A Trip Home ~ A Death in the Family

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 28 (TRANSPORTATION)

I come from a family that lives to 100 - until they don't.

My mom passed away 6 years ago at the age of 65.
Last week her sister passed away just a month before her 70th birthday. 

Auntie Bobbi was super active and healthy right up until her diagnosis the middle of April. 

She was an amazing photographer. Over the weekend a family member said that Auntie Bobbi's photos are a peek into the world as she viewed it.

 When I went looking for photos for this blog the depth of that comment was clear. Auntie Bobbi left behind a legacy of the joy & beauty around us if we just take a moment to enjoy it. 

Auntie Bobbi was kind & fun.

My mom was the oldest of 6 kids. Auntie Bobbi the 2nd oldest.
The first 3 girls were born in 4 years, and were always close.

My mom and auntie Bobbi were super close. 

Auntie Bobbi and I were very close when I was small. It's been many years since I left my hometown. Over the years I haven't visited as often as I should have. 

Grandma turns 95 this year, and has lost her 2 oldest children.

4 Generations

Our family will never be the same

Auntie Bobbi would want us to remember her with love

 

No longer in pain - She is free

To the moon & back



Remembering the joy through the tears!!!

Cause ... 




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This is why I search - 

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Canada's Underground Railroad ~ Uncle Tom's Cabin

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 27 (FREE)

As a Canadian, I grew up hearing about our role in the Underground Railroad. The idea of owning people was such an alien concept growing up in  1970s Canada. I read everything I could find to try to understand how this could have happened in the world I thought I lived in. I was in my late teens before I read Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

I found the book profoundly impactful. I was outraged. I was sad. I had tears. I talked to others. I felt hope when George freed all his slaves. 

"It was on his grave, my friends, that I resolved, before God, that I would never own another slave, while it was possible to free him; that nobody, through me, should ever run the risk of being parted from home and friends, and dying on a lonely plantation, as he died. So, when you rejoice in your freedom, think that you owe it to that good old soul, and pay it back in kindness to his wife and children. Think of your freedom, every time you see UNCLE TOM’S CABIN; and let it be a memorial to put you all in mind to follow in his steps, and be honest and faithful and Christian as he was.”  1

This year I discovered that I am related to Harriet Beecher Stowe through my mother's maternal line, and her father's maternal line. We are 5th cousins X5 removed. Her 4th great grandparents are my 9th great grandparents.

Our shared grandparents

Richard Lyman

BIRTH FEB 1618 • High Ongar, Essex, England

DEATH 3 JUN 1662 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

&

Hepzibah Ford

BIRTH 15 MAY 1625 • Dorchester, Dorset, England

DEATH 11 APR 1683 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

I wished I had know about my connection to the author when I was younger. 

My 5th cousin X5 removed

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher

BIRTH 14 JUN 1811 • Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut

DEATH 1 JUL 1896 • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut

married to

Calvin Ellis Stowe

BIRTH 26 APR 1802 • Massachusetts

DEATH 22 AUG 1887 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

They had 7 children

Harriet Beecher (Hattie) Stowe (Twin to Eliza)

BIRTH 29 SEP 1836 • Walnut Hills, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

DEATH 25 JAN 1907 • Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Eliza Tyler Stowe (Twin to Hattie)

BIRTH 29 SEP 1836 • Ohio

DEATH 16 MAR 1912 • Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Henry Ellis Stowe

BIRTH 14 JAN 1838 • Walnut Hills, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

DEATH 9 JUL 1857 • Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Frederick William Stowe

BIRTH 6 MAY 1840 • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

DEATH 1870 • San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Georgianna May Stowe

BIRTH 25 MAY 1843 • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

DEATH 13 JAN 1890 • Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Samuel Charles (Charley) Stowe

BIRTH JAN 1848 • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

DEATH 22 JUL 1849 • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Charles Edward Stowe

BIRTH 8 JUL 1850 • Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States

DEATH 24 JUL 1934 • Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA

When Harriet Beecher Stowe met
Abraham Lincoln he said, “So you’re the little woman
who wrote the book that made this great war!”

referencing the Civil War. 

Like any good family story there seems to be a question about whether Abraham Lincoln really said that. 

The role of Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a cause of the American Civil War is rooted in a statement—typically rendered as “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!”—that is spuriously attributed to President Abraham Lincoln. According to scholar Daniel R. Vollaro, this comment, supposedly made by Lincoln to Stowe in December 1862, originated in Stowe family tradition and did not appear in print until 1896 (albeit as “Is this the little woman who made the great war?” ). That Lincoln almost certainly did not say these words, however, has not prevented them from being cited repeatedly as Uncle Tom’s Cabin’s legacy. 2

Harriet Beecher Stowe may not have single-handedly started the Civil War when she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, but her book does seem to have enlightened people who needed to make change for the Civil Rights Movement to gain momentum.

