United Empire Loyalists
Introduction
The title "United Empire Loyalist" or UEL was given as an acknowledgement of distinction to those American citizens who remained faithful to the Britain during the American Revolution (1775-1783). When the American colonies drew up the Declaration of Independence, about 1/3 of their citizens remained loyal to the Crown, and Britain found new homes for many of them in Canada. In 1784, the largest group of Loyalists, some 1500 Iroquois people under the leadership of Chief Joseph Brant, settled along the Grand River, east of present day Brantford.
Library Materials - Reference
C 929.2 LOY (Book) / Loyalists lineages of Canada, 3 vols
C 929.3 LOY 2000 Fitzgerald, E. Keith, transc. / Loyalist lists : over 2000 Loyalist names and families from the Haldimand papers
C 971.02 LOY 1985 Loyalist settlements 1783-1789 : new evidence of Canadian Loyalist claims
QREF 016.971 UNI 1991 (Booklet) United Empire Loyalists Soc. of Canada / Holdings of Dominion headquarters United Loyalist's public library
US 355.3 HAL 1990 (Booklet) Hall, Jay / British, German and loyalist officers in the American revolution: an index from a list of general and staff officers
C 971.02 ORD 1972 Orderly book of the three battalions of loyalists commanded byBrigadier - General Oliver de Lancy
N 971.338 (Booklet) / Records of Niagara 1784-7
O 929.209 CHA 1970 Cha / Ontarian Families - Subtitle - Genealogies of United Empire Loyalists & other pioneer families of Upper Canada
O 971.02 RUB 1969 (Book) Rubincam, Milton / The Old United Empire Loyalists list
US 973.3 COL 1980 (Book) Coldham, Peter Wilson / American Loyalist claims, vol.
Library Materials - History
C 391 CUN 1981 Cunningham, Lynn / Loyalists clothing guide : everyday dress for men, women and children during the American Revolution to settlement in Canada 1783-1784
C 970.1 MON 1973 The Feathered U.E.L's: An account of the life and times of certain Canadian native people.
C 971.02 ELE 1982 Eleven exiles : accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution C 971.01 CRU 1931 Cruikshank, Ernest A. / The King's Royal Regiment of New York
C 971.02 LOY 1983 The loyal americans: The military role of the loyalist provincial corps and their settlement in British North America 1775-1784.
C 971.02 HAN 1978 Hannon, Leslie / Redcoats and loyalists : 1760-1815
C 971.02 LOY 1984 The Loyalists of the Eastern Twps. of Quebec.
C 971.024 STE 1985 Stewart, Walter / True blue: the loyalist legend
C 971.03 CAS 1984 (Booklet) Casselman, Alexander Clark / The Palatines: from the Rhineland to a new land 1708-1710
N 971.02 UNI 1984 (Booklet) / United Empire Loyalists in the Niagara Peninsula. Sub. Proceedings -Sixth Annual Niagara Peninsula History Conference, Brock University 28-29April 1984
O 971.02 CRY 1975 Cruikshank, Ernest / Butler's rangers - the revolutionary period
O 971.02 FRY 1974 Fryer, Mary Beaucock / Loyalist spy : the experiences of Captain John Walden Myers duringthe American Revolution
O 971.02 LOY 1984 Loyalist vignettes and sketches
O 971.02 POS 1977 / A position paper on nomenclature for the United Empire Loyalist's Association of Canada
O 971.3 BLA 1991 / The Black and Indian loyalists in Ontario
O 971.3 LOY 1984 / Loyal she remains- a pictorial history of Ontario
O 971.336 LOY 1991 / Loyalist families of the Grand River
US 973.314 WRI 1976 Wright, Esmond (ed.) / Red, white and true blue: the loyalists in the Revolution
Loyalist Family Histories
FAM 929.2 MIL 1929 (Book) Tucker, W. Bowman / The Romance of the Palantine Millers - A Tale of Palatine Irish -Americans and United Empire Loyalists
HW 971.352 LOY 1986 (Book) / Loyalist ancestors : some families of the Hamilton area
N 971.338 NIA 1925 (Booklet) / United Empire Loyalists : the Read family in early years, the Women's Institute
Brant County OGS Publications
PUB #202 - The "old" U.E.L. list
PUB #203 - The "old" U.E.L. list (supplementary)
PUB #209 - Centennial Settlement of Upper Canada by UEL
Vertical File
There is a United Empire Loyalist file with assorted clippings and notes in the General Vertical File.