52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025: Week 39 (DISAPPEARED)
Chris' great grandparents are buried in Cultus Cemetery in Houghton Township, Ontario, Canada.
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They are buried alongside many of Chris' relatives.
The reason I am writing about them is because great grandma Kate disappears in all records prior to getting on the ship to come to Canada on August 19th 1911.
She departed from Glasgow, and arrived in Quebec Canada on August 26th 1911.
She arrived as part of the Buchanan Party as a domestic to Canada.
I have been unable to find any records from Scotland.
She claimed to be born in Tain, Rosshire, Scotland.
She claimed to be Catherine Cameron Powers.
She claimed her parents were Donald Powers & Margaret Connor on her marriage registration.
DNA matches on 23&Me and Ancestry suggest she may have been related to the Ross family.
The matches were close enough that I got to wondering whether her maiden name was Ross OR maybe her mother's maiden name was Ross.
None of the documents found in Canada record either of them with Ross as a maiden name.
Adding to the Ross thought process was one of her sons had the middle name Ross, and spent his life being called Ross.
In searching this possible connections I found a match's family tree with Donald Power married to Margaret MacIntosh with the youngest of 6 children named Catherine born 2 years before our Catherine's noted birthdate.
The DNA in common with this match supports the theory.
Then again - all the names are very common so none of this actually proved anything.
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| Thircul & Kate Aspden |
At this point we are no further ahead in the search for exactly who great grandma Kate was and exactly where she came from!!!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Somehow Related Blogs:
Catherine Cameron Power ~ Seeking the Source of Power. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 8 (POWER). Original published February 22th 2021. Retrieved September 17th 2025 from
https://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/2021/02/catherine-cameron-power-seeking-source.html
Sources:
Thircul Murney Aspden. FindAGrave. Retrieved September 17th 2025 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192789169/thircul_murney-aspden
Photos:
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Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/
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