Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts
Monday, August 1, 2016

Mappy Monday: Map of Montreal, 1700

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Carte De l'ile Montreal, 1700. Travail des sulpiciens. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons . This map shows the island ...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Those Places Thursday: Montreal General Hospital

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General Hospital Montreal. Ancestry.com. Canada Historical Postcards [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Flag Day - Québec

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The flag of Québec, Canada, flying in downtown Montréal. 4 July 2008. Photo by Makaristos [Public domain]. Available from Wikimedia Commo...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Wednesday's Child: Baby Boy Winters

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My 3rd-great-grandfather John Bennet Winters died on 25 December 1879 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At the time of his death, his wife El...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Thriller Thursday: Charles Buise Embezzles Stake Money and Flees

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Shortly before the 1892 wrestling match between D. S. McLeod and Joe Acton, Charles Buise deposited $250 with the Chronicle to secure a bet ...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

52 Ancestors: Week 30 "Challenging": Elizabeth Buise

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I do not know much about Elizabeth Buise, the last (second as far as I know) wife of my 3rd-great-grandfather John Bennet Winters . John and...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

Church Record Sunday: Baptism of Charles Bews

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Charles Bews baptismal record, 22 November 1847. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Ancestry.com. Quebec, ...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

52 Ancestors: Week 15 "How Do You Spell That?": James Mapplebeck

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James Mapplebeck , the second husband of my great-great-grandmother Catherine Elizabeth Winters and the adoptive father of his stepchildren...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Black Sheep Sunday: Counterfeit Money

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Charles Buise was the son of Margaret McGillivray , the "mystery person" in the Winters family Bible. On 28 February 1887, he and ...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

52 Ancestors: #50 Halvor Eriksen Otterholt

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My 3rd-great-grandfather Halvor Eriksen Otterholt was born on 28 June 1821 in Bø, Telemark, Norway, and was baptized on 1 July 1821. He was ...
Friday, November 14, 2014

52 Ancestors: #46 Kathleen Graham

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My great-grandmother Kathleen Graham was born on 31 October 1879. She was the daughter of James Graham and Catherine Elizabeth Winters . He...
Monday, November 3, 2014

Mappy Monday: Plan of the City and Harbour of Montreal

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Plan of the City and Harbour of Montreal. From A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Cartier Discovers Hochelaga (Montreal)

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Jacques Cartier, his first interview with the Indians at Hochelaga now Montreal in 1535. c1850. Reproduction number LC-DIG-pga-02616 (digi...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

52 Ancestors: #37 Charles Halvorson, Minnesota State Senator

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Kittel (or Kjetil) Halvorsen Otterholt, the brother of my great-great-grandmother Aaste Halvorsdatter Otterholt, was born on 11 September 18...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

52 Ancestors: #32 Jorgen Jorgensen Boe

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My great-great-grandfather Jorgen Jorgensen Boe was born on 18 November 1850 in Bø, Telemark, Norway and was baptized on 24 November 1850. H...