Finding the truth in family lore!!!

Cause ... 




You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

1  Uncle Tom's Cabin, eBook, The Project Gutenberg, Retrieved July 8th 2021 from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/203/203-h/203-h.htm

2  Uncle Tom's Cabin, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uncle-Toms-Cabin

Sources:

The Civil War: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' changed the course of history, Baltimore Sun, By Ned Harrison,  the Civil War, Originally Published July 15th 2012. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/cct-arc-f03c4232-f53b-5153-bd66-afbdc5c49be6-20120715-story.html

Did a book start the Civil War? 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is a testament to the power of culture, New York Daily News, Opinion Article by David Reynolds, originally published April 11th 2011, Retrieved July 8th 2021 from 
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/book-start-civil-war-uncle-tom-cabin-testament-power-culture-article-1.112605

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Her Words Changed the World, Stowe's Global Impact, Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/her-global-impact/

Harriet Beecher Stowe, History Channel, Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/harriet-beecher-stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Aboard the Underground Railroad, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
 https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/oh1.htm

History, Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from 
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/uncle-toms-cabin/history

A New Understanding of Uncle Tom, Canadian Geographic Magazine, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, by Heather Greenwood Davis, originally published December 19th 2018. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/new-understanding-uncle-tom

The Story of Josiah Henson, the Real Inspiration for ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, Smithsonian Magazine, by Jared Brock, Originally Published May 16th 2018. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/story-josiah-henson-real-inspiration-uncle-toms-cabin-180969094/

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Uncle-Toms-Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Ohio History Central, Retrieved July 8th 2021 from
https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site,  National Trust for Canada. Retrieved July 8th 2021 from 
https://nationaltrustcanada.ca/destinations/uncle-toms-cabin-historic-site

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Messages From Newly Found Cousins ~ Clearing Up the Conflicting Details

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 26 (CONFLICT)

Today I received a private message on Ancestry from a 4th cousins X2 removed. We share 14 cM across 2 segments, Unweighted shared DNA: 30 cM, Longest segment: 18 cM.  This amount of shared DNA fits within the expected for the relationship. This match further confirms the connection to my 5th great grandparents brick wall that I have written about many times in the past. 

This is the family line that resulted in my starting a fresh tree along with taking out and putting back in many times. This new DNA match further assists me in being confident Peter & Ann (nee Kirk) Graham really are my 5th great grandparents. 

Sadly it hasn't helped me go further up the line YET!

Back to my cousin's message. 

My 4th great grandfather was 

Robert Graham

BIRTH 16 JAN 1814 • Thornhill, Closeburn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

DEATH 24 MAR 1892 • Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland

In my tree on Ancestry I had a bit of conflicting information for Robert's brother:
James Graham

BIRTH 16 JUL 1811 • Closeburn, Dumfries, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

DEATH 23 MAR 1886 • Drowned in River Dothan, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshir

I had James' first born child (William) born a year and a half before his marriage. In the birth record I had a question mark regarding this. For William's death date I had Bef. 1864 because another William was born in that year.  I had a note in the record wondering about the conflicting information. 

My newly found (via DNA match) cousin knew a lot more about the conflicting information for William that allowed me to update the details for William. 

William was stepson to James Graham. He died at age 14 (in 1856) from fever 8 years before his younger half brother William was born. 

This one message helped clear up the conflicting information I had in our Bramble Bush, and further confirmed the research for this line. 

If you are interested in reading more about this brick wall part of our Bramble Bush check out these past blogs for more info:

1. Tale of Two Cousins ~ Ann(e) Kirk Graham

2. Brick Wall - researching Grahams from Holytown, Scotland who immigrated to Canada

3. 4 Generations ~ Robert Graham

4. Grizel to Grace ~ Changing the Optics

Getting messages with clarifying details from newly found cousins 

IS THE BEST!!!

Cause ... 




You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

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Strange Groupings ~ Mosquitoes & Homestead Grants

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 25 (GROUPS)

British Columbia, Canada is in the middle of a heat wave that is shattering long held records. This week our community is set to break the record for hottest day ever, and yet officially summer has barely begun. 

We live on the WEsT COAST - we get a lot of rain here. When we have a hot dry spell areas normally kept wet year round experience the hatching of a bizzillion mosquitoes. Those eggs have been just waiting and waiting and waiting for this type of drying to finally hatch & begin their search for blood. 

Standing in our yard you can see GROUPS and groups of swarming mosquitoes the moment a living thing arrives. 

My husband and I take turns going out to water the hanging baskets. If only one of us went daily during this hot spell we might be in need of a blood transfusion before the weather turns back to our normal cooler temperatures.  

The photo above is a close up of the shirt that I gave my dad many years ago. He's retired Canadian Military, and lived in Manitoba at the time. The Canadian Prairies are well known for their large mosquitoes. 

