Richard Birdsall
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Richard Birdsall was an English-born immigrant to Upper Canada
who became a surveyor in Canada.
Birdsall surveyed many townships in Upper Canada and eventually made his home in one of them; Peterborough County. He was an immigrant whose hard work and skill had led to permanent settlement and progress in an important area of the country.
Birdsall's grandson, Richard Birdsall Rogers
, continued the family service and dedication to the Peterborough area.
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
who became a surveyor in Canada.
Birdsall surveyed many townships in Upper Canada and eventually made his home in one of them; Peterborough County. He was an immigrant whose hard work and skill had led to permanent settlement and progress in an important area of the country.
Birdsall's grandson, Richard Birdsall Rogers
Richard Birdsall Rogers
Richard Birdsall Rogers was a Canadian civil and mechanical engineer whose most significant achievement was the design of the Peterborough Lift Lock, a boat lift at Peterborough, Ontario, Canada....
, continued the family service and dedication to the Peterborough area.