Mention of war brides who married Canadian WW2 servicemen in the UK and made a life in Canada is overdue on the blog.
Newmarket Today published the story of Monica Frampton who married Queen’s Own Rifles soldier Howard Sisler in 1942 and arrived in Canada in 1946. Her sister Yvonne followed her and married a Sisler brother.
Back in November 2021, I quoted an estimate of 700 war bride survivors for the end of that year. That’s now likely below 500.
The Belfast Branch of the North of Ireland FHS hosts the presentation Emigration from the North of Ireland to the Canadian Maritimes, by Paddy Fitzgerald on Tuesday, 28 February 2023, at 2 pm EST.
Non-members are welcome. To join contact the Branch Secretary in advance at Belfast@nifhs.org to request the Zoom link.
Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
43rd anniversary of Yes Minister.
Charles II sculpture gives new life to pub’s dead oak tree
A Guide to the Naval Records of the National Archives of the UK, by Randolph Cock and N A M Rodger.
Free online as a pdf, the 2nd edition of this large volume may be a bit dated in the details.
The Holloway Aeronauts: Charles Green
New from Global Genealogy, and Specials
This week Global Genealogy Published The Ancestors and Descendants of John Cameron, United Empire Loyalist and Lady Mary Cameron of Cornwall Township, by Duncan (Darby) MacDonald. Back in print this week, The Picturesque St. Lawrence River, Kingston and Cape Vincent to Morristown and Brockville (1895), by Jno. A. Haddock. Also a selection of book at 50% off- that sale end today (Sunday) while supplies last. Find out more here.
The LDS perspective on Rootstech
Not long to wait now!
Genealogy and the Little Ice Age
New from Calgarian Wayne Shepheard and Australian publisher Unlock The Past.
A Year of War in Ukraine (map)
Thanks to this week’s contributors: Anonymous, Brenda Turner, Glenn Wright, Nancy, Paul Milner, Penny Allen, Teresa, Unknown
When at Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall I had a brief chat with Tabitha Renaud, the new Cumberland Heritage Village Museum administrator.
The museum is looking for individuals to share history with the public and to deliver museum programming. These part-time, permanent positions are with the City of Ottawa and pay approximately $17-20 an hour.
See the job postings for Specialist, Heritage (Part-time) and Specialist, Heritage Programming (Part-time)
If you know of someone who might be interested, suggest they contact Tabitha, who would be interested to hear from potential volunteers at Cumberland too, at: tabitha.renaud@ottawa.ca/.
Other city museums may also be looking for volunteers (which non-profit organization doesn’t need volunteers!)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has posted the February list appealing for next of kin of those whose grave markers are being placed or replaced.
Of the 32 names on the list one, Pvt Edward Hodges (166799), served with Canadian forces. He died on 4 September 1916 and is buried in the cemetery at Snodland (Kent), his birthplace.
His attestation paper at LAC lists a married sister, Eva Chappelle, living in Mount Denis (now part of Toronto). She is also mentioned in Canadian newspaper clippings attached to his entry in the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Those suggest relatives, descendants of his sister, remain in Canada.
This kind of challenge is a good way of sharpening your research skills.
Three sets of additions to English records appear on Findmypast this week.
Lincolnshire Baptisms
This is the largest addition this week, with 216,638 new records covering 1754-1812 and 269 churches and chapels across the county. Typically, you can find transcription and linked images of the original record including the parents’ names and the date of the baptism. Records are sourced from the Lincolnshire Archives.
Suffolk Marriage Index
A further 52,387 records have been added to this transcription set from the Suffolk Family History Society. It covers 1813-1837 and over 500 churches. You’ll normally find name, marital status and parish, plus that of their spouse, and the date and place of the marriage.
National School Admissions Register
Recently FMP has been focusing on Yorkshire for additions to this collection. This week its 5,709 transcript records for Halifax, where you’ll find name, address, father’s name and occupation, and sometimes notes on their exam results and reasons for absence.
On 23 February, 76 additional names of war casualties identified by the In From the Cold project were accepted for commemoration by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No Canadians are on that list.
While the majority are from the Great War, 22 civilians, infants to age 45, died when a Japanese submarine sank the MV Mamutu on an evacuation mission to Australia from PNG on 7 August 1942. There were 28 survivors from the total complement of 120 persons.
Of the others, many must have been overlooked as they died post-discharge, most frequently of tuberculosis.
Only one commissioned officer, Wallace John Taylor, a 49 year old Second Lieutenant with the Home Guard, is included. He was accidentally shot by machine gun. Another WW2 member of the Home Guard, 19 year old David Anderson, also died by an accidental gunshot. Wooden rifles do have their benefits!
All those in this list have last names starting from A to T; there are probably others later in the alphabet awaiting processing by the CWGC.
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New from MyHeritage, 362,292 records from the Lancastrian community of Oldham, northeast of Manchester. It includes registers from Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres cemeteries, Typically included are the name of the deceased, date of death, age at death and the date and place of burial.From Editor/Publisher Ed Zapletal, here’s detail on the contents of the new issue of Internet Genealogy, now on newsstands. I added a few comments in italics.
