These court records were removed from the Court House in Cobourg, Ontario by the late Judge Harry Deyman and placed in the Trent University Archives for preservation. They were processed with the assistance of a grant from the Strategic Grants Committee, Canadian Research Tools Division of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
This fonds was donated by Judge Harry Deyman.
Associated material located at the Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Acknowledgement
This important group of papers was organized and processed courtesy of a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Bernadine Dodge, University Archivist (1984)
This is the finding aid for the UCND: Court Records - Inquests for Port Hope/Hope Township only (260 entries). For other Northumberland-Durham inquests, further aids for the vital statistics and/or the assessments and collectors' rolls, please go to www.trentu.ca/library/archives/
List of inquests generated from the database follows: Report gives name, address, age, sex, date of inquest, and cause of death (COD). In some instances, a note has been added that gives additional information. Items in brackets were taken from other sources, such as the cemetery database (CemSearch), Ancestry.ca, and newspaper items.
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| Name |
Address |
Age |
Sex |
Date |
COD |
Notes |
| Clancy, Michael | Port Hope | n/a | M | Jan. 10, 1832 | Strangulation | Clerk of Mark Burnham. |
| Robertson, Richardson | Port Hope | n/a | M | Feb. 6, 1845 | Natural causes. | |
| Martin, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Feb. 28, 1845 | Accidental. Cutting a tree which fell on him. | |
| Hall, Anthony | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Mar. 6, 1845 | Accidental. Cutting a tree which fell on him. | |
| Mitchell (female) | Hope Twp. | infant | F | June 13, 1845 | A fit from a disordered bowel. | Daughter of Betty Mitchell. |
| Wilson, James A. | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 15, 1845 | Accidental drowning. | |
| Rider (female) | Hope Twp. | Infant | F | Oct. 19, 1845 | Natural causes. | Daughter of Sophia Rider. |
| Wilson, Mary Anne | Port Hope | n/a | F | Oct. 30, 1845 | Natural causes. | |
| Hughes, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Feb. 25, 1846 | Died of wounds/frozen to death. | |
| Gray, Mary | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Mar. 17, 1846 | Visitation of God. | |
| Morighan, Mary | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Mar. 19, 1846 | Visitation of God, old and sick. | |
| Little, John | Hope Twp. | 3 | M | Apr. 6, 1846 | Suffocated and drowned in a well. | |
| Howes, David | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Aug. 21, 1846 | Fell from Port Hope wharf into Lake Ontario. Suffocated and drowned. | |
| Sprowls/Sprowde, Oliver | n/a | n/a | M | Oct. 24, 1846 | Drowned in Lake Ontario. Hope Twp. | Note on his shirt "Oliver Sprowls or Sprowde" Hope Twp. |
| Johnson, William(?) | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 11, 1847 | Supposed to be the body of Wm. Johnston died of natural causes - small pox. | |
| Campbell, Ellen | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Aug. 20, 1847 | Natural causes - a dysentry. | |
| Gibbs, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Aug. 21, 1847 | Drowned, accidental. | |
| Robbins, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 30, 1847 | Natural causes - a dysentry. | |
| Morris, Stew/Drew | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 11, 1847 | Fell in well situated on the property of James Clarke, Hope Twp. | |
| Brown, Charles | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 25, 1847 | Natural causes. | |
| Walsh, Mary Anne | Port Hope | Child | F | Oct. 6, 1847 | Drowned. | |
| Elsey, Mary Anne | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Oct. 10, 1847 | Found drowned in Smith's Creek near Samuel J. Power's sawmill. | |
| Boot, Keith | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 8, 1848 | Suicide by poisoning. | |
| McKee, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | Jan. 24, 1849 | Exposure to cold while intoxicated near John Reynolds' Hotel. Alcohol related. | |
| Kennedy, John | Hope Twp. at James Pottin's | n/a | M | Feb. 11, 1849 | Visitation of God. | |
