The Field House

aer suzuki: 6th Oct 2006 - 08:45 GMT

beautiful shots. i really like #3 & #6, especially. the way things are arranged in the frame in #6 is well done.

zagg: 20th Oct 2006 - 04:24 GMT

Thanks Aer, I was really happy with these photographs, especially since all other copies in the past were far from distances (the roadside, looooooooong driveway) with throwaway cameras or even worse, old photocopies of photocopied photographs from other people's genealogy research.

Helen Kay: 7th Jun 2009 - 22:15 GMT

My husband's family on his mother's side are the Fields from Niagara on the Lake. Gilbert Field, according to our family tree was born 1765 or 1769, married Eleanor Morden and died on Dec. 23 1815. The farm had been alloted to his father, Geo. Field. The house was rented by Maj. General Isaac Brock in 1812 and used as a barracks. We are in possession of a large round mirror said to have been one of two, originally in the Field farm house. One of the mirrors is said to have been destroyed when the house was bombarded by the Americans. The family always said that it was the mirror from the "house that Brock slept in". We always believed there was an envelope on the back of the mirror that authenticated its provenance, but having recently removed it from the wall, there is no letter, alas. Perhaps there are historical records of the housse contents which would prove the existence of two such mirrors. We would greatly appreciate any information on the possible origens of the mirror. Helen Kay hkay@bmts.com

zagg: 8th Jun 2009 - 14:17 GMT

I can't say I have any information on that Kay but if you read this could you post a picture of the mirror into the comments of this post? I'd be interested in seeing it.

L. Bannister: 1st Jul 2009 - 02:13 GMT

My husband's family is also descended from Gilbert Field (son Daniel, William Gilbert, Alonzo Field and my husband's grandmother Flossie May Field.
We have also stopped to take pictures of the plaque outside of the Field House. What an interesting branch of the family tree!

Helen Kay: 11th Sep 2009 - 20:39 GMT

This is the mirror, said to have been in the Field House when it was bombarded during the war of 1812. It appears to have the orginal glass and measures 34 inches across. If anyone knows of any written descriptions or sketches of the interior of the house at that time which

might help to verify the provenance of the mirror, we would be delighted to hear from you. Thanks, H.K.

zagg: 20th Sep 2009 - 17:36 GMT

Helen Kay: What city do you live in and how did you get a hold of this mirror? Are you of Field relation?

Helen Kay: 1st Oct 2009 - 04:15 GMT

We live in the Owen Sound area. The mirror came to us through my husband's grandmother, Margaret Davis Field, daughter of Isaac Walter Field, son of Nathan, who was the son of John Morden Field. His father was Gilbert Field who was the son of George Field of Wyoming Pennsylvania. This information came from a family tree drawn up by Margaret McGregor Leishman, (1919 - 2008)daughter of Margaret Davis Field.

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