Pilgrim's Landing

A site for 'Pilgrim' bottle collectors and genealogists.

Hi ! My name is Paul Marchand and welcome to my home page. My interests are bottle collecting and genealogy, especially where the PILGRIM name is involved.

I specialize in bottles used by the Pilgrim Mineral Water companies (1848 - 1932). I have been collecting their bottles since 1989 when I learned that R.A.Pilgrim was my great-great grandfather. I enjoy collecting, researching and learning about the various bottles they used over their 84 years of operation.

The trio on the left are samples of the earliest bottles used by Pilgrim. Additional information on these and their other bottles can be found by following the link below to my Bottle page.

I am also an amateur genealogist and when I cannot collect bottles, I'll collect and research the Pilgrim surnames in Ontario and other parts of Canada. Find my Pilgrims in Ontario page on ancestry.ca for more details.

I hope to expand on the following pages and add graphics as time and space allows. Feel free to browse. Comments are appreciated!

• The 'Pilgrim' Bottles - A short history of the Pilgrim mineral water business with some figures and photos of the bottles they used.

• For Sale/Trade List - A listing of spares that I have for sale or trade.

• New! Pilgrim FAQ - You'll find answers to some questions regarding Pilgrim bottles that I have been asked (and some that I have made up!).  Latest update 11 Feb 2002

• Pilgrim Genealogy - A listing of descendants of R.A. Pilgrim and other Pilgrims in Canada. Expanded list of other Pilgrims, Feb 2002

• Looking for... - Some bottles and other Pilgrim go-withs.

• Odds & Ends - Various Pilgrim items found on the net that may bear little or no connection to my collection - but are interesting nonetheless!

The following are great clubs sponsored shows with their 2017 show dates indicated:

• April 23, 2017 - Four Seasons Bottle Collectors Club of Toronto,ON was founded in 1983 to provide a forum for collectors to meet one another and share their excitement for the hobby.   Scott Jordan & I will be at the 24th Annual Toronto Bottle & Antique Show & Sale - Sunday, April 23, 2017 from 10:00am to 2:30pm at the Pickering Recreation Complex, Pickering.
• April TBD, 2017 - Ottawa Valley Insulator Collectors, a group of telephone and telegraph insulator collectors from varied backgrounds, get together informally for hikes and swapping sessions.  They will be holding the OVIC 2017 nineteenth annual show and sale on Saturday, April TBD, 2017 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Lion's Hall, Perth Fair Grounds in Perth, Ontario.
• April 30, 2017 - Ottawa's own Bytown Bottle Seekers Club will hold their 44th annual show on at the Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa.
• October 2017 - Robin Newton-Smith will hold the 22^nd Annual Cambridge Bottle Show. I found this to be a great bottle show !

Some online Canadian Bottle collectors, clubs and sites:

• Maple Leaf Auctions has been selling quality antique Canadian bottles, crocks, and tins for ten years online. They are the only Canadian auctioneers with over 25 years experience collecting and selling these specialized categories of Canadiana;
• Phil Culhane is back on-line with an extensive reference site devoted to Late Persian glass;
• Richard Dobing's Rogues Hollow Bottles site (which appears to be closed). Rogues' Hollow is the name of the town he lived in before it changed it's name to Newburgh,ON;
• John Goodyer's Ontario Bottles;
• Terry Matz's Torpedo bottle webpage;
• Thunder Bay's Sleeping Giant Bottle Club. A great site worth the visit !