| Moughan, Mary | Hope T wp. | n/a | F | Mar. 5, 1849 | Died of bruises and wounds. | |
| Wright, Mary | Con. 6, Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Apr. 27, 1849 n/a. | | |
| Hill, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 11, 1849 | Side of the barn fell on him during a barn raising. Accidental. | |
| McFeter [McFeterich?], William Henry | Hope Twp. | Infant | M | July 19, 1849 | Infant boy run over by a wagon driven by a 12 yr old boy at Burton's Mill, 1 mile north of Port Hope. | |
| McGill, John | n/a | n/a | M | Oct. 6, 1849 | Found drowned on the beach at Port Hope. | |
| Jordan, Lewesa | Hope Twp. | Child | F | Oct. 13, 1849 | Burned to Death - playing with matches. Accidental. | |
| Adams, William | n/a | n/a | M | Nov. 30, 1849 | Drowned in Lake Ontario at Port Hope. | |
| Brock, Samuel | Bedford's Mill. Hope Twp. at the home of his father, Thomas Brock. | n/a | M | May 2, 1850 | Drowned, suffocation, accidental, by misfortune. | |
| Reilly, Thomas | Port Hope, Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Oct. 15, 1850 | Accidental - fell out of wagon, wagon passed over his bowels causing death. | Driven by Joseph Reilly, 7th Conc. Cavan Twp. Oct. 13 at Port Hope, Walton Street. |
| Flemming, Mary | Port Hope | Nearly 4 | F | Nov. 11, 1850 | Burned by her clothes catching on fire, died almost instantly. | |
| Roper, Anne Jane | Port Hope | Infant | F | Aug. 31, 1851 | Overdose of laudinum incautiously given - accident. Poisoning. | |
| Smart, Joseph | Port Hope | n/a | M | Dec. 25, 1851 | Excessive drinking and through its effects, he died. Alcohol related. | |
| Bruse, David | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 9, 1852 | A fit caused by ardent drinking. Alcohol related. | |
| Harris, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 28, 1852 | Esther Greenlee fell on his chest and abdomen causing his death due to a weakened condition of the lungs (fluid buildup). | |
| Davis, Mathew | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 3, 1852 | Excessive drinking and confinement in the lock-up room (gaol) with no provision for lighting and ventilation did die Aug. 3. Alcohol related. | |
| Hullighan, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 30, 1853 | Natural causes. | |
| Jamison, Joseph | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Dec. 27, 1853 | Intoxication and exposure to cold. Fell from horse on Lake Shore Road Francis Little's Tavern.Alcohol Related. | |
| Jamison, Joseph | Port Hope | n/a | M | Jan. 13, 1854 | Intoxication - fell from horse, died instantly. Alcohol Related. | |
| Conway, David | Port Hope | n/a | M | Feb. 27, 1854 | Intoxication, Fell off sleigh near 1st toll gate on Peterborough and Port Hope. Alcohol Related. | |
| Nixon, Jane | Port Hope | n/a | F | Apr. 22, 1854 | Excessive intoxication - died in a lock-up (gaol) for public nuisance. Alcohol Related. | |
| Wells, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 5, 1854 | Cut his throat with a razor while labouring under mental derangement. Suicide. | |
| Lavery, Thomas | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 17, 1854 | Drowned.Note Deposition Dr. George Perks post mortem at Gilmour's Pond. | |
| Nixon, Charles | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 15, 1854 | Excessive indulgence. | |
| Melbourne, Julia | Port Hope | n/a | F | Dec. 20, 1854 | Drowned. Caused by a temporary fit of insanity. Suicide. | Information of witnesses - stitch marks on throat from 6 yrs before when she tried to commit suicide. |
| Dowling, Thomas | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Jan. 5, 1855 | Intoxicated and fell from his wagon and died instantly. Alcohol related. | |
| Hobbs, John | Port Hope | 15 | M | Apr. 3, 1855 | Drowned in mill pond. | |
| Gernett, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 20, 1855 | Intoxicated - Hit by a wagon. Alcohol related. | |
| Skitch, John | Port Hope | 8 yrs | M | Aug. 18, 1855 | Died while cleaning a well. | Son of William Skitch. |
| Lennard, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Oct. 18, 1855 | In a natural way, old and sick. | |
| Taylor, ? | Port Hope | 14 | M | Nov. 18, 1855 | Unknown, found floating in the harbour. | |