This is one of the treasures we have found while helping my dad declutter & downsize for his move to a smaller place.

I also found this Homestead record which I didn't know about when I ordered copies of my own from the Saskatchewan Archives several years ago. I opened an envelope, and realized I could have seen the homestead grant years before I paid to get a copy. 

I also found the documents for my maternal great grandparents home in Calgary, but that will wait for another day!

Back to my theme of groups of mosquitoes. When my great grandparents arrived to Canada in June of 1909 from Ukraine they were introduced to mosquitoes while traveling by oxen & wagon with all their worldly goods from Star City to brother Mikita's homestead in Gronlid where the family would eventually obtain the nearby homestead above.

The family of 5 (Alexander, Mary, 11 year old Johanna, 6 year old Harry, 3 year old Stephania) traveled on the ship Willehad. They left the Port of Bremen on June 2nd 1909, and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 19th 1909.  

I can't be sure they didn't already know mosquitoes because my searching suggest Ukraine does have mosquitoes even though the memoirs I read of the Ukrainian immigrant experience suggested they didn't. Maybe it was just the size of the Canadian mosquitoes that were different. 

"... The family departed by train from Skoroki to the port of Bremen, There, a wait of several days ensued while sufficient cargo of livestock and people were assembled to make the voyage profitable. Livestock were placed in the bottom and people were placed in the middle deck. Sometime in May, 1909, the leaky ship set out to sea With numerous stops for additional cargo and delays caused by traffic and icebergs, the voyage took some sixteen days. Quebec felt cold. From the large gathering hall which was the dispersal point for all immigrants, the family was shuffled onto a train bound for Winnipeg and eventually to Star City.  Alexander's brother, Makita who immigrated to Canada two years earlier, met them at the train with a cart and oxen which he had hired from a neighbour. It was a long trip from Star City to the homestead east of Gronlid. Imagine bumping down cut lines, over stumps through sloughs. It was an unforgettable experience, a dark rainy night, with their first encounter with mosquitoes! ..." 1

"When the women saw their little log cabin, which was to be their home for a while, they wept, and almost ganged up on their husbands, and if they had ropes, I believe they would have lynched every last one of them. We are going right back they said, we are not remaining here to be eaten alive by these big elephants, which you call mosquitoes ..." 2

112 years & 1 week after their arrival in Canada I write this blog.
I am Canadian because my great grandparents left all they knew behind to call Canada home. All that I have, and all that I am, I owe to their desire to make a new life. 

Keeping the stories of our ancestors alive!!!

Cause ... 




You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

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Footnotes:

1 "Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington,." (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), 188

2 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 62

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First Father's Day in 1910 ~ Celebrating George Albert Williams Father of 12

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 24 (FATHER'S DAY)

While visiting my father today to celebrate Father's Day I read that Father's Day was first introduced in 1910.
It was a question in a trivia about Father's Day. 

It got me to thinking about who in our tree was celebrating the birth of a new child on that FIRST Father's Day, June 19th 1910.

My husband's X2 great grandfather on his father's maternal line was celebrating the birth of his 12th child, Baby Bertha, born on March 31st. 

Celebrating the FIRST Father's Day in 1910 was:

George Albert Williams

BIRTH 1 AUG 1866 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

DEATH 15 JUN 1952 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

His 12 children in birth order were:

Lloyd Alvin Williams

BIRTH 12 AUG 1889 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

DEATH 1962

Zella Williams

BIRTH ABT 1891 • Ontario

DEATH Unknown

Iva Maud Williams

BIRTH 7 APR 1891

DEATH 10 APR 1892

who was not alive for the first Father's Day in 1910

Cyril Williams

BIRTH OCT 1892 • Ontario, Canada

DEATH Unknown

Bruce Sylvester Williams

BIRTH OCT 1892 • Beach Cane, Houghton To., Ontario, Canada

DEATH 1978

Elmer Lee (Lee) Williams

BIRTH 1 MAR 1895 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 9 APR 1967 • Ontario, Canada

Who married into my husband's mother's maternal line

Arthur Williams

BIRTH 25 JAN 1897 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 7 FEB 1897 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

who was not alive for the first Father's Day in 1910

Herman Sears Williams

BIRTH 4 DEC 1899 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 21 DEC 1985 • Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Vera Catharine Williams

BIRTH 27 SEP 1902 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 25 MAR 1981 • Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada

My husband's great grandmother

Ila Irene Williams

BIRTH 6 SEP 1906 • Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 1975

Cora Mildred (Mildred) Williams

BIRTH 18 SEP 1908 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

DEATH Unknown

Bertha Hazel Williams

BIRTH 31 MAR 1910

DEATH 15 OCT 1910 • Norfolk

who sadly passed away 4 months after that first Father's Day.

