James Armstrong

James Armstrong Jr. was born about 1790, in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada, and died 1867, in Grantham, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada, at about age 77. He is the son of Edward Armstrong Sr, of Unknown, and Catherine Unknown, of Unknown.

Catherine Hainer was born 1799, in Unknown, and died Unknown, at age Unknown. She is the daughter of Zachariah Hainer of Livingstone Manor, Rhinebeck, Province of New York, and Sophia Braun/Brown of Unknown.

James Armstrong Jr. and Catherine Hainer were married March 1, 1822, in Township of Grantham, Lincoln Co., District of Niagara, Upper Canada.

James Armstrong Jr. and Catherine (Hainer) Armstrong had no children.

The British Constitutional Act of 1791 officially divided the old colony of "Province of Quebec" into the primarily French-speaking "Province of Lower Canada," and the primarily English-speaking "Province of Upper Canada." Upper Canada was located upriver, closest to the source of the St. Lawrence river.

In 1841, the Act of Union officially united the two Provinces into the single Province of Canada, with the creation of Canada East and Canada West.

Ontario was known as: "Upper Canada" from December 26, 1791, to February 10, 1841; "Canada West" from February 10, 1841, to July 1, 1867; and "Ontario" after July 1, 1867.

Canada was founded on July 1, 1867. On this date, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia linked to form the sovereign dominion of Canada in a process called confederation. At this time, Upper Canada and Lower Canada became Quebec and Ontario. Therefore the new confederation comprised of four provinces: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. The confederation led to a territorial evolution leading to the incorporation of other parts of British North America into the newly formed entity of Canada to form what is today contemporary Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador was the last province to be incorporated into the confederation in 1949. For a period of many years since Confederation, Canada has undergone many territorial changes and expansions, eventually forming the current union of ten provinces and three territories.

The formation of Canada and attainment of its independence was a gradual process. Despite the existence of a responsible government in Canada, the United Kingdom continued to claim sovereignty over the land until the end of the World War I. The 1931 passing of the statute of Westminster recognized Canada as equal with the United Kingdom but the country was denied the power to amend its constitution. Dependence on the British parliament in Canada was removed in 1982 after patriation of the constitution. Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state.

On January 13, 1819, James Armstrong Jr. of the Township of Grantham, Lincoln Co., District of Niagara, Upper Canada, requests a Land Grant of 200 acres of Waste Land, as the son of Edward Armstrong, a U. E. Loyalist of the Township of Augusta, Leeds Co., Upper Canada.

James Armstrong Jr. was born about 1790, in Elizabethtown Twp., Leeds Co., Province of Upper Canada.

James Armstrong Jr., and Catherine Hainer were married March 1, 1822, in the Province of Upper Canada.

In the 1803 Elizabethtown Census, Caty Armstrong is living alone, while her young sons, Adolphus Armstrong and and James Armstrong, are living with their sister, Margaret and her family with John Fletcher.

On July 2, 1829, John Armstrong of Elizabethtown, a yeoman, was granted a Land Patent for 100 acres in R. G. 1, Yonge Twp., Leeds Co., District of Johnstown, Upper Canada. The North East half of Lot No. 10, in the 4th Concession, of which 14-2/7 acres is allotted for a Protestant Clergy.

James Armstrong Jr. died 1867, in Grantham, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada, at about age 77.