| English, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Jan. 30, 1856 | Labour on Port Hope and Lindsay Rail Road. Bank gave way while working on roadbed. | |
| O'Brine [O'Brien], Lucus | Port Hope | [50] | M | Mar. 12, 1856 | Visitation of God. | |
| Moore, Frederick | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 21, 1856 | Suffocated and drowned on Bearnish's mill pond. | Son of the widow Moore. |
| Moore, Edward | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 21, 1856 | Suffocated and drowned on Bearnish's mill pond. | Son of the widow Moore. |
| Dixon, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 4, 1856 | Suffocated and drowned in harbour. | |
| Gowan [Gowans?], Michael W. | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 9, 1856 | Found dead in woods near Grand Trunk Rail Road Depot. | |
| Watson, Phelix - alias Philip Ward | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 31, 1856 | Lunatic - threw himself off wharf and drowned in harbour. | |
| McDonald, Michael | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 9, 1856 | Run over by train 1/2 mile west of Port Hope. | |
| Harris, Samuel | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 17, 1856 | Died while chopping wood, tree fell on him. | |
| Trouse, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | 1857 | Found drowned in the new harbour at Port Hope. | |
| Argue, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 1, 1857 | Fell under the railroad cars. | |
| Mulligan, Thomas | Port Hope | [8] | M | May 9, 1857 | Found drowned in North Grand Trunk Rail Road Quarry. | |
| Devenah, John Thomas | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 23, 1857 | Accidental, Drowned in Beamish's mill pond. | |
| Best, David | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 3, 1857 | Burnt to death in his home by his own hand. Alcohol related. | |
| Heron, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 14, 1857 | Found drowned in Lake Ontario. | |
| O'Townsley, Hiram | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 8, 1857 | Fell from the cap of the flume of the mill race upon the slab. | |
| Campbell, Robert | Port Hope | n/a | M | Dec. 4, 1857 | Drowned with Stephen Pock while trying to rescue the captain and crew of Schooner Niagara of Oshawa. | |
| Pock, Stephen | Port Hope | n/a | M | Dec. 4, 1857 | Drowned with Robert Campbell while trying to rescue the captain and crew of Schooner Niagara of Oshawa. | |
| Hutchings, George | Port Hope | n/a | M | Mar. 20, 1858 | While trying to fix a chain to stop logs, hit by a chunk of ice into water and carried away. | |
| McGimsie, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | Dec. 13, 1858 | Suffocated and drowned in Lake Ontario. | |
| Carruthers, Ellen | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Feb. 27, 1859 | Deranged state of mind, mixed and took poison. Suicide. | |
| Manning, Mary Ann | Port Hope | n/a | F | July 25, 1859 | Fire. | |
| Allen, William Henry | Port Hope | 5 | M | Aug. 17, 1859 | Suffocated and drowned in mill pond. | |
| Stead, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Mar. 11, 1860 | Fell through hole in barn floor. Alcohol related. | |
| Riches, William | n/a | Child | M | Aug. 29, 1860 | Strangled at the farm of Edward Riches. | |
| White, Thomas | Port Hope | Child | M | June 17, 1861 | While trying to board a schooner in the harbour, fell off and drowned. | |
| Donahue, Patrick Jr. | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 26, 1861 | Run over by the Port Hope Lindsay train near Molson's Mills. | |
| Cransby, John Preston | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 7, 1862 | While intoxicated he threw himself into the harbour and drowned. Alcohol related. | |
| Smith, Thomas | Hope Twp. | [14] | M | July 8, 1862 | Epilepsy or falling sickness caused his death while chopping wood. | |
| Allen, James | Hope Twp. | [71] | M | Sep. 24, 1862 | Suicide. Being a lunatic, cut his own throat. | |
| Wade, Thomas | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Oct. 13, 1862 | Excessive drinking. Alcohol related. | |
| Hays, Daniel | Port Hope | n/a | M | Mar. 14, 1863 | Accidentally while coupling cars. Railroad accident. | |
| Susette | Port Hope | n/a | F | July 14, 1863 | Poor quality of blood. | Italian servant of Dr. Dewar of Port Hope. |
