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This genealogy stuff is addicting, time consuming, fascinating, frustrating, and fun J In the course of my research I have 'met' numerous helpful persons; including distant cousins, both here in Canada and in Europe. (By met I mean exchanged information and ideas via both mail and the old fashioned way, by snail mail.) |
It is a constant 'work in progress'. Some of my ancestors did funny things - like use the surname of his mother's deceased first husband rather than his own father's name. As well, census enumerators were nothing but creative in their spelling of names. (Ever wonder why so many genealogy search engines allow one to search using 'soundex'?) Age appears to be rather fluid; one ancestor was 50 years old on two consecutive census, which were taken 10 years apart. Then one bunch of brothers had a mother named Mary, a sister named Mary, two of them wed women named Mary, and they named their daughters Mary. Go figure! Bet it was pretty entertaining when Grampa bellowed "Mary". |
These ancestors ended up in Canada. They originated from Europe - England, France, Holland, and Ireland thus far. The vastness of this country must have astonished them. My paternal grandfather once wrote his sister, back in Holland, to tell her that he and his children had moved from southern Alberta to the interior of British Columbia. He explained that the distance they had moved would be equivalent to traveling from Holland to Russia. She wrote back, telling him not to write if he was going to tell her lies. |
CANADA | EUROPE |
Camley/Cambly UPDATED - 16 April 2003 | Koster-Kramer - Holland |
Daubigon (Robichon) | Kouwer - Holland |
Dill UPDATED - 4 May 2003 | Tazelaar - Holland |
Edwards UPDATED - 1 April 2003 | |
Hershey/Hersea UPDATED - 4 May 2003 | Cockwill - Devon to Canada UPDATED - 10 January 2005 |
Quigley/Quigly UPDATED - 16 April 2003 | |
Robichon (Aubichon, Abishaw, Rabishaw) UPDATED - 1 May 2003 | McIvor - Ireland to Canada UPDATED - 22 July 2008 |
Roy UPDATED - 15 April 2003 | McCulloch - Scotland - coming one of these days! |
Be aware that not all the data that I have has been verified. dianastar "at" shaw "dot" ca If you find a mistake or if you have information to share please contact me: |
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These pages are the result of a collaborative effort. HUGE THANKS TOBILL plus - several others that have shared... , GAIL, LYNDA, MARJO, RON, TOM, & HUGH JBEV, LORI & COREEN and BOB & BARB -:) and JOANupdated: July 22, 2008 |