Zorra’s People

Army Week - Sentinel Review 1942

Celebrating Oxford's military service people with portraits.

Branches by Audrey Furse Lindsay Griffin

A family history of the John Thompson Crellin & Elizabeth McComb families of Zorra. Searchable.

Thomas Brush Brown, 1804-1894

The autobiography of an early Methodist minister in East Nissouri Township

The Canadian Album: Men of Canada 1891 - Oxford County excerpts

Peruse biographies and portraits of Oxford County luminaries, politicians and influencers from the 19th century.

The Day Family History

by Russell Day Lindley. Table of contents and chapter headings from this Nissouri/Zorra pioneer family. Searchable.

Fifty years of McCorquodale Picnics, 1925-1975

by Joyce E. Groves. Genealogy of this Zorra family.

From Avoch to Oxford by J. F. Patience

A family history of the Donald & Catherine Patience family that emigrated from Scotland to Zorra Township. Includes tables of contents and family chart.

The History and Genealogy of the John Henry German family

by Donald R. Williamson. A searchable excerpt from this East Nissouri pioneer family.

Charles W. Gordon, 1860-1937

This noted author published under the name, Ralph Connor, and spent his boyhood in Harrington.

George Leslie Mackay, 1844-1901

Son of Scots immigrants, Presbyterian missionary George Mackay was born near Embro in Zorra Township. In 1872, he founded the first overseas mission in Tamsui, Taiwan. 

The McCorquodale Campbell Family of West Zorra

A photographic archive documenting farm life in rural Oxford County between 1900-1920.

Outstanding Women of Oxford County

Depicts portraits of courageous and determined women who endured pioneer life in Oxford County written by Brenda Dyer, Sarah Kolasiewicz and Donna Stevenson

Outstanding Women of Oxford County: Volume 2

Written by Carol Miller, Nancy Payne and Jeanette Zwart in 1980 this work takes a further look at pioneering women in Oxford County

Oxford Militia : 1812-1815

Digitized muster lists and paymaster rolls, detail the names of citizens of Ingersoll, West Oxford, North Oxford who were called to arms during the War of 1812. Keyword searchable.

The Townline of West Zorra & East Nissouri, 1820-1900

The McCorquodales and their neighbours by Joyce McCorquodale Groves.