Celebrating alongside father George was their mother:

Edith Gertrude Brisseau

BIRTH 27 MAR 1867 • Walsingham Tp., Norfolk Co., Canada West

DEATH 28 OCT 1937 • Houghton Tp., Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada

George, front row left, around 20 years after that first Father's Day!

Fruit From Woods & Sands - Page 59, Sourced below

Celebrating all the fathers who came before us!!!






Cause ... 




You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Sources:


Fruit from Woods and Sands, The Story of Houghton Missin, Sider, E. Morris and Alonzo Vannatter, Evangel Press, Nappanee, Indiana, Messiah College, Pennsylvania, 1978

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BOB (The Big Orange Bridge) ~ My Hometown

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 23 (BRIDGE)

This week's prompt BRIDGE had me thinking about my hometown of Nelson. 

There is nothing that makes me feel homesick like seeing a photo of BOB (The Big Orange Bridge). 

I immediately think about my childhood where stopping before going onto the bridge meant we were going for ice cream at Dairy Queen. When we went over the bridge we were going to A&W for Teen Burgers delivered by the car hop and eaten in the car. I think about swimming in the West Arm of Kootenay Lake & gazing at the beauty of BOB as we floated below. I think about teenage hangouts under that bridge. The beach & park just beside BOB where the scene of so many of the best times of my childhood & teen years occurred. BOB was a major part of my growing up, and a big part of my attachment to my chosen hometown.

We moved a lot while I was growing up. I was born on an Air Force base in Quebec. I started school on an Army base in Alberta. My  parents got divorced when I was 8, and we began moving A LOT! I was in 5 schools in 3 provinces for grade 3,  3 schools in 2 provinces for grade 4. My brother was in Kindergarten and Grade 1 for all those moves. 

From all those moves I learned 'make a friend today because I might be gone tomorrow', and became very friendly building surface level friendships wherever I went. My brother learned 'why bother making friends today because I probably will be gone tomorrow', and stayed to himself building a few lifelong connections. Now that we are adults, and I look back over those years I'm not sure which one of us was better off.

Once I became an adult folks would ask me where I was from. I was always stumped for an answer. I would sometimes give a vague 'oh I have lived all over Canada' or I might explain the constant moving if it seemed they were truly interested. 

I'm not exactly sure when I claimed NELSON as my hometown, but I do remember feeling less confused by the question when I had a ready answer. 

I lived in Nelson for part of grade 3 & 4, all of grade 5, 6 & 7, the last week & final exams of grade 8, part of grade 9, all of Grade 10 & 12. When I add up where I lived the most Nelson definitely logs more residential time. I think this was the logic I used when I chose Nelson as my hometown.

When Nelson is near on my trips back home I immediately feel safe. Nelson is my hometown. 

Not matter how I old I get - I am a Kootenay girl, I am a Nelson girl!

When you don't really have a hometown, and you choose your own!!!




Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

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Sources:

BOB photo, Retrieved June 12th 2021 from 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson%27s_Big_Orange_Bridge.jpg

City of Nelson Welcome You with Bob photo, Retrieved June 12th 2021 from 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mytravelphotos/4958099993

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Waiting For Military Records ~ Library & Archives Canada

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 22 (MILITARY)

Recently my husband submitted the paperwork to receive his military records and release papers. The reply email from Library & Archives Canada said there would be a significant delay in providing the documents because they are currently working on the submissions received in October of 2019.

This got me to thinking about the submission I had done for my grandfather's records. I decided to check when I submitted them. 

I submitted for grandpa's in May of 2019. At that time they replied "Due to the large number of inquiries received, we are currently experiencing delays in our response time.  As our workload permits, we estimate that we will be able to provide you with a reply in approximately fourteen months." 

Realizing that it's been 2 years since I submitted, and several months before the date noted in my husband's reply I decided a follow-up email was in order.

After sending the email I received a rather quick reply letting me know they were currently working on requests submitted in October 2018, and at this time they are estimating 28 months for response.

The discrepancy in dates shows they are working on submissions for personal records before records from family members.

This made sense to me once I got my reply that included: 
"We understand that such delays are difficult for our researchers and we apologize. We assure you we are responding to your request as fast as possible and it will be processed in due course."

My husband's included a means of getting priority service. 
"Due to the high volume of urgent requests, priority service will be given to requests where documentation is required for medical or employment purposes, bursaries, benefits and services, which clearly demonstrate an urgency or deadline."

Clearly those who are asking for their personal records do take priority over those of us seeking for research purposes as shown in the reasons an urgent request could be granted.

Those of us waiting for Military records from Library & Archives Canada need to be patient. 

I have waited my whole life for this information I can wait a little bit longer. 

Patience is a virtue!!!

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***

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Online requests and forms, Requests for Military Service Files, Library and Archives Canada
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