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in Peterboro sh something on theCanadian Ghost Town IsLocated By Heir SleuthrOLUMBUS, O, May 7— —The ghost town “‘Anstruther. Canada West/* whose locationBritish authorities, by mit Ohioan to day as a ham tot which once ex* isted near Peterboro, Ontario, Canada.* Ossie K. Barney, whose business is hunting down missing heirs, pin-pointed the town, ht said, after a four-hour search inthe public library,Ramey had been intrigued by a London news item that “Ana jailroad route table of 1567 which listed Anstrmher in thecounty of Peterborough, On*Ucta. Other records described it as *4 hamlet'* containing a hotel and a store.The hamlets location figures in I search for the heir to jtheLynch-Blosse title, created in1029 and dormant since 1042when Sir Robert Lynch-Bloese, 12th baronet, died.C. F. J. Hank in son, editor of DeBrett’a Peerage, said recently in London that “all that can bestruther Canada West/* might yield the heir to an old Irishgathered from family records isbaronetcy—if any one could findit.He explained that Ontario, be* fore it was incorporated into the Dominion of Canada, was knownas “Canada West.** He dug upFrancis, second son of the 10th baronet, who may hare married and had children, died in this peculiar *Anstruther, Canada West/ July 26, 1664.The title is claimed by Robert Cyril Lynch-Blosse of worthing,WILL INSTALL CHARTERFindlay daeer».r Chaster, Power Kngfca-To mm Beeefcm MondaySussex, England, but the British home office is wondering if some one with a better claifh to the QUe is alive. fUxney said that court records
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Findlay Republican Courier
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Sat, May 08, 1948
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