Another Simcoe Story from across 'the pond'
Shown above: John Graves Simcoe by Simcoe by Jean-Laurent Mosnier (1743-1808); A Huron-Wendat Hunter Calling a Moose, by Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) John Graves Simcoe's name is well known in Devon history and may be familiar to regular readers of this site via posts like http://www.devonmuseums.net/More-about-John-Graves-Simcoe/Latest-News/ In Canada he's a truly celebrated figure in the nation's history says a correspondent from across the Atlantic . So celebrated that David Loaring, from Burlington , Ontario , told us a story that he wrote a couple of years ago for his grand-children. David got in touch partly because he has a keen interest in family history. "In 1600 or so our family of Loarings lived in Awliscombe and Honiton," he explained. And of course, as Wikipedia will tell you, Wolford Chapel just a few miles from Honiton is the burial place of Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada . It's the prope...