Category: Petrolia, Ontario

Categories: Historic Places, Ontario


Before 1867, see Petrolia, Canada West.

Petrolia is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada, near Sarnia. It is billed as "Canada's Victorian Oil Town" and is often credited with starting the oil industry in North America. It was incorporated as the village of Petrolia in 1866. it became a town in 1874.

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Hillsdale Cemetery, Petrolia, Ontario (0, 27, 0)

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Person Profiles (34)

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28 Dec 1818 Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 16 Feb 1904
abt 16 Sep 1866 Lambton, Canada West - abt 08 Sep 1945
08 Nov 1864 West York, Canada West - 31 Jan 1931 photo

B

08 Sep 1827 Paisley, Scotland photo
04 May 1841 Markham, York, Canada West - 03 Apr 1924 photo

C

abt 08 Oct 1869 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 1957
abt 1813 New York, USA - Feb 1893
02 Feb 1862 Petrolia, Lambton, Canada West - 1925 photo
22 Mar 1820 England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1900

D

1824 Helston, Cornwall, England
1848 Enniskillen, Lambton, Canada West - 25 Oct 1899
15 Apr 1880 Watford, Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 30 Mar 1951 photo

D cont.

04 Aug 1875 Wyoming, Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - abt 06 Jan 1961
abt 28 May 1873 Wyoming, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 06 Nov 1892

G

08 Oct 1882 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 24 Sep 1918
25 Dec 1875 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 04 Jun 1956 photo

H

abt 1829 Lower Canada photo
abt 1831 Brazil - 08 Dec 1909

J

17 Mar 1857 North Perth County, Ontario, Canada - 12 Jul 1930

L

23 Nov 1832 Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada - 20 Feb 1912
1835 - 10 Oct 1884
29 Oct 1846 Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West - 25 Aug 1924

M

16 Jul 1875 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada photo

M cont.

24 Jan 1896 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 1973
22 Nov 1888 Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - Oct 1966

N

12 Sep 1874 Ilsington, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1968

P

1870 Enniskillen Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada - abt 1915
12 Dec 1882 Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada - 28 Aug 1959 photo
1856 Penzance, Cornwall, England - 1896
14 Sep 1825 Helston, Cornwall, England - 26 Jul 1897

S

abt 10 Oct 1866 East Williams Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada - 30 Mar 1936

T

02 May 1833 Bickington, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 09 Dec 1930

W

abt 1862 England, United Kingdom

Y

abt Jun 1857 Brant, Canada West




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