| McMahon, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 12, 1863 | Accidental drowning; fell off railway bridge at Beamish's Mill. | |
| Corby, Thomas | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 17, 1863 | Rail Road accident while coupling cars of the Port Hope and Peterborough Rail Road. | |
| Gladman, George | Port Hope | [63] | M | Sep. 24, 1863 | Run over by Grand Trunk Rail Road. Accidental. | |
| McCreary, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 28, 1863 | Accidental; fly-wheel fell on him in drill shed. | |
| Howard, Patrick | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 29, 1863 | Excessive drinking. | |
| Redman, Thomas | Port Hope | [21] | M | Nov. 3, 1863 | Drowned. | "Redmond" in cemetery records. |
| Ellis, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | Feb. 1, 1864 | Railroad accident. Fell between cars of train. | |
| Hogan, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Apr. 2, 1864 | Accidentally burned to death in his shanty. | |
| Findlay, Walter | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 31, 1864 | Accidentally drowned in harbour while intoxicated. | |
| Abraham, Robert | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 17, 1864 | Accidental drowning in harbour. | |
| Wright, James Alexander | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 5, 1864 | Accidentally killed while coupling cars for railroad. | |
| Gosling, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Nov. 23, 1864 | Visitation of God. | |
| Jenkins, Henry James | Hope Twp. | 2 | M | Nov. 26, 1864 | Accidentally drowned in a cistern. | |
| Howe, Anne | Port Hope | Infant | F | Jan. 16, 1865 | Suffocated while sleeping. | |
| Summerville, Jane | Port Hope | [44] | F | Feb. 6, 1865 | Accidentally falling from rail road platform while train in motion. | W/o Thomas Sommerville (d1879) in cemetery records. |
| Evans, Edward | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 3, 1865 | Intemperance. | |
| Fishly (female) | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Aug. 19, 1865 | Lack of Nourishment.Note Prudence Fishly's illegitimate daughter. | "Fishley" in cemetery records. |
| Fishley, Prudence | Hope Twp. | [24] | F | Sep. 26, 1865 | Died Aug. 28, suddenly by the fits to which she was subjected but accelerated by the death of her illegitimate offspring. | |
| Crawley, George | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Oct.11, 1865 | Fell down the stairs in his house. | |
| Irwin, George | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Nov. 16, 1865 | While chopping wood a tree fell on him. | |
| Rogers, Josiah | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 28, 1865 | Died of injuries received while trying to jump on the fender of the locomotive. | |
| Sleeth, James | Hope Twp. | [53] | M | Apr. 25, 1866 | Softening of the brain due to excessive drinking and tobacco hastened by exhaustion. | |
| McMullen, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Aug. 23, 1866 | From a fall. | |
| Chartrain, Eliza Jane | Hope Twp. | [16] | F | Aug. 31, 1866 | Inflamation of the liver and intestines in an effort to abort. | |
| Rattle, J.M. | Port Hope | n/a | n/a | Sep. 4, 1866 | Drowned in harbour. | |
| Clarke, David | Port Hope | n/a | M | Oct. 1, 1866 | Fell from train he was working on. | |
| Beatson, Ellen | Port Hope | n/a | F | Nov. 5, 1866 | Mental excitment and exertion while pregnant. | Near confinement single woman. |
| Laven, Johannah | Port Hope | n/a | F | Nov. 30, 1866 | Drowned. | |
| Manning, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | Jan. 2, 1866 | Fell into harbour while intoxicated. Alcohol related. | |
| Heenan, Eliza | Port Hope | n/a | F | Apr. 2, 1867 | Intemperance and exposure. Alcohol related. | |
| Philps, John | Port Hope | [4] | M | May 15, 1867 | Drowned in the harbour. | |
| O'Conners | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 10, 1867 | Drowned. | |
| Bassett, James | Port Hope | [12] | M | July, 1867 | Drowned in Lake Ontario. | |
| Higgins, Thomas | Hope Twp. | [37] | M | July 3, 1867 | Run over by a train. | |
| Beatty, John | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 7, 1867 | At Elizabethville took essence of colchicum and brandy. Alcohol related. | |
