and one of its members, Beverley Loomis.
Loomis and Taylor exchanged many letters. The correspondence led Taylor here.
Loomis’s husband Milton is vice-president of the Lennoxville Loyalists. And he has a special family
connection to Taylor.
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How Many Greats?
ilt Loomis’s great-great-great grandfather was Cornelius Hyatt, Gilbert’s brother.
When Loomis and Taylor met Wednesday at Uplands, the first thing Loomis said was: “Hi, cousin.”
Hi, indeed. Neither relative of the Hyatt family could figure out their exact relationship, but it seemed
they were both happy to make each other’s acquaintance.
At Uplands, Taylor was welcomed by Lennoxville Mayor Duncan Bruce and Ascot Mayor Robert Pouliot.
Bruce warmly thanked Taylor for his contribution to the are’as history, and marked the occasion by
presenting Taylor with a copy of Kay Kinsman’s book of water-colour paintings.
The Ascot’s Women’s Institute gave Taylor volumes one and two of a historical account of Ascot –
detailing local history from 1803 to 1969.
Although he’s only been here two days, Glenn Taylor has made an important contribution to the history of
the Eastern Townships.
Submitted by Bev Loomis, U.E.
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LITTLE FORKS BRANCH OF U.E.L. HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
he Ascot-Lennoxville Historical and Museum Society’s headquarters, Uplands, was the scene of the
first annual meeting of the Little Forks Branch of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada
on Sunday afternoon, February 3.