Lewis Burwell (Upper Canada)

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Lewis Burwell
Born1793/1794
Niagara, Ontario
Died1865 (1866) (aged 71)[1]
Brantford, Ontario
NationalityUnited Kingdom - Canada
Occupationsurveyor

Lewis Burwell (1793/1794 – 1865) was a surveyor in Upper Canada, like his more famous brother Mahlon Burwell.[1]

In 1818 Lewis Burwell assisted his older brother Mahlon in surveying London, Ontario.[2]

In 1832 Burwell was the Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor of Upper Canada.[3]

On November 17, 1834, a letter detailing how a dispute between Burwell, and another surveyor, had caused difficulties in the , was entered into the record of .[4]

Following the Rebellion of 1837 Burwell was a witness against , a Brantford merchant.[5] Burwell testified that, while the militia was assembling, Clark called for militia members to go home, claimed their officer had no authority to muster them, claimed it was the Provincial government that was at fault.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lewis Burwell". . Vol. 18. May 1865. p. 78. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  2. ^ Christina Burr (2014). "Canada's Victorian Oil Town: The Transformation of Petrolia from Resource Town Into a Victorian Community". McGill-Queen's Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780773575905. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  3. ^ Timothy L. Sanford; Patrick Richard Carstens (2011). "Searching for the Forgotten War - 1812 Canada". Xlibris Corporation. p. 59. ISBN 9781453588925. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. ^ Joseph Lancaster and 42 others of the Township of Norwich (1834-11-17). "To the Honourable the Commons House of Assembly in Provincial Parliament assembled". . p. 5. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. ^ Colin Read; Ronald John Stagg, eds. (1985). "Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada". McGill-Queen's Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780886290269. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
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