| Henesay [Hennessy or Hennessey?], James | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 12, 1867 | Run over by train. | |
| Coffin, Richard | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 20, 1867 | Run over by the Victoria Fire engine. | |
| Brokenshire [Brockenshire?], Henrietta F. | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Aug. 8, 1867 | Natural causes. | Beaten by husband. |
| Trainer[Traynor?], Robert | Port Hope | child | M | Aug. 19, 1867 | Lack of care. | |
| Murphy, Samuel | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 9, 1867 | Run over by two railroad cars. | |
| Best, Robert | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 18, 1867 | Excessive quantity of alcohol, subsequent exposure and want of care. Alcohol related. | Inquest transcription is online. |
| Cunningham, William | Hope Twp. | [31] | M | Oct. 28, 1867 | Drowned while intoxicated. Alcohol related. | |
| Thorndyke, Elizabeth | Hope Twp. | [16] | F | Apr. 1, 1868 | Natural causes brought on by exposure to cold. | |
| Morrow, Arthur | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 2, 1868 | Drowned while moving timber at Beamish mill pond. | |
| Davis alias Brown | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 14, | 1868 Unknown causes while aboard the steamer "Passport". | |
| Cosgrove, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sept. 12, 1868 | Drowned while trying to save a a small boy. | |
| Brooks, Sarah | Hope Twp. | n/a | F | Oct. 15, 1868 | Accidentally burned to death while intoxicated. Alcohol related. | |
| Cribbin, Michael | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 13, 1868 | Run over by a train. | |
| Doyle, Andrew | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Jan. 1, 1869 | Intoxication and exposure. Alcohol related. | |
| Fillion, Francis | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 19, 1869 | Drowned in Port Hope harbour. | |
| McCrea, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sept. 6, 1869 | Rupture of the heart. | |
| Miller, Sarah Ann | Port Hope | n/a | F | Feb. 2, 1870 | Natural causes of confinement. | |
| Jones, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Feb. 10, 1870 | Excessive drinking. Alcohol related. | |
| Haskell, William | Hope Twp. | [21] | M | Feb. 11, 1870 | Injuries received by blows and kicks. | |
| Coulter, George | Port Hope | n/a | M | Mar. 22, 1870 | Ruptured blood vessel of the lungs. | |
| Dean, Robert | Hope Twp. | [77] | M | May 19, 1870 | No death entry. | |
| Oke, Hattie | Hope Twp. | [1] | F | May 29, 1870 | Suffocation while choking on a nut. | |
| Walton, Charles | Port Hope | [57] | M | July 26, 1870 | Pulmonary apolpexy. | |
| Parsons Sr., Arthur | Hope Twp. | [74] | M | Aug. 29, 1870 | Choleric diarrhea. | |
| Quinn, Frederick | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 26, 1870 | From injuries received while coupling the cars. | |
| Walpole, William | Port Hope | 65 | M | May 15, 1871 | Excessive use of ardent spirits. | |
| Pope, George | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 10, 1871 | From injuries while coupling rail road cars. | |
| Perks, George M.D. | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 17, 1871 | From injuries received from his horse. | |
| Ward, Patrick | Port Hope | 4 | M | July 21, 1871 | Drowned in the creek leading to the harbour. | |
| Wilson, Robert | Port Hope | [46] | M | Aug. 1, 1871 | Excessive use of liquor. | |
| Philps, Joseph | Port Hope | [6] | M | Aug. 8, 1871 | Drowned in Port Hope harbour. | |
| Mitchell, Kenneth | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Nov. 19, 1871 | Visitation of God - Held at the home of Roderick Mitchell. | |
| McCullough, Esther | Port Hope | n/a | F | Jan. 22, 1872 | Accidental overdose of opium. | |
| Wright, Samuel | Hope Twp. | [34] | M | Mar. 18, 1872 | Overdose of poison called Laudenum or timeline of opium. | |
| Henry, Andrew | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | May 13, 1872 | Apoplectic fit. | |
| Young, William | Hope Twp. | [31] | M | May 16, 1872 | An attack of ague and complications. | |
| Telesford Dion Johne | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 6, 1872 | Excessive Drinking. Alcohol related.Note Unknown stranger. | |