Welcome to the late winter/early spring edition of Internet Genealogy 2023. Our cover feature, In Their Neck of the Woods, is from regular contributor Sue Lisk who looks at online local histories and how they can give us a better understanding of how our ancestors lived. Sue has chosen a cross-section of sites such as County and Town Histories, County Historical Society Town Histories, and Town Histories on Ancestry.com. All the exmples are from the US, mostly New England. There are lots of fascinating tidbits of the past to explore, so snuggle up with your computer and then peruse the online pages. In her second article for this issue, Pound Masters, Hog Reeves and Other Common Positions, Sue looks at some of the more obscure job titles that were common during colonial times. Maybe you have an ancestor who was a Path Master or a Tithingman!
David A. Norris’s first of two articles, Cameo Roles in
Pension Files – Sources “Olde” and New – Part One, investigates the information that might be gleaned from those pages if you have ancestors from the original thirteen colonies. David continues with a short piece on a fine collection of records from the Gibraltar Census.
Diane L. Richard returns with the Life of an English Rose – Part One. Diane looks at researching modern ancestors and has chosen her late mother for an in-depth look at how to fill in the missing pieces of a close family member who didn’t leave a lot of the usual clues behind. Diane also reviews a recently released book by Liv Marit Haakenstad titled, A Guide to
Norwegian Genealogy, Emigration, and Transmigration. Diane also pens her usual NetNotes column featuring interesting websites that are sure to be of interest. New author Erin E. Moulton shines the spotlight on Newspaper Wins! Searching Like a Pro, and how to get the most from researching newspaper archives. The subject, a baseball player, was no relative to the author, but some people just cry out to have their live explored! Meredith Young Renard lets the cat out of the bag in “Everything My Dad Said About His Ancestry Was a Fabrication!” and recounts how she learned the truth and the reason for the tale. Leslie Michele Derrough returns with Pass Me a Musket: How Participating in Reenactments Can Help You Better Relate To A Military Ancestor.
Don’t forget to check out our regular columns: Genealogy Questions, Photos & Genealogy, and Dave Obee’s Back Page! I hope you enjoy the issue!
One article not mentioned in Ed’s column is “A Laugh At Our Ancestors’ Expense: The Humorous Side Of Genealogy” by Robbie Gorr. The following epitaph mentioned is part of a collection at https://atkinsbookshelf.wordpress.com/tag/funny-epitaphs/
“Here lies Peter who was
accidentally shot in his 30th year
This monument was erected by
grateful relatives”
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Are there any people you recognize from the local Ottawa Heritage and City Council elite from this noon-time Heritage Day 2023 event on Tuesday?
Choose from selected free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Those in red are Canadian, bolded if local to Ottawa or recommended. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed. Additional mainly US events are listed at https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual.
TUESDAY 21 February
2 pm: OGS Ottawa Branch virtual genealogy drop-in
https://meet.google.com/nvz-kftj-dax?pli=1
2:30 pm: “Internal Migration within the United States”, part 3 of The Making of a Mosaic: European Migrant Journeys during the Age of Steam, by Nicholas J Evans for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Centre.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/7835192
8 pm: The Bengali and English Ancestry of Thomas Chapman: A Case Study with DNA, by Meryl Schumacker from Legacy Family Tree Webinars and BCG.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/the-bengali-and-english-ancestry-of-thomas-chapman-a-case-study-with-dna/
WEDNESDAY 22 February
2 pm: Flying Under the Radar – Discovering Charles Olin’s Alias, by Mary Roddy for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/flying-under-the-radar-discovering-charles-olins-alias/
2:30 pm: Using GEDmatch to Further Your Research, by John Marshall for the Guild of One Name Studies.
https://one-name.org/usinggedmatch/
7 pm: The End of Slavery in Upper Canada, by Glenn Sweazey & June Girvan for Ottawa Historical Society.
https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/activities/events/eventdetail/87/16,17,19,21/the-end-of-slavery-in-upper-canada
7 pm: Rehabilitating the West Memorial Building: conservation in Practice at Wellington Street’s Western Gateway, by Heather McArthur for Heritage Ottawa.
https://heritageottawa.org/events/rehabilitating-west-memorial-building-conservation-practice-wellington-streets-western
THURSDAY 23 February
7 pm: The Four Points of the Compass: Oakville and the Underground Railroad, by Karolyn Smardz Frost for Oakville Public Library,
https://attend.opl.on.ca/event/7920645
7:30 pm: A Community at War: the Military Service of Black Canadians of the Niagara Region, by Jim Doherty for Historical Society of St Catherines.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85137940010
FRIDAY 24 February
SATURDAY 25 February
1 pm: Herchmer’s Secret: The Loyalist Family, the Land and the Kingston Fall Fair since 1830, by Anne Redish for Kingston & District Branch, United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada.
https://www.uelac.org/Kingston-Branch/
http://uelac.org/Kingston-Branch