| McLeod, Norman | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 20, 1872 | Run over by a train. | |
| Stewart, William | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Aug. 10, 1872 | Exhaustion by the intense heat and old . | |
| Morin, Michael | Port Hope | n/a | M | Sep. 3, 1872 | Accidentally drowned in Beamish's mill pond. | |
| Burrett, John | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Sep. 14, 1872 | Effects of old age and exposure. | |
| Adams, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | May 3, 1873 | Drowned in Lake Ontario while under the influence of liquor. Alcohol related. | |
| McNaughton, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | Oct. 18, 1873 | Drowned while intoxicated. Alcohol related. | |
| Mavers, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 22, 1873 | While doing his duty as a brakeman. | |
| Crawford, David | Port Hope | [49] | M | Feb. 14, 1874 | Natural causes. | |
| McNall, Electa Ann | Port Hope | [38] | F | Sep. 3, 1874 | Knocked down and run over by a team of horses. | |
| Carmichael, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 26, 1874 | Through a ruptured bladder caused by direct personal violence. | |
| Ward Jr., George Charles | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 26, 1875 | Found drowned in the harbour. | |
| Maybank, Thomas | Port Hope | [20] | M | July 24, 1875 | Drowned in the harbour. | |
| Truscott, Lewis John | Port Hope | [24] | M | Aug. 6, 1875 | Fell from moving train. | |
| Burk, Thomas | Hope Twp. | [60] | M | Oct. 6, 1875 | Natural causes. | |
| Mimms, John | Port Hope | [25] | M | Oct. 30, 1875 | Train collision. | |
| McDermott, Andrew | Port Hope | [37] | M | Dec. 13, 1875 | Exhaustion after loading the wood car of the Midland Rail Road. | |
| Clark, Frank | Port Hope | 15 | M | May 25, 1876 | Drowned in Lake Ontario. | |
| Brockinshire, Richard | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | July 8, 1876 | Heart disease. | |
| Tarry, Johannah | Port Hope | n/a | F | July 30, 1867 | Uterine hemorrhage. | |
| Kennedy, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Jan. 11, 1877 | Excessive drinking. Alcohol related. | |
| Cavanagh, Thomas | Port Hope | [21] | M | Mar. 20, 1877 | Injuries while performing his duty on the train. | |
| McCaffry, John | Port Hope | n/a | M | June 18, 1877 | Taking Paris Green. | |
| Armstrong, Edward | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 11, 1877 | Drowned in harbour. | |
| Gifford, Ellen | Hope Twp. | [29] | F | Sep. 12, 1877 | Hit by a train. | |
| Poulter, Sarah J. | Port Hope | n/a | F | Sept. 22, 1877 | Run over by a train. | |
| Clinch, Thomas B. | Port Hope | n/a | M | Dec. 13, 1877 | Fell through the viaduct of the Grand Trunk Rail Road. | |
| Higgings, William | Port Hope | n/a | M | Feb. 25, 1878 | Strangulation from vomit. | |
| Gibson, John | Port Hope | [54] | M | May 24, 1878 | Suffocation from choking. | |
| O'Brien, Robert | Port Hope | [18] | M | July 5, 1878 | Drowned. | |
| Swain, Robert | Port Hope | [32] | M | Aug. 7, 1878 | Run over by Midland train. | |
| Sidey, John | Hope Twp. | [35] | M | Sep. 3, 1878 | Run over by train. | |
| Massey, James | Port Hope | n/a | M | Feb. 5, 1879 | Accidental. | |
| Hill, Robert | Port Hope | n/a | M | Apr. 21, 1879 | Found drowned in the new harbour. | |
| Sharp, William | Port Hope | [17] | M | Oct. 1, 1879 | Accidental discharge of gun. | |
| McFarlane, Mackie | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Oct. 31, 1879 | Exhaustion brought on by sickness. | |
| Bowler, Harvey | William Port Hope | n/a | M | Oct. 31, 1879 | Injured while on or near a train. | |
| Smith, ? | Port Hope | Infant | M | Apr. 5, 1880 | Newborn of Miss Smith (stillborn). | |
| McElroy, James | Hope Twp. | [80] | M | Apr. 10, 1882 | Run over by train. | |
| Thompson, Alexander | Port Hope | [65] | M | June 30, 1882 | No death entry. | |
| n/a | Port Hope | n/a | F | July 29, 1884 | Run over by train. | Unknown woman. Possibly Minnie Victoria Dawson,age 22, d/o Richard. |
| Wing, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | May 3, 1893 | Natural causes of heart disease. | |
| McCabe, James | n/a | [39] | M | Oct. 11, 1893 | Gun shot wound by unknown person. | An escaped prisoner from Kingston Penitentiary, shot by Constable William Rankin. |
| Seaman, Harvey | Port Hope | n/a | M | July 2, 1893 | Gun shot wound by another person. | |
| Bradshaw, Lewis | Port Hope | n/a | M | Oct. 3, 1894 | Collision of trains. | |
| Long, Robert Walter | Port Hope | [38] | M | Sep. 24, 1896 | Apoplexy. | |
| Oke, Howard | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Dec. 10, 1896 | Killed by falling tree. | |
| Booth, Julia | Port Hope | [76] | F | Feb. 3, 1897 | Burst a blood vessel. | |
| Haight, Milo | [Rochester, NY] | [59] | M | Oct. 17, 1898 | [Sailor] Found drowned in Port Hope harbour. | |
| Davidson, Andrew | Hope Twp. | [70] | M | Apr. 22, 1898 | Struck by train. | |
| Gordon, Annie | Hope Twp. | [13] | M | July 21, 1898 | Drowned in Kinsman's Mill Pond. | |
| Gruinson, James | Hope Twp. | n/a | M | Oct. 24, 1898 | Natural causes. | |
| Dodds, Mrs. [Florence] | [55] | n/a | F | July 1, 1899 | Fell down the stairs and the coal lamp broke causing a fire and she burned to death. Port Hope. | |
| Graham, Robert (Mrs.) [Mary] | Hope Twp. | [17] | F | Aug. 8, 1899 | Oil of cedar poisoning. | |
| Hughes, Michael | Port Hope | n/a | M | Jan. 21, 1901 | Run over by a GTR engine. | |
| Milne, James | Port Hope | [70] | M | Nov. 17, 1901 | Heat exhaustion at his residence. | |
| Malone, Mary | Port Hope | [75] | F | Dec. 19, 1901 | Natural causes. | |
| Douglass, William | Port Hope | [66] | M | Mar. 12, 1902 | Drowned when he fell off a platform at Barrett's Dam near Ontario Street. | |
| Woods, John | Port Hope | [75] | M | Mar. 24, 1902 | Heart disease. | |
| Chanso, Francesco | n/a | n/a | M | June 14, 1902 | Italian rail worker, crushed under a moving train while trying to board it after being forbidden to do so. | |
| McNaughton, Joseph W. | Peterborough | [7] | M | July 17, 1902 | Died at William Goheen's Hope Township farm, of tubercular disease of the lungs causing syncope of the heart. | |
| Wannamaker, James | n/a | 20-22 | [27] | M | Oct. 18, 1902 | Injuries received from a blow from a passing train 2 miles west of Port Hope. |
| Long, Harold Leslie | Port Hope | [7] | M | Oct. 26, 1902 | Diphtheria. | |
| Ferguson, George | Port Hope | [82] | M | Nov. 21, 1902 | Chronic alcoholism. | |
| Walker, David | n/a | [77] | M | Sep. 27, 1903 | Cancer of the brain.Note Dropped dead on the road near John Wright's farm, Hope Township. | |
| Bradley, John | Toronto | [65] | M | Nov. 25, 1903 | Heart disease. | Found dead in Room 7, Queen's Hotel, Port Hope. |
| Archer, John | Port Hope | [84] | M | Mar. 21, 1904 | Natural causes. | |
| Ashley, William Charles | Port Hope | [56] | M | July 28, 1904 | Hit by a GTR train. | |
| Smith, Joseph | n/a | [30] | M | Aug. 22, 1904 | Fell from a GTR train due to his own negligence and misconduct. | |
| Watson, John | Village of East Toronto | [37] | M | Sep. 16, 1905 | Struck by a GTR train west of Port Hope while intoxicated. | |
| Ferguson, Robert | Port Hope | [40] | M | Jan. 26, 1907 | Exposure to severe cold while intoxicated. | |
| McMullen, James | Campbellcroft | 75 | M | Feb. 12, 1907 | Found at home dead of cold and exposure. | Brother of Catherine. |
| McMullen, Catherine | Campbellcroft | [70] | F | Feb. 12, 1907 | Found at home dead of cold and exposure. | Sister of James. |
| Jamieson, Louise | Port Hope | [20] | F | Apr. 9, 1907 | Suicide by drowning at Port Hope harbour. | "...after her lover, who had seduced her, had left, immediately before she threw herself into the lake, on a voyage to Oswego." |
| Singer, John | n/a | [23] | M | June 24, 1907 | Brakeman killed by shunting cars at the Port Hope GTR station. | |
| Baxter, James | Port Hope | [64] | M | June 24, 1907 | Suicide by carbolic acid. | |
| Wright, Harry B. | Toronto | [20] | M | June 24, 1907 | CPR telegraph lineman, electrocuted by a live wire with worn insulation. | |
| Halford, Richard Delbert | n/a | 9 | M | Aug. 03, 1907 | Fall from a wagon.Note Wagon owned by butcher Orison Keeler and driven by 10-year-old Norman Anderson. | The horse bolted when frightened by an automobile driven by H.H. King. |
| Wallace, William | Toronto | n/a | M | June 26, 1908 | Suicide. Poisoning by carbolic acid. | Found in a shed of the Queen's Hotel. |
| Neville, Henry | n/a | n/a | M | Sep. 18, 1908 | Fracture of the skull when struck by a GTR engine. | |
| Spry, Cecelia [nee Greenaway] | n/a | [85] | F | Nov. 13, 1908 | Natural causes, probably of cardiac syncope. | |
| Phillips, Eddy Louis | Port Hope | 6 weeks | M | Dec. 20, 1908 | cold developed into capillary bronchitis. | |
| Paeden, [Winnifred I.] | Port Hope | | [2 days] | F | Dec. 6, 1909 | Convulsions. Found buried in a yard. Illegitimate daughter of Miss Florence Irene Paeden. |
| Ennis, Lena E. | Elgin Street, Port Hope | [11] | F | Jan. 16, 1910 | Convulsions from uremic poisoning caused by exposure after scarlet fever. | Daughter of Albert. |
| Benson, Frank | Port Hope | [48] | M | May 14, 1910 | Found dead of heart disease in bed at Howard's Hotel, following two or more weeks of excessive intoxication. | |
| Taipale, Emil | n/a | 27 | M | Dec. 6, 1910 | Suicide by hanging on the James O'Hara farm, Springville. | A foreigner, perhaps Russian. |
| Fishleigh, John | Port Hope | [60] | M | Jan. 6, 1911 | Accidentally drowned in the Port Hope harbour while intoxicated. | |
| Nash, Mary | n/a | F | [09 Jan] 1911 | Excessive use of intoxicating liquors and exposure to cold. | | |
| Hornby, George H. | Port Hope | [17] | M | May 27, 1911 | Accidental drowning. | |
| Mercer, William | Port Hope | [50] | M | July 11, 1911 | Injuries sustained during the explosion of a retort at the Port Hope Sanitary Factory. | |
| McMahon, Wilfred | Port Hope | [12] | M | Aug. 2, 1911 | Drowned while bathing. | |
| Darling, Albert | n/a | [44] | M | Nov. 10, 1911 | Accidental drowning in the File Factory pond. | GTR section man. |
| Prouse, Charles | Port Hope | [51] | M | Jan. 17, 1912 | Pneumonia. | |
| Sisson (male) | Port Hope | Stillborn | M | Feb. 9, 1912 | Stillborn. | Son of Rachel & John Sisson. Found in a shed owned by Alice & Thomas Lawrence on Apr. 27, 1912. Placed there by father, unbeknownst to his mother, who thought he should be buried in the garden. |
| Little, Myrtle | Port Hope | [21] | F | Mar. 19 or 20, 1912 | Accidental drowning in the Ganaraska River. | |
| Shaw, W[illiam] G[eorge] | Mimico | [30] | M | Apr. 12, 1912 | Fireman involved in a train collision at Port Hope. | |
| Currie, Frank D. | n/a | [25] | M | Apr. 22, 1912 | Employee of the Midland Construction Company, killed by a falling electric light pole with a rotted base. | |
| Spotton, Henry | Port Hope | [43] | M | Aug. 11, 1912 | Excessive use of alcohol. | |
| Phillips, Fredrick | Wesleyville | n/a | M | Sep. 30, 1912 | Injuries sustained as a result of being thrown into a large circular saw while trying to cross a log at Elijah Barrowclough's sawmill. | |
| Ramson, Earnest | Port Hope | [35] | M | Oct. 15, 1912 | Injuries sustained when caught in machinery at the Standard Ideal Company. | |
| Tuer, Thomas | Port Hope | [41] | M | Nov. 5, 1912 | Contact with a live wire belonging to the Port Hope Electric Light Company. | |
| Gorman, Joseph | Port Hope | [45] | M | Jan. 6, 1913 | Perforation of the walls of the stomach - excessive use of alcohol. | |
| Curtis, Susannah [nee Saisbury] | Port Hope | [48] | F | Jan. 30, 1913 | Drowned in a state of an unsound mind - suicide. | |
| Bowen, Emeline | Port Hope | n/a | F | Jun. 16, 1913 | Fell into a cistern and drowned, cause of fall was epileptic seizure. | |
| Mousell, Jane | Port Hope | n/a | F | Sep. 10, 1913 | Natural causes. | |
| Andriola, Antonio | Port Hope | 25 | M | Nov. 26, 1913 | Railway construction work; was run over by a train. | |
| Black, Donald | Port Hope | 35 | M | May 28, 1914 | Fell off Grand Trunk train while trying to steal a ride. | |
| Rowe, Jessie | Port Hope/Cobourg - House of Refuge | 75 | F | Jun. 20, 1914 | Natural causes. | |
| Brother, Helena | Port Hope | n/a | F | Jun. 23, 1914 | Illegitimate child (one of twins) of Ameka Brother, malnourished. | |
| Kennedy, Mary | Port Hope | [53] | F | Jul. 27, 1914 | Suicidal drowning [in a cistern]. | |
| Brother, Mary W. | Port Hope | n/a | F | Aug. 6, 1914 | Underdeveloped and malnourished; one of twins (see Helena Brother above). | |
| Herring, Cecil Roy | Port Hope | [24] | M | Sep. 21, 1914 | Epileptic convulsions. | |
| Johnston, Robert | Port Hope | [80] | M | Oct. 25, 1914 | Natural causes. | |
| McMahon, Robert | Port Hope | n/a | M | Nov. 23, 1914 | Run over by a Grand Trunk